How to reset image 'handles' to older, simpler version?

**gwpriester** · 20 October 2020, 08:06 PM

Here's an example of what I am complaining about above.

I select the two eye shapes and Designer Pro+ adds a rectangular bounding box which covers the edges of the eyeballs and makes it very difficult to reposition. Selecting a line is even worse.

In Designer Pro X the bounding box handles are out of the way and I can see what I am doing.

**gwpriester** · 20 October 2020, 08:09 PM

Jon - I have moved this to the Xara Cloud forum.

**Acorn** · 20 October 2020, 09:01 PM

Eva-K replied on this earlier: https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...436#post628436.

Acorn

**handrawn** · 20 October 2020, 09:34 PM

I can see merit in both options - perhaps if there was an option to apply transparency to the handles that might help ?

**jon404** · 06 January 2022, 09:18 PM

Back again on this. The pain continues. Got Photo and Graphic Designer a month ago, and can't reset the image handles as I was able to do before with your help, see fixes below. Doesn't seem to be a Regedit entry for P&GD...

**DanFelix** · 07 January 2022, 01:01 AM

Your example is interesting to me. The box line assists me in edge-to-edge alignment. Their absence, for me, seems imprecise. I am not an artist so I "engineer" my art. Interesting.

**handrawn** · 07 January 2022, 07:13 AM

@Dan

interesting indeed as I would say the opposite

if I want precise edge to edge alignment i use snap

if I am aligning one object to another the blue/white box just gets in the way visually

@jon404

worth checking you are looking at the correct xara version tree in regetit ?

**handrawn** · 07 January 2022, 07:50 AM

assuming photo and graphic designer 18, then registry entry for P&G should be in:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Xara\Xtreme x64\18\Options\Selector Tool

**roman** · 08 January 2022, 10:54 AM

Long time no see everybody. I have recently upgraded from x11 to x18 and was quite shocked by the changes. Especially by the thick handles and object borders. It almost looked like kid tool. I wonder if using 4k monitor would make them look more decent ;-). Anyway thanx for the hint Eva-K, editing registry helped a bit, althought the handling icons look a bit out of place with the thin outline around object. This or that, I'm glad I can now switch the new style on and off easily.