2.5 Beta Bug Fix List

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of some of the bugs which have been fixed in beta build 2.5.0.2402, since 2.4.2 (2371)

Please reply in this forum only to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other New Bugs and Issues in the Betas forum.

(A) Bug fixes which affected all platforms 

• User file- Importing PSD file fails to load and causes high RAM usage AF-2621
• Select options in Photo Persona are offset based on bleed AF-1973
• Cut and pasting Anchors creates a new Anchor, breaking Cross References to the original Anchor or Paragraph AF-1911
• SVG rectangle with width="100%" height="100%" is imported incorrectly as 1x1 AF-1899
• Eight digit SVG hex values not being parsed correctly AF-2152
• Exporting to PDF with Tagging enabled fails when a text object is visually cropped with a vector mask, inside a group that is visually cropped with a vector mask AF-2112
• Resource manager: OpenAsset image status shows as "Pending" 
• User file- Importing PSD file fails to load and causes high RAM usage AF-2621
• Paragraph > Spacing > Leading can be set to a negative value 
• Selections in Publisher's Photo Persona are offset based on bleed [AF-1973]

(B) Bug fixes which affected Desktop (Windows and macOS) 

• Blur Tool: blur effect quite subtle if Metal compute acceleration is enabled AF-2268
• Text Styles Panel not displaying decorations correctly with CMYK values 
• Text Style Editor: Shouldn't each Stylistic Set be a On/Off/No Change value rather than a number 
• Text Style Editor: Caps to Small Caps/Petite Caps shows as Normal Caps in Style Settings 
• Text Style Editor: Stylistic Sets and Character Variants are not capped to the font max 
• Text Style Editor: Deleting a Shear or Scale value will set it to 'No Change' but doesn't remove the value from the style 
• Text Style Editor: Desired Word (and Letter) Spacing is not capped by Minimum and Maximum Word (and Letter) Spacing options 
• Text Style Editor: Bullet List font cannot be removed (or added) by checking 'Use Selected Font' 
• Text Style Editor: Initial Words end characters cannot be set to 'No Change' after modifying
• Text Style Editor: Bullet List font cannot be removed (or added) by checking 'Use Selected Font'
• Text Style Editor: Desired Word (and Letter) Spacing is not capped by Minimum and Maximum Word (and Letter) Spacing options
• AutoCorrect - Capitalise first letter of sentences issue AF-2340
• [User File] Placing .xlsx causes app to hang and never recover AF-2374
• Running headers and paragraph style that is used in more than one paragraph in a row AF-1940
• Hyperlink panel displays the same/first anchor for all if multiple are setup AF-1647
• Find & Replace- Searching for words with an Anchor/note/index marker inserted will fail to find the word with 'match whole word' enabled AF-1928
• Text styles panel doesn't show the text stroke outline unless you've also set the fill colour on MacOS AF-2186
• Editing a TOC heading and updating TOC creates a new anchor incorrectly AF-1912
• Develop Persona- Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C Lens profile not identified in the lens panel AF-2132
• Importing a multi level list into Pub with various text styles AF-1832
• HEIC files with transparency import with a solid black fill in place of the transparency 
• Show Column Guides and Show Pixel Selection toggles are missing in the pixel persona AF-2119
• Table Format's text style appears blank if the original style has been renamed 
• [macOS/Win] Resource Manager panel doesn't update automatically 
• New Stack with images using 'bottom right' metadata orientation are stacked upside down AF-996
• [User File] Placing .xlsx causes app to hang and never recover AF-2374
• Linked multi-page PDF files default to Page 1 when re-loading the document, changing passthrough policy subsequently causes an app crash AF-2662
• Importing IDML and flowing text to new frame applies text scaling unexpectedly  [AF-1342]
• Flowing Story text is scaled unexpectedly after changing the documents DPI  [AF-1288]

