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    Default Smart Flow Line 1, 2, 3 and 4

    Ok, I love smart arrow, but how do you use Smart Flow Line 1, 2, 3 and 4? When I import any of these four smart shapes I don't see the handles (the blue, green and yellow dots to control the shape) when I select it like they do in any of the other smart shapes. Am I missing something here? If it's me how do you use these shapes?

    I'm using Xara Designer Pro X 16.2.0.56957 on Win 10, Dell XPS 15, I7, 16GB, 1T SSD

    Anyone else had the same issue?

    Greetings
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    Default Re: Smart Flow Line 1, 2, 3 and 4

    Have you inadvertently deselected the Selection Bounds button?

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    Default Re: Smart Flow Line 1, 2, 3 and 4

    No, as default when you import a smart shape the Quickshape Tool is selected. When you import the Smart Flow line no control handles appear as in Image 1, if i then import a Smart arrow, you do see the control handles. The manual states that Flow lines behave just like Arrows. Obviously not!

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    Default Re: Smart Flow Line 1, 2, 3 and 4

    switch to the selector tool and make sure that the button chris mentioned is active, then switch back to the quickshape tool and see if the issue is fixed
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    Default Re: Smart Flow Line 1, 2, 3 and 4

    I'm unclear as to what you're describing. Do you not see the coloured handles at all, or that the lines are different to the arrows?

    To me the only difference I can see is a lack of a curvature handle on the lines.

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    Default Re: Smart Flow Line 1, 2, 3 and 4

    I don't use these - but I checked - all seems working for both in my xdpx15.1 - the handles are there for both types, irrespective of the selector tool setting [as long as the objects are selected of course]
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    Default Re: Smart Flow Line 1, 2, 3 and 4

    I have looked more closely at your screenshots - in the first one your object is not selected - you can tell that because the quickshape options on the infobar are not greyed out as they would be if one of these smart objects were selected....
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    Default Re: Smart Flow Line 1, 2, 3 and 4

    Ok, on the Smart Flow Line, the Select tool brings up the normal control handles (black squares) as expected then when i switch back to the QuickShape tool handles disappear, no other handles appear. If i do the same thing with the arrow line, when I click the select tool the black handles appear then when I switch back to the QuickShape Tool the smart handles appear. This is the behavior I would expect from the Smart Flow line as well. Does it work on your version of XDP?

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    Default Re: Smart Flow Line 1, 2, 3 and 4

    on my version the smart handles are there on both the arrow and the flow lines

    maybe the issue is with selecting the flow object

    how about closing the program opening a new document and seeing if it works then... glitches can happen
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    Default Re: Smart Flow Line 1, 2, 3 and 4

    I can only agree with handdrawn, the handles are there as intended.

 

 

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