Changing the rotation center of a layer not working

[michal]

Hi everyone,

I am new to Synfig and just going through the tutorial on animating a character. In the video the person is able to change the center of a layer i.e. the green handle, in order to rotate the hand without having to manually adjust it. He does it with CTRL + dragging the handle to where it should be. It doesnt work for me, unfortunately, as the layer moves with the handle. I checked everything, including trying to use an on-screen keyboard, but I failed. Any suggestions? The software version is 1.40 on Windows 64. Thank you !

[rodolforg]

Hello, @michal

What is your layer type?

[michal]

Hello @rodolforg, thanks for your answer. The layer type is “switch”.

[BobSynfig]

Now you need to use the purple handle under the green one (I have been tricked too :P)

[Not a Bug] Can't move origin box relative to layer with Ctrl pressed in version 1.3.16

When I try to move the origin box position over the layer, while I hold the left mouse button down over the green dot, with the cntrl button pressed, the box moves the position of the layer instead of moving over the layer. I never had this prob in earlier versions of Synfig. Thank you.