Affinity Designer 1.5.3.62 (beta) Paragraph Panel

[StuartRc]

Morning Affinity,

 

I was just spending sometime with the the new beta version and came across an issue with the Paragraph Panel (I am sure you are aware of this one!) which appears to be fixed at minimum size. Issue occurring when nested with Character Panel and free or drag/drop position

 

 

As attached snapshot

 

Using:

 

Affinity Designer Beta 1.5.3.62

 

On OS Windows 10 Pro 1607 OS Build 14393.969

System AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon 16.12.2 (R9 380 Series)

 

 

[Sean P]

Hi Stuart_R,

I'm moving your post to the beta section of the forum as this is where all beta issues are handled.

 

Regarding the issue though, unfortunately I'm not able to reproduce it. I've tried a few things regarding docking and undocking of the panel and none of these resulted in the cut off panel you see. Do you remember what you were doing prior to this being cut off? Also could you go to %appdata%\Affinity\Designer\1.0 (Beta) and zip up the contents of this folder and attach it please so we can take a look!

Thanks.

[StuartRc]

Hi Sean

 

Thanks for getting back to me..

 

Yeah interesting issue. Its still there today (obviously shutdown and rebooted last night!) It was a bit of a surprise to me..I have been really impressed with these applications and this year have spent a lot of time getting to grips with them... They have been pretty stable for me (only had 1 major crash just after Christmas with the symbols panel but I am aware that is being addressed)

 

I have attached a zip file of the complete beta folder...for your reference. I removed the 2 sample files to make the .zip file compact for forum upload rules

 

The release version is working fine (1.5.2.58) with the same fonts installed I did not reconfigure settings in Beta version. I did clean up installed fonts about a week ago after after the latest windows update but this was before I installed the Beta version

 

With regards to what I was doing.. well I was just doing some testing on the beta version..seeing If I could find any bugs...

 

Created new file (A4 300DPI)

Added Frame text/filled with placeholder and resized.

I think I also had a look around the styles panel.

changed the font of filler style  

Then clicked on the character and Paragraph buttons (Context menu)

 

It's still visible now on my screen. I can move the panel around (in it's smaller size) but not resize | If Docked the Para/Character Panel Automatically folds to the size of the now small paragraph panel 

 

New Screenshot below

 

I hope this helps..If you need anything else just let me know

 

 

 

 

[dominik]

which appears to be fixed at minimum size. Issue occurring when nested with Character Panel and free or drag/drop position

 

I came across this, too.

 

I was able to resize the panel by double clicking on the transform tab below.

I was working on frame text, as you did.

 

Cheers,

 

d.

[StuartRc]

Hi Dominik,

 

I am pleased to hear that I am not the only one with this strange issue.....I tried what you suggested but didn't resolve it.

 

I placed another panel underneath (to attach) but Paragraph Panel remains the same fixed size...

 

With further experimentation I can Stretch the Panel (X direction) and click on the arrows to scroll  content...but that's about it..

 

Just hope it does not cause too much work for the developers, I am sure they are all already overwhelmed.

[rubs]

Same thing here, but just on one of my machines. The other one I use doesn't have this problem.

[Sean P]

Thanks for the file Stuart, copying this over my AppData does cause the Paragraph Panel to appear incorrect. I've passed it onto development.  

 

In the meantime if you select 'View > Studio > Reset Studio' this will reset the studio layout and correct the size of the Paragraph Panel allowing you to access it fully again.

[StuartRc]

You are welcome..happy to help....I hope it does not turn out to be a large issue...back to testing!