How do I enter an aspect ratio for the crop tool?

[Egregius ([Greg] (Micro 4/3 + Win11))]

Hi, Bob. This question came up recently, here:

PL 4.01 - Crop tool - custum aspect ratio

Hi folks, A quick question: in the crop tool help it says that I can type in a custom aspect ratio. In the dropdown I cannot find this option. What am I doing wrong? Kind regards from Holland Germ Wind

EDIT: According to the current user guide:

• It is also possible to choose a different ratio in the Aspect ratio drop-down menu, such as 1:1 (a square format), 5:4 (replicating the traditional 5×4 or 10×8 format), or any other in the list. You can also type a ratio (2 figures separated by a colon) directly in the menu bar.

I’m not able to get this working, either in the crop field under the image viewer or in the Crop palette, more than once - if at all. Sometimes a weird ratio works, like 33:10 - but not 19:13. Sometimes a number like 1.5 or 1.50 works - and then on the next attempt it doesn’t. Anything that doesn’t work becomes 1/1. (Windows, with the crop tool active, in the aspect ratio field below the image viewer.)

Maybe I’m missing something, but the inconsistent behavior suggests a bug to me.

May I suggest that you change the category for this topic from “Which feature do you need?” (which is for votable feature requests) to simply “DxO PhotoLab” ? You can also tag the topic with your OS - Windows or Mac - and with “bug” if you’re getting the same behavior I am. I hope this helps.