Afpub 2.2.0: Text wrapping a group with a masked element wraps around the unmasked element, not just the visible part

[Kim S]

Affinity Publisher, v2.2.0, Windows 10 Home

While text wrapping works correctly/as expected with masked objects, only wrapping around the visible part, when the masked object is part of a group, text wrapping applied to the group does not work correctly. The expected behavior would be to have the text wrap the masked portion only, the same as before. Instead, when you apply text wrapping to a group with a masked object in it, the text wraps around the original size of the masked image, as if it were unmasked.

This bug is reproducible and occurs with new documents.

I have attached a screen capture of the problem. The "Group (Text Wrap)" has the text wrap on. Nothing else has text wrap applied to it. (I couldn't get the xbox game bar to capture the Text Wrap panel.)

Example.afpub

[DWright]

If you select the group header then use the Vector Crop tool the text wrap will then flow whing the crop adjustment.

[lepr]

On 9/27/2023 at 4:50 PM, DWright said:

If you select the group header then use the Vector Crop tool the text wrap will then flow whing the crop adjustment.

That is a workaround for the bug which has been in the apps for years. Your workaround won't be a practical solution for many cases. Please log this thread for the developers to see.