(C) Bugs fixed which specifically affected Windows 

• LAB/Greyscale values are showing with decimals AF-2327
• Edit Text Style dialog does not always fit on screen & cannot be resized, hiding OK / Cancel options AF-2351
• When inserting a Cross-Reference the Search from start files is not active AF-1747
• Email Hyperlinks with multiple email addresses (CC & BCC) fail to validate / export AF-1736
• Brush Previews are drawn within the Colour Picker Loupe when using the ALT modifier with Brush Tools
• Clear User Data dialog does not fit on screen for smaller displays AF-2217
• Undesired Colour Conversion when using 'Performed by Printer' AF-1633
• Buttons disappearing from preflight panel AF-2643
• Menu Edit > Fill...: pressing Enter to validate choice/close dialog no longer works AF-2232
• Text Style Editor: Outline stroke style doesn't have the ability to set 'No change'.
• Text Style Editor: Scrollers on Alternates page have a different max value on macOS than Windows
• [Japanese] Multiple panels show clipping
• [Spanish] Multiple panels show clipping
• Edit Text Style: There is a red dot bleeding through under Outline
• Export Persona: you can lose the Variable and Description fields in the Token flyout
• Publisher When export to PDF the UI progress bar freezes but the PDF is exported
• Right click on Masked layer's icon on parent layer does not select mask layer 
• Edit > Copy Merged is incorrect for Portuguese AF-2188
• Difficulty dragging a layer to the top of the stack  AF-2144
• Grid and Axis manager always uses 3 decimal point values when adjusting using slider, regardless of UI setting AF-2450
• Mouse Scrolling the Angle field in FX does not visually update changes on canvas when cursor is over the Angle value itself AF-2121
• Overprint Swatches when Show as List enabled do not visually clip the ellipse used to denote the Overprint state AF-1323
• Pressing Esc whilst dragging on Transform panel controls causes the controls to start reacting to mouseover
• Colour Studio in Slider view offers 16bit / Percentage options for HSL and LAB incorrectly AF-2424
• Changing Colour Studio view from Sliders changes colour mode settings applied in Slider view AF-2423
• Can't print multiple artboards with bleed AF-2358
• Export Palette option is not greyed out in Swatches Studio menu with a Pantone Palette selected
• New Document dialog: No X to close documents in List View
• Overprint is not enabled when creating a Global Colour, and disables when edited
• 'Search' fields do not offer a right click context menu
• 'New from Clipboard' fails with SVG code on the clipboard AF-854
• Stroke Well in Colour Studio cannot be clicked in the centre of the icon AF-2070
• Layers Panel- Shift selecting multiple layers after using the Select > Select Bottom/Top command does not function AF-1820
• Right click on Masked layer's icon on parent layer does not select mask layer
• Select all layers keyboard shortcut not set by default 
• Cannot reapply the highlighted text style to multiple paragraphs

(D) Bugs fixed which specifically affected macOS 

• Placing any multiple page PDF and setting duplicate to display a different page will always show page 1 when saved and reopened AF-1726
• 'Characters Including Spaces' only shows as 'Characters' in the Status bar AF-1958
• Colour modes in Colour Studio Slider view incorrectly share display settings, causing incorrect colour values to be shown AF-2421
• Edit Text Style - Position & Transform baseline jumps to negative value AF-1691
• Procedural Texture- 'rgbtoi' function canvas rendering inconsistent with metal enabled AF-1963
• Text Style Editor: Setting Outline Stroke style to No Change doesn't appear to fully revert the values
• Layers Release option in context menu becomes greyed out when you have more than 30 objects selected
• Copy To Category missing from Brush context menu AF-1666
• MS Word doc with page range index references aren't supported AF-1618
• CMYK Color sliders in colour chooser inconsistent AF-657
• Chinese and Japanese characters fail to show on 'finger tooltip'
• Trash Can icon on Anchor Panel is too small on macOS
• Document Setup missing from File menu in Pixel Persona AF-839
   

(E) Bugs fixed which specifically affected iPad 

• Appearance > Options > Colour Wheel causes a crash 
• Korean Text does not get input/combined correctly on iPadOS AF-1268
• Layers Studio menu missing 'Release' and 'Mask to Below' commands AF-1919
• Top ruler is missing when stage manager is active  AF-1338
• White flash shows on loading the in-app iPad help    
• Copy To Category missing from Brush context menu  
• pop-up dialogs from adjustments do not turn translucent when dragging the slider AF-595
• Resource Manager Details page doesn't update automatically  
• Chinese and Japanese characters fail to show on 'finger tooltip'    
• iPad edit / document menus conflict with brush settings    
• CMD+S shortcut doesn't work on the magic keyboard with Zhuyin input AF-669
• Able to set negative values on Corner Tool slider 
   

If you have reported a bug and it is not yet fixed, please do not report it again. More fixes will be made during the 2.5 beta cycle.

