Sketch 56 Updates

Version 56
Released 23 July, 2019

Highlights
New in Sketch 56
- Edit text overrides on the Canvas We’ve made it easier to work with text overrides by adding the option to edit them directly on the Canvas. Simply double-click on text in any Symbol instance and start typing. Stay on the Canvas, stay in the moment and speed up your workflow.
- Smart Distribute Upgrades You can now use Smart Distribute to control the spacing in grids. You can easily adjust the vertical spacing between rows of layers, as well as the horizontal spacing between each layer in a row. We’ve also introduced a new ‘Tidy’ button to the Inspector. It quickly aligns a selection of multiple layers into a neat grid, making it even easier to create and manage complex layouts.
- Save your documents to Sketch Cloud There’s a new option to save documents to Sketch Cloud by default in Preferences. If you choose this, you’ll still have the option to save local documents via a separate menu item and shortcut. You’ll also be able see and open your Cloud documents from the Welcome Window.
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What’s improved
- Say hello to some new faces in our Data plugin. There are 102 new people to include in your designs.
- You can now choose whether a text layer will auto resize horizontally or vertically to fit its content right from the Inspector.
- We’ve moved a few things around in Preferences to clean up the General tab. Nothing’s missing, it just has a new home in one of the other tabs now.
- We’ve added a new Select All in Artboard command to the Edit menu so you can quickly grab all of the layers on any Artboard you’ve selected. We’ve also given the different Select All commands their own sub-menu.
- Measurements between layers should look a little cleaner when you zoom out. We’re removing the least relevant ones if they overlap to keep things easy to read.
- Menus in the Inspector are now a little wider, so if you’ve got Symbol with long names, it should be easier to pick the one you want.
- Along with the big upgrades, we’ve given Smart Distribute a boost with three handy improvements. It now works with vertical lines, supports negative spacing (so layers can overlap), and using it on layers inside a group is now as simple as clicking on the group itself.
Known Issues
- macOS Auto Save may not behave as expected and you won’t be able to access document versions via the Revert To menu. We’re currently working on a fix for this.
What’s fixed
- Fixed a crash that could occur when you try and drag-to-select with the Magic Wand tool.
- Fixed a bug where the correct type weight wouldn’t appear for fonts with same name.
- Fixed a bug in the Pages and Layer Lists where selections wouldn’t highlight correctly when connected to an external display.
- Fixed a bug where resizing multiple layers in a rotated group could cause them to resize disproportionately.
- Fixed a bug where gradient fills could unexpectedly change if you re-size two or more layers with them.
- Fixed a bug where a selection of layers across groups would snap to unexpected guides.
- Fixed a bug where a Symbol master could try and snap itself to its instance as you resize it, if they’re on the same page.
- Fixed a bug where values in the Inspector would sometimes show fixed spacing, even when the spacing between a selection of multiple layers was mixed.
- Fixed a bug where Smart Distribute wouldn’t work reliably with rotated layers.
- Fixed a bug where some spaces between layers wouldn’t be treated as uniform in Smart Distribute.
- Fixed a bug where copying and pasting a Symbol instance would also duplicate its master.
- Fixed a bug where group bounds and selection handles would not update when scaling a group.
- Fixed a bug where layers could be moved up and out of an Artboard if no longer positioned over the Artboard after resizing via the Inspector.
- Fixed a bug where multiple layers in a rotated group wouldn’t resize correctly.
- Fixed a bug where the bounds of a parent group wouldn’t always update when you distribute the layers in it.
- Fixed a bug where the background color for Symbol masters would always be shown in previews of Symbol instances even if you’d set it to not be included in instances.
- Fixed a bug where fills for shapes with a semi-transparent outer borders could expand outside its bounds.
- Fixed a bug where a Symbol’s master or instance might lose its aspect ratio when you resize it.
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Sketch 55 Updates

