KRITA 6 - Add Text Tool Has Changed - CONFUSED

[UncleSpellbinder]

Prior to the Krita 6 update, adding text was simple. Click the “T” for the text tool, drag a box and placeholder text would appear along with a text box to change fonts, size, etc…

Now with Krita 6, that seems to have changed.

Krita 6 Text Tool

Any idea on how to use the new text tool? I’ve searched the web with no luck.

─❯ kinfo
Operating System: EndeavourOS 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0
Qt Version: 6.11.0
Kernel Version: 6.19.9-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × Intel® Core™ i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
─❯

[UncleSpellbinder]

OK. So I checked settings - dockers. I had to check the text properties box.

Still, nowhere near as intuitive or as easy to us as before when an edit box would pop up.

[skyfishgoo]

but now your text is editable in a wysiwyg text box, yes?

i think this change lets you better see what you are working on and how it will turn out.

[LinuxGuy-cyber]

I’m confused how you got confused since this is same (and correct) way of making this tool in most other productivity software.

[UncleSpellbinder]

@skyfishgoo

but now your text is editable in a wysiwyg text box, yes?

i think this change lets you better see what you are working on and how it will turn out.

@LinuxGuy-cyber

I’m confused how you got confused since this is same (and correct) way of making this tool in most other productivity software.

@skyfishgoo, perhaps. I’ve been using the 5 series of Krita for so long, I just need to get used to this.

@LinuxGuy-cyber, I’ve used Krita for years and have gotten used to the way the 5 series handles text. As I said above, I’ll just need to get used to this.