[Affinity Info Bot]

Newly reported 'Known Issues' reported during in the 2.5 beta cycle in this "Other new bugs and Issues in the Beta" forum
A list of unresolved issues reported in this forum during this beta cycle

• Hyperlink Properties dialog cannot be re-sized AF-2795
• Text Style Editor: Stylistic Sets don't immediately update on Monterey AF-2851
• Text Style Editor: Slight section naming differences between Panel and Dialog AF-2852
• Text Style Editor: Reset Keyboard Shortcut button doesn't have a tool tip AF-2853
• Text Style Editor: Reset Keyboard Shortcut button is inconsistent with Initial Words reset button AF-2854
• Discrepancy between Character Panel and Text Style Editor for Text/Highlight Fill names AF-2873
• Help menu's search bar is no longer present AF-2594

Released Fixes
A list of issues reported in this forum during this beta cycle, but now available in the current beta build

• Vertical Ruler is being rendered on top of the document tabs area when more than one document is open AF-2796
• Ruler Units are completely off/no longer start at 0 on macOS AF-2760
• Mouse wheel doesn't change stroke width in Decorations AF-2888
• Text Style Editor: Optical Alignment Add button adds both an empty entry along with default list. AF-2882 
• Text Style Editor: Optical Alignment section is missing 'No Change' text in the list of adjustments and no way to reset AF-2881
• App crashes on launch of cs.json is empty AF-2879
• Text Style Editor: Removing all decorations doesn't enable the + button AF-2872
• Text Style Editor: Style Settings background colour doesn't respond to UI Style on macOS AF-2862
• Text Style Editor: Style Name entry box background is grey AF-2861
• Bullets & Numbering Name entry box background is grey AF-2860
• Text Style Editor: No real-time update to text on the page when the Leading value is updated AF-2859
• Text Style Editor: The Ligatures and Alternates text labels contain two colons AF-2858
• Text Style Editor: Label differences between Language settings in Paragraph Panel AF-2857
• Text Style Editor: Slight difference between Position & Transform ordering compared to Paragraph Panel AF-2856
• Text Style Editor: Font Family dropdown isn't honouring the UI Style AF-2855
• Section Manager's Name field has incorrect background colour AF-2800
• Crash re-saving a document with a Style AF-2718
• Character Panel: Trackpad drag scroll is still possible inside Kerning and Leading override fields on macOS AF-2906
• Optical Alignment characters are misaligned in the input box AF-2866
• Bullets & Numbering tokens/block/icons are cut off AF-2865
• Tabbing has stopped working in the Character Panel on macOS AF-2831
• Character Panel's background is briefly visible just above its categories AF-2801
• Setting a Tab Stop using 'From right' still checks the left tab stop for the minimum value it can be set to AF-2899
• DPI Slider has disappeared from New Document Dialog and Document Setup dialog. AF-2817
• Changing DPI causes Inline objects to change positioning AF-2901
• Changing DPI and closing the file without saving changes shows 'Open recovery file?' when reopened AF-2894
• File with linked documents hangs on open AF-2900

Upcoming Fixes
A list of issues reported in this forum during this beta cycle, which will be available in a forthcoming build

• Fill Colours and Stroke Weights No Longer Update in Realtime in the Text Style Editor AF-2803
• Artefacts appearing on Character and Paragraph Panel when collapsed AF-2799

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.5.0 (2415)
(fixes since the initial beta 2.5.0.2371)

Please reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.

Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms

• "=" expression with Transform Objects Separately enabled is failing in Publisher [AF-2809]

Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)

• Clicking with the Line Width Tool inserts a 0% pressure point [AF-2769]
• Line Width Tool: using the Layer > Transform commands while the Line Width Tool is active leaves the pressure points misplaced (in their original position before transform)  [AF-2768]
• Cannot use Line Width Tool in Designer Persona in Publisher when more than 1 page is present [AF-2766]
• Crash opening package and installing a variable font 
• Hide / Show Others is not in Publisher's Layer Menu [AF-2083]
• Export persona > Document name and Document filename are empty for newly saved documents [AF-1496]
• Changing the Grid settings in the Develop Persona drastically reduces the image exposure [AF-1166]

Bugs affecting Windows

• View transform is broken when one app hands off to the other 
• Menu item Text>Show Typography 
• Typography Panel should be listed under Windows > 
• Typography Panel height cannot be adjusted 
• Can't adjust the values in Transform panel using 'click + drag' gesture on the field label for 2 node straight open curves [AF-2213]
• Colour flyout slightly clipped on Windows 
• Swatch names are not truncated 
• 'Font Style' and 'Font Traits' language inconsistency between studio panels (mac fix to follow) AF-804

Bugs affecting macOS

• Incorrect lens being detected, Panasonic instead of Sony  [AF-2822]
• Vertical Ruler is being rendered on top of the document tabs area when more than one document is open [AF-2796]
• Old Typography dialog (replaced by Panel) remains visible on upgrade from 2.4.2 to 2.5.0 
• Ruler Units are completely off/no longer start at 0 on macOS [AF-2760]
• Menu item Text>Show Typography 
• Typography Panel should be listed under Windows > Text 
• Text Style Editor: Unable to use 'Reset End characters' button when the field has focus on macOS 
• Typography Panel: Hide irrelevant features checkbox is missing padding on the left hand margin [AF-2477]

Bugs affecting iPad

• Thumbnail generation is delayed when using iPadOS 17, also affects menu for Live Doc [AF-466]

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.5.0 (2430)
(fixes since beta 2.5.0.2415)

Please reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.

Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms

• Pencil Tool auto-close - add cursor change [AF-2788]
• Line Width Tool renamed to Stroke Width Tool [AF-2727]
• First point on a vector stroke when using the pencil or vector brush is in the wrong direction [AF-339]

Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)

• Crash re-saving a document with a Style    [AF-2718]
• App crashes on launch if cs.json is empty    [AF-2879]
• Variable Font - All axes visible when they shouldn't be   [AF-2910]
• Presets: QR Code is missing from the Filter    [AF-2816]
• Text Style Editor: Turning off Decorations will cause app to crash if Paragraph Panel is visible and style is applied to text    
• Text Style Editor: Label differences between Language settings in Character Panel    [AF-2857]
• Text Style Editor: Optical Alignment section is missing 'No Change' text in the list of adjustments and no way to reset    [AF-2881]
• Text Style Editor: No real-time update to text on the page when the Leading value is updated   [AF-2859]
• Text Style Editor: Removing all decorations doesn't enable the + button   [AF-2872]
• Text Style Editor: Slight difference between Position & Transform ordering compared to Paragraph Panel   [AF-2856]
• Text Style Editor: The Ligatures and Alternates text labels contain two colons   [AF-2858]
• Text Style Editor: Optical Alignment Add button adds both an empty entry along with default list.   [AF-2882]
• Line Width Tool is not made available on 2.4 > 2.5 upgrades   
• Line Width Tool handles don't respond to Tool Handle Size changes    
• Line Width Tool addition means there are now two Pencil Tool groups on the Customise Tools UI    
• Set Line Width At Point dialog should say Width instead of Weight   

Bugs affecting Windows

• Installing AF Fonts will cause the app to crash, and then crash on launch with no way to Ctrl runup    AF-2877
• IDMl import > Some pinned images have incorrect scaling    
• Variable Fonts: Adjusting axes using mouse wheel on Windows doesn't update text    [AF-2846]
• Chinese font names are not appearing in Chinese on Windows    [AF-2913]
• Font outlines aren't closed off correctly    
• Fonts installed via Creative Cloud cannot be found   [AF-2909]
• Bullets & Numbering Name entry box background is grey   [AF-2860]
• QR Code - shape does not update on payload change    [AF-2767]
• Text Style Editor: Style Name entry box background is grey   [AF-2861]
• Text Style Editor: Dialog no longer remembers the last category that was selected   
• Typography Panel - Floating - Changes size when fonts switch    
• Mouse wheel doesn't change stroke width in Decorations   [AF-2888]
• Typography Panel -Tab order - radio button highlight incorrect    
• Gradient outline still present on Panel tabs   [AF-2892]
• New Document Category dropdown won't allow bottom entries to be selected    

