Strikethrough vs. Strikeout

[MikeTO]

The Strikethrough command is incorrectly named Strikeout in the Text > Character Traits menu. It's named Strikethrough everywhere else - in the Character panel, Edit Text Style, and Find.

[Lee D]

I've logged it to be reviewed.

[MikeTO]

On 10/25/2023 at 5:16 AM, Lee D said:

I've logged it to be reviewed.

FYI, you might want to add to the report that there is one other place where Strikeout is used instead of Strikethrough; the tooltip for the strikethrough/strikeout icon In the tab stop popup.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "[Win] Text > Character Traits shows Strikeout. Other references in app shows as Strikethrough" (REF: AF-896) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.3.0.2139".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
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[MikeTO]

On the Windows bug fix list:

> Text > Character Traits shows Strikeout. Other references in app shows as Strikethrough [AF-896]   

I'm not seeing a change on macOS so perhaps Windows was changed to match macOS? But then the original inconsistency remains:

• Text > Character Traits > Strikeout
• Character panel > Decorations > Strikethrough (and referred to as such in Help)
• Edit Text Styles > Colour & Decorations > Strikethrough

I know Strikeout is what it's called in OpenType, but Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe call it Strikethrough.

[Hangman]

Strikeout is simply the incorrect term...

Strikeout - An instance or the act of yielding nothing, used in baseball when a pitcher throws any combination of three swinging or looking strikes to a hitter.
Strikethrough - A typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line drawn through every letter, essentially showing cancellation.