Version 55.2
Released 12 June, 2019

Highlights
New in Sketch 55.2
- Bug Fixes This update introduces Nudging to Smart Distribute and fixes a few different bugs relating to Data and Boolean Ops.
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What’s improved
- Holding Shift and dragging the Smart Distribute handles for a selection of layers on the Canvas will now snap based on your Nudging settings
What’s fixed
- Fixed a bug where the Data option in the contextual menu was missing when you selected a group
- Fixed a crash that could occur when you open the Missing Fonts sheet in certain documents
- Fixed a bug where paths opened with the Scissors tool would not render with a Center Border
- Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking Return to Instance right after adjusting a Gradient Fill on some Symbol Masters
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Version 55.1
Released 29 May, 2019

Highlights
New in Sketch 55.1
- Bug Fixes This update includes a variety of improvements, including fixes for bugs with snapping, and resolves an issue where Text Style overrides could be repositioned unexpectedly in the Canvas.
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What’s fixed
- Fixed a bug that prevented Data from being refreshed for selected groups
- Fixed a bug that would cause certain Text Style overrides to shift position unexpectedly
- Fixed a bug where Smart Guides wouldn’t be shown if Shift was pressed while already dragging layers in the Canvas
- Fixed a bug where Shift-dragging layers wouldn’t always snap them exactly to the expected axis
- Fixed a bug where hidden layers could be snapped to while moving or resizing other layers
- Fixed a bug where group bounds wouldn’t update after adjusting the Spacing value for grouped layers
- Fixed a rare bug where the Inspector might suggest that the selected text had no color applied
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when selecting to Undo changes
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Version 55
Released 21 May, 2019

Highlights
New in Sketch 55
- Say hello to Smart Distribute We’re introducing a whole new range of tools to make working with multiple layers quicker and easier, starting with Smart Distribute.
Select a column or row of layers, grab any of the handles that appear between them, then drag to adjust their spacing evenly.

For now, Smart Distribute only works in one direction at a time but there’s plenty more to come.
- Create new layers from SVG code Paste SVG code straight into Sketch to create new layers anywhere on your Canvas.
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What’s improved
- Lines, arrows, layers and new Symbols all snap to Grids more reliably
- Copying and pasting Symbols and pages between documents is faster and more reliable
- Layers now snap to rotated text
What’s fixed
- Fixed a bug where cutting a selection from a bitmap image and moving the selection using the arrow keys could undo the cut
- Fixed a bug where using boolean operations to combining certain shapes wouldn’t always produce the right results
- Fixed a bug where hovering over a Symbol instance that contained a mask would ignore the bounds of the mask
- Fixed a bug where you could still select items in Data menu with you’ve selected a Symbol instance with no overrides enabled
- Fixed a bug where exporting dashed strokes with shadows would show a continuous shadow rather than a dashed one
- Fixed a bug where pressing Tab while editing text overrides in the Inspector would focus back on the Canvas instead
- Fixed a bug where Grids and Layouts didn’t hide consistently when zooming out
- Fixed a bug that caused baselines to move when adjusting Text Styles and Text Style overrides
- Fixed a bug where applying Library updates could reset existing Symbol overrides
- Fixed a bug where text styled with different colors in Symbols wouldn’t retain its styling when it was overridden with anything beginning with a non-alphanumeric character
- Fixed a bug where unchecked overrides would be checked again after duplicating a Symbol master
- Fixed a bug where content in the Canvas might flicker when switching apps in Fullscreen mode
- Fixed a bug with scrolling to make panning around the Canvas smooth again
- Fixed a bug where replacing a missing font wouldn’t update Shared Text Styles
- Fixed a bug that stopped layers snapping to text layers, depending on the text layer’s alignment or rotation
- Fixed various bugs where layers within rotated groups couldn’t be measured correctly
- Fixed a bug where dragging a rotated layer within a group or combined shape could snap erratically to the pixel grid
- Fixed a bug where the Symbol contextual menu would not show the Detach all contents from Symbol alternate menu item
- Fixed a bug where the correct font weights wouldn’t always show in the inspector
- Fixed a bug where selecting to Undo changes to a gradient would result in the wrong gradient point being selected in the color popover
- Fixed a bug where a layer with multiple Angular Gradient Fills applied would render only the first applied fill
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when combining shapes
- Fixed a crash related to Symbols that could occur while using certain plugins
- Fixed a crash that could happen with certain font weights
- Fixed a bug where pressing the Space bar while inserting layers wouldn’t allow repositioning of the layer being inserted
- Fixed a bug where certain paths with arrow markers couldn’t be resized repeatedly
- Fixed a bug where Undo wouldn’t work as expected when editing text
- Fixed a crash that could occur when a PostScript name was missing from an installed font
- Fixed a bug where a group’s selection wouldn’t always update when moving layers within the group using the arrow keys
- Fixed a bug where the Ends controls for dashed borders wouldn’t be enabled when expected
- Fixed a bug in sketchtool where the --without-activating argument wouldn’t prevent Sketch from becoming active
- Fixed a bug where certain adjoining lines caused unexpected snapping behaviour
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Sketch 54 Updates

