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Ctrl/Cmd + double click to edit text inside a group

It is possible to do Ctrl + click (Cmd+click on Mac) to directly select an element which is inside one or more groups.

In previous versions of Adobe XD it was also possible to do Ctrl/Cmd + double click to directly select the text of a text element which is inside one or more groups, so that you could just start typing or do a copy/paste to change/replace the text content of this element.

Since a few versions the behaviour seems to have changed, so that Ctrl + double click results in an element being selected which is somewhere in the element hierarchy between the text element and the uppermost group (I tried it in different scenarios and could not find a consistent pattern).

To edit text of a nested element, I now have to first select it with Ctrl+click, then double click on it to go into text-selection mode.

I would be very happy if the old behaviour could be restored. I used it often and I think it saves a lot of clicks. Also, I cannot see an advantage or use case of the new behaviour of Ctrl + double click on a nested element.

Edit: I added new information in a comment below.

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Christoph Mauerhofer shared this idea  ·  Nov 20, 2019  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →

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  • Sean commented  ·  January 7, 2020 2:55 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    alternatively you can just select the text tool, and click on the text, that tool doesn't have multiple clicks to edit text

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  • Darko commented  ·  December 8, 2019 3:45 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Previously, I could use clipboard text (copied from XD or some other document) to quickly replace the content of a text block nested within a group: press Ctrl/Cmd, double-click the text block to select its content (not releasing Ctrl/Cmd) and then press V while holding the Ctrl/Cmd all the while.
    This video shows the previous flow, and the current (broken) flow: https://youtu.be/fStR7lBLXI0
    Is it possible that I was the only one doing that? I used to do so in Sketch, too.

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  • Armando Scuro commented  ·  December 4, 2019 12:00 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Agreed, this change while actually good, for text it decreases the speed of which i used to edit text layers that are inside groups or components. now i have to be careful when trying to edit text by selecting the text layer and clicking enter to allow editing. please make it different for text layers adobe

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  • Armando Scuro commented  ·  December 4, 2019 12:00 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Agreed, this change while actually good, for text it decreases the speed of which i used to edit text layers that are inside groups or components. now i have to be careful when trying to edit text by selecting the text layer and clicking enter to allow editing. please make it different for text layers adobe

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  • Darko commented  ·  November 29, 2019 4:11 PM  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Please note the current behavior is different from previous XD behavior, and therefore a breaking change in regard to the app usage and productivity.

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  • Darko commented  ·  November 29, 2019 4:09 PM  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    New XD behavior (ctrl + click selects a layer below on second click) causes serious productivity problem for me! Now I can no longer use ctrl/cmd + double click to edit text within a group. Please make a difference between ctrl/cmd + double click and ctrl/cmd + two consecutive clicks. The way it is now, I have to do ctrl/cmd + click, then wait, then do double click to edit text within a group.

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  • Darko commented  ·  November 29, 2019 3:36 PM  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Adobe, please restore the old, ctrl + double click behavior. It was very simple and efficient way to edit text within a group. The new ctrl + double click is confusing, inefficient and illogical!

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  • Christoph Mauerhofer commented  ·  November 20, 2019 1:34 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    A colleague has now pointed out to me, that in the October update a feature was introduced, to click through various layers of elements with Ctrl/Cmd + click. This seems to have replaced the old Ctrl/Cmd + double click feature for selecting text.

    So I guess my questions is then, if there is a way to keep the direct text selection with some alternate key combination.

    A related question arises from the new feature: If I use Ctrl/Cmd+click to select a text element which is placed below something else, how can I then start editing its text content?

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