Murfee Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Hi, is there any chance that you could automatically close the Data Merge Manager Panel when you generate the merge and it takes you to the new file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted October 22, 2020 Staff Share Posted October 22, 2020 I think this is a fair improvement, you no longer have any attached sources in the merged file, I'll pass it on. Murfee 1 Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted October 22, 2020 Staff Share Posted October 22, 2020 So the counter argument here is that people may want it open for when they return to the original document, so it will depend on workflow as to whether this would be useful thomaso 1 Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 You only have to click once to close it, which is easier than having to open it again if you don't want it closed, so on balance I'd vote for leaving it as it is. 😉 Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfee Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 22 minutes ago, Jon P said: So the counter argument here is that people may want it open for when they return to the original document, so it will depend on workflow as to whether this would be useful Could it be set so that happens, remaining open in the original document but auto closing in the new document where it is likely not needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 How about both desires: Having this window visible only if a data node exists in the displayed .afpub. It would auto-hide as soon the generated .afpub gets displayed – but auto-re-appear if I go back to the initial .afpub with data merge settings. Murfee 1 macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Suggest leaving it like it is except adding a preference (possibly under user interface?) to auto-close it upon generating. PaulEC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 On 10/23/2020 at 2:59 AM, thomaso said: How about both desires: Having this window visible only if a data node exists in the displayed .afpub. It would auto-hide as soon the generated .afpub gets displayed – but auto-re-appear if I go back to the initial .afpub with data merge settings. ... and/or the Manager window could open by double-clicking a node object in the layout. macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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