Version 54.1
Released 11 April, 2019

Highlights
New in Sketch 54.1
- Bug Fixes This update fixes a crash that could occur when a localized font name was missing from an installed font, and resolves an issue where certain documents wouldn’t open or render as expected.
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Version 54
Released 09 April, 2019

Highlights
New in Sketch 54
- Dark Mode Toggle You can now toggle between Dark Mode and Light Mode and choose a dark or light Canvas, independent of your system settings.
- Snapping Improvements Snapping has been much improved, including a new look for measurements and customizable guide colors.
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Snapping
- When resizing the height of text layers, they snap to fit their text
- Layers will now snap during resize if they match the height or width of overlapping layers
- Smart Guides will now appear when inserting new Symbol instances
- When click-and-dragging to insert a new fixed text layer it will now snap to existing layers
- Fixed a bug where Artboards would snap to their own Grid or Layout when moved in the Canvas
- Improved behaviour when inserting a new shape from the center of a pixel
- Snap lines now appear more consistently when moving layers via the keyboard
- Smart Guides - Measurements now have a new appearance to be more readable
- Measurements have a new appearance and the color can be configured via the Preferences
- Improved snapping when dragging a layer in or out of an Artboard
- Smart Guides now appear more consistently when moving and resizing layers
Enhancements
- You can now apply images from Data in the Image tab of the Fill Popover
- Canvas Color - You can now choose to display either a light or dark Canvas via the Preferences
- Light Switch - Users on macOS Mojave can now choose between dark and light mode independent of the system preference
- Added the ability for Data applied to layers inside a group to be refreshed when the group is selected
- You can now display the system Color Panel when Option-clicking the color well in the Inspector
- Improved the clickability of the Fit button, used to resize Artboards to fit their content, within the Inspector
- You can now click-and-drag to scrub values for the Dash and Gap border properties in the Inspector
- You can now access the Replace With menu when Control-clicking a Symbol override in the Layer List
- Sketch now supports Simplified Chinese and will reflect the system language setting
- Added the ability to toggle the visibility for all overrides on a Symbol master
- Improved alignment of icons inside Toolbar buttons
- Added new Artboard preset sizes for Galaxy S10 and updated iPad models
- Improved behaviour where Arrowheads could be erroneously enabled on a closed shape
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where the boolean operation applied to a selected subpath couldn’t be changed via the Toolbar
- Fixed a bug where certain overlapping curves within boolean operations wouldn’t appear as expected
- Fixed a bug where creating a new Text Style while editing text wouldn’t apply it to the layer
- Fixed a bug where document colors in certain added Libraries wouldn’t be available in the Color Popover
- Fixed a bug where undo wouldn’t work for the Hex field in the Fill Popover
- Fixed a bug where moving or copying a color or gradient between Global and Document presets would not keep its name
- Fixed a bug where a new color or gradient preset would not reveal the collapsed presets section
- Fixed a bug where the empty gradient preset placeholder would not appear alongside the solid color presets
- Fixed a bug where the grid/list switcher would appear incorrectly in the Fill Popover
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur while interacting with the Fill Popover
- Fixed a bug where the Color Picker would not open or close instantly due to containing too many bitmap presets in Global Palette
- Fixed a bug where the Lock properties control in the Inspector couldn’t be unlocked as expected in some cases
- Fixed a bug where you couldn’t drag the export preview to the Finder if it contained a / in its name
- Fixed a bug where values shown within the Inspector wouldn’t update in realtime while editing layers in the Canvas
- Fixed a bug where a text layer’s properties would not update in the Inspector after using the Scale command
- Fixed a bug where the Pages List would always be collapsed after toggling the Hide Interface option
