Joachim_L Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Nothing crucial, just an observation. Make a 3 column text frame and insert filler text. Column 1 and 3 will show the text ruler, column 2 not. Expanded filler text shows text rulers for all columns. 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...
Gitta Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Hi Joachim, I can't replicate your observation with afpub 1.8.3.627, but instruct me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 10 hours ago, Joachim_L said: Nothing crucial, just an observation. Make a 3 column text frame and insert filler text. Column 1 and 3 will show the text ruler, column 2 not. Expanded filler text shows text rulers for all columns. Make sure that you're not using Filler Text, or that if you have used Filler Text you Expand Field. Then you'll have a Text Ruler in all 3 columns, depending on where the cursor is. But with Filler Text, for some reason (possibly a bug), I can confirm that I can only get the Text Ruler in the first or last column. Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta iPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted April 15, 2020 Staff Share Posted April 15, 2020 It's because you can't really select the text in the middle frame as filler text is one "block", so I can see why this happens. Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 32 minutes ago, Jon P said: It's because you can't really select the text in the middle frame as filler text is one "block", so I can see why this happens. I can understand that reasoning, Jon. However, if I draw a 3-column text frame, and insert filler text, I can: Click (once) in the 1st column, and get a text ruler there. Or Click (once) in the 3rd column, and get a text ruler there. But, clicking once in the 2nd column does not behave the same way. Why is the middle column treated differently in that scenario? Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta iPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted April 15, 2020 Staff Share Posted April 15, 2020 If you click the 3rd column, the caret appears at the end of the frame so that column is active and thus the ruler is shown. If you click the first column the caret appears before the placeholder text so that column is now active. There is no way to actually get the caret into the middle frame, since the placeholder text is essentially one object, so it is never the active column you are typing into and the text ruler is never shown. This is why expanding it works since it's now text and you can place the caret into the text in that column, and the ruler is then shown. If the text caret was in the middle frame and the ruler was not showing I'd agree that's a bug. walt.farrell 1 Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Thanks, Jon. I hadn't noticed where the text cursor was ending up. Jon P 1 Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta iPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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