[scribus] deleteText() Resets Frame Attributes

[Silvain Dupertuis]

One thing might be confusing (and not always clear from the documentation):
To _what element_ does a _particular property_ like font applies.
It can be a particular string of text, a paragraph, or a frame.

As far as I understand, for font properties:

Font selected in the Text properties pane (F3 to show/hide it) applies to

  * the whole frame if the frame is selected - and the next frames is they are chained
  * the selected text if some text is selected in the frame

Font selection in the internel editor (CTRL-T) applies to

  * selected text only

But, generally speaking, using styles is preferable, at least for any formatting which 
might be used more than once...

Silvain

Le 13.03.21 à 07:22, Peter Nermander a écrit :
>> Okay.  I had been thinking that once I set some of the frame's text properties then those properties would stay that way until I changed them, even if I replaced all the text.  I can work around this.
> I think you are confusing the text frame properties with the
> properties of the text in the frame.
>
> Does it work as you expect if you delete the text manually?
>
> I just did a quick test here using Scribus 1.5.2.
>
> In Preferences, text frame tool has default settings
> Arial Regular 12 pt
>
> Create text frame - it has default settings, Arial Regular 12 pt
>
> Change text options for frame - Broadway BT 16 pt
>
> Add 3 paragraphs of text
>
> Change text options (font) for text
> 1st para: Futura
> 2nd para: Times New Roman
> 3rd para: Calibri
>
> Leave edit mode by clicking outside frame
>
> Select frame (single click)
>
> Properties show Broadway BT 16 pt, but none of the text currently in
> the frame has that font.
>
> Enter edit mode (double click)
>
> Ctrl-A and delete all text
>
> Add new text
>
> Text is Broadway BT 16 pt
>
> This is exactly what I would expect.
>
> /Peter
>
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