Box containing {@date@}

[spencered]

I did something that caused these {@…@} expressions to grow boxes around them.
If you, dear reader, know the answer, I would much appreciate your sharing it with me.

[MarcLarcher]

You either changed the frame property to Bordered, or used a paragraph style that has the border “on”.

[spencered]

Unfortunately, the word frame is semantically overloaded in Dorico, making it unhelpful as a target for a search. I tried it without success. More context would help lead to the neighborhood of terms containing this usage of frame.

So I kept looking and found the problem shown in the attached screenshot.

I had the {@date@} expression attached to “Layout name” instead of “Default text”. I think I remember trying out these expressions and apparently left them in a state that would cause trouble later–today.

[rafaelv]

Hi,

Wich Paragraph style are you using for the {@date@} token?

Under the menu Library, go to Paragraph Styles and see if the border option is activated (Layout name and Tacet are the paragrah styles that have Border as default).

[Derrek]

@spencered

Unfortunately, the word frame is semantically overloaded in Dorico, making it unhelpful as a target for a search

Adding borders to text frames

First thing to come up when I searched “frame box(ed)” in the manual.

[MarcLarcher]

Thanks, @Derrek. That’s exactly what I was thinking about. A text frame in the page template.

[spencered]

Exactly so! I just bumbled my way into that knowledge while you were busy helping. Thanks!