Column guides still show in Preview mode (Publisher)

[KK_D]

When I type text in a column in Preview mode, the blue column guide is visible. I don't want there to be any visible guides when Preview is enabled in Publisher. Is this possible? Thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Oufti]

When you are editing the content of a text frame, it's selected and thus surrounded with the blue line.
Click outside the frame to make it disappear. 

[thomaso]

2 hours ago, Oufti said:

Click outside the frame to make it disappear. 

Or, @KK_D, with a Tool selected other than a Text Tool, press the space key on your keyboard to temporarily hide all guides (but not grids) even of selected objects and regardless of Preview mode.

[KK_D]

19 hours ago, thomaso said:

Or, @KK_D, with a Tool selected other than a Text Tool, press the space key on your keyboard to temporarily hide all guides (but not grids) even of selected objects and regardless of Preview mode.

That's interesting, thanks.

I was hoping to find a way to also hide the blue column guide which appears while I'm typing, as I find it distracting.

[kaffeeundsalz]

34 minutes ago, KK_D said:

I was hoping to find a way to also hide the blue column guide which appears while I'm typing, as I find it distracting.

It's not a column guide, it's a selection box. As far as I know, there is no way to achieve what you want. Text objects have to be selected to edit their text, and I don't think you can tell Publisher to hide the blue selection box while you type.

[thomaso]

43 minutes ago, KK_D said:

column guide

In addition to Preview mode and space key the "View" menu provides various individual options to show/hide guides, margins, grids etc., each with a keyboard shortcut if wanted. – But if you mean the column guides of selected text frames we can't hide them while typing, as @kaffeeundsalz pointed out.

As workaround for hiding text frame guides you could use a layer of type Layer (capital L) which can get its colour changed (right click -> "Properties…") into a less obvious colour. Note, if you have "Show Text Flow" activated then also all other text frames will appear with this colour as soon a text of this Layer gets edited.

 

[KK_D]

1 hour ago, kaffeeundsalz said:

It's not a column guide, it's a selection box. As far as I know, there is no way to achieve what you want. Text objects have to be selected to edit their text, and I don't think you can tell Publisher to hide the blue selection box while you type.

Sorry, I should have said selection box rather than column guide.

[kaffeeundsalz]

3 hours ago, KK_D said:

Sorry, I should have said selection box rather than column guide.

No worries, the terminology of a graphics design suite can be quite hard to master at first. It's just that column guides are actually something else in Affinity. That's why it's a good idea to learn the correct names of features and UI elements from the beginning. You'll avoid misunderstandings in future discussions.