robijsselstein Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I have a hard time figuring out how to change the outline color of a text box. Whether I pick the textbox icon, or the box icon, I don't find a way to change it. So the point is 1. apparently it is not straighforward, and 2. How can it be done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 If you're applying a border to a text frame, it's done via the Text Frame panel: View > Studio > Text Frame On the other hand, if you're trying to change the color of the blue frame that's displayed to show you the bounds of the text frame, I don't think you can do that. 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 18.1.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 On 9/11/2018 at 11:21 PM, walt.farrell said: On the other hand, if you're trying to change the color of the blue frame that's displayed to show you the bounds of the text frame, I don't think you can do that. Actually you can. If you put the object into a layer, then right-click on the layer in the Layers panel, there is a menu option Properties. That lets you set a layer colour which tools will use for all objects in that layer. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Dave Harris said: If you put the object into a layer, then right-click on the layer in the Layers panel, there is a menu option Properties. Hi Dave, The only time Properties option appears in the contextual menu is when you click on a layer in Layer Panel created by Master Pages. And even then you only get scaling options and not the colour for a layer. I could be missing something here of course. :-) Quote 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.6.4. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 13, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 13, 2018 Seneca, You can also create a layer yourself clicking on the 5th icon (left to right) on the bottom of the Layers panel. If you are not seeing the Properties entry in the contextual menu on the layer created by the master pages when you right-click on it, click the small arrow on the bottom of that menu (it should display one there - see screenshot below) to expand/show the rest of the entries. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 20 minutes ago, MEB said: You can also create a layer yourself clicking on the 5th icon Thanks MEB, It might be helpful to also add this option to layers created automatically by Publisher like when adding a text box, etc, and change the colour later. It seems to me that this is the way layers are added to Publisher most naturally. A_B_C 1 Quote 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.6.4. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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