Master Page, not editable

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rethus

I have create a document which contain 2 sample pages, Landscape, and Portrait.
They also contain a given Text-Box-Structure I need for any new page.

If I add a page and use "Add Master-Page" from Mouse-Context-Menu, the page appear (with all it's textboxes), but I can not edit those Textboxes on the new page.

Why is that?

If I loog into the Layers Section, there is anything open to edit (means the Column with LOCK isn't activated).

Any suggestions how to fix this?

Nermander

Master pages in Scribus are essentially "page backgrounds".

If you want page templates, have a look at the scrapbook.

TemperateBroadleaf

Quote from: Nermander on May 10, 2024, 01:29:16 PMMaster pages in Scribus are essentially "page backgrounds".

If you want page templates, have a look at the scrapbook.
Has it been decided that this is simply going to be the design choice of Scribus, or is it just not implemented yet?

I have trouble understanding why this would be preferable compared to the system as seen in InDesign (and other desktop publishing software) wherein master pages can actually be used for designing layouts. If the layout of a master page is adjusted, changes are automatically applied to all pages derived from the master. I understand the scrapbook as a workaround, but unless I'm completely mistaken, that workflow would instead be:

  • Create a layout.
  • Copy it to the scrapbook.
  • Apply the layout to any number of pages.
  • Decide that a text frame in your layout should actually be 0.25" shorter than originally specified.
  • Manually select each text frame and resize it (or use a script to accomplish this, assuming one exists or you have the ability to code it).

Note that I totally understand that Scribus is FOSS and shouldn't be expected to maintain feature parity with products backed by billion-dollar companies; my question is whether this is an intentional design choice.