Drafts 31 Released: Interface Refresh, Notion Support

One of the minor but useful updates in this release to note, is the ability to access all your actions from the action bar, without having to swap out the group loaded in the bar. Great for accessing those infrequently used text manipulation actions and the like:

Another noteworthy change, is the workspace menu (and action group menu) moving to the above this lists. This was an oft-requested change.

If you want access to quick workspace and action group switching at the bottom of the screen, you an enable workspace/action group bars in (…) list options.

Note that the workspace/action group bars are now available in the Mac version as well:

I just did the update on my MacBook Pro, and when I type to add a tag, whatever letter that I began typing changes to something else and there is no way for me to complete the tag word that I was trying to type.

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@agiletortoise

Issue with tag entry.

I have the same issue as @waynang5 on my MacBook Air (macOS Monterey 12.2.1). It seems to work fine on i*OS.

The problem appears only when trying to enter a new tag when it starts with a letter combination that is not already in use. I have found that (as a workaround) starting to type the new tag name with a # at the start, completing the name that you want for the tag and then deleting the # does work. Also, if you type faster than the matching tag list can appear, it works successfully.

In the GIF below, I am entering test as a new tag (no tags in my current list start with test)

CleanShot 2022-02-25 at 17.48.09

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Got it, thanks. Will get out a hot fix.

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I’ve been getting the following error when trying to run any ThoughtAsylum actions since the update:

In the last couple of weeks, one user on Twitter flagged this to me, and another on the Drafts Slack group. It seems to have been intermittent and not even affecting all devices (running same versions) for one of the users. If I can reproduce it, I might be able to start closing in on what’s going on.

There haven’t been any updates pushed out for the library and actions in the past nine months (:roll_eyes:), so it should not be anything changing in there that has triggered this. But, I’ve been running the betas and it also hasn’t occurred for me just yet. In fact I’ve just downloaded the latest public release to my iPhone and tried a few actions there and I still don’t get any issues.

There is obviously something going on - there are three people who have reported the issue now. But, after looking at this over the last few weeks I’m drawing a blank on what to try next as to what I can do if I can’t reproduce it to investigate it.

Could there be any common factors (software/hardware versions, etc.) between you, @FlohGro, and richard.h from the Slack group (is that @richardh, or @RichardHanmer on this forum?), that are perhaps not prevalent to other users, or maybe there’s simply been a sharp decline in the number of people using the action groups and it is affecting most Drafts users?

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Hi, Drafts 31 installed without a hitch on my MBP M1 but on my Mac Mini M1 it gets to 90% and will not complete. Any suggestions? Anyone else got this problem? TQ

Not an uncommon Mac App Store install glitch. Sometimes just a reboot and it will work, but the most reliable way to fix is to drag the existing installation of the app from the “Applications” folder to the trash, and try again.

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Thank you, I just installed the “hot fix” and it’s now working like a charm!!

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I followed your suggestion to drag the existing installation to the bin. The reinstall worked like a charm. Thanks for the helpful, timely, advice. Andy

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Thank you for the detailed reply, Stephen. Is there anything I could do to help? I would send you my logs but I’m afraid TA actions are the only way I know of accessing them hehe.

Send me a DM on Twitter if you’d like - I’m @NeoYokel. I’d suggest email but I’m still getting used to Spark hehe.

Here’s my system information for starters
Handset: iPhone 12 Pro Max
OS: 15.4 (19E5235a)

I’ll also get back on the Slack group.

Maybe let’s open a post for the issue where we can discuss this :wink:

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Find/Replace Issues

On iOS and iPadOS (haven’t checked Mac), having the following issues with find/replace.

  1. Every time Find action is triggered, options reset as follows, even if they’ve been changed in the prior session:

    • Case Insensitive = TRUE
    • Use Regular Expressions = FALSE
  2. (This may or may not be an actual issue, and – if it is – it’s limited in scope, and might not be possible to fix.)

    It appears that, if “Larger Text” is switched on in Accessibility settings, the Find UI is resizedd such that the textarea fields no longer disclose whether multiple lines of text have been filled in.

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Thanks, will take a look.

Am I just an idiot, or is it no longer possible to change the app icon on iOS?

App icon changes same as always (in Aa editor settings). If it’s not working, reboot your device. Sometimes the system icon caches get flaky and don’t display changes.

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Oh goodness thanks! I totally forgot it was in there – I was just checking settings over and over and thought I couldn’t read or something. Thanks!

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I don’t know if what I am doing is related to this issue. Just see the screen shot attached. Why doesn’t the text wrap on the Right Hand Side? I am using the Draftsdown syntax, but that shouldn’t matter. Depending on the size of my window the text should and always did terminate where my window ended, now it doesn’t. Have I inadvertently changed some setting somewhere?

Is this iOS or Mac? Reproducible? I’ve seen something like that every once in a while when auto-layout has some sort of freakout, but generally goes away of the app is restarted, or side panes show/hidden, or similar.