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#1
Beginner Talk / Re: Frame coordinates changing...
Last post by CycloneVonSleet - Today at 12:52:17 AM
Back already- It seems at some point the option "View -> Measurement -> Rulers relative to page" was unchecked. I haven't manually updated the software since starting the project, but I'm not certain it never automatically updated. Checking it reverts my coordinates back to their previous behavior.

I couldn't find this topic discussed elsewhere, so hopefully this helps someone else in the future. Marking as "Solved"
#2
Beginner Talk / [SOLVED] Frame coordinates cha...
Last post by CycloneVonSleet - Today at 12:38:48 AM
I've returned to a project after around a month's hiatus to find that my text frames on every page have shifted slightly on the x axis, which is annoying but not a big deal; however the y coordinate of each frame steadily increments each page, despite having the same visual position relative to the page it is on. I'm worried that while I was away, Scribus decided that every frame in my document should have its coordinates related to page 1, instead of the page the frame is contained within.

The Y value is incrementing in equal steps, and they appear to correspond to the page height plus the scratch area between pages vertically. For what it's worth, the X coordinates of every "right" page are also offset by the width of one page, but this is in addition to them also no longer being centered mathematically, despite visually still being centered. For reference, my pages are 8.4 inches wide, but an x coordinate for the center point of a text frame set to 4.2 inches is way off to the left. This is also new behavior.

This behavior wasn't happening when I last worked on this project, and I'm worried about what it means for the longevity and stability of my document. It's also very disruptive to my workflow as I manually position the bounds of each frame my manually editing the values under Geometry in the Properties panel. What can I do to fix all of this?

Using Scribus 1.6.2 on Windows 11 Pro 25H2.
#3
Code / Re: PythonAPI and groups
Last post by a.l.e - March 17, 2026, 07:21:22 PM
there is a patch having a good life in the bug tracker...

https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17490
#4
Beginner Talk / how to copy text and images fr...
Last post by LesW - March 16, 2026, 11:48:59 PM
Hi
I am very new to Scribus and not yet started using. I have a large book in pdf format and would like to copy text and images from the pdf file into Scribus and save me time in starting from scratch in Scribus. Please describe the steps from the beginning on what I need to do.
#5
Code / Re: PythonAPI and groups
Last post by henrylaw - March 16, 2026, 07:18:16 PM
I've found a workround for this; if you retrieve the names of the objects in the group and then ungroup it, you can then access their properties by name.  But you have to issue "closeDoc()" before exiting your script as otherwise Scribus will remain open and ask for confirmation.

Here's a code fragment which works.  (It processes text frames unless they have paragraph style "diary_style")

grouped_items = scribus.getGroupItems( item_name, type=4 )
scribus.unGroupObjects( item_name )
for gi in grouped_items:
if gi[1] == 4:
  try:
    para_style = scribus.getParagraphStyle( gi[0] )
  except scribus.NoValidObjectError:
    print( f"Object not found: '{gi[0]}'" )
    continue
  if para_style != diary_style:
    process_text_frame(gi[0])
    ... etc
#6
Code / Re: PythonAPI and groups
Last post by henrylaw - March 16, 2026, 03:59:52 PM
I too have found that, while I can get a list of the object names, I can't even access them to determine their properties.  I have an existing document which I'm trying to analyse; it has groups of text frames and I want to examine the paragraph styles assigned to each of those frames.  This code fragment shows how I'm trying to do it:
grouped_items = scribus.getGroupItems( 'group name', type=4 )
for gi in grouped_items:
    if gi[1] == 4:
        try:
            para_style = scribus.getParagraphStyle( gi[0] )
        except scribus.NoValidObjectError:
            print( f"Object not found: '{gi[0]}'" )
            continue
        print( f"Item '{gi[0]}' in group; style '{para_style}'" )

I get "Object not found" for every text frame in the group.

The getGroupItems method could be really useful, essential even; but not if you can't do anything with what it finds.
#7
General Discussion / Index Creation not saved
Last post by Kerrrunchhh - March 16, 2026, 11:23:02 AM
I succeeded in creating a content and an index page for my project.
But when I load the document creating them again does not work.
Maybe saving them is buggy?
#8
General Discussion / Re: Text Shadows not appearing...
Last post by utnik - March 16, 2026, 05:54:52 AM
as .pdf-1.3 doesn't support transparencies and scribus don't flattens them, you should export your file at least as a .pdf-1.4.
did you export it to .Pdf-1.3?

utnik
#9
General Discussion / Text Shadows not appearing in ...
Last post by Doctor Fatbeard - March 16, 2026, 03:27:28 AM
I just started using scribus. I have a text frame that includes text with a drop shadow. But when I export my file as a PDF, the drop shadow disappears. What gives?

Update: I've been working on this for several hours, googling, chatgpting, etc, still nothing. I'm using Scribus 1.6.5, and I cannot figure out why this basic feature does not work. I'm about to be done with scribus.
#10
General Discussion / Text Styles: Can the Direct pa...
Last post by marce colina - March 15, 2026, 01:16:47 AM
Is there a way to override the Direct paragraph formatting when applying an style? Such option would be handy, since in some cases you apply the text style and is not really applied until you made the second step of pressing the remove the direct paragraph formatting icon.