Bugs affecting macOS

• Variable fonts - Axes values not updating   [AF-2845]
• Variable fonts - Axes panel has transparency enabled    [AF-2878]
• Apps can crash whilst in the background [AF-2698]
• Text Style Editor: Dialog no longer remembers the last category that was selected    
• Text Style Editor: Style Settings background colour doesn't respond to UI Style on macOS    AF-2862]
• Text Style Editor: Style Name entry box background is grey  
• Text Style Editor: Font Family dropdown isn't honouring the UI Style    [AF-2855]
• Bullets & Numbering Name entry box background is grey   
• Section Manager's Name field has incorrect background colour.    [AF-2800
• Typography Shortcuts is missing from Settings > Shortcuts on MacOS   [AF-2787]
• Importing Images using EPSON Standard RGB - Gamma 1.8 Profile causes an app crash    [AF-2655]

Bugs affecting iPad

• Character Panel - Variations doesn't update if showing when font is changed    [AF-2836]
• Line Width tool missing name in tool flyout    [AF-2700]

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.5.0 (2437)
(fixes since beta 2.5.0.2430)

Please reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.

Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms

• Line Width Tool: Snap to Curve Geometry doesn't let the handles snap to 0 width   [AF-2827]
• Line Width Tool: Snap To Width On Same Curve only works if Adjust Line Weight is enabled and shift is also held down   [AF-2821] 
• QR code - Does not support multi-line input for vCard (.vcf), VCALENDAR and VEVENT (.ics) URI  [AF-2781]

Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)

• Variable Fonts - Geologica Font not responding to Cursive axis   [AF-2893]
• Character Panel: Typography Script and Language dropdowns no longer reflect the font supported values  [AF-2934]
• Setting a Tab Stop using 'From right' still checks the left tab stop for the minimum value it can be set to.  [AF-2899]
• Bullets & Numbering tokens/block/icons are cut off  [AF-2865]
• Bullets and Numbering: missing tooltips  

Bugs affecting Windows

• Line Width Tool can cause a redraw on certain brushes  [AF-2765]    
• QR code - no warning when 2953 character limit is exceeded  [AF-2759]
• Character Panel: Shift/Control scroll shortcuts are switched for Kerning and Leading Override field  
• Character Panel: Adjusting Stroke Width and Colour (along with Strikethrough and Underline colour) no longer hides text selection  
• Character Panel: Unable to set Stroke's 'No Line Style' after changing colour  
• Missing Fonts no longer show with a question mark in the Character Panel  
• Character panel: Separators display in dropdown and can be selected  

Bugs affecting macOS

• Character Panel: Trackpad drag scroll is still possible inside Kerning and Leading override fields on macOS    AF-2906    
• Optical Alignment characters are misaligned in the input box    [AF-2866]
• Tabbing has stopped working in the Character Panel on macOS   [AF-2831]
• Character Panel's background is briefly visible just above its categories  [AF-2801]

Bugs affecting iPad

• Character Panel - Variations doesn't update if showing when font is changed    [AF-2836]
• Line Width tool missing name in tool flyout   

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.5.0 (2449)
(fixes since beta 2.5.0.2437)

Please reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.

Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms

• Stroke Width Tool: improved the visibility of pressure point lines and handles [AF-3037]
• Time can be lost from XMP-Photoshop:DateCreated on export if IPTC:DateCreated is also present  [AF-3028]
• Stroke Width Tool will crash if you attempt to adjust the width of a Start/End Node  [AF-3004]
• QR code - wifi preset missing a ';' character between 'Encryption type' and 'Password' fields  [AF-2959]
• Preflight Panel should warn about non-aspect scaling on QR Codes  [AF-2751]

Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)

• Variable Fonts - Italic state lost when varying axes away from an italic preset  [AF-2950]