- Fixed a bug where the layer preview icon in Layer List would not reflect the actual flip or rotation applied
- Fixed a bug where override menus in the Inspector could allow a Symbol to be overridden by another instance of itself
- Fixed a bug where Library Updates would not commit in some rare cases
- Fixed a bug where nested instances locked within another Symbol master would be selectable in the Canvas when moving the cursor over the parent Symbol instance
- Fixed a bug where artefacts would be left on Canvas when rotating a layer when Show Pixels is enabled
- Fixed a bug where artefacts would remain in the Canvas when dragging a layer with an open path
- Fixed a bug where the applied Layer Style could be removed from a layer when selecting to Paste Style
- Fixed a bug where the Replace With… menu and its submenus would be enabled when the current selection was empty
- Fixed a bug where the rotation value in the Inspector would not update when rotating via the Touch Bar
- Fixed a bug where pixel rounding would be disabled in the vector editor when Shift-dragging a handle control point
- Fixed a bug where rotated gradients weren’t rotated as expected when copying CSS attributes
- Fixed a bug where the selection handles would partially disappear when editing the corner radius of multiple layers
- Fixed a bug where selection dimensions in Bitmap Editor would not reflect the actual size selected
- Fixed a bug where you could not rotate multiple layers via the Touch Bar
- Fixed a bug where Symbol instances wouldn’t always be placed on full-pixel values when inserting
- Fixed a bug where the Export group contents only option would still apply to Slices after they were moved up and out of their previous group
- Fixed a bug where selecting to Copy CSS Attributes for a flipped layer wouldn’t include the expected transform property
- Fixed the size of the Pixel 3 Artboard preset
- Fixed a bug where copying layers might include their Artboard‘s background color when pasting the copied layer outside of Sketch
- Fixed a bug where inserting a new page would add a page to the first opened document rather than the active document
- Fixed a bug where the Inspector would unexpectedly scroll when changing the grid colors
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Sketch 53 Updates

Version 53.2
Released 21 February, 2019

Highlights
New in Sketch 53.2
- Sync Library Components You can now manually sync all Library components in a document using the new option in the File menu.
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where Library Styles may have been shown as the Default Style instead of being named correctly to indicate the relation to their respective Libraries
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Version 53.1
Released 15 February, 2019

Highlights
New in Sketch 53.1
- Improvements and Fixes This update fixes a variety of issues, including a bug where documents wouldn’t render as expected on a Mac with NVIDIA graphics.
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where documents saved by older versions of Sketch couldn’t be opened on some devices
- Fixed a bug where documents wouldn’t render as expected on a Mac with NVIDIA graphics
- Fixed a bug where Sketch would become unresponsive when dragging a Symbol instance on to or off its own master
- Fixed a bug where overrides set to None would be both included and visible in groups after selecting to Detach all contents from Symbol
- Fixed a bug where text boxes for Symbol overrides weren’t always selected as expected while editing overrides in the Inspector
- Fixed a bug where managed overrides would always be enabled when nested within a new Symbol
- Fixed a rare bug where Symbol overrides wouldn’t be listed in the Inspector when selecting certain Symbols
- Fixed a bug where exports of Slices set to Export group contents only would also include Artboard background colors
- Fixed a bug where the Fill popover couldn’t be selected more than once immediately after cropping an image
- Fixed a crash that could occur while attempting to mask layers within a recursive Symbol
- Fixed a crash that could occur when Option-dragging a previously unselected layer
- Fixed a crash that could occur when inserting objects from certain plugin Libraries
- Fixed a crash that could occur while creating gradient presets in certain documents
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Version 53
Released 05 February, 2019 Read blog post

