iOS 18 Photos Text Color Issue

When I press the color dot it won’t stay open long enough for me to select the color! This is happened after 18.1 Glitch?!

Exactly the same here. It occurs when I choose to add text to a photo and select the color. It shuts off every time I select the color tool.

They put fancy stuff in updates (e.g. animated emojis for text) and then regular tools don’t work.

I was so disappointed when I couldn’t change my font or color in the mark up feature! I hope Apple fixes this! that was my favorite feature as I do my editing of pictures on my phone!

I have the same problem! Very frustrating! Please fix ASAP ! Thank you

A workaround that works for me :

As soon as you’re in markup, hit the eraser and hit the photo.

Then it’s back to normal, no more issue.

Wtaf Apple. This is terrible. The text format color chooser just appears for a fraction of a second and disappears. Not only that, but when you try to select text, it gets covered by the suggestion bar and you can’t see what you’re typing. Did you even test this before cramming it into our phones?

Same problem here. Very frustrating. I upgraded to 16 Pro Max for what???

Yes it happened after I updated to 18.0.1 and now 18.1 still has not fixed it. I used it regularly to change the text colour I add to photos so this is super annoying as I cannot add text to dark photos at all.

Mine is same way. The text edit function on mark up on Photos doesn't work like it used to. Doesn't stay long enough for you to change the color of the text or adjust the size.

Thank you, but the problem is that it does not work for me and other users who do the exact thing you are showing us. Thanks for the image though.

Report it here so they actually have someone on that team read about the problem. I just reported almost the same issue.

Feedback - Photos - Apple

So I discovered that when you hit the “+” to add text, then hit the “Aa”, that’s when you can select the color.

Trying to upload a screenshot…but it’s easy.

It’s frustrating to say the least. Also why did they remove the magnifying option that allows a portion of a photo to be zoomed in on? That was another feature that has vanished with recent updates.

Git same problem and workaround given here doesnt work. Please fix

iOS 18.2 resolved the text colour problem. You can now select a text colour or change it to another colour.

Summary:-

1. Do as we have done previously, except that there is no EDIT option when you see your photo. You need to click on the three horizontal lines at the bottom of your screen.

2. As previously, click on the triangle (almost) inside the circle near top RHS of your screen.

3. As previously, click on the + symbol at bottom RHS of your screen.

4. As previously, choose Add Text.

5. At this point I previously used to click where it said Text in the middle of my screen and I’d start typing. Don’t do that.

Instead you should now click on Aa. This pops up a box where you can change many things. That includes top RHS a colourful colour (in a circle) option.

6. Choose your preferred text colour and then X (close) that screen.

This should now show your photo with the text ready to type in your chosen colour.

If you want to change the text colour of something that you’ve already typed, go back to the Aa mentioned in 5. above.

The above method was possible due to the fix made to 18.1.1 with 18.2 introduced today, 12/12/24. Photos now OK.

Unfortunately, 18.2 still has my videos on a permanent loop. A pain in the ….