magnux Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 I would like to be able to display the active document filename in the main Affinity Designer window title property (it shows "Affinity Designer" by default). Why? Well, to be able to get the time spent on a particular document using tracking software. I'm using Manic Time which extracts the application / document name from the active window title . This is useful when you want to know when and how long you've spent time on particular document, when doing client work. By default in Affinity Designer the document name is not displayed in the main window title, but on the "docked" windows but unfortunately not visible. Another approach not requiring third party tracking software would be to add document time tracking within Affinity Designer, similar to Microsoft Word where statistics for the document can be displayed using the Info button where the Total Editing Time can be displayed. Workaround - using floating window I found that it is possible to display document name when using floating window document), then the floating window can be tracked. But It's a bit messy to resize the window, screen real estate is not used that efficiently, and also it's easy to "dock" the window by mistake (which hides the document name again). An idea to add an option for displaying document name in the settings like this:General / Display active document name in main window title Unlikely Moniker and Guillermo Espertino 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Are you on Windows? I ask because this is what I see on Mac. I have two docs open in the same consolidated window. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnux Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 Yep! I'm on Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlikely Moniker Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Thank you for putting me on to the workaround Magnux. Very useful, though as you say it would be better to have an option to always display the doc name in the main window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillermo Espertino Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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