Selecting text in v2 (possible bug?)

[Pixero]

I’m having problem selecting text in v2. I think it applies to all apps but here Designer is used to show the problem. I wrote down the steps in the videos to make it clearer.

I have Affinity designer/photo/publisher version 2.1.1 on a IPad Pro 12.9 forth generation on iPadOS 16.5.1.

I have tried using finger, Apple Pencil and Bluetooth mouse. No difference.

 

 

In the first video of v1  I’m clicking to select the text without any problems. And I can just click anywhere outside the selection to deselect it.

I can also easily click to place the text edit marker (or what it is called).

No problems selecting just one character.

 

In the second video of v2 I can’t click to select but have to make a selection box around the text to select it.

I can’t double click to enter text edit mode.

After switching to the text tool I can barely select the text. After several tries I end up with a whole word or more selected and the only way to select just a single character is to drag one of the selection handles which by the way is also problematic.

I can’t place a text edit marker anywhere.

I can’t unselect by clicking outside but have to use the x at the bottom of the screen to deselect.

Is it a bug?

 

 

[NathanC]

Hi @Pixero,

Many thanks for providing recording comparisons, they are extremely helpful 🙂. V2 introduced some additional functionality to the move tool in the form of the 'Auto Select' feature (Button with the hand along the context toolbar). When 'Auto select' is enabled this restricts your selection based on the option set along the context toolbar. In your V2 recording you currently have the auto select function enabled and set to 'Groups', this means that only objects that exist within a group container can be selected on the canvas. You'll want to keep 'Auto select' turned on in order to select objects on the canvas, but change the context setting to the right.

Try changing this setting from 'Groups' to 'Default' along the context toolbar with the move tool selected and repeat your test again.

More info: https://affinity.help/designer2ipad/English.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_move.html

[Pixero]

Thanks for the quick response. 
I tried with auto select set to default, object, group and under but neither worked. Also tried without auto select on but it didn’t work either.

[NathanC]

9 minutes ago, Pixero said:

tried with auto select set to default, object, group and under but neither worked. Also tried without auto select on but it didn’t work either.

Strange, you'll need to keep 'auto select' always on otherwise this will prevent any object selection on the canvas, have you tried it with the option turned on and the dropdown menu to the right set to 'Default'?

If it doesn't work, could you possibly provide another screen recording which shows what's happening?

[Pixero]

It didn’t work.

Here is a new video of it.

 

[NathanC]

It looks like for the most part your finger taps are not being registered on the canvas. Have you perhaps got 'Touch for Gestures Only' turned on in the app settings > tools? I wouldn't expect it to be enabled since your marquee selection worked on the second attempt, but it might be worth toggling this setting on and off.

Is it also the same following a reboot of your iPad? Also, if you create a new document and add some shapes/curves to the canvas instead of text, do they also experience this selection issue or is it just text frames?

[Pixero]

Ta daa! It was the setting.

That worked.

Thanks for the help. 👏🏻