Is there no way to center text vertically? (yes I've searched)

[DaniAlex]

This is the fifth problem I've had and I am getting so frustrated. I want to center this text in the center of the text box. Nothing happens when I push center vertically

[anto]

You have your text frame on master page. First select Edit detach master and then you can align your text vertically.

[Old Bruce]

The Text Frame is locked, it is most likely on an applied Master Page. Go to the Master Page and choose the Text Frame there and then you'll be able to set the Centre Vertically attribute.

If the Text Frame is not on a Master Page then it is Locked on the Actual Page, use the Layers panel to select the Text Frame and unlock it there.

13 minutes ago, DaniAlex said:

This is the fifth problem I've had and I am getting so frustrated. I want to center this text in the center of the text box. Nothing happens when I push center vertically

 

[Latens]

Strange that this setting doesn't work as one can edit text without editing linked or detached.
And it does work for the other alignment options though.

Seems an omission or a bug.

[thomaso]

@Return, vertical alignment within a frame is not a text style attribute but a property of the text frame (like frame fill or stroke, its size, position etc). Thus it requires detaching (unfortunately) but is not a bug.

[Latens]

11 minutes ago, thomaso said:

Thus it requires detaching (unfortunately) but is not a bug.

And like you I think it should though.
Why is Serif so keen on playing by the rules in certain areas and in other areas it is as if it has been coded on a Sunday morning hobby fair.

 

[MikeTO]

1 hour ago, Return said:

Strange that this setting doesn't work as one can edit text without editing linked or detached.
And it does work for the other alignment options though.

Seems an omission or a bug.

Vertical alignment is an attribute of the frame so it can't be changed any more than any other frame attribute (position, size, fill, stroke, columns, baseline grid, etc.) I think it's good that we can't accidentally change master frame attributes.

But IMO, detaching a master page isn't very discoverable and everybody gets confused by this the first time. Even the term "detached" is a bit intimidating. I think it would be nicer if the frame attribute controls were enabled for master frames and when we first used each control we were warned that we were overriding the master page.

[thomaso]

On 12/19/2024 at 10:03 PM, Return said:

And like you I think it should though.

My "unfortunately" concerns the odd complexity of the entire Detaching procedure.

Why can't I detach a wanted object simply by click-select with modifier key in the Layout Window?... but instead I need to

1.) move the cursor to the Layers Panel,
2.) select the parent Master Page layer,
3.) open its context-menu,
4.) choose "Edit detached",
5.) (re-)select the wanted object.

Or, why does Affinity automatically finish an activated "detached" mode when I switch the page?