The Masters in Publisher keep repositioning (Changing Places) - BETA 2.1

[Wayne Burrows]

Hello All,

I'm wondering is anyone else experiencing this incredibly annoying and aggravating event that keeps happening to me...

During the course of me importing and working on PDF pages within Publisher, there are times that when I am ready to apply one of my Masters to some of my pages, I come to realize that they are sitting in different places. Meaning... If I have 3 saved, all 3 have rotated and taken one of the other's spot. The 1st master has moved over to the 2nd spot / the 2nd has moved over to the 3rd spot and the 3rd has moved up to take the place of the 1st Master's location. If it's just 2 Masters, then they just simply flip flop positions. (Like Dan Aykroyd & Eddie Murphy)

But wait, there's more... 😒

The titles of the Masters all remain stationary - only the actual masters themselves move to different locations. This doesn't happen all of the time but the frequency of it has increasingly gotten to the point that it occurs enough to become an extreme annoyance, because when I 'instinctively' hit apply (thinking that I am choosing the correct master) I then realize that my pages are completely screwed up, due to the incorrect master was sitting in the space where it wasn't supposed to be sitting. It's like they're playing musical chairs or something. It's starting to drive me crazy.

Would anyone know if this is a glitch that has already been reported or this is something that is brand new to the community?

Thanks!

WB

[R C-R]

Are you talking about the order in the Pages panel or the Layers panel, or maybe somewhere else?

A screenshot might help.

[Wayne Burrows]

43 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Are you talking about the order in the Pages panel or the Layers panel, or maybe somewhere else?

Yes, the order within the Pages panel. I thought that the Pages panel was the only place that you could apply a Master from. It's also possible from the Layers panel or other places as well?

[Old Bruce]

4 hours ago, Wayne Burrows said:

they just simply flip flop positions. (Like Dan Aykroyd & Eddie Murphy)

Careful Wayne, you are showing your age. 

More importantly I see that the Default names will not carry to the new location if I move the Masters in the Pages pane. This is a weird bug I haven't come across before, although a quick test shows it to be in version one as well as the latest v2.

In essence if I don't name my Master Pages the default Names Master A, B, C will be retained from top to bottom as I move the masters about in the Pages Panel. A will be the name of whatever Master Page at the top, B the middle and C the bottom.

[R C-R]

4 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

More importantly I see that the Default names will not carry to the new location if I move the Masters in the Pages pane.

Same here. A weird bug I never noticed because I don't reorder my Master pages in the Pages panel (or have any good reason to do so).

[Old Bruce]

1 minute ago, R C-R said:

I don't reorder my Master pages in the Pages panel (or have any good reason to do so).

If I have to apply a particular master several time to a number of pages which are scattered through out the publication I will move the particular mast to the top and it will always be the default for Apply Master... right click. No need to click then scroll through the list.

[R C-R]

35 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

If I have to apply a particular master several time to a number of pages which are scattered through out the publication I will move the particular mast to the top and it will always be the default for Apply Master... right click. No need to click then scroll through the list.

OK, I see how that could be handy, but to be honest about it, for me it is easier to scroll through the list than to reorder a Master to the top of the Pages panel, which I often find to be too fiddly to get what I want on the first try.

[Wayne Burrows]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

Same here. A weird bug I never noticed because I don't reorder my Master pages in the Pages panel (or have any good reason to do so).

And I don't wish to reorder my Master pages, but it's happening despite my wishes anyway. Lol.

[Wayne Burrows]

1 hour ago, Old Bruce said:

Careful Wayne, you are showing your age. 

More importantly I see that the Default names will not carry to the new location if I move the Masters in the Pages pane. This is a weird bug I haven't come across before, although a quick test shows it to be in version one as well as the latest v2.

😅 - One of the best movies to ever hit the big screen.

I guess that I'm forced to pay closer attention moving forward. But even if I do catch myself before I wind up applying the incorrect Master, I still have to re-shuffle them back to the order that they were originally in.

So, would this be something that I alert Affinity about on my own? And if so, where do I go to do so?

[R C-R]

6 minutes ago, Wayne Burrows said:

And I don't wish to reorder my Master pages, but it's happening despite my wishes anyway. Lol.

I can't seem to duplicate this issue unless I reorder the Master pages.

[Old Bruce]

16 hours ago, Wayne Burrows said:

So, would this be something that I alert Affinity about on my own? And if so, where do I go to do so?

Sure. Go here to the Mac OS 

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/127-v2-bugs-found-on-macos/

or here if you are on Windows

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/128-v2-bugs-found-on-windows/

If you are on Windows mention that it happens in Mac OS as well.