Bugs affecting Windows

• Sigma 150-600mm f::5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary Lens not recognised for CR2 file (Canon 400D)  [AF-3015]
• Axes Panel is sized incorrectly  [AF-2974]
• Text Ruler is blank  
• Fonts no longer want to favour the selected text's style/traits when applied  [AF-2946]
• `Edit Text Style` should be `Text Style Editor` to match macOS/iOS 

Bugs affecting macOS

• Various studios have unnecessary horizontal scroll  
• Edited Brush icon being drawn far too big when resizing a brush in Pixel Persona  [AF-2963]
• Crash Character Panel - Switching between font collections  
• Character Panel: All fonts, selecting a Font Book Collection with Variable fonts will crash Affinity  [AF-2922]
• Changing DPI and closing the file without saving changes shows 'Open recovery file?' when reopened  [AF-2894]
• DPI Slider has disappeared from New Document Dialog and Document Setup dialog.  [AF-2817]
   

Bugs affecting iPad

• Number Pad does not clear after object is deselected, panel is cleared or document closed 
     

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.5.0 (2463)
(fixes since beta 2.5.0.2449)

Please reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.

Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms

• QR Code: Field text is retained in new documents    AF-3024
• QR Code: Able to type semicolon and click OK despite the tooltip suggesting they cannot be used    AF-3021
• QR Code - URL field does not accept hyphens in domain names    AF-2996
• QR Code - VCard label typo webite should be website    AF-3016
• Expand Stroke Improvements, fixing a number of issues like these (BUT not all so please do not re-report unfixed issues) 
  • Strokes with a pressure profile are expanded with wrong width (affecting SVG, PDF, EPS exports)    AF-727
  • Expand Stroke on a rotated Curve with pressure applied causes curve to disappear, though remains in the Layers Studio    AF-726
  • Expand stroke fails on curve with stroke pressure applied    AF-294
  • Expand stroke fails on specific curve with pressure    AF-3080
  • Expanding specific curve gets its stroke and fill colours swapped    AF-3079
  • Mitre value seems to incorrectly affect curves with pressure and a Round Join    AF-3081
  • Velocity Brush width changes fail to export to PDF or expand stroke    AF-3074
  • Expand Stroke fails on curves that have a large 'step' in the Pressure Profile    
  • Expand stroke fails on text layer outline creating an empty curve layer - File specific    
  • Expand stroke doesn't work well with curves with pressure    AF-728
  • Clicking in blank area of Pressure Profile changes second node    

Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)

• Cannot set Letter spacing to negative values in Text Style Editor    AF-3060
• PDF 'page information' resets per chapter when exporting .afbook    AF-3049
• URL Hyperlinks created with hidden characters selected fail to open target or add %00 to URL    AF-3033
• Preflight status of book chapters does not update correctly when checked via Books panel preferences    
• Error exporting PDF with file hyperlinks    
• Hyperlinks within Footnotes/Endnotes imported from MS Word/Google Docs not importing correctly    AF-2962
• Find & Replace: Changing Font no longer removes all previous formatting options.    AF-2960
• Text Style Editor: Language - Hyphenation dropdown is displaying incorrect language list    AF-2930
• Unable to mouse wheel over Leading in Text Style Editor    
• Text Style Editor: Space between same style inconsistencies    AF-2926
• Crash when resetting the format of a Style    AF-2919
• Changing DPI causes Inline objects to change positioning    AF-2901
• Variable Fonts - Font Manager issues    AF-2890
• Variable Fonts - Updating a text style based on variable font changes not functioning    AF-2886
• Flowing text into a new frame changes formatting    AF-2236

Bugs affecting Windows

• Notes Panel has some text that is cut-off    AF-3036
• Samples/Lessons don't preview on first run up of a fresh install    
• Update text styles button on Paragraph and Character Panel are clipped on Windows    AF-3017
• Axes names showing as tags    AF-2964
• Previews missing for some fonts    
• Certain fonts are causing names to be truncated in Text styles fonts list    

