No Help > Search field in V2.5.x for Mac?

[R C-R]

I know there are some issues with the built-in help in (some?) OS versions so it has at least for now been removed & all help directed to a web-based version, so that may be why the Help menu no longer has a Search field but please consider that for Mac users in earlier versions that field can also be used to highlight & select menu items, so even if there is no built-in help it is still a very useful feature.

Should it not be clear what I mean, below is an example from AD V2.4.x showing all the menu items that include the search word "text"

So please consider adding this functionality back in the Mac versions, even if there is no way to link to the Help Topics.

EDIT: It took me a while to find the older discussion about this at https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/201635-online-help-to-resolve-search-in-macos-that-affects-macos/ but since the retail version of V2.4.2 still has the Search field I have to wonder why we can't have it in the 2.5 version as well....

 

[loukash]

Definitely a bad decision…  
My take on this still stands: 

 

[ronnyb]

Absolutely agreed. I rely on the Help >Search to quickly locate and execute commands instead of hunting around the main menu's hierarchical structure, like using macOS's built-in Spotlight Search to quickly execute opening apps, doing simple calculations on the built-in calculator, finding contacts, etc. A quickly accessible CLI is invaluable.

Please return this vital functionality. Thanks for all you do!

[Sean P]

Hey all! We do have this logged with developement and do wish to see it come back!

[Affinity Info Bot]

An issue raised in this thread ("Help menu's search bar is no longer present") has now been reported to the developers by the testing team (Ref: AF-2594). Thank you very much for reporting this issue to us.

[Meliora spero]

Oh yes, we can't live without it, invaluable and quick help.

[Jo_Joey]

 Glad to see that this issue is being addressed. I rely on that search field to quickly locate different tools and options without having to hunt through the plethora of menus and sub-menus. Hope to see it return in a future version.

[ronnyb]

I really don't understand the logic in releasing a new version of the app with such a glaring regression in terms of missing basic functionality / feature loss... 1 step forwards, 2 steps back....

[Daniel Höpfl]

Still broken in v2.5.2.

I do not care about searching the help files but that menu is THE way to find menu items.

I agree with what the others said: This is a huge step backward in usability.

Please give this fix the (high) priority it deserves.

[MEB]

Hi @Jo_Joey, @Daniel Höpfl,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Thanks for your feedback. I've bumped/updated the issue to bring it up to devs attention again.

[possiblerobot]

I want to add my voice here. The help menu search is *essential* functionality for navigating the deep menus. Not being able to execute commands from the help menu massively slows my working speed. Please add this back quickly. 🙏

Thank you!

[MEB]

Hi @possiblerobot,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Thanks for your feedback.

[dulcet generator]

Came here just to upvote this issue. 🙏 🙏 🙏

[Nuahs]

Why was this removed?

[MEB]

Hi @dulcet generator, @Nuahs,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Thanks for your feedback. This should be fixed in the next update (2.6).

[Edit] The fix will be included in the next build 2.5.3.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Help menu's search bar is no longer present" (REF: AF-2594) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.5.3.2514".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Affinity Info Bot to notify us.