Typing text doesn't produce text; it produces spastic UI gyrations

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2021-12-23 07:31:03

What is even going on here? Select the text tool, click on the canvas, and start typing.

No text appears. The UI starts flashing and gyrating through who knows what. WTF?
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2022-01-04 13:45:44

After you add a text box, there's one small step you're missing — activating it. You can do so by either single-clicking it, double-clicking it, or pressing the Return key on your keyboard. If you start typing right away, Pixelmator Pro will interpret your keystrokes as keyboard shortcuts and just cycle through different tools assigned to these shortcuts.
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2022-01-04 23:01:18

Thanks, but why would I have to "activate" it? I'm using the text tool and I've just added a text object. Doesn't it stand to reason that I will now want to type some text?
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2022-01-05 10:32:29

That's simply how Pixelmator Pro is designed to work right now. It was done with the intention of clearly separating the two text editing modes — typing and arranging, but we are aware this behavior may not always be expected when coming from different editors, so we definitely have it in mind.
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2022-01-05 18:05:38

Thanks for the reply!
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2022-01-11 15:10:04

by GHS 2022-01-05 16:05:38 Thanks for the reply!
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