bsun

I don't have experience with previous versions, but on 1.8.4 this also doesn't work for me. The default shortcut is Option-Delete on my system, but no matter what I change it to or what combination of keys I try, the action always results in erasing the selected portion of the image. The only way for me to use Inpaint is to select it from the menu bar. Ironically, if I open the edit menu and then use the keyboard shortcut (instead of selecting Inpaint with the mouse), this works! But I have to open the edit menu first. Definitely a bug.

I have another use case for this feature and a reason I'd like to request it. I've been using InDesign as a kind of complex typesetting engine that allows me to do layouting with a GUI, while I manage my text (for manuscripts, etc.) as plain-text and with version tracking (git). This has been working great for me, since InCopy is a plain-text format and I can use git to track changes, merge old versions back into the current one, etc. Would be great to have external linked text documents (rtf, markdown, plain-text, even doc) for Affinity Publisher!