appaulmac Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 I have a habit of double-clicking a word (to select it all) but holding the mouse button down and dragging over subsequent words to select a few of them (let's say I want to italicize). Double-clicking the word then dragging ensures I don't miss a letter or only get part of the word in a selection. BUG: If I double-click then drag to the right, then down to the next line, everything is fine. BUT If I double-click then drag to the left, then down to the next line, the first word becomes un-highlighted. I've attached a short video to show what happens. The word to watch is 'mark' which is what I start each selection with double-click-bug.mov garrettm30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Bohn Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Yikes, that would be annoying. I use that trick often as well. Side note: I'm also used to triple-clicking to select a whole paragraph, which also works in Publisher. But I've had to untrain myself from triple-click-drag and moving the cursor up or down to select whole batches of paragraphs. This is because Publisher moves the paragraph text instead of adding to the selection. I wish there was a way to disable that so it matches the behaviour od the double-click-drag. appaulmac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I'm glad you have reported this. I have observed it before, but I couldn't report it at the time and I have forgotten about it since. appaulmac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted April 14, 2020 Staff Share Posted April 14, 2020 Thanks, we've logged this Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted August 6, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 6, 2020 We have made fixes/improvements to this area (Double-click word selection sometimes omits the original word) of the program in the latest release. The fixes and how to update are described in these forum posts. Affinity Publisher 1.8.4 for Windows ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 1.8.4 for macOS ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) We would appreciate you checking that this issue has now been resolved for you. Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I'm not the original poster, but as one of the fellow participants in this thread, for my part I can confirm that this issue is fixed in 1.8.4 and in the last recent beta. Jon P, Pauls and Patrick Connor 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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