After updating Pages from 12.1 to 12.2 the function keys (F1, F2, ........F8) do not work as keyboard shortcut for the paragraph styles.
I have a Mac Mini M1 with Macos Ventura 13.0.
I have restored Pages 12.1 from TimeMachine and that does not have this issue.
Also other apps (like Nisus) work ok with the function keys.
Mac mini 2018 or later
The function keys are back in update Pages 12.2.1. Thanks Apple!
The function keys are back in update Pages 12.2.1. Thanks Apple!
Hi, it's even worse, this seems to be a feature. Previously all you had to do was press F1 and the line/paragraph would change to the style with the set shortcut. What you have to do now is select text/line/paragraph and then press F1. As someone who uses a lot of different headings on a daily basis this is really annoying.
Bright side, you can still use shortcuts. I hope they revert this change, because it's painful to write like this...
That is right. You have to select some text and then the F key works. But that is not the way we use paragraph styles. It always worked with the insertion point placed somewhere in the paragraph. I hope this new behaviour will be changed back!
I have the same exact problem @PeterVrijlandt.
Restored pages to 12.1 and it is working as expected. Seems to be a bug in 12.2
Two factors: New release of Pages and new release of Ventura 13.0. Not impossible that one or both are temporarily jinxed by the other until updates are made available. Presumeably, you did not set function key collisions in Paragraph and Character styles… 😎
Oh no! You are right!
That's why it kept error-beeping... I did not have anything selected. Why the heck would they change that *facepalm*
I'm writing screenplays, that's changing between at least 5 different styles every other line or so. Applying style is not an after thought! I know what I want!
Thanks for your help, @silent__Tempest
Same issue here. Also restored 12.1 (thanks for that tip)
its not Ventura as problem exists with pages 12.2 on Monterey
After reading your reply, I checked and noticed the system update. Updated to Ventura 13, noticed Pages had also been updated back to 12.2 en the problem as PeterVrijlandt described it is back :(
No Fkey collisions as far as I can tell.
Now I can't downgrade Pages to 12.1 (again) as TimeCapsule now shows 0 previous states for the Application folder *cry*
It would be helpful if we could all take a moment to provide Apple feedback that we prefer the old way where you do not need to highlight text to use Function Key shortcuts. It's amazing how such decisions get approved. Obviously by someone who didn't actually use the feature. Link for macOS Pages Feedback below
I have sent feedback to Apple about the F keys issue. Thanks for the suggestion.
Awesome, I submitted feedback as well. Thanks! Hopefully enough of us submit the same type of feedback and we will get the change made.
Submitted feedback
Thanks for the link. Provided feedback as well.
Addendum: I can't select 12.2 in the 'What version of Pages are you using" question. It's trivial, but annoying nonetheless.
Interesting, I had already updated to Ventura before updating Pages to 12.2. Thanks for the info
Pages 12.2 misses function keys