Highlights
New in Sketch 53
- Performance Major performance improvements when working with complex documents containing many prototyping flows.
- Fill Popover All-new fill popover with improved features and collapsible sections.
- Override Management You can now manage which overridable properties appear directly in the Symbol’s master.
- Overrides Overrides in Symbols can now be selected via the Layer List, and in the Canvas when the Symbol instance is selected.
- Snapping Improvements Snapping has been much improved overall when moving or resizing layers.
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Color Picker
- Color presets added to Document Colors are now included in Libraries
- Fill presets can now be named and viewed in list, as well as grid view
- Support has been included to view color values in HSL
- You can now copy color preset values to the clipboard in various formats
- Solid color presets are now visible when viewing the gradient picker
- Frequently used images can now be selected from the Image tab in the Fill Popover
- Noise fill tab has been removed and can be applied via the Image fill presets
Enhancements
- Added the ability to navigate directly to a nested Symbol’s master from the Inspector
- Improved management of Data sources and suppliers in Preferences and menus
- Improved the Convert to Outlines feature where both differently colored subranges of text and decorations, such as underlines, are now retained
- Improved prototyping playback by now remembering the scroll position of the previous screen when going back
- Improved performance when adjusting Inspector properties for multiple selected layers
- Further improved the appearance of Layer List icons for non-Retina displays
- Long Symbol titles are now truncated as expected in the Update Components view
- When a Symbol is detached a background layer is now created to represent the background color of the Symbol master
- Nested imported Symbols can now be detached by pressing the Option key while detaching their parent Symbol
- Further improved performance in the Canvas for documents containing many Artboards
- Selection handles are now hidden while moving layers around the Canvas
- Sketch now hides the other resize handles when resizing a layer
- Grid and Layout visibility can now be toggled for all selected Artboards
- Improved the way available updates to remote Libraries are reported in Sketch
- Improved snapping while resizing Artboards so they can now snap to their contents
- Improved snapping while resizing multiple layers to indicate equal distances between the selection and other nearby layers
- Improved snapping for rotated layers
- Layers moved within nested groups now snap to the edges of their parent Artboard
- Improved the way shapes resize after being flipped on their axis
- Improved Smart Guides performance when interacting with multi-selections in complex documents
- When joining open paths with curves, those curves are now better respected
- Closing a curved path will join the ends with a curve segment
- Added new Artboard preset sizes for Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL
- Added more Artboard presets for Paper Sizes A0 - A3
- You can now open documents and select layers directly via the Sketch url scheme
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where imported WebP images with transparency wouldn’t appear as expected
- Fixed a bug where rotated lines could disappear when resizing their parent group
- Fixed a rendering bug where layer resize handles would appear to lag behind the layer’s content when moved
- Fixed a bug where Library Update previews would render in mismatched color profile
- Fixed a bug where a Symbols page wouldn’t be created in certain cases when unlinking imported Symbols
- Fixed a bug where checkmarks wouldn’t always be displayed in submenus for applied Style overrides
- Fixed a crash that could occur on macOS High Sierra when copying Artboards containing paths from imported PDFs
- Fixed a bug where Hotspot layers created from rotated layers might not be shown as expected in the Canvas
- Fixed a bug where Symbol instances with background colors wouldn’t be rendered in prototypes with fixed headers
- Fixed a bug where copying and pasting an Artboard containing a Symbol with Hotspot would not show the flow instantly
- Fixed a bug where Slice background colors wouldn’t be included in exports when selecting to Export group contents only
- Fixed a bug where the appearance of bitmap layers might differ from image fills even when their adjusted opacity values matched
- Fixed a bug where borders with particular opacity values might appear as if they were clipped
- Fixed a bug where Grids and Layouts might appear to visible beyond the edges of their Artboard in rare cases
- Fixed a bug where a text contained within a fixed width text layer would change its position unexpectedly when resizing
- Fixed a bug where an open path would be closed if resized as part of a group
- Fixed a bug where resizing multiple small layers at small sizes could have them jump between pixels
- Fixed various bugs with rotated gradients in SVG exports
- Fixed a bug where rotated gradients weren’t rotated as expected in SVG imports
- Fixed a bug where the winding rule for a complex path’s fill might be ignored when importing SVGs
- Fixed a bug where nested Symbols and Shared Styles wouldn’t always be sorted in menus as expected, especially when spaces were used in the nested naming structure
- Fixed a bug where applied Shared Style overrides weren’t retained when copying and pasting Symbols between documents
- Fixed a bug where a Shared Style created from a text layer that had been converted to outlines wrongly listed the Layer Style as a being Text Style instead
- Fixed a crash that could occur when converting paths with dashed patterns to outlines
- Fixed a minor glitch which could occur when snapping to two different edges at once
- Fixed a bug that prevented layers from snapping to the baseline of a flipped text layer
- Fixed a bug where Export specs applied to a selected Artboard would be removed when creating a Symbol from the Artboard
- Fixed a bug where Lines couldn’t be locked to all expected angles when inserted while holding the Shift key
- Fixed a bug where dragging Symbols across the Canvas would cause performance degradation in some complex documents
- Fixed a bug related to Data feeds that could lead to memory usage increasing unexpectedly over time
- Fixed a bug where selected points in the vector editor wouldn’t snap to the edges of their Artboard
- Fixed a bug where Smart Guides might be shown when inserting layers even when they were set to be hidden
- Fixed a bug where resizing a line wouldn’t snap to the edges of its Artboard
- Fixed a bug where snap lines might not appear correctly at certain zoom levels
- Fixed various issues where detached instances wouldn’t look identical to their Symbol master
- Fixed a bug where selected Text Styles weren’t properly applied while editing text layers
- Fixed a bug where distributing points in the vector editor on an Artboard with negative positional values could unexpectedly resize the path
- Fixed a bug where the Join command wouldn’t join flipped paths together properly
- Fixed a bug where Sketch could become unresponsive when detaching many Symbol instances
- Fixed a bug where shadows with a negative spread in Symbol instances were clipped
- Fixed a bug where dashed borders could cause shapes to cast the wrong shadow
- Fixed a bug where group bounds might be incorrect after scaling layers inside them
- Fixed a bug where removing segments from a flipped path with the Scissor tool would reset the transform
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Sketch 52 Updates

