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Text Box Edit to be kept to minimum
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 10:09 am
by wils0nn
Hi,
Currently, when i have to edit text, it shows the text box stretching out to the entire page.
How do i restrain the box to minimal size? as the current setting as shown in the image when editing words shifts the text across the page weirdly.
Re: Text Box Edit to be kept to minimum
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 7:10 pm
by TrackerSupp-Daniel
Hello Wils0nn,
Thank you for the inquiry.
At the moment, the editor does not offer a good way to split these text items up. You may be able to move the items apart by disabling our "edit text as blocks" function, if the text items are far enough apart they should no longer be seen as a paragraph.
After moving them apart, you will need to re-enable this option in order to edit the text within.
Depending on how they were created they may be separate objects, and the editor could be combining them as a "block". This is because the concept of Paragraphs does not exist in PDF, instead each line of text is a separate object. This forces software developers like us to "emulate" how a paragraph works when editing text, issues like this are a side effect of that handling, and while we are aware of the issue, finding a resolution is quite difficult.
Know that we are aware of this, and are looking into possibilities, but a proper resolution will likely not be available soon.
Kind regards,
Re: Text Box Edit to be kept to minimum
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 3:28 am
by wils0nn
TrackerSupp-Daniel wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 7:10 pm
Hello Wils0nn,
Thank you for the inquiry.
At the moment, the editor does not offer a good way to split these text items up. You may be able to move the items apart by disabling our "edit text as blocks" function, if the text items are far enough apart they should no longer be seen as a paragraph.
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After moving them apart, you will need to re-enable this option in order to edit the text within.
Depending on how they were created they may be separate objects, and the editor could be combining them as a "block". This is because the concept of Paragraphs does not exist in PDF, instead each line of text is a separate object. This forces software developers like us to "emulate" how a paragraph works when editing text, issues like this are a side effect of that handling, and while we are aware of the issue, finding a resolution is quite difficult.
Know that we are aware of this, and are looking into possibilities, but a proper resolution will likely not be available soon.
Kind regards,
Hi Daniel,
Thanks for the reply.
From what i notice, can i suggest a non paragraph mode for text edit mode where letters identified to be in the same body are understood to be from the same word? And therefore the text box appears only in for that word.
Re: Text Box Edit to be kept to minimum SOLVED
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:37 pm
by TrackerSupp-Daniel
Hello Wilson,
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you, I have created a formal feature request to be considered when we are next adding new features into the fold. I cannot guarantee that it will be implemented, but I can promise it will be seriously considered.
For reference, the ticket number in question is below, you can ask any member of our support team for an update on the status of this request in the future.
RT#4802: Edit single Text items (no block/paragraph handling)
Kind regards,