Photo and Designer does not allow to activate Textframe option on text on path

[rollfilm]

Hi

I own all three programs of Affinity (Photo, Designer, Publisher as German edition).

Recently I created a document in publisher, in the designer persona I added a text on path.
Unfortunately I was not able to activate the Textframe icon (Textrahmen). It is there but does not show any effect.

View (Ansicht) -> Studio does not show Textframe as selectable option either. Same applies to Affinity Photo. It is independent if the program is launched standalone or from Publisher Persona.

If the path on text is created in Publisher using Designer persona the text path is visible and can be adjusted only going back to in the Publisher persona.

If using Publisher with active Photo persona it is not possible to create a path on text.

If Designer or Photo launched standalone the path on text can be created as expected. Path is not shown but can NOT be manipulated in any way (i.e. made visible or changed in color). So only way would be here to somehow involve Publisher too.

Versions are all latest 1.10.4.1198

[walt.farrell]

I am not certain I understand everything that you are saying, but I have some comments:

1. The Text Frame panel is a function that is available only in Publisher, not in Designer or Photo (though there is a but bug that makes it accessible in Designer on Mac in some cases). It is also not supposed to be available in the Designer or Photo Personas in Publisher. You must use the Publisher Persona in Publisher to utilize it the Text Frame panel.
    
2. It is correct processing that the path is maintained in Publisher when you add text to it. You can then adjust the path appearance using the Text Frame panel.
   It is also correct processing that the path is hidden in Designer and Photo when you add text to it. If you want to retain the path visibility in Photo and Designer, you must first duplicate it, then add the text to one of the copies of the path.

Someday Serif may decide to enhance Designer and/or Photo to have those Publisher functions, or they may decide to leave them as functions that are only supported in Publisher.

[rollfilm]

Hi Walt,

thanks for the quick reply.

I'm wondering why the options are supposed to be not available in Photo and Designer but in both programs the "Textframe (Textrahmen)" button is available (independent if launched standalone or from Publisher as persona). In Windows versions of Photo and Diesigner the non functional button is always visible if I select the text on the path. Even if I hoover over the button the tooltip "function name" becomes visible. See pics attached.

So you mean the actual bug is that the Textframe button is visible in Designer and Photo

I would appreciate if Serif would follow your suggestion and enhance Photo and Designer.

 

[walt.farrell]

16 minutes ago, rollfilm said:

So you mean the actual bug is that the Textframe button is visible in Designer and Photo

Yes.

I had forgotten the button is there on Windows. It is there, too, on Mac, where it actually works.

It should not be present, and should not do anything, in either Windows or Mac from statements made by the Serif staff, and that is the bug.

[MEB]

Hi @rollfilm,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Thanks for your report. The text frame button shouldn't appear in the context toolbar in Designer and Photo, only in Publisher. This is a known issue that's yet to be fixed.