Version 52.6
Released 09 January, 2019

Highlights
New in Sketch 52.6
- Bug Fixes This update includes fixes for some rare bugs, including a bug that impacted performance.
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where the Canvas might appear blank when a document was moved between displays
- Fixed a rare bug where documents containing certain paths couldn’t be opened
- Fixed a bug in text layers that could cause memory usage to continuously increase over time
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Version 52.5
Released 27 November, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 52.5
- Bug Fixes and Improved Performance This update includes a variety of improvements, including fixes for bugs that impacted performance.
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where overrides for certain Symbols wouldn’t refresh when selecting to Refresh Data
- Fixed a bug where layer titles wouldn’t be shown for groups expanded while the UI was hidden
- Fixed a crash that could occur when copying Artboards containing paths from imported PDFs
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when resizing certain grouped layers
- Fixed a bug where memory usage would continue to increase unexpectedly after zooming in documents
- Fixed a bug where memory usage would increase unexpectedly following repeated selections of Symbols with numerous overrides
- Fixed a crash that could occur when creating new Symbols from certain selections
- Fixed a bug where Symbol instances wouldn’t reflect changes made while scaling layers in the Symbol master
- Fixed a bug where shadows with negative positional values might appear as if they were clipped
- Removed an unnecessary limit on text size
- Fixed a bug where flipped or rotated paths within combined shapes could appear to lose the applied transformation
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Version 52.4
Released 13 November, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 52.4
- Bug Fixes and Improved Performance This update includes a variety of improvements, including fixes for bugs that impacted performance.
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when entering or exiting the bitmap editor
- Fixed a bug where the Layer List wouldn’t scroll to reveal the selection in certain cases
- Fixed a bug where Mirror would become unresponsive when duplicating or manipulating Artboards in Sketch
- Fixed a bug where overrides might be reset when copying and pasting Symbols between documents
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when applying certain Style overrides
- Fixed a bug where changes to the Symbol master of an applied override wouldn’t be shown within instances in the Canvas
- Fixed a crash that could occur when restoring a version of a document on a Mac with Touch Bar support
- Fixed a rare bug where CPU usage would increase significantly while editing an Artboard containing certain paths
- Fixed various bugs that would cause Sketch to become unresponsive, particularly when showing measurements between layers
- Fixed a bug where labels wouldn’t be shown as expected for Cancel buttons in Touch Bar
- Fixed a bug where Artboards for Symbol masters could be positioned on sub-pixels
- Fixed a bug where Sketch would become unresponsive when screen sharing
- Fixed a bug where exports of Symbol instances might unexpectedly include the Artboard and its background on which they were placed
- Fixed a bug where selection handles wouldn’t be hidden while adjusting a path’s corner radius
- Fixed a bug where a layer’s rotation could be reset when using the Scissors tool
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Version 52.3
Released 01 November, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 52.3
- Improvements and Fixes This update includes a variety of bug fixes, plus improvements to various controls in the Inspector for non-Retina displays.
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Bug Fixes
- Improved the appearance of various icons and controls in the Inspector for non-Retina displays as well as for those using the Graphite macOS highlight appearance
- Fixed a bug where the link for a shared document in Sketch Cloud could change unexpectedly when updating the document
- Fixed a bug where disabling a Data plugin would disable all other Data plugins
- Fixed a bug where filtered objects in the Layer List couldn’t all be selected at once
- Fixed a crash that could occur when inserting a Library component containing an invalid Style override
- Fixed a crash that could occur when resizing Artboards
