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Deleting shapes in Sprite Editor

Discussion in '2D' started by rockpin-games, Nov 26, 2013.

  1. rockpin-games

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    Is it possible to delete a shape in Sprite Editor? I want to merge two automatic created slices.
     
    rockpin-games, Nov 26, 2013
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  2. TomasJ

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    Yes, select it and press the DELETE key. Then adjust the other shape.
     
    TomasJ, Nov 26, 2013
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  3. rockpin-games

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    Wow, wasn't working for me this morning on Mac. Now it works on Windows. :confused:

    Problem is used sprites get corrupted.

    Thanks!


    Edit:
    I can confirm delete key does not work on mac. Any idea?
     
    Last edited: Nov 29, 2013
    rockpin-games, Nov 26, 2013
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  4. grit

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    I looked for how you can emulate the forward delete key on a mac, so try CMD + DEL (backspace del).
    This worked for me.
    (An older post suggested FN + DEL, maybe applicable for older Macs.)


    Another solution might be plugging a Windows keyboard, but this would be rather odd. :p
     
    Last edited: Dec 13, 2013
    grit, Dec 13, 2013
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  5. agstanescu

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    After I deleted some sprites in the Sprite Editor, I discovered that all my GameObjects completely lost their link to the correct sprites. And unfortunately I couldn't find an easy Undo action for this.

    It appears as though GameObjects keep an index in the sprite sheet, and when a sprite is deleted then all GameObjects still use the old indices (which now point to completely other sprites) => total mess
     
    agstanescu, Feb 17, 2014
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  6. leissler

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    I agree! That totally needs to be fixed. After deleting sprites, Unity should intelligently re-index references to sprites within GameObjects.
    Shouldn't be such a big thing, code-wise.
     
    leissler, Mar 5, 2014
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  7. shinriyo_twitter

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    command + delete key is right
     
    shinriyo_twitter, Apr 4, 2014
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  8. benblo

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    OMG, this is so full of fail!
    When I first noticed this I was certain I was doing something wrong, if not for this thread I'd still be looking, I couldn't believe they would ship this!
    Unity's reference system is one of its absolute best features, but for sprites it's just completely broken because of this...
     
    benblo, Apr 16, 2014
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  9. Photonic4140412

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    I know I am necroing a thread. However, did anyone figure out a way to deal with this?

    Is there a better pipeline?
     
    Photonic4140412, Jul 17, 2014
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  10. TomasJ

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    TomasJ, Jul 18, 2014
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  11. Mahtub

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    command + backspace
     
    Mahtub, Feb 17, 2017
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  12. CuongNV31

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    Dear All members.
    Please using Command + Delete
     
    CuongNV31, Mar 25, 2017
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  13. kskjadav007

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    command+backspace. in mac
     
    kskjadav007, May 25, 2018
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  14. amirna2

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    command + backspace does not work on recent MacBooks. But command + delete does. But I agree, this should be fixed to just use delete.
     
    amirna2, Jul 12, 2018
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