Setting guides crash

[MikeTO]

Users are unlikely to run into this but it's an immediate crash.

1. Start Publisher and create a new document
2. Choose View > Guides
3. Close the document - the Guides window will remain open. If you close it you wouldn't be able to re-open it until opening another document.
4. Change the number of column guides = crash

Affinity Publisher 2 Affinity Store-2024-08-04-124906.ips

The other View menu dialogs can also remain open after closing all documents. Baseline grid disables all of its controls automatically to prevent issues. Grid doesn't disable its Mode control but that does nothing, or its colour controls but those continue to work. Snapping doesn't disable anything but it continues to work.

[MikeTO]

There's a similar crash bug for Add Pages From File. I started playing around with dialogs you couldn't open without a document, and then closing the document leaving the dialog open. This is the only other crash like this I could find in Publisher.

1. Create a document
2. Choose Add Pages From File
3. Close the document while the file dialog is open
4. Select a file and click Open
5. Select Section from Pages or Section = crash

Affinity Publisher 2 Affinity Store-2024-08-04-182341.ips

Edited August 4, 2024 by MikeTO
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[Dan C]

Thanks for your report @MikeTO!

I've tested this with multiple dialogs on both Windows & macOS and have been able to replicate the following which I've logged with our team, as outlined below:

Windows (AF-4003)

View > Guides... 
Guides present in the last file remain listed and should be removed.
Colour can be changed regardless of previous guides listed, resulting in a crash.
(all other options are correctly disabled)

View > Grid & Axis... 
All 3 colour choosers/opacity sliders can be selected, affecting the next created document.
If Advanced/Cube was selected before closing the file, certain settings specific to these remain selectable with no active document.
(these should be disabled, matching the Mode buttons)

View > Snapping... 
All options remain useable with no document open, toggling Snapping here changes the state of the icon on the toolbar
(I would expect these to be greyed out in the dialog, as both the Icon and the View menu entry to access the dialog are)

macOS (AF-4004)

View > Guides... 
All options are accessible, changing most options results in a crash, including the Windows colour crash.
(Margin sizes & spread origin can be changed but don't trigger this and are reset on creating a new file, though all options should be greyed out)
 

View > Grid & Axis... 
If Advanced/Cube was selected before closing the file, the dialog correctly switches to ‘Basic’, however the Mode buttons remain selectable, but do not actually function.
All 'Mode' options & all 3 colour choosers/opacity sliders can be selected, affecting the next created document.
(these should all be disabled IMO)
 

View > Snapping... 
All options remain useable with no document open, toggling Snapping here does not change the state of the icon on the toolbar
(as above)

Document > Add Pages from File...
Changing Pages or Selection crashes app
(Windows does not allow you to close a document when Explorer is open, which I understand is an OS difference and not an Affinity choice, so this affects macOS only)

I hope this helps