When adding a text to a photo, I am unable to change the font and font color. When attempting to do so by tapping the color circle to the right the menu appears then disappears instantly. I don’t want the black or that font.
iPad, iPadOS 18
Hey-- I'm really glad you let us know!
I've seen some others with this problem. One couple had two phones, both 16s (though that doesn't seem to be part of it,) and it worked on one and not on the other. It was not the operator or how they didi it; it was definitely something about the phone! Do you have any idea about what changed in your case?
Aha! We're doing different things!
I've found how not to get the format menu: I start by tapping Edit, Markup, and I hit plus (+) to get this:
I choose "Add Text," and I get a little menu and the word "Text" in the middle of the picture:
I choose Aa, and the Text Format menu comes up:
I tap red, then I delete "Text" and type Balloon. Looks good, but I really wanted bold. So I select "Balloon" and get this:
and "Format" gets me back to the Format menu.
This is a complete history of my Markup Text experience. I never got a keyboard and format menu at the same time.
My iPadOS is 18.0, not yet 18.0.1
And wow! That took a bit of work…
Nice card!
I can't reproduce this. I select the text; I have the same format window; I touch the color circle--- and I get a color matrix where I can choose the new color, and it works. What could be different?
How's your phone's memory? When I go to Settings>General>iPhone Storage, mine says "77.6 GB of 128 GB used." What does yours say?
I don't know if this is important, but in Settings>Apps>Photos is iCloud Photos turned on? Are you using "Optimize iPhone Storage" with Photos?
I don't know what just happened, but the problem just went away! I did not do anything special at all, just tried a different photo and everything worked. Then went back to the first photo that was problematic and now it's allowing change of type, size, color, etc. I hope that things fix themselves for you as well!
Here are my settings
New inidicator appeared to make changes
On the other hand,
when I have that dialog open, I don't have a keyboard at all.
I'm using the Format menu,
Are you doing the same?
Is there a way to submit a video showing what’s happening? It nerve did this until I upgraded to 18
I am having the same exact issue and it's horrifically annoying. Have not experienced this issue before. I assume it's because of the new IOS 18 upgrade.
I cannot get Apple to understand or help. It’s real!
Well it is working now! Not the same as before but will relearn
I don’t get that menu
Same is happening to me. Since the last iOS. Frustrating
Changing font & font color on text in photos
