Hi! So excited about Glyphs 4.
Been playing around and saw on the TypeLab video you can do shift + option + delete to mass delete a node across all masters. Is there a way to also edit across all masters? Moving nodes a couple points down, or mass change the stroke end points to align to x-axis so I don’t need to manually do so across the masters? I know I can script this but wondering if Glyphs 4 supports editing across all masters now?
Thanks!
This was coincidentally something that exists in G3, but people got too confused by it. You’re looking for the Select All Layers tool (long-click the Select tool, or hit Shift+V).
It got removed in G4 because it led to more problems than it solved, or so at least was the user feedback.
It is unclear how a proper “edit all” should work when moving stuff. You said: “to align to x-axis”. You would move that node and expect all other nodes to be at the same spot (y=0)? Or move the same distance? Both would not do what you need. the first would also move horizontally because there is no command to only change the “y” value. and the second would not align because they are most likely not at the same hight to begin with …
I see… so we can delete a node across all masters but not mass edit? Here I’ve included a screenshot so you get the idea… I was actually asking about editing 2 diff things. The first is selecting the same node across all and moving them 10 units over for example. The second is to change the end points of strokes to be aligned to x-axis or y-axis, aka the new capability on glyphs 4.
The first sounds very specific, but is what the Select All tool in G3 offers. (Georg: please don’t bring it back!)
The second thing is covered by scripts in G3, it might take a moment for them to be updated to G4 for the new attributes, but this is definitely something a scripting solution would be for.
The normal select tool already selects points on all compatible layers, both in glyphs 3 and 4, right?
Yes, if you have the “Keep selection in sync” option activated.
This still means you need to step through all master and make the changes. The Select All tool aims to provide multi-layer editing, not just selecting (despite the name).
Gotchya thanks! Yah I ended up writing a script for it, just wasnt sure if maybe this was supported but nvm!! Thanks 
