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Post From: Customize Toolbar - Custom Text Tool - Behaviour query.

[2023-06-06 12:15:47]
User92573 - Posts: 560
Dear Support

I use the Custom Toolbar which was initially built with ALS many years back. It's yet another facet of Sierra that really sets it apart from other platforms.

Recently I've noticed an undesirable action that I'm quite sure I've not seen previously.


Example:

Custom Toolbar >> Button configured as >> Custom Text Tool
Drawing Text >> ABC
Next Text Tool >> None


This, when selected places the text "ABC" at the expected location and as there is no 'next' tool, will keep adding that text until deselected.

However, when I select any of the now placed text, without deselecting that Button and then, from the right-click menu select >> Copy and Paste; although it completes the action, it also at the same time selects a previously config. (TC) tool def. config. which in my case seems to be TC22.

I can use >> right-click >> 'Copy and Paste' as many times as needed, however, once this method is used, TC22 becomes the selected tool, as opposed to the initial selection i.e. the previously selected >> Button >> Custom Text Tool >> ABC.

The undesirable outcome is that any left-click now pastes the TC22 Text Tool config. as opposed to the selected ABC.

I hope that makes sense.

Please can you test this to confirm whether it's a behaviour that I've somehow, inadvertently introduced, or possibly it's related to the tool programming.

Many thanks
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2023-06-07 05:12:24