soulandorange Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Hi Im using affinity designer on my iPad. It's having issues at the moment, I can't seem to highlight or drag the texts even with an Apple Pen. Help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAppsUser Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Very difficult to help you without a visual. I assume you mean the text frame box.. or are you referring to editing the text inside the frame? My thoughts are immediately: Can you not select the text via the layers studio? Are they below other items/on deep layers? Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all. The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulandorange Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Hi I have tried both of the solutions you mentioned and no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 What do you see when you select a text layer in the Layers Studio? What happens if you change (or try to change!) the X and Y coordinates in the Transform Studio? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulandorange Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 I'm not sure what you mean but I think its a glitch from the software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAppsUser Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 The layer should turn a lighter shade, the same as the illustration, after you’ve touched it (in the layers panel) - that will mean it’s selected. Does it turn a lighter shade or not? Is there a little padlock on it? Does it say ‘group’? Each thing in the list in the illustration is a "layer" so there are three in this example. The illustration shows what’s called the ‘layers studio, and what I was was referring to above. Apologies if you’ve understood all this, but we can’t get to the bottom of what the problem is without being thorough, double checking and exploring everything. Also, the more information you can supply, the better. Otherwise we’re guessing and that’s the really hard way to do it - virtually impossible for us to help in fact. If it doesn’t, try a screen shot like this above of your layers panel, it might give us a clue. Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all. The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulandorange Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Hi yep that's what it is. I selected the right layer and still doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAppsUser Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 How do you know it's not working? Does it not highlight? Does it highlight and then not appear on screen? Are you expecting and not seeing the keyboard pop up? (it won't, btw) You're sure you've actually got text on screen or an empty layer where it used to be? What happens? We're blind here, we can't see what's on your screen, we've no idea what you're doing, or how your artwork is structured, so can't help you without more information I'm afraid. This is a professional grade app, it's deep and nuanced and takes a long time to learn it. It also therefore requires a methodical problem solving approach to figure out when you find you struggle with things. Beware of convincing yourself it's the app.. that mindset won't help you because you'll jump to conclusions that are likely to be incorrect. We can all end up there, btw, because frustration can blind us all at times. Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all. The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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