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Vector Editing
Improvements have been made to the vector editor to edit multiple shapes at the same time.
Text Transform
Non-destructive text transform allows you to easily convert text uppercase, or lowercase.
Performance Updates
Significant performance improvements selecting layers in complex documents, and applying large blurs.
Bug Fixes
A range of fixes have been applied to bugs discovered throughout the app.
Other Enhancements (17)
- Selected layers have new selection handles
- Edit > Scale now remembers which corner you last scaled from
- It’s now easier to upload a document as a new share to Sketch Cloud
- You can now easily unregister your copy of Sketch from under the Sketch menu
- All legacy plugins have been moved to their own menu
- Vectorize Selection has been removed from the bitmap editor
- The vector editor now responds immediately when a modifier key is pressed, instead of waiting until the pointer moves
- When editing an open path, the last point is now selected by default rather than the first point
- When closing an open path by clicking on its first point, you can now continue to drag the point instead of immediately exiting the vector editor
- Many improvements to snapping in the vector editor
- When editing vectors, you can now add further layers to your selection without exiting the vector editor
- Holding the Shift key when dragging vector points now locks their movement to one direction
- Improves appearance of selected points in the vector editor
- When hovering over a path in the vector editor, we now show exactly where a new point would be inserted on the path
- When deleting a vector point, we now select the next point along the path instead of exiting the vector editor
- Layers appearing outside a Symbol master’s bounds can now also be selected by their visible area outside the Artboard
- The warning dialog when flattening layers with necessary subpaths has been simplified
Performance (4)
- Improves performance when inserting and selecting layers in complex documents
- Improves performance when using large blurs or background blurs
- Improves the speed of Undo, especially in complex documents
- Many further improvements to memory usage and rendering performance
Bug Fixes (32)
- Fixes a bug where network performance could degrade drastically when Sketch Mirror was active
- Fixes a bug where the Mirror toolbar icon wouldn’t update immediately to show an iOS device was available
- Fixes a bug where shape previews in the Layer List would not update properly in rare cases
- Fixes a bug where you could still interact with vector points when the Option key was held
- Fixes a bug where holding the Command key in the vector editor would normally draw straight lines but not when closing paths
- Fixes a bug where points in vector editing could appear blurry
- Fixes a bug where it would be difficult to exit the vector editor by clicking outside it when zoomed in far
- Fixes a bug where double-clicking a vector point when there was a multiple selection would make the wrong point curved
- Fixes a bug where Command-dragging a handle control point to make it Disconnected would also make it stop drawing
- Fixes a bug where undoing document color/gradient presets would not immediately be reflected in the popover
- Fixes a bug where angular gradients would appear upside down when exported to PDF
- Fixes a bug where Shared Styles would not always be correctly included in the undo history
- Fixes a bug where Reducing File Size would fail to recognize some images in the document
- Fixes a bug where using the keyboard to navigate layers would not refresh the Canvas
- Fixes a bug where bitmaps wouldn’t be trimmed after deleting portions of them in the bitmap editor
- Fixes a bug where detached Symbols would revert to their original size
- Fixes a bug where Shared Styles could not be updated when editing subpaths in the vector editor
- Fixes a bug where detached Symbols end up distorted if the Symbol size was bigger than its contents
- Fixes a bug where editing multiple layers could leave text layers in an inconsistent state
- Fixes a bug where performing a union operation on multiple lines could end up shifting their positions
- Fixes a bug where line layers could behave unexpectedly after changing the thickness of their border
- Fixes a bug where pressing the Escape key on the keyboard would select the parent layer but not refresh the Canvas
- Fixes a bug where using the Tab key to select the next or previous layer would not refresh the Canvas properly
- Fixes a bug where copy/pasting Symbol instances could also create unwanted Symbol masters
- Fixes a bug where Option-dragging to duplicate layers in the Layer List could also duplicate any Shared Style used in that layer
- Fixes a bug where the Scale dialog would immediately round layers to full pixels
- Fixes a bug where uploading complex documents to Sketch Cloud could result in a crash
- Fixes a bug where documents uploaded to Sketch Cloud could be displayed at the wrong scale
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash when exiting the Sketch Cloud preference pane
- Fixes multiple crashes that could occur after opening documents with missing fonts
- Fixes a possible crash in the bitmap editor
- Fixes further common crashes
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