Changing height on table results in rapid expansion of Cell

[ajwwong]

I am trying to create a change in my table by modifying the height of a row of cells. However when I do so, in the vertical position, it creates a bizarre jump in the cell height, rather than an incremental one. You may see the attached video for reference.

https://www.loom.com/share/89376e6b55ae40f38278ec11836650e9

Any thoughts would be welcome.

 

8x10 Final PRESS 102123.afpub

[carl123]

If I'm following your video correctly it seems to work OK here, for me

What's the full version number of your Affinity Publisher app?

[ajwwong]

Hello! And thank you so much for checking out the video and the file. I very much appreciated! 🙂 (Sorry if I was in a bad mood in the video.)

The version that I have is this one:

Affinity Publisher

1.10.6.1665

 

Thank you so much!

[carl123]

Same as the version I tested it on

The document you uploaded did not show the table rotated so I had to do that part.

I may be rotating it differently to you

So, can you upload the document again but with the table rotated (please make sure the problem still exists in the document you upload)

 

 

 

[thomaso]

Workaround: In your document I am able to set the cell height not numerically in the Table Panel but manually with the Text Tool by dragging the column or row height in the layout window.

There are various known bugs affecting the cell height in V1 and still V2, for instance:

[ajwwong]

The problem is still here, @carl123.  Here's the video and the file, but thank you, @thomaso!  That is a great workaround!

 

https://www.loom.com/share/a0b91eb509da437c8580b638581126d8  

 

 

8x10 Final PRESS 102123.afpub

[thomaso]

The easiest seems to be to un-rotate the table for the cell height adjustment, there it appears to work without this issue.

Weird, with numerical editing you can achieve a smaller resulting value if you enter a formula as fraction, for instance '1.2/4' … while I have no idea what algorithm is working, it is a way to enter values without the massive increase at least.

If you prefer the dragging method it may be useful first to adjust the total table height, then adjust the single rows with the shift key pressed. Nevertheless still a cumbersome way.

[ajwwong]

Thank you for your helpp! It is very much appreciated. I'm happy to use the fractional workaround – and/or the text drag.

[anto]

I see the same problem as you in version 2.2.1
The publisher behaves unpredictably.
And one more bug about the table. When you want to resize a row of an inverted table, the tooltip arrows appear in the wrong place.

 

 

[anto]

@ajwong how did you create the table? Directly in Publisher?

When i try to replicate such behavier with new table in new document, i cannot see it. When i copy your table in new document i see such bugs.

[ajwwong]

Interesting! I may have created it in Microsoft Word and then imported it. Let me see. Actually, come to think of itt, I did. Maybe that is the issue?

 

Indeed! Eureka. If you import the table, it makes it so that vertical height adjustments are very wonky. But if you do it jusst straight from Affinity, it wworks as planned/expected. Thannk yyou so mmuch. @anto