Numbers, Align tools are greyed out

With a new document from the Blank template, I sometimes get the grey out, for vertical alignment:

But sometimes I don't get the grey out (here I selected the first three cells only, which all had the same vertical alignment):

Does seem like a bug that is apparent when the current vertical alignment of the selected cells is not uniform.

SG

Hi Greg,

Do you mean the Text alignment tools?

Regards,

Ian

Not sure what Greg is looking for, but I have a similar problem.

I want to change the vertical alignment (top, middle, bottom of cell) for multiple cells at the same time.

If the cells currently have matching alignment, I can easily use the alignment dialogue.

But if the cells I am trying to modify having differing vertical alignments, then the alignment dialogue tools are greyed out.

That's some pretty silly functionality.

Is there a way to override this apparent 'protection' on the v-align controls?

I have exactly the same problem: selected multiple cells with different vertical alignment can not be re-aligned top/middle/bottom with the alignment tools at the same time! Buttons become greyed out.

It seems to be a bug, because such behaviour was correct in the past.

Ian,

I get the same result they are reporting, no filters, and no merged cells. New document from "Blank" template. Both Yosemite and El Capitan.

One possible work-around: Select and format a single cell the way you want. Copy Style. Select the range of cells and Paste Style.

Jeff

SG,

That's how it works for me, too. When multiple vertical alignments are selected, it should lose the blue highlight for the current setting but the controls should remain active, which is what Ian's first screenshot shows. But for me the controls are greyed out.

I'd love to know why it works for Ian. Maybe his localization cures the bug.

Jeff

I have the same exact problem. The way I work around it is I have an app running in the background that strips the formatting from my clipboard. I then highlight the column, cut it (via cmd-x), then change the alignment, then paste it back in.

I have exactly the same problem. Seems it's impossible to align multiple cells. Very annoying.

Hi Everyone,

I can't reproduce the problem

Is there anything else about your table? Merged cells? Filter applied?

Regards,

Ian.