Gmit Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 Hello, i found a confusing interface desicion (?) in the view menu. At first i thought it wouldn´t work until i discovered it expands to the left. While the indicator points to the right, and everything else expands to the right. Is that intentionally? Yes i am using the newest version of publisher and windows.
carl123 Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 If there is no room to expand a menu item to the right on your monitor it will automagically expand it to the left It's a Windows thing, nothing to do with Publisher as such 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.
Gmit Posted November 7, 2018 Author Posted November 7, 2018 The Problem here is it, that it has plenty room to the right. More than 4x the necessary space. Additionally "View Mode" is the only one which expands to the left. "Studio" for example expands to the right and it´s way bigger. 5 minutes ago, carl123 said: If there is no room to expand a menu item to the right on your monitor it will automagically expand it to the left It's a Windows thing, nothing to do with Publisher as such
carl123 Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 On your screenshot your "View" menu looks very close to the Tools panel like you have the application reduced in size. Can you upload a full size screenshot (like mine below) Showing the View > View Mode menu expanded Also what version of Windows are you running and what is your screen resolution? 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.
Staff MEB Posted November 7, 2018 Staff Posted November 7, 2018 Hi Gmit, Welcome to Affinity Forums Check this setting please:1. open the Control Panel. (Classic View)2. click on the Tablet PC Settings icon3. under the Handedness, select the correct setting A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
MickRose Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 There is a similar thing going on with Text/Insert. I think this has been noted before. Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM
MickRose Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 Thanks MEB. Changing Tablet PC Settings to Left-handed puts the Bullet, Dagger etc back on the right where it should be. Presumably that is a small bug in the Windows software. Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM
Gmit Posted November 7, 2018 Author Posted November 7, 2018 Thanks MEB, yeah that solved it for me too, interesting what settings there are and how they can have this kind of bug. Where it sometimes does it one way, and than the opposite way.
walt.farrell Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 28 minutes ago, MEB said: Hi Gmit, Welcome to Affinity Forums Check this setting please:1. open the Control Panel. (Classic View)2. click on the Tablet PC Settings icon3. under the Handedness, select the correct setting But shouldn't that affect all the submenus, not just a single one as the OP reported? Affecting just one like that, is the bug in Windows or in the Affinity application? -- 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
Staff MEB Posted November 7, 2018 Staff Posted November 7, 2018 I'm still checking what's going on. walt.farrell 1 A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Gmit Posted November 7, 2018 Author Posted November 7, 2018 I just checked, the setting is only available on my notebook with touchscreen. So if i had the same problem on the desktop that would be difficult^^ On my notebook it was set to right handed, when i changed it to left handed the problem is gone.
walt.farrell Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 36 minutes ago, Gmit said: I just checked, the setting is only available on my notebook with touchscreen It's also available on my desktop with a drawing tablet attached. -- 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
GarryP Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 I had the same problem in Publisher where the sub-menus went to the left by default unless there wasn't room for them. I don't have a tablet computer and I couldn't see any Tablet PC options in Control Panel. However, when I plugged my drawing tablet in (hadn't used it in ages) I could then find the settings and change them. After I removed the drawing tablet the menus stayed as I would expect (to the right). Publisher is the only bit of software where I had this issue so it seems like Publisher is the only one that actually did things right. This may be why it was unexpected.
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