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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0016106 | Scribus | Story Editor / Text Frames | public | 2020-05-09 13:08 | 2020-05-09 13:08 |
| Reporter | sreerajp | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | major | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Platform | Windows | OS | 10 | OS Version | 1909 |
| Product Version | 1.5.6.svn | ||||
| Summary | 0016106: Unable to place text wrapped text box above a grouped box | ||||
| Description | Create two text frame Add content to both of them. Let one text frame has less content. The other one has good amount of text. It spans two columns. Group the two text frames Now create another text frame Add content to this one. Let this text frame holds less amount of text content Now press F2 Goto shapes Select Text flow around countour line as Text Flow value Click "Edit.." under "Shape:" Select each point highlighted in text frame and note down the X and Y positions Click on Edit Contour Line Now subtract 0.1411 (or any suh value) from Top Left X and Y position Add 0.1411 (or any suh value) to top right X and subtract from Top Right Y position Add 0.1411 (or any suh value) to bottom left Y and subtract from bottom left X position Add 0.1411 (or any suh value) to bottom right X and Y position This will bring the Contour Line outside of the text box Now click OK and close the properties widow Raise the level of the text frame to Top Now place the text frame over the text frame with larger content in the grouped text frame. Nothing happens Ungroup the grouped frame and place the text box over the text frame with larger content Now it works. In Indesign this will work also over a grouped text frame. Any thought in having the same feature in Scribus | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | Create two text frame Add content to both of them. Let one text frame has less content. The other one has good amount of text. It spans two columns. Group the two text frames Now create another text frame Add content to this one. Let this text frame holds less amount of text content Now press F2 Goto shapes Select Text flow around countour line as Text Flow value Click "Edit.." under "Shape:" Select each point highlighted in text frame and note down the X and Y positions Click on Edit Contour Line Now subtract 0.1411 (or any suh value) from Top Left X and Y position Add 0.1411 (or any suh value) to top right X and subtract from Top Right Y position Add 0.1411 (or any suh value) to bottom left Y and subtract from bottom left X position Add 0.1411 (or any suh value) to bottom right X and Y position This will bring the Contour Line outside of the text box Now click OK and close the properties widow Raise the level of the text frame to Top Now place the text frame over the text frame with larger content in the grouped text frame. Nothing happens Ungroup the grouped frame and place the text box over the text frame with larger content Now it works. In Indesign this will work also over a grouped text frame. Any thought in having the same feature in Scribus | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
| Patch | No | ||||