- Fixed a bug where masks applied to bitmaps within Symbols wouldn’t resize as expected when instances of such Symbols were resized
- Fixed a bug where Smart Guides wouldn’t show as expected along Artboard edges while moving layers within a rotated group
- Fixed a bug where the Zoom In/Out controls in the toolbar wouldn’t show the expected pressed state in Dark Mode
- Fixed a bug where applied overrides would be unexpectedly indented if the text within the Symbol master used list styling
- Fixed a bug where certain documents containing recursive Symbols couldn’t be opened
- Fixed a bug where Layouts in the Canvas wouldn’t be infinitely tall
- Fixed a bug where the stepper controls for border widths wouldn’t be selectable in some cases
- Fixed a bug where a new page would be inserted when pasting objects copied from other apps
- Fixed a bug where the Size and Position fields in the Inspector wouldn’t update while editing values within the Scale sheet
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Version 52.2
Released 10 October, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 52.2
- Improvements and Fixes This update includes a variety of bug fixes, plus some smaller improvements to the redesigned UI.
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused checkboxes in the Inspector to appear blurry on certain displays
- Fixed a crash that could occur in documents containing overlapping dashed borders
- Fixed a bug where the disclosure control for the Pages List wouldn’t be visible after switching between Light and Dark Mode
- Fixed a bug where moving a document window between displays could cause the Canvas to render in an unexpected manner
- Fixed a bug where resizing constraints weren’t respected for rotated layers
- Fixed a bug where Smart Guides would show even when they had been set to be hidden
- Fixed a bug where the Replace With menu wouldn’t be available for certain layers
- Fixed a bug where the Scissors tool would remove too many segments at once
- Fixed various alignment issues in the Typeface menu
- Fixed a crash that could occur when accepting Library Updates in certain documents
- Fixed a crash when using the keyboard shortcut for the Zoom tool (Z) while the Zoom menu was shown in the toolbar
- Fixed a crash that could occur when toggling the Hide Interface option
- Fixed a bug where only shape layers could be masked
- Fixed a bug where Sketch might hang when selecting a Slice with certain vector export settings applied
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Version 52.1
Released 04 October, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 52.1
- Improvements and Fixes This update includes a variety of bug fixes, plus further UI improvements for Dark Mode.
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where highlighting text in the text editor wouldn’t show the selection in some cases
- Fixed a bug where Artboards would not render, or render very slowly in certain documents
- Fixed a bug where subpaths used as masks wouldn’t appear as expected
- Fixed various bugs that could occur in the Sketch Cloud popover
- Fixed a bug where superfluous groups would be created when importing PDF and EPS files
- Fixed a bug where Font Sizes couldn’t be set with decimal precision
- Fixed various bugs that could occur when scrolling and expanding objects in the Layer List
- Fixed a bug where buttons to Hide and Lock Artboards were shown in the Layer List
- Fixed a bug where documents wouldn’t render correctly when panning on a Mac with NVIDIA graphics
- Fixed a bug where banding was visible on some background blurs
- Fixed a bug where the Color Picker would pick the wrong color on a Mac with NVIDIA graphics
- Fixed a bug where a list of exported filenames wouldn’t be printed when using the sketchtool export layers command
- Fixed a bug where the Show Pixels button in the toolbar wouldn’t toggle to show its current state
- Fixed a bug where Text Style previews shown in the Inspector wouldn’t reflect any applied text transforms
- Fixed a bug where picking a color from the Canvas in Dark Mode would pick its Light Mode color equivalent
- Fixed Apple Watch Artboard presets to use their point size rather than pixel size
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing documents containing Symbol instances whose masters had been removed
- Fixed a crash that could occur when importing abnormal SVG files
- Fixed a crash that could occur when resizing grouped layers
- Fixed a bug where documents downloaded from Cloud would have an extra extension in their filename
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Version 52
Released 02 October, 2018 Read blog post

