Hangman Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 A minor cosmetic issue but when using the Data Merge tool in the 2.4.2.2371 Beta the grid layout is missing when the grid is initially drawn, i.e., the rows and columns are only shown on mouse release... Data Merge Grid.mp4 Chris B 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I also noticed the problem with Affinity Pubisher. Unfortunately, things have become very quiet lately. Various Bugs that were reported have not been fixed to date. I particularly noticed this with the MacOS versions. I'm looking forward to the beta version of Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher 2.50 to see which errors have now been fixed. Hangman 1 Quote -- Apple 2020 Mac Mini M1 Chip (16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD) Affinity V2 Universallizenz 2.3.1 + always latest beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted April 5 Staff Share Posted April 5 Thanks Hangman - I will get this logged. Hangman 1 Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 Thanks Chris... Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 Hi @Chris B, Just to add to the issue, when the Data Merge Grid is no longer selected, the grid isn't visible on the page at all... Data Merge Grid Selection.mp4 Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted April 5 Staff Share Posted April 5 Hey Hangman, I've just tried to record my own video for the bug report and for some reason, it's not happening now. Well, it will only happen at extreme sizes. I'm pretty sure I got it on a standard A3 document before. I asked Sean and he can't get it either Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 Hey Chris, I've tried it on everything from an 85 mm x 55 mm through to A0 and I'm seeing the same issue... Any chance it's Monterey specific? Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted April 5 Staff Share Posted April 5 25 minutes ago, Hangman said: Any chance it's Monterey specific? Well, I did see it on Sonoma initially. However, we have seen a few Monterey-specific issues lately - or at least issues have been easier to reproduce on Monterey. I will try this again in the office on Monday but can happily still log the bug. Hangman 1 Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anto Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I do not see this problem on Ventura. Chris B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 41 minutes ago, Chris B said: Well, I did see it on Sonoma initially. However, we have seen a few Monterey-specific issues lately - or at least issues have been easier to reproduce on Monterey. I will try this again in the office on Monday but can happily still log the bug. I'd be interested to know whether it's still reproducible with Sonoma if you were initially able to reproduce it... @anto, are you not seeing either issue, i.e., the initial draw issue failing to display rows and columns as well as the grid being invisible on the page when not selected? Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anto Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 6 minutes ago, Hangman said: are you not seeing either issue, i.e., the initial draw issue failing to display rows and columns as well as the grid being invisible on the page when not selected? It seems work well. 2024-04-05 о 12.48.37.mov Hangman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Affinity Info Bot Posted April 5 Staff Share Posted April 5 An issue raised in this thread ("Dragging out a Data Merge loses its grid until mouse release") has now been reported to the developers by the testing team (Ref: AF-2637). Thank you very much for reporting this issue to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted April 5 Staff Share Posted April 5 I have logged this against Monterey and mentioned the fact I can sort of reproduce it on Sonoma if I make the grid enormous Hangman 1 Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 Thanks Chris... Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 36 minutes ago, anto said: It seems work well. Thanks for the screen recording... it certainly appears to be OS specific... Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 Hi @Chris B, Interestingly, this is now working correctly in the 2.4.2.2371 Retail release but not in the 2.4.2.2371 Beta despite not appearing on the Retail Bug fix list...does that make any sense? 🤔 Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted April 8 Staff Share Posted April 8 Hi Hangman, I'm wondering if this is a setting you've got on the Beta? Could you try renaming the '2.0 (Beta)' here: %userprofile%\.affinity\Publisher\ so a new one is created and then see if that is affected. If it is not would you be able to zip up a copy of that folder and send it over please? https://www.dropbox.com/request/fw74GhUGN4kPp9OeWavr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 Hi @Sean P, Is that a Windows file path you've referenced? Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted April 8 Staff Share Posted April 8 2 minutes ago, Hangman said: Hi @Sean P, Is that a Windows file path you've referenced? D'oh It is indeed, I had it in my mind you were on Windows. Thats certainly not going to help you on macOS is it! Unfortunately macOS isn't as simple as Windows, but if you try and temporarily rename the 'com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher2.beta.plist' (whilst the app is closed) from the location below and then the app. It should generate a new plist with the default options, and see if that is still causing you problems. ~/Library/Preferences/ Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 Hi @Sean P, No problem... Renaming the 'com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher2.beta.plist' (whilst the app is closed) and renaming the app makes no difference. A new plist file is created but the problem persists in the Beta... In many ways, I guess it's perhaps not so relevant since it's working in the Retail version but it's still very odd... Let me know if you want me to upload any specific files from the Beta... Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted April 8 Staff Share Posted April 8 42 minutes ago, Hangman said: Hi @Sean P, No problem... Renaming the 'com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher2.beta.plist' (whilst the app is closed) and renaming the app makes no difference. A new plist file is created but the problem persists in the Beta... In many ways, I guess it's perhaps not so relevant since it's working in the Retail version but it's still very odd... Let me know if you want me to upload any specific files from the Beta... No worries - that is a shame though! Do you happen to use external monitors with your Mac at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 Just now, Sean P said: Do you happen to use external monitors with your Mac at all? No, this is just the MacBook Pro screen... Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted April 9 Staff Share Posted April 9 @Hangman both Sean and I have reproduced this with our own User folders on Windows. I've attached it to the bug report for the developers to review. We're just currently trying to track the actual cause down. Hangman 1 Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 Hi @Chris B, That's interesting and thanks both for the update and for testing further... I'd certainly be interested to know what you discover should you manage to track down what is causing this, it's a really odd one... Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2430) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2430) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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