Picture frames: any way to default to square text wrap?

[pagelayoutt]

Each time I create a picture frame (1), I also need to choose the square wrap style (2) and then pin the image (3). Is there any way to speed up my work flow by combining 1, 2 and 3 into one action generated by one or two keyboard shortcuts (4)?

[GarryP]

I don’t think there’s a way to do what you want.

You can create an Asset from a Frame Text layer which has your required Text Wrap settings, but pinning is a manual process and making the whole thing available via a shortcut would probably require some kind of scripting facility.

(I don’t know how the software could automatically know where to pin the new layer to if it was doable via a shortcut.)

[pagelayoutt]

18 hours ago, GarryP said:

could automatically know where to pin the new layer

I was imagining there might be some way to create a pinnable (but not yet assigned) picture frame. I'll try playing with your suggestion of combining a Frame Text layer with a preassigned Text Wrap setting (and perhaps assign it to a keyboard shortcut). Thanks!

[GarryP]

5 hours ago, pagelayoutt said:

I was imagining there might be some way to create a pinnable (but not yet assigned) picture frame.

I don’t understand what you mean by that.

Most, but not all, layers are “pinnable” - they can be pinned - but I don’t know what you mean by “not yet assigned”.

A layer can be pinned, or not, but it cannot be ‘pre-assigned’ as potentially pinned to any specific layer since it can only be pinned to the layer it is pinned to at the time, or it is not pinned.

Are you sure that you understand what pinning does and whether you are correct in using it for your purposes?

[pagelayoutt]

On 8/13/2024 at 3:31 PM, GarryP said:

what you mean by “not yet assigned”

I was imagining a digital analog to DIY furniture, where holes are pre-drilled and maybe even some screws are pre-inserted but not fastened to their respective openings. Anyway, I have realized that not much time would be saved anyway. Thanks!

[thomaso]

3 hours ago, pagelayoutt said:

I was imagining a digital analog to DIY furniture, where holes are pre-drilled and maybe even some screws are pre-inserted but not fastened to their respective openings.

In APub documents are pinning positions kind of "pre-drilled" just because we can pin an object at any position within a text frame. The number of "pre-drilled holes" is equal to the number of text characters (actually +1) on the current spread. Nevertheless, the desired pinning position for a specific object is unknown and hardly can get automated or scripted.

(I haven't tried: perhaps it is possible to use APub's Photo Persona to create a macro that applies certain wrapping options to selected object. However, it's use may be more cumbersome than other options, e.g. a Picture Frame as asset.)