CJ Randolph Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Hi there! This one is a little fun. If you take a shape/curve/parametric object that has a fill (solid or gradient) and Convert to Text Frame (right click or top menu), you get a fully functional text frame with a background color that can't be changed or removed. I finally got rid of it by Converting to Curves, which created a group with all the letters and a single background colored shape. Cheers ~cj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 In older versions the fill and stroke were simply deleted when a shape was converted to a Text Frame, and users complained about that. Now the fill isn't deleted, and... Designer doesn't have a full implementation of Text Frames. Specifically, the Text Frame panel which allows control over the frame's stroke and fill is only part of Publisher. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Randolph Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 I'm not complaining; I just ran across a behavior that doesn't appear to be as designed, and reported it in the bug forum (as one does). The Text Frame Tool still removes stroke and fill, and there doesn't seem to be any reason that Convert to Text Frame should give different results... especially ones that are uneditable. So... yeah, smells like a bug to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 47 minutes ago, CJ Randolph said: I'm not complaining; I just ran across a behavior that doesn't appear to be as designed, and reported it in the bug forum (as one does). The Text Frame Tool still removes stroke and fill, and there doesn't seem to be any reason that Convert to Text Frame should give different results... especially ones that are uneditable. So... yeah, smells like a bug to me. Perhaps "complaining" was a poor choice of words (but you're not the only one posting about that, either ) It is interesting that the Text Frame Tool still removes the stroke and fill. I hadn't noticed that. And yes, that makes it seem more like a bug. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Randolph Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 ...and this is slightly embarrassing, but fills aren't disappearing when using the Text Frame Tool now, making think I was mistaken earlier. Anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted June 26, 2019 Staff Share Posted June 26, 2019 Hi CJ Randolph, This is a known issue that is with development to be fixed. I'll get it bumped with your comments. Thanks for letting us know. CJ Randolph 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Randolph Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 7 hours ago, Sean P said: Hi CJ Randolph, This is a known issue that is with development to be fixed. I'll get it bumped with your comments. Thanks for letting us know. Thanks for the update, Sean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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