Bugs affecting macOS

• Paragraph Panel > Tab Stops > Togging "From right" on a tabstop creates a new instance of that stop, on top of the existing one    
• Text Style Editor: Misalignments in Figures, Capitals and Justification    AF-3007
• Text Style Editor: macOS is displaying the incorrect Text Style when re-editing    AF-2972
• Text Style Editor: Dialog when accessed via Find & Replace has incorrect title    
• Find & Replace: Replace text style formatting uses the options set in 'Find' when editing.    AF-2957
• Text Style Editor: Incorrect options shown editing Character Style after Paragraph style leading to crashes    AF-2955
• Text Style Editor: Optical Alignment allows you to Add when using None or Font    
• UI is not being resized correctly when hiding left studio    AF-2912
• Repeatedly clicking the typography button will decrease the size of the panel   
• Histogram 'artefacts' when docked in simple mode    
• LUT Adjustment Category is displaying incorrectly on macOS    
• Text Styles panel > Black background    

Bugs affecting iPad

• QR Code: Returning to the Home screen to soon after placing a QR code will give a Loading Failed message    AF-3025

 
  

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.5.0 (2471)
(fixes since beta 2.5.0.2463)

Please reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.

Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms

• Localisation and Help fixes

Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)

•  Text Style Paragraph Justification letter spacing defaults to -100% [AF-3103]
• Justification Min spacing values can be set higher than Max spacing in Text Style Editor  [AF-3062]

Bugs affecting Windows

• Crash clicking format from Find and Replace  [AF-3104]
• Crash creating a text style after selecting Justification options in text style editor  [AF-3102]
• Font dropdown arrow is missing under "More..."     [AF-3088]
• Context Bar font dropdown - Sample display is slightly clipped at the baseline  [AF-3087]
• Variable Fonts - Decovar font does not display axes names [AF-3085]

Bugs affecting macOS

• Document Recovery Prompt appears after using certain panels/dialogs and closing/re-opening document   [AF-3120]
• Changing DPI and closing the file without saving changes shows 'Open recovery file?' when reopened.  [AF-2894]

Bugs affecting iPad

• Track Pad Zooming is far too strong on iPadOS   [AF-2824]
     

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.5.2 (2478)
(fixes since the last release 2.5.0.2471)

We have made some fixes to resolve some of the issues affecting users of 2.5.0. We will probably make more fixes in 2.5.2.x before it is released but for now these have been addressed to help the users suffering from them.

Fixes in build 2479 (since the release of 2.5.0)

• [Desktop] 2.5.0 Publisher users experiencing freezing, crashing, or text not displaying due to threading issues [AF-3191]
• [Desktop] Crash duplicating text style [AF-3140]
• [Windows] 2.5.0 Crashing during 'loading fonts' [AF-3190]
• [Desktop] Fixed MAS/MS-Store receipt loading crash on startup [AF-3189]

If you had any of these problems while using the 2.5.0 release build, you can join the beta program and install the beta build, which installs side-by-side next to the release.

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.5.2 (2486)
(fixes since the last beta 2.5.2.2478)

We have made some fixes to resolve some of the issues affecting users of 2.5.0. We will probably make more fixes in 2.5.2.x before it is released but for now these have been addressed to help the users suffering from them.

Fixes in build 2486

• [Desktop] Crash when attempting to select some specific fonts AF-3194
• [Desktop] Variable Font - text style description not correct when a style is modified by a variable font style AF-2885
• [Windows] Some Non-ascii named fonts not appearing in app AF-3118
• [Windows] 2.5.x users missing fonts after updating (if their Windows username contained non-ascii characters)  AF-3196
• [Windows] Font families are not being grouped correctly 
• [macOS] Variable Fonts usage in text styles 
• [macOS] Crash went switching between Font Categories with variable fonts installed AF-3126
• [macOS] Crash when right clicking on a layer that's applied from a Master Page AF-3209
• [macOS] SF Pro font and other fonts not displaying text in files as Font style is missing when files are opened AF-3205
• [iOS] Text Caret cannot be moved left or right via keyboard arrow keys AF-3199

If you had any of these problems while using the 2.5.0 release build (or any from last week's beta in the post above this one), you can join the beta program and install the beta build, which installs side-by-side next to the release.

 

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.5.3 (2516)
(fixes since the last beta 2.5.2.2486)

We have made some fixes to resolve some of the issues affecting users of 2.5.2. We will likely start a 2.6.0 beta cycle soon with many more fixes (for example those fixes that require a longer beta cycle), but for now these have been addressed to help the users suffering from them.

