Frame Text Tool

[KenW]

If I create a text frame using the frame text tool, the Frame Text tool set at the top of the window includes Fill and Stroke.  However , all attempts to apply a colour file to my text frame have failed.

I also followed the instructions for creating a frame text from curves/shapes.  I started with a colour filled rounded rectangle.  As soon as I clicked the textframe cursor on the rectangle, the text insertion point appeared, bit the colour fill of the rectangle dissapeared.

Any help in resolving this would be appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dutchshader]

The frame text can't have a fill or stroke, you need to duplicste the shape, and change the top shape to textshape. Evt. group them.

[KenW]

That is a real shame.  If you are revising or modifying the positions and sizes of text labelled shapes in a large and complicated block diagram for example,  it can be a very tedious and time consuming  keeping the text frames and underlying shapes together.    This adds to the list of jobs for which I wouldn't use affinity designer.  For goodness sake, even Powerpoint can add text to shaped objects and keep the fill colour.

[R C-R]

12 hours ago, KenW said:

If I create a text frame using the frame text tool, the Frame Text tool set at the top of the window includes Fill and Stroke.

Those fill & stroke properties apply to the text, not the frame. The frame just sets the origin of the text in the document & the width at which it breaks to a new line. The frame has no fill or stroke of its own.

There are several ways to adjust text frames, & to adjust text frames & any underlying shapes at the same time. One of the more useful ones, depending on the desired result, is to use the extra handle below & to the right of the selection box. Using that handle, the text size can be adjusted along with anything else included in the selection.

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