walt.farrell Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I have somehow gotten Publisher into a state where any use of the Delete, Backspace, or arrow (left/right/up/down) keys within the text frame on page 3 results in the insertion of a character that looks like an empty square. The .afpub file is too large to attach (29MB) but I'll supply it via the Dropbox link if someone on the Serif staff wants it. -- 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted September 18, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 18, 2018 you can upload the file here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Thanks, @Pauls. Uploaded odd-characters.afpub -- 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted September 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 19, 2018 Well its not document related as it's working fine for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 If it isn’t document-related, why does it only affect page 3? Perhaps the developers will get a clue from the fact that PagePlus sometimes does something similar, with keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl+X and Ctrl+V adding characters to the text instead of cutting and pasting. 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted September 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 19, 2018 It's difficult to say without sitting down and watching you use the app could be as subtle as the way you do things. Does this behaviour happen for you even after restarting the app ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Just experienced the same bug myself. Very hard to say what I did. Nothing different from a usual day. Affinity Cursor Delete Bug.afpub Restarted app and file above is now working again, though you can see the spurious characters that remain from the bug. Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Neil Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) Same here. Edited September 19, 2018 by Sam Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted September 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 19, 2018 are the gradient backgrounds a co-incidence or required to create the problem? still struggling to get this, can you confirm windows versions please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Neil Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Pauls said: are the gradient backgrounds a co-incidence or required to create the problem? still struggling to get this, can you confirm windows versions please I am using Windows 10 (Build 17134.286) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 The gradients are irrelevant. I was simple experimenting with them at the time. Yes, I'm on Windows 7. This is the first time I've encountered this bug in many weeks to testing Publisher. Sorry can't give more details. I really wasn't doing anything special! Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Changed my mind… this is (for me) related to gradients. New document Add text frame Type some text (all is OK) Add gradient to the text frame Type text… Result… All text appears in capitals. Cursor keys and delete insert "weird" symbols. Shift key doesn't work to select sifted characters '.' cycles the selection box! ',' toggles split view mode. These last examples suggest to me that the text box has in some way lost the focus. Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted September 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 19, 2018 Aammpaa - could you save a document with history and attach it please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Here you go… Affinity Text Frame Gradient Bug.afpub Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 39 minutes ago, Aammppaa said: Changed my mind… this is (for me) related to gradients. New document Add text frame Type some text (all is OK) Add gradient to the text frame Type text… Once it goes wrong, press the ESC key Does that revert to normal behaviour for you? To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted September 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 19, 2018 Exactly (and I mean exactly) how are you setting the gradient on the frame ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 @carl123 Yes hitting escape does resume normal behavior. @Pauls I am using the Fill tool. Having created the text frame, I switch to the Fill Tool (either by clicking the icon or hitting G). Then I select the Context > Fill > Frame And Type: Linear Gradient is applied. Now return to the Text tool (again either by icon or hitting T). Bug arises. Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted September 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 19, 2018 Thanks for the help everyone - I'll get that reported Aammppaa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Thanks, @Pauls. I see from the history in my test file that the problem arose shortly after I removed an unexpected gradient from the newly created text in the frame, so mine is probably also related to the use of gradients in a text frame. -- 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougiewrite Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I didnt have any fills but it looks like the same problem I will have to reload 133 to check it out but I was virtually locked out with it and that's why I restarted with the earlier version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jia Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I was getting the same result (text all in capitals, backspace produced strange box characters) when I tried to use a text frame - not at all related to gradients as I hadn't done anything with those. I hadn't done anything at all, as this was the first time I'd ever used the software and it was a new file. The problem happened no matter what I did and hitting Esc or creating a new text frame changed nothing. I closed without saving and then re-opened, and the problem had gone away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRColeman Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Same bug is happening in current version that I just paid for an installed. Very annoyed. Wasted an entire 3 hours on something. Cesar Valente 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamiC Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Hello, I have Affinity Publisher 1.8.3 and I'm using a Mac, Catalina 10.15.5. I am experiencing a problem: When I use the delete, backspace, or any of the arrow keys within the text frame, I get a character that looks like an empty square. What I was doing prior to this problem was applying small caps to the headings, moving from one text frame to another. I don't know if that caused it. All I have on the page are text frames. No images or anything else. I did try pressing the ESC key and it worked, but I want to know if this problem/bug has been addressed at all. Has anyone figured out the cause? Thank you! Cesar Valente 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar Valente Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Same problem here. AP 1.8.3, Mojave 10.14.6, in a Macbook Pro 13. If close and reopen the app, works fine for some time. But again... very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahB Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 The same thing has started happening to me today AP 1.8.3, High Sierra 10.13.6, Macbook Pro 13. Nothing to do with gradients for me, but seems to start happening after I draw a guide. It seems nothing has been updated on this issue since September 2018, but it is still happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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