mads Posted November 18, 2022 Posted November 18, 2022 software in question: Affinity Published v2 (AP2) hi, i am having some very frustrating workflow issues with AP2 text object, i'll try to outline them below and hope someone might have a good workaround for them click once and drag a text item works perfectly, double click into a text block to edit text works perfectly, here's where it starts to go wrong and constantly present huge workflow challenges for me. 1. exiting text-edit mode fails to return to my previous selected tool (or at least return to move tool), after editing a text block i use "esc" twice to exit, but instead of returning to the "move tool" (hence the last tool i selected), the system automatically picks the text tool, which means instead of continuing editing objects i start to draw text elements on click, this is immensely frustrating since my most used workflow is not to draw a lot of text elements but quickly jump into text objects, do my edits, jump out and then move and re-scale to fit with other layout elements. in practice this means i need to exits with "esc" twice and then remember to hit "v" to select move tool, which sounds okay, but it's a constant workflow issue, is there a way to force AP2 to always return to the move tool after exiting a text object? 2. unwanted edit mode while trying to move active text objects, this one is a bit complicated to explain but i am often experiencing, that i enter edit mode on active elements instead of dragging as expected, my brain is wired to think that double click works as edit so i often click on the elements first while tinkering with my layout, in practice this means, while working on my layout instead of moving my text element i jump into edit mode, i then exit with 2x "esc" keys and suddenly starts to draw text elements which i then have to cleanup before i can continue my work, this immensely frustrating and constantly breaks my flow, is there a way to force AP2 to only allow edit mode on 2x click? thanks again, hope someone have a few good workarounds or perhaps Affinity would consider the above as updates to the software Quote
Old Bruce Posted November 18, 2022 Posted November 18, 2022 The only way I can consistently get to the Move tool after having been using the text tool is to use your 'esc, esc' trick and then hit the V key. I use this so often I have set 'esc esc v' as a shortcut on one of the buttons on my Wacom tablet. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
MikeTO Posted November 18, 2022 Posted November 18, 2022 I also use the Esc Esc V combination when switching from Text to Move to ensure I don't accidentally destroy text when pressing V but this is how I think it works, at least for me: If you press Esc when the cursor is in text but text is not selected, the frame will be selected with the Text tool. Pressing V will always switch to the Move tool. If you press Esc when text is selected, the text will become deselected and the cursor positioned at the start or end of the selected text depending on how you selected, as with all apps. Pressing V now will simply type a V. Hence the usefulness of the Esc Esc V combination since you don't want to verify if text is selected or not when changing tools. If you press Esc when the text frame is selected will do nothing so it's safe to use the Esc Esc V shortcut. With regard to the second issue, if you single click on a selected frame frame it will automatically switch to the Text tool and position the cursor in that frame. You're likely being tripped up by this, you have the frame selected and when you go to move it you accidentally start editing text because the mouse isn't within range of the frame's border. There is no way around this that I'm aware of. I do this regularly, too, but I don't think it's a design flaw. I just need to be more careful where I click. Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.6 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.6 for macOS Sequoia 15.5, MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) and iPad Air (M2)
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