Linking does not sync when object changes size due to text changes.

[CM0]

It is possible to link a group with text or just plain text object to another object and transforms work correctly when resizing with the object handles.

However, if the object size changes due to a text change, then it does not sync.

Attached sample:

Modify either object by handles and it resizes in sync.

Change the text and the text object changes size but not the linked object.

Publisher 2.2.1 / Windows 10

Linking broken with text changes.afpub

[NathanC]

Hi @CM0,

To clarify on your example document, are you expecting that when you add/remove characters from your artistic text frame, that the linked rectangle object then also automatically adjust's it's dimensions to the size of the modified text? If so, this is working as expected currently, your objects are linked on the 'transform' attribute for object scaling via the transform panel or object handles, and modifying text content doesn't count as a transformation link but a text content link which wouldn't apply since one of the objects is a shape.

If you were to instead have two text objects, link them together on 'text content' attribute both frames would then share the same content and modifying the text on one would automatically update the other as expected. If I were to instead link these two text objects only on the 'Transform' attribute, scaling the text via the Transform panel or via the handles on the canvas will correctly sync the objects together. but if I were to modify the text content this would have no effect because the objects are not linked on this attribute.

 

[CM0]

@NathanC Could we then submit this as a feature request. It is still a dimensional change and would likely be a relatively simple change to support as the mechanism already exists. This would allow for creating some automatic scenarios of special text highlights and automatic erasure of items underneath the text by syncing a object in erase mode underneath the text which was an effect I was hoping to achieve.