Text properties by batch

• Apr 3, 2016 - 19:18
Type
Functional
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Status
closed
Project

You can change the appearance of a word in a given style with the text properties.
Problem : we can change one word at a time. Select multiple words is useless because only the last selected sees its modified properties.
I think it would be useful to apply the text properties by batch would avoid having to create a text style ( rather complex procedure ) for specific action on one text.


Comments

There are complications with the idea of allowing Text Properties to work on multiple items - for instance, what if they start off with different properties? What if they have different styles, and then you hit Reset to Style? They aren't insurmountable, but I think this is why it currently isn't enabled.

Meanwhile, though, I don't understand the use case. You say you don't want to have to create a text style for one text, but if it's just one text, why do you need to apply Text Properties to multiple elements? Maybe you mean, you have one text element that you reuse a lot (like "pizz." in italics, say). In that case, I'd simply add this to a custom palette. Or do ahead and create the text style for "italics text" or whatever.