modiophile Posted March 28, 2018 Posted March 28, 2018 I type out text using the Artistic Text or Text Frame tools, then double (or triple) click and proceed to highlight the text that I want to make adjustments to. The only problem is, I can't see what I've selected because the text doesn't become highlighted! I could still make edits, but it takes alot more time if I am moving quickly and don't put my cursor where I think it should be. Any help? Affinity Designer 1.6.1, Mac 10.13.3 Quote
toltec Posted March 28, 2018 Posted March 28, 2018 Hard to say more unless you say what program or what operating system you are using but it works for me. Dragging to select, double clicking or triple clicking. Photo on Windows. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions.
modiophile Posted March 28, 2018 Author Posted March 28, 2018 7 hours ago, toltec said: Hard to say more unless you say what program or what operating system you are using but it works for me. Affinity Designer 1.6.1, Mac 10.13.3 Updated thanks. Quote
R C-R Posted March 28, 2018 Posted March 28, 2018 I also use Affinity Designer 1.6.1 & macOS 10.13.3. I do not have any problems highlighting text. One reason you might is because you have installed some third party 'enhancement' software that affects text entry, copy & paste, the clipboard, or anything that might intercept user input before passing it on to an app. Though not common, it is possible for this kind of software to conflict with only one or a few apps, so even if no other app is affected you can't be 100% certain that it is not causing this issue with Affinity Designer. Do you have anything like that installed on your Mac? If so, is it the latest version & known to be compatible with High Sierra? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
modiophile Posted March 28, 2018 Author Posted March 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, R C-R said: Do you have anything like that installed on your Mac? If so, is it the latest version & known to be compatible with High Sierra? I actually do have something like that its called Flycut however I quit the application, restarted AD and the problem still persists Quote
v_kyr Posted March 28, 2018 Posted March 28, 2018 You may also want to check if it is possibly affected by the used font style/type, try the same with some other common font and see if the problem then still persists too. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
R C-R Posted March 28, 2018 Posted March 28, 2018 32 minutes ago, modiophile said: I actually do have something like that its called Flycut however I quit the application, restarted AD and the problem still persists I am not familiar with Flycut so I am just guessing, but it is possible that quitting it leaves some daemon or background 'helper' running. Activity Monitor might show if that is true or not but I don't know what to look for so unfortunately you are on your own with that. I also did a very brief web search which did not turn up much other than a user comment that the Mac App Store version has not been updated in a long time & might cause problems, but I do not know how reliable that info really is. It is a long shot, but maybe just quitting the app & restarting your Mac might help, as long as it does not restart automatically when you log into your user account. Sorry I cannot be of more help. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
solarDog Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 This seems to correspond with certain fonts. I was having the same issue with Gotham. Switched to another font and it worked. What could be causing that to happen? modiophile 1 Quote
chrismcelligott Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 On 4/3/2018 at 4:16 AM, solarDog said: This seems to correspond with certain fonts. I was having the same issue with Gotham. Switched to another font and it worked. What could be causing that to happen? This is a really unusual bug. I'm having the same problem when using Gotham as a typeface. Any solutions? Designer 1.6.5 on Mac OS 10.14.2 Quote
firstdefence Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 I can select Gotham Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
Bryce Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 I am running into this exact same problem with the exact same font. I'm on the Mac. If I choose another font it works. Quote
Diego Merello Posted April 4, 2019 Posted April 4, 2019 MACOS 10.14 (18A391) MOJAVE AFFINITY DESIGNER 1.6.5 SAME FONT, SAME PROBLEM. OTHER FONT, NO PROBLEM. Quote
velarde Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 On 4/4/2019 at 4:44 AM, Diego Merello said: MACOS 10.14 (18A391) MOJAVE AFFINITY DESIGNER 1.6.5 SAME FONT, SAME PROBLEM. OTHER FONT, NO PROBLEM. Just noticed this exact same problem Quote ------------------------ Fernando Velarde www.velarde.com Instagram.com/soyfervelarde
MrMattSim Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 same basic problem: can't see text selection highlight. But with this unusual twist: If I zoom out, I can eventually see the selection. Thankfully the text is still legible. Font size has no effect, it is solely tied to the zoom scale. Quote
ljfm Posted July 9, 2019 Posted July 9, 2019 I have same problem. Text highlighting not working properly. There are any shortcut that disable this function? Thanks Quote
ljfm Posted July 9, 2019 Posted July 9, 2019 I think that the problem is when the text is out of Altboard!, if text is inside altboard highlighting is visible. Cheers! Quote
walt.farrell Posted July 9, 2019 Posted July 9, 2019 There was a reported problem some time ago, with text that is outside an artboard. If you zoom in enough that no artboards are visible in the window, the text won't highlight when selected. 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 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
sowenjub Posted September 2, 2019 Posted September 2, 2019 Definitely a weird behavior. I had no problem highlighting text, and suddenly, I can't highlight any text in my file (opening a different tab, copy/paste text frame, I can select/highlight). I kept clicking around in text, played a bit with some frames (making sure they were within bleed - they were), put the "Show bleed" off and back on… At some point it started working again, not sure which action solved it though. Quote 🏝️ https://sowenjub.me🐦 https://twitter.com/@sowenjub
Metzcreations Posted May 14, 2020 Posted May 14, 2020 Running into this exact same issue. Found that after creating an Artboard (anywhere) my text highlights normally for a while. Still a super annoying little bug. Quote
Glinty Posted August 21, 2021 Posted August 21, 2021 Mac OS Big Sur 10.2.2. I'm having intermittent probs with text highlighting. If I highlight upwards from one page onto the previous page in a multi-page doc, the 1st page highlights, then the remaining text doesn't highlight onto the next page. But when I release the mouse button at the desired stopping point, the edit affects the text as though the highlight was complete. I find that there is no problem highlighting small areas eg one or two words. Quote
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