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    Drawing preview of a box shape is white (in version 4.2.0)

    Katerina Novakova(shiennar)
    posted to: Create a Gradient Texture

    I'm in a Draw mode, with Solid Fill material selected and the Box tool active.

    In version 4.1.1 when I start drawing the rectangle, I can see a preview of what I'm drawing in a lighter color. I can adjust the yellow points and when I confirm, the shape gets the full color.

    In version 4.2.0 however, I cannot see what I'm drawing. I only get the yellow dots. Once I confirm, the shape appears as expected. I haven't found this reported as a bug, so is there a new setting in 4.2 that I need to enable? I did my best to compare the versions side by side but I couldn't find any differences.

    preview is white.jpg

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    • Omar Domenech replied

      it may be a bug yes. Lets see what Paul says, he'll wake up on his Wednesday and we in our Tuesday will now the answer yesterday before tomorrow.

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    • Martin Bergwerf replied

      Hi Katerina shiennar ,

      Yeah, it is highly annoying...but it is probably a bug, because in the 4.3 version I have installed, it works as before...and 4.2 is an LTS, so it might be fixed in the first Corrective Release already (4.2.1).

      For now, you can enable the Stroke Checkbox to at least see the outline, when drawing.

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    • Paul Caggegi replied

      Hi Katerina! I will check on the developer forum today. Yes, I have also experienced this. I'll check to see if it happens across all viewport shading modes, also.

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    • Paul Caggegi replied

      Hi Katerina, I've now checked this out, and reported a bug. Any material with a stroke component will preview just the stroke - no fill. I've tried this is all viewport shading modes. Same issue. Strangely enough - if you first draw an open shape with the pencil tool, then any shape will preview correctly! So it's definitely a bug. I've sent a report, and I hope we get a fix soon. Thanks for mentioning this!

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    • Katerina Novakova(shiennar) replied

      Hi Paul, thank you for reporting it - and for finding the workaround with the pencil tool, it works for me.

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    • Paul Caggegi replied

      Update - I tried this out today. It seems to have been fixed in 4.2.1 Lines will still be invisible if using a solid fill material, but box and circle will preview correctly.