dantaylr Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 2.0 a line break character could be accessed in the extra characters bar. But it's not there in 2.1? Is there another way to insert a soft-return? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantaylr Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 I just discovered the software keyboard in Affinity Designer doesn't support Shift+Return to perform a soft return. This actually does work in Apple Notes so Apple has built this functionality in, but it's not working in designer. When I use an external keyboard I cannot perform a soft return using Shift+Return because for some reason Apple didn't build that in. So my current workaround is the old fashioned method, perform the soft return in Apple Notes using the software keyboard, take the whole text and paste it into Affinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 In Publisher (though not in Designer), you can enter them from the software keyboard by tapping this icon to get symbols, etc. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantaylr Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 23 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: In Publisher (though not in Designer), you can enter them from the software keyboard by tapping this icon to get symbols, etc. Yes this used to be present in Designer as well but it doesn't appear to be currently there in 2.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted May 22, 2023 Staff Share Posted May 22, 2023 Can you please confirm the iPad model and iPadOS that you are running asI am seeing the symbol icon on the on screen keyboard in Designer 2.1 on my iPad Pro running iPadOS 16.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 12 minutes ago, DWright said: Can you please confirm the iPad model and iPadOS that you are running asI am seeing the symbol icon on the on screen keyboard in Designer 2.1 on my iPad Pro running iPadOS 16.5 For me, the symbol icon is present in the on-screen keyboard. However, in Designer, it does not provide these functions that are provided in Publisher (screenshot below). Of course, the functions like Odd/Even Page Break, Page Break, and Column Break, and Frame Break, might not be meaningful in Designer. But Line Break is, and it's not available as the entire section for Breaks is missing. And shouldn't Shift+Return work natively, without needing to use the on-screen keyboard? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantaylr Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 3 hours ago, DWright said: Can you please confirm the iPad model and iPadOS that you are running asI am seeing the symbol icon on the on screen keyboard in Designer 2.1 on my iPad Pro running iPadOS 16.5 I'm on an 11in M1 iPad Pro with Affinity Designer 2.1.0. Screenshots attached. The first tab available is "symbols". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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