joost Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Working a bit with text lately left me wondering if these could find themselves to the development plans: 1. Text Art vs Text frame drawing mode should be sticky. I.e., every time I start AD, the icon is set to Art Text rather then the last mode I used. 2. Copy & Past of text styles 3. Text bullets 4. Change the shape of a text box using all the standard drawing tools (node/corner tool etc) so that the text fills the new shape. 5. Vertically align text with top/center/bottom of the shape/box it is in. 6. Be able to change Art Text to Frame Text and vice versa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Some of that will come for Affinity Publisher, next year. On point 4, you can create a shape with the Rounded Rectangle tool, then use Layer > Convert to Text Frame, and type text into it. You can still use the Node tool to edit its corners. This works with any shape or curve. Unfortunately the Corner tool doesn't seem to work with shaped text frames. I don't know why not. On point 6, are you aware you can scale Frame text as if it were Art text using the extra handle in the lower-right corner? And of course you can just create a new text object of the kind you want, and cut-and-paste the text into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Some of that will come for Affinity Publisher, next year. On point 4, you can create a shape with the Rounded Rectangle tool, then use Layer > Convert to Text Frame, and type text into it. You can still use the Node tool to edit its corners. This works with any shape or curve. Unfortunately the Corner tool doesn't seem to work with shaped text frames. I don't know why not. On point 6, are you aware you can scale Frame text as if it were Art text using the extra handle in the lower-right corner? And of course you can just create a new text object of the kind you want, and cut-and-paste the text into it. Number 6 solution you gave is not really a solution, more like a workaround. :) Quote UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joost Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Some of that will come for Affinity Publisher, next year. On point 4, you can create a shape with the Rounded Rectangle tool, then use Layer > Convert to Text Frame, and type text into it. You can still use the Node tool to edit its corners. This works with any shape or curve. On point 6, are you aware you can scale Frame text as if it were Art text using the extra handle in the lower-right corner? And of course you can just create a new text object of the kind you want, and cut-and-paste the text into it. Thanks on #4, didn't know that was already possible - handy. #6 is not really a solution - this is exactly my problem, i often find myself having picked the wrong text box and want to change it. Create new, copy, past, delete old is not really a solution. How about my #1? Why is the Text box initialized to Art Text always? Can that not be "last mode used"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I've done #1 and it'll be in the next beta. I've made all the tool flyouts remember their last tool, so this will help Photo even more. MEB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joost Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 @Dave: yay! I'll drink a beer of your choice to your health today :lol: Btw, there are some other areas where tool state persistence could help (export and selection of what to export for example)... hint hint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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