problem with iphone photos app when tryin to markup photos with text

I have the iPhone 12, updated to 18.01 and am now having issues with markup and the text function on EDIT. What can I do to fix this? Now I am updated to 18.1.1 and still no change.

I tried this but don't seem to have the Format option you mention after the "..." button. See the image below for my only options after clicking "..."

The only way I've gotten the color change to work (and, sometimes, the sizing option, too, as my formatting bar will close if I hit any option, from time-to-time) is if I open a photo already in my gallery to mark up. If I take a screenshot on my phone and try to edit it directly there, the color change option, and sometimes also the size controls, will shut down the format window.

Frustrating glitch an eye photo markup not able to markup or edit text.

Same issue on 18.1

do apple developers even test these things??? Wtaf and why is there a giant menu bar over the text box??? Never release something without testing that EVERYTHING works as expected

Wow! It works and a heck of a lot simpler than previous workaround I found on another chain! Thanks for alerting this chain and to user “Ecran bleu”, too.

This worked for me. Great Tip. Thank you so much. 👊🏼👍🏼

I have the iphone xr and I am having the same issue. I am unable to edit the text on a photo. The options appear, but disappear immediately. My phone is up to date. I have not found any answers as to why or how to fix this issue. It does appear to be an issue on both old and new iphones. Please post any information on how to fix this issue. Thank you.

Having same problem since they updated or changed the features in the photo app. The previous app that was there before worked seamlessly and didn’t have all the added features. It’s very frustrating to try to add text,change color, and it keeps disappearing!!! very annoying and wish you would fix it!!

Glad it worked for you, too. I didn’t figure it out, just saw someone else’s post on a different Apple support community chain on this same issue, and that poster found the workaround on Reddit!! Omg.

Up until today, I had been using YOUR workaround that you posted in December, so thank YOU very much. I use the photo editor constantly and without your workaround, the past month would have been very frustrating. :-)

This post from Reddit helped me if anyone

stumbles upon this issue: Tap the text to edit the actual text, like as in

you're able to change what the text says. Tap the text again, select it, once selected you'll get the standard options to cut, paste etc; hit the little arrow, tap "format", then hit more, the formatting options will appear, you'll notice the text should be highlighted still, open the color options like you normally would, tap the color that you want (I think it can be any color but might as well hit what you want I guess), then you'll notice your text is no longer highlighted, without closing the formatting options, tap your text again, hit the Aa icon, tap the color options for the

text, and then it shouldn't close out on you.

Has Apple or anyone resolved this problem. Frustrating when they create an update, in my opinion. The navigation is more clumsy and it doesn’t work.

your solution worked great, But why would Apple Techs mess with something that was working easily and fine..... they make you go through four or five steps just to change our colour and size of font

Kozziemoto1,

Don’t try to “select” text the 2nd time. Just tap the text area to get the font size, orientation & color edit to come up. Then tap the color edit dot, and it shouldn’t disappear immediately on you anymore, but allow you to change color as usual.

I will try a bunch of screenshots to show the steps; what a PAIN, but here goes:

Pull up photo & click on below icon at middle bottom to start edit

then click on pen icon on top right

then click on “+” icon bottom right

then tap “add text”

then double-tap on text that appears so you highlight/select it as shown

then tap on arrow as shown

then tap on Format

then tap on More

then tap on color dot

then tap on “X” at top right

then tap color dot again

We know that where you modify your pictures. But try to add some text and change the color of the text and it bugs !