JoJu Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Why are my customized text replacements (in System prefs> keyboard > text replacements) like x*= × or o/= ø or +5*= ★★★★★ or -infn= - ∞ working here in this forum in Safari, but in no Affinity app? Other Non-Apple apps accept this text replacements with no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 23 minutes ago, JoJu said: in no Affinity app? Probably because Affinity text frames don't utilize Apple's NSText framework. Which they can't because otherwise they wouldn't be compatible with the Windows versions. It works with third party text expanders, however. Keyboard Maestro can do it, among many others. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Your macOS text replacements will work in Affinity text fields, just not in a document where you want them to work. Affinity uses its own text replacement system in documents to support different replacements for each language. This won't matter to everybody but does to those who set type in multiple languages. You can add your own text replacements to Affinity using Settings > AutoCorrect. Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.2, MacBook Pro 14" (M4 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 55 minutes ago, MikeTO said: You can add your own text replacements to Affinity using Settings > AutoCorrect. Yes, but that's in APu only. 1 hour ago, MikeTO said: Your macOS text replacements will work in Affinity text fields Exactly, at least in those that are apparently based on NSText. In Photo, you can e.g. use a field in the Metadata panel to temporarily input the shortcuts, then copy & paste into a text frame. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJu Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 2 hours ago, MikeTO said: This won't matter to everybody but does to those who set type in multiple languages. I see. I'd prefer using the global Mac replacements additionally and for the users typing in different languages, the Affinity replacements would help better. I could not find any "AutoCorrect" in Photo or Designer, in Publisher it is more of a typo correction. Some of my replacements would simply get lost and the overview is not exactly helpful. Plus, the problem remains in Affinity Designer where I need Ø, × and ± often in technical drawings. I'm not a fan of unnecessary workarounds, just because Affinity, coming first for Mac "forgot" about the Mac Text replacements... 1 hour ago, loukash said: Yes, but that's in APu only. APu = ? Aah, Publisher? APh and APu... Sorry, I was not familiar with this abbreviation. Oh, and sometimes I wanted to open the Emoji/Symbol Panel - but no panel appeared. Which I consider another bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJu Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 2 hours ago, loukash said: Which they can't because otherwise they wouldn't be compatible with the Windows versions. That was my guess. And also my fear when Affinity went Windows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 13 minutes ago, JoJu said: Oh, and sometimes I wanted to open the Emoji/Symbol Panel - but no panel appeared. Which I consider another bug. Which app are you in? And how did you try to open it? And are you talking of an Apple panel, or an Affinity panel? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJu Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 I was in Photo and Designer and selected "Emoji/Symbols" from the "Edit" menu in Affinity (last entry). I just checked it before and today it was working as expected. I just noticed a couple of times, it's not always opening up the symbols panel and I can't see why at the moment. No other dialog box was open (which can block the appearance of the symbol palette) walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Thanks for those details. 1 hour ago, JoJu said: it's not always opening up the symbols panel First, Photo doesn't have the Symbols panel, though it does have the Glyphs Browser panel. We need to be sure which one you're talking about. Designer has both of them. 1 hour ago, JoJu said: No other dialog box was open (which can block the appearance of the symbol palette) Next, do you ever use multiple monitors? If so, panels can try to appear on monitors that are disconnected. So that's something else to check. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Photo doesn't have the Symbols panel @JoJu means the global MacOS Character Viewer which is – confusingly enough – listed in every Edit menu as "Emoji & Symbols" (at least on Ventura). walt.farrell 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 2 hours ago, JoJu said: just noticed a couple of times, it's not always opening up the symbols panel and I can't see why at the moment. I don't remember the default MacOS keyboard shortcut for "Emoji & Symbols" as I usually modify many of those shortcuts anyway (hey, my muscle memory goes as far back as System 7 and I don't like to change my habits all too often… ) But it could be that an Affinity shortcut conflicts with it, and overrides it. walt.farrell 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJu Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 On 8/23/2024 at 1:21 AM, loukash said: the default MacOS keyboard shortcut for "Emoji & Symbols" 🌐E but I think, it's not Affinity's fault alone: I just tried to activate it in Publisher, searched for the globe symbol, added it to favorites and closed the panel. Then switched to Safari to type this post and had to use 🌐E twice to get it started. And I don't think, Affinity uses any shortcuts with the 🌐 symbol as it has to be sooooo compatible with Windows – I don't recall it on the PC's keyboard I've seen last time 6 months ago and am very happy to not have to work with this any longer. In fact, I had a Mac keyboard connected to it which served 16 years well and free of glitches. I loved to see Admin's faces when they were trying to find @ on it 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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