Image boxes

[pburki]

Hello,

I have images boxes/picture frames in my template, howerver, they are not displayed anymore since I updated to v 1.8. They are still there and usable (visible when I click on them), but would like to have them visible on the page, even before I have added the picture.

Any idea on how I can make the empty picture frames visible again?

Thanks

Philippe

[GarryP]

Have you got Preview Mode switched on? Menu “View → Preview Mode”.

[pburki]

No, I don't and I still see the text boxes or grid. 

I attach a video of my screen: when I click on the picture frames, they appear, but disappear when they are not selected

[walt.farrell]

It would help to have a sample file. Or something that shows more of the screen, especially the Layers panel.

Edit: Also, what application are you using? And there's no indication on your video that you have picture frames. It looks like you might simply have rectangles that don't have any Stroke assigned. The Layers panel will help to show that.

[pburki]

Thanks for coming back. Adding the file sample and a screenshot of the full page. The text box is displayed, but not the picture frame.

sample.afpub

[walt.farrell]

Thanks for the screenshot, and the sample file.

The picture frames are invisible because you have a black background. If you turn off that black background rectangle, here is what you'll see:

 

[pburki]

Thanks! Indeed, I did not try to remove the black background... What is strange though is that the picture frames were visible (even on back background) pre-version 1.8 and the text boxes remain visibles, even with the black background. It would be great for Affinity to make them visible again, irrespective of the background.

Best regards

[walt.farrell]

I can't comment on how it worked before 1.8, as I don't remember and don't have 1.7 installed on either of my machines. (And I'm not willing to downgrade one of them to 1.7; sorry.)

The text frame is showing because you have View > Show Text Flow enabled, which gives it a blue outline even when selected.

When you select one of the picture frame layers, you'll see the blue bounding box, but not the X through the frame, because the X is black. And you don't see the frame border because that's gray.

As far as I know, those colors have not changed.