LCamachoDesign Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 It's what the title says, ability to see markers for tabs, paragraph markers, spaces, line breaks, and so on. Absolutely fundamental for any kind of design using more than a couple of line of text. Thanks! davemac2015, 3Dshark, qewt and 3 others 6 Quote
LCamachoDesign Posted March 20, 2017 Author Posted March 20, 2017 Bumping this topic since I haven't seen anyone requesting this feature recently and it's a must when working with text (that means most of graphic design for me). Thanks! davemac2015, 3Dshark and pixeldroid 3 Quote
Aammppaa Posted March 20, 2017 Posted March 20, 2017 Would be nice to get a comment from Affinity as to whether this will make it into Designer, or become a Publisher only feature? pixeldroid and LCamachoDesign 2 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro
Dave Harris Posted March 21, 2017 Posted March 21, 2017 I'm pretty sure that when it gets done, it'll be in all the Affinity apps. Aammppaa, LCamachoDesign and Bauke 3 Quote
LCamachoDesign Posted March 21, 2017 Author Posted March 21, 2017 Good to hear. Hopefully will come soonish. :) Thanks for the feedback! pixeldroid 1 Quote
dotheDVDeed Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 Bump! A feature I would appreciate. Does Designer differentiate between soft returns and paragraph returns? This is a must for editing bulleted lists. TIM LCamachoDesign 1 Quote
Dave Harris Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 On 01/05/2017 at 6:18 PM, dotheDVDeed said: Does Designer differentiate between soft returns and paragraph returns? This is a must for editing bulleted lists. Yes, we have separate line breaks and paragraph breaks. Quote
AlanH Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 Please, please provide an option to show visible tab indications in the text boxes. I lay out CD inlays with Designer and rely heavily on tab settings to do track lists and other things. The Designer tab setting scheme is hostile enough without having to guess where tabs are falling. This has been a function of all word processing and text/page layout programs for over 20 years, and the lack of it here is driving me to my wits' end. I'd be losing my hair over this problem if I had any left to lose... Rich313, pixeldroid and qewt 3 Quote
Maggie Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 Have you ever addressed this? Being able to see invisibles is a must for typography! I'm new to Affinity Designer, and am trying it out. Not being able to see invisibles is a deal breaker. Rich313 1 Quote
Dave Harris Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 Publisher will have Show Special Characters. I don't know yet whether Designer will get it too. Patrick Connor and Aammppaa 1 1 Quote
Wilx Posted August 21, 2018 Posted August 21, 2018 Thanks everybody for letting Serif know we need this feature. I'm trying to solve a problem with my layout and it sure would be nice to see the hard returns and soft returns. I'd really like to have the ability to view the non-printing characters that others have mentioned. Mark Rich313 1 Quote
Chrysogonus Posted August 31, 2018 Posted August 31, 2018 With the beta of Publisher out, I can't seem to find this functionality anywhere. Am I missing it, or is it still to come? Quote
Dave Harris Posted September 1, 2018 Posted September 1, 2018 On 8/31/2018 at 1:04 AM, Chrysogonus said: With the beta of Publisher out, I can't seem to find this functionality anywhere. Am I missing it, or is it still to come? Show Special Characters is available now in the Publisher beta near the bottom of the Text menu. 3Dshark 1 Quote
Alfred Posted September 1, 2018 Posted September 1, 2018 On 3/21/2017 at 12:47 PM, Dave Harris said: I'm pretty sure that when it gets done, it'll be in all the Affinity apps. On 1/9/2018 at 11:14 AM, Dave Harris said: Publisher will have Show Special Characters. I don't know yet whether Designer will get it too. 3 minutes ago, Dave Harris said: Show Special Characters is available now in the Publisher beta near the bottom of the Text menu. Has a decision been made about adding it to Designer? And if it is to be added, will it be in 1.7? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Alfred Posted September 1, 2018 Posted September 1, 2018 Oh, OK. Thanks anyway! Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Martigny Posted November 12, 2018 Posted November 12, 2018 Please add 'Show Special Characters' to Designer ... Quote iMac: iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) - 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 - 8 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 - Radeon Pro 560 4096 MB Windows: Nvidia GTX 960m 4k UHD 2gb ram video (Windows 10 Pro) - Laptop screen (resolution 3840x2160 magnified 300%) 2nd Monitor: Phillips 226E9Q HD 1920 x 1080 (125%)
JET_Affinity Posted November 12, 2018 Posted November 12, 2018 I strongly agree that this needs to be in Designer, not just Publisher. It's just as important in a drawing program. (But they're not "special characters"; the command should just be "show invisibles.") (Another laughable Illustrator factoid: Did you know that (at lease as of CS6), you cannot search for and replace carriage returns?) JET Krustysimplex 1 Quote
J.L. Forrest Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 +1 We're into 2019, and this really needs to be in Designer too. Design for any large amount of text REQUIRES the ability to see invisibles. ASAP. Quote
Daniel Geiger Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 +1, need to see invisibles, like spaces in text, tabs etc. Definitively needed! Quote AffinityPhoto | Designer | Publisher V1&2, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Zeiss ZenBlue, ZereneStacker, Heliconfocus, Aurora HDR, DxO Optics Pro, DataGraph, Wacom tablet
EddCh Posted May 20, 2020 Posted May 20, 2020 Is there still no way to show/hide invisible characters directly within Designer? It seems crazy that we have to use File>Edit in Publisher… then switch it on/off in Publisher before coming back to Designer to continue with a design. SPurz and atomic101 2 Quote
Clayton King Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 Any update on this? I've just installed 1.9.2 and would find it helpful to show paragraph marks... Quote
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