I just corrected the inconsistency in how the modal fill/stroke palettes draw the first swatch while in transparency mask mode; the fix will be included in the next Decker release; probably this Friday. The behavior of the toolbar is as intended.
Viewing post in confusion with transparency (and its documentation)
ok glad the gray thing is gonna get changed but that was mostly a minor complaint tbh. most of my issue was being confused about how transparency functioned.
Is it just supposed to be puzzled out somehow that while the documentation is like "yep 1+47 colors/patterns!" and the palettes in the toolbar list 48 things... #47 can't be drawn by normal means, and to switch between drawing #0 and #32 you need to change something in the view menu (a menu labelled View because it changes how i view things, not what they are), and when that menu item is ticked there is zero intended indication on the palette that you're not drawing in a different color?
like idk much about UI, but maybe add a palette item for all the colors you can draw in?
like i'm sure you're both used to how this works and it all makes sense to you (and i understand it's a personal project, not trying to say you owe anyone anything) but it's confusing as heck for new folks!
(i will try the toolbars on the side too btw, i appreciate that tip!)