No automatic text wrapping?

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Hello guys
After 15 years using Photoshop for a personal project, I thought, “Hey, let’s try Krita, it must have improved a lot since then.”

Everything was going more or less smoothly with my work until… I wanted to place a block of text.
Click and drag to create the container > it opens the text window (so far, so good), but the more I type, the more the text overflows the container. If I scale the container, the text scales too; it doesn’t adapt.

So either I’m a complete idiot and I can’t figure out how to do it… or it’s not possible, and in that case, I find it appalling that in 2026 the tool doesn’t have this feature. How long has this been available in Photoshop? The CC version, and I think even before that… Anyway, a little rant after spending my evening looking for something that might not even exist. I’m going back to Photoshop… Thanks

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It’s not you, the text tool doesn’t automatically wrap and can’t do a lot of things. That’s why there’s a complete overhaul in progress.

I think it’s already available in the pre-alpha (Krita Next) version, if you want to try it.

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The latest development state of the new text facilities is in the 5.3.0 pre-alpha at
Index of /ci-builds/graphics/krita/master

e.g:

Text along path
Text along path1039×640 62.3 KB

Text flow in a shape
Text flow in a shape467×418 36.6 KB

It takes a bit of getting used to but I’m sure the manual will be updated when the time comes.

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Hello,
Okay yes, thankfully it’s being redesigned because it seems like a major emergency.
In any case, Krita can be happy to have such a responsive and active community as you.

Thanks guys!

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