Fixes in build 2516

• [All] Pen Tool : Preserve Selection When creating New Curves (context toolbar) is broken [AF-2665]
• [All] DWG import (polylines) worse in v2.5.0 [AF-3255]
• [Desktop] Document recovery prompt after moving pages 
• [Desktop] Dragging out a horizontal guide can result in a vertical one instead [AF-3182]
• [macOS] Help menu's search bar is no longer present [AF-2594]
• [macOS] Unable to set page number using 'Start/Restart Page Numbering At' in Section Manager [AF-3203]
• [macOS] Unable to dismiss Text Style Editor if font is missing on macOS [AF-3157]
• [macOS] Renaming a text style on macOS will duplicate the style on second rename [AF-3156]
• [macOS] Text Style Editor- Editing the leading value can result in the entered value being reverted when the dialog is closed [AF-3226]
• [Win] Type 1 fonts no longer appear listed [AF-3366]    
• [Win] App crash when adding new topics via the Index Panel [AF-2808]
• [iOS] Crash with Set Selection Box [AF-3257]
• [iOS] Adding a tab stop may crash the app [AF-3404]

    

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.5.5 (2613)
(fixes since the last beta 2.5.3.2516)

We have made some fixes to resolve some of the issues affecting users of 2.5.3/2.5.4. We will likely start a 2.6.0 beta cycle soon with many more fixes (for example those fixes that require a longer beta cycle), but for now these have been addressed to help the users suffering from them.

Fixes in build 2613

• [All] Reliability and error detection while file saving has been improved (esp to networks)
• [All] Inserting Word document with Hyperlinks in Footnotes and Endnotes crashes Publisher [AF-3122]
• [Desktop] Add a way to view the app's store source from the My Account dialog
• [Desktop] User File - 'Metadata could not be embedded' on export to JPEG/TIFF/PSD [AF-3589]
• [Desktop] Store content shows as uninstalled on secondary instances on sign in [AF-3305]
• [Desktop] App can crash in Publisher Export Dialog when hitting 100% preview generation with Area set to All Pages/Spreads
• [macOS] Section Manager doesn't always reflect the contents of the currently viewed document [AF-3505]
• [macOS] Tags panel is not saved as part of a Studio Preset [AF-3117]
• [macOS] Fill Colours and Stroke Weights No Longer Update in Realtime in the Text Style Editor [AF-2803]
• [macOS] Artefacts appearing on Character, Paragraph & Text Frame Panel when collapsed [AF-2799]
• [macOS] Default app language can cause helpfile to always default to English [AF-3498] 
• [macOS] Setting Points to 0 decimal places breaks field input values [AF-2026]
• [macOS] Adding a custom Tool Shortcut creates duplicate entries after restarting app [AF-1922]
• [macOS] Tags Panel - can't make visible after persona switch 
• [macOS] Live Masks- Manually entering a value into the blur radius field and pressing Enter ignores the entered value [AF-526]
• [Win] New Document Dialog - Drawing scale dropdown does not list correct scale options [AF-3740]
• [Win] Crash on application close with a dirtied document [AF-3716]
• [Win] Reduce how often an active selection (marching ants) updates [AF-1778]
• [Win] App fails to restart (crashes) on Settings change in multiple scenarios [AF-1286]
• [iOS] iPad: Long-pressing spacebar puts caret at start of text frame and cannot be moved by dragging [AF-3440]
• [iOS] Predictive text not working on iPad [AF-3401]
• [iOS] Dictate text stops after a few words 
• [iOS] On-screen keyboard method of starting a text selection from the space bar has stopped working in Affinity 

[Patrick Connor]

Here's a list of the changes which have been in the beta build 2.5.5 (2636)
(changes since the last beta 2.5.5.2613)

• [All] Registration fixes/changes
• [All] Localisation and help fixes
• [macOS] Ctrl+Run-up dialog tweaks
• [macOS] Typography Panel: Missing label(s)
• [Windows] Better error caching for ARM64 stability issues on some older ARM devices 

There are only a few changes in 2.5.5.2636 in relation to 2.5.5.2613. It has been released to keep the beta builds completely in sync with the release version, which will also be 2.5.5.2636 today.