I can't insert a cursor into filler text!

[VectorCat]

I see no reason for this..is this a feature, or must I un-lock the text box to enable editing?

thank you for clues!

[firstdefence]

Right Click on the text and select Expand Field.

[MikeA]

There's also this, from the online help. Might prove useful at some point.

To use plain text as filler text by default:

1. From the Affinity Publisher menu, select Preferences.
2. From the Edit menu, select Preferences.
3. On the General tab, check Insert filler text as text.

[RickyO]

On 3/29/2020 at 2:37 AM, firstdefence said:

Right Click on the text and select Expand Field.

I ran into the same issue. Wouldn't it make more sense to have the default setting for inserted filler text be in the 'expanded field' state and make the option be to 'de-expand' it (or a better choice of option title)?  This is the first time I've seen it this way.

Just a thought.

Thanks in advance.

[Old Bruce]

@RickyO use MikeA's third item about turning the filler test into actual text all the time.

[VectorCat]

58 minutes ago, RickyO said:

I ran into the same issue. Wouldn't it make more sense to have the default setting for inserted filler text be in the 'expanded field' state and make the option be to 'de-expand' it (or a better choice of option title)?  This is the first time I've seen it this way.

Just a thought.

Thanks in advance.

I agree that it makes more sense to enable editing placed text straight away.  In the (my?) typical use case, you place the filler text, then do some level of formatting to it so that it serves the purpose of showing what the real / final  text will look like in the design. 
 

I can’t envision a scenario in which you’d place some lorem ipsum, then leave it as-is. 

[thomaso]

22 minutes ago, VectorCat said:

I can’t envision a scenario in which you’d place some lorem ipsum, then leave it as-is. 

I can. The advantage is that the amount of text automatically grows and shrinks according to the size of the text frame. No disturbing text overflow icons, no empty columns or missing text during the design process while you experiment with your layout and the ratio of text, image and free space. You get this service only if you leave the "filler text as text" option disabled in the app settings.

Weird, actually: you'd place lorem ipsum just to replace it 😜

[thomaso]

2 hours ago, LondonSquirrel said:

I've done this so many times, even just adding a heading to the text. For that it needs to be editable.

Aside the mentioned app preference, just in case: You not only can add a headline above both types of filler text but also add auto-filling filler text after a paragraph of text-filler text (here highlighted as auto-filler text by the according field option):

[R C-R]

6 hours ago, VectorCat said:

I can’t envision a scenario in which you’d place some lorem ipsum, then leave it as-is. 

It is called filler text, so named because it fills the text frame, whatever the size of the frame, the point size, the justification or alignment, font family, leading etc. It is intended to be used as a placeholder for real text during the early phases of the design, for example any time you are not sure which of those choices you will decide on as you begin to finalize the design.

But as already been mentioned several times, if you don't want that in Preferences > General in all 3 Affinity apps you can change this to always insert filler text as text.