Paragraph Borders and Shading - Keep in Frame
I use a P Style for a Tip paragraph in my Quick Reference Cards (QRC). The Tip is typically one or two sentences, and has a light shading (light grey) with a top and bottom blue border. I use a similar style for Warnings, except I change the borders to red. Occasionally, the Tip/Warning falls at the top or bottom of a column, and the Border, and sometimes the Shading, lands outside the text frame.
Can we have a "Keep in Frame" for Borders and Shading, similar to the one for P Rules? David Blatner had a great workaround when I reached out to him on Twitter; add a P Rule with 0pt, and the Color of None, add appropriate Offset, and turn on Keep in Frame. It works, but it's many steps, where a check box would be much quicker.
Thanks!
Deb Uscilka
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Tyler Derosier
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Completely agree here. This is maddening and time consuming trying to implement workarounds to achieve this.
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Jeri
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YES!! I AGREE TO "Evan commented"
We currently only have "Clip To Frame" in the shading options. Which is NOT the same thing as "Keep In Frame" because it doesn't MOVE the shading down into the frame—it merely cuts it off. -
Shane Smith
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I would like to add to this feature. Please treat the rules and borders the same. If I add a border to the bottom and set to text it will go as long as the paragraph. If I do the same thing in rules it will go as long as the last sentence. The offset is also different. Borders are more precise when you offset them, rules seem to start in the middle of the paragraph. If I set a rule with a .125" offset, the same offset in borders will be different.
A trick I use to keep borders inside the frame is to turn on the top rule and set it visually to the top border with keep rules in the frame turned on.
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Petru Strimbeanu
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Still waiting for this feature...
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Petru Strimbeanu commented
Yes, we need that feature for sure. I'm using a workaround with paragraph rules, but a checkbox will be great!
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Evan
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Yes please! We currently only have "Clip To Frame" in the shading options. Which is NOT the same thing as "Keep In Frame" because it doesn't MOVE the shading down into the frame—it merely cuts it off.