Hyperlinks not being saved

[Motljus]

I am facing a strange Hyperlinks bug in v2.

I previously had a lot of hyperlinks to different anchors all over the book, but since v2 all of the hyperlinks seems broken and when trying to correct the hyperlinks, the selection does not seem to save. When opening up the "Hyperlink Properties" the selection keeps defaulting back to the first anchor in the list (which in turn results in a broken anchor link in generated PDF, not navigating anywhere).

 

 

 

[NathanC]

Hi @Motljus,

Could you possibly provide us with your .afpub file so we can investigate further? I have provided a private upload link below if you do not wish to share your file publicly.

https://www.dropbox.com/request/VbdR2Ug0nuS5VFC1UMF5

Also, was your .afpub file originally created in V1 before you began work on it in V2? Could you also confirm what version of Publisher you're running?

Many thanks!

[Motljus]

10 minutes ago, NathanC said:

Hi @Motljus,

Could you possibly provide us with your .afpub file so we can investigate further? I have provided a private upload link below if you do not wish to share your file publicly.

https://www.dropbox.com/request/VbdR2Ug0nuS5VFC1UMF5

Also, was your .afpub file originally created in V1 before you began work on it in V2? Could you also confirm what version of Publisher you're running?

Many thanks!

Thanks for answering.

Uploaded a file.

But I am experiencing the same problem on all of my projects which I've upgraded to Affinity Publisher version 2.1.1

Where it usually shows the previously selected ancor on the popup for editing the hyperlink, it now just displays the first listed ancor (alphabetically) and ignores my previous selection.

[NathanC]

Thanks for uploading the file, on 2.1.1 Windows I can see the exact issue with the incorrect hyperlink being populated in the dropdown list, even though the target Anchor is correct, the dropdown populates incorrectly with the first anchor in the dropdown when you want to edit the link. On Mac this problem does not occur, the dropdown always show the correct anchor, in the case of your example screenshots it shows as 'TOOLS'.

The good news is the issue appears to be fixed in the 2.2 beta, as after opening your file in the 2.2 beta app and then right click > Edit hyperlink the properties displays the correct Anchor. I would recommend giving the beta a try if you haven't already, I've linked the signup page below.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/affinity-beta-program/

Note: make sure to make backup copies of your files before opening them in the 2.2 betaapps, as once you save the file it cannot be opened in the current release build (2.1.1) again.

[Motljus]

Thanks. I'll start using the beta then.