Independent baseline grid doesn't work for pinned text frames

[MikeTO]

Independent baseline grid doesn't work if the frame is pinned in another text frame. It doesn't matter if the document has a baseline grid or not or what text size or leading is applied to the parent frame, or even if the parent frame has a matching independent baseline grid. I can't figure out what it's doing but I can't get it to work.

I'm trying to lay out a book with sidebar frames that ignore the document's baseline grid but I can't find a way to accomplish that.

I get the same results in v1 so this isn't new.

test2.afpub

 

[walt.farrell]

Just curious: why are you pinning your sidebar text frames, rather than using Sidenotes?

[MikeTO]

2 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Just curious: why are you pinning your sidebar text frames, rather than using Sidenotes?

For convenience because it's easy to move the pins for a pinned text frame and impossible to move the marker for a sidenote that doesn't have a visible marker. And probably also a dose of I've always done it that way. 🙂

Sidenotes are amazing but using them for general sidebars is problematic because when you set Number Text to blank to avoid having a visible marker you're left with no way to find them again. You can't see them and can't move them. But even if I could see the invisible character you can't drag the marker for an invisible character to a new position if the sidenote is in an awkward position.

It would be nice if Publisher could show an invisible, draggable symbol for note markers that lack a visual marker of their own. Something like this:

[MikeTO]

But, the advantage of sidenotes is the lovely Toward/Away from Spine feature. I have submitted a feature request for an invisibles symbol.

 

[Callum]

Hi Mike, 

I've logged this with our devs to be investigated further

Thanks
C