Can't Batch Place with Alt+Click

[Celia at Grafted Works]

The external Batch Place function described from 2:15–2:45 in the official tutorial video does not work for me. (See here: https://youtu.be/kTAwaA4zvHU?t=135)

When I try this, my images open individually as new tabbed projects. (See screenshot.) Which gets pretty fun when there are 50 images. I have tried restarting my app and laptop, using existing (v1 originated) files and new (v2 originated) files. The Place Images panel refuses to populate with this method.

 

[carl123]

Works OK on Windows

The only want I can get it to do what you are experiencing is if I drag files from "finder" onto the UI rather than onto the document and then release the mouse

(Which is what you would normally do if you wanted to open multiple files at once)

A video from you may reveal some more details if someone with a Mac cannot reproduce what you are seeing

 

[GaryLearnTech]

Hi @Cealcrest I just tried this and it worked as described in the linked video: I'm currently on macOS Big Sur.

But I think I just replicated the problem you described.  When you drag the files into Publisher's Document View and hold down the option key, ensure you're anywhere over one of the pages of your document.  Anywhere.  Do that and the Place Images panel will magically appear and be filled with your images.  However, if you drop the files in the background outside one of the pages (I believe the correct term for this area is the pasteboard), then you'll get them opening in tabs as you described.

It doesn't matter when you option-drop the files onto the page if they're over a picture frame or not.  That frame will not be populated at that stage.  That will only happen when the Place Images panel has loaded up and you click a frame to place the first image - or click a blank space on the page to place the next image without requiring a frame.

Hope this helps?

if that doesn't resolve it for you, then a screen recording would help shed more light on exactly how that's not working for you.

[Gabe]

What you describe @GaryLearnTechis the correct behaviour. The pasteboard area is not a "droppable" zone for the current document, so they will open in a new document. 

[Celia at Grafted Works]

I still have a variation of this issue and the solution from @GaryLearnTech doesn't work. Whether I release the mouse over a blank area on a page or over a frame on a page, only one image is placed (the last image in the list selected, coincidentally). None of the images load into the place images panel. I'm ready to believe it's user error; I just cannot for the life of me figure out what I'm doing wrong.

In the video, please do not get distracted by the fact that the first image is placed in an already occupied frame. Occupied or empty, I get the same result. I've also tried switching to Publisher by swiping with three fingers versus the Cmd+Tab shortcut and I get the same result with both of those as well.

Help, please!

 

 

 

[Hangman]

Hi @Cealcrest,

I don't believe you're doing anything wrong, the function appears to be broken in Publisher 2.2.1 and the current 2.3.0.2096 Beta. It's working correctly in 2.0.4 however so this looks like a regression which needs to be logged.

[Gabe]

Thanks. Issue logged. 

[Celia at Grafted Works]

Hi @Hangman and @Gabe. Thank you! Thought I was losing it lol

[Dazmondo77]

I reported this bug in July

 

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Place Image Panel doesn't show when drag drop multiple images while holding Option" (REF: AF-1004) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.4.0.2185".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
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