malayali Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I was experimenting with aftemplate file and noticed that it's not creating a new untitled document if I directly double-click on it to open or access it from File > Open window! Most of the template formats (PSDT, AIT, INDT etc) prompts a new document and this would be a handy feature if included. Need of editing a template occurs rare and in such cases Open Template for Edit option can be used. Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I guess this will not be fixed. How to tell, that you want to edit the template? Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malayali Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 23 minutes ago, Joachim_L said: How to tell, that you want to edit the template? Just open the template, make changes and export as template with same name to overwrite it will do that thing. Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 25 minutes ago, malayali said: Just open the template, make changes and export as template with same name to overwrite it will do that thing. I prefer to have two clicks less with the current method. So this is not a bug, but more a feature request? Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malayali Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, Joachim_L said: So this is not a bug, but more a feature request? I don't know. Templates usually work like that and it makes the workflow much easier. Take an example of PSDT or any other template formats. They all prompt to a new document rather than to edit the template itself. Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 So you're proposing that double-clicking on a template file, and using File > Open on it should behave differently? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malayali Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: So you're proposing that double-clicking on a template file, and using File > Open on it should behave differently? Both should prompt new untitled document like File > New from Templates. Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Personally, I disagree. It is easier to edit a template if you can simply open it, and make your changes. But you are free to have your opinion, of course Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malayali Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Working previously with template file formats such as PSDT, AIT and so on initially I thought this is a bug. Now realized that I should have posted this in feature requests instead. 🙄 On 3/30/2020 at 6:21 PM, walt.farrell said: Personally, I disagree. It is easier to edit a template if you can simply open it, and make your changes. But you are free to have your opinion, of course Maybe a checkbox in Preferences on how to deal with templates while opening them (prompt to New or Edit). Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 The truth is that the most common use of a template is to create a new document. Its adjustment is rarely done so double click difference would be understandable and natural (adequate New Form). However, opening a template should remain for her modification. malayali 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 On macOS in the 'New Document' window, you can double click on a Template’s thumbnail to open it or after selecting it’s thumbnail clicking the ‘Create’ button. Either way it always opens as a new ‘untitled’ document. If you want to edit a preexisting template, right click on the one you wish to change and you will get a popup with the option ‘Open Template for Edit’. Quote macOS 10.15.7 | 15" Macbook Pro, 2017 | 4 Core i7 3.1GHz CPU | Radeon Pro 555 2GB GPU + Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 1.536GB | 16GB RAM | Wacom Intuos4 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 5 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Personally, I disagree. It is easier to edit a template if you can simply open it, and make your changes. I like this easy way to edit a template, but we could have a second option "Open as new" with the right-click menu on Windows (and perhaps on OS X). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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