Highlights
New in Sketch 52
- UI Redesign Sketch now has a totally redesigned interface, improving usability and readability across the app.
- Improved Performance Sketch is now more responsive when editing complex documents, rendering the Canvas, and selecting Symbols with many overrides.
- Dark Mode We’ve added Dark Mode to Sketch for macOS Mojave.
- Nested Boolean Operations Boolean Operations can now be applied to text layers, shapes with outlines, and Symbols.
- Data You can now link layers to data sources on your Mac or use a custom plugin to create and generate text, images and other data in your documents.
- Style Overrides Text Styles and Layer Styles inside Symbols can now be overridden just like nested Symbols, text and images.
Download Sketch Version 52 Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer
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Enhancements
- Improved reliability during uploads to Sketch Cloud
- All blur types now support decimal values
- Sketch now includes an Unsplash plugin that lets you add images from their stunning and expansive image library, without leaving the app
- Improved the process of selecting which Artboard should be displayed as the Start Point when launching Prototyping Preview
- Updated rendering pipeline to take advantage of GPU, providing improved rendering performance, especially when manipulating smaller layers
- Layers now snap to similar measurements of nearby layers only when those layers are visible in the viewport while resizing
- Copied CSS and SVG code no longer contains unnecessary defs groups and comments
- Improved SVG import to respect specified viewport sizes
- Inserting new layers will now snap only to existing layers that are visible
- Inserting new layers will now also snap to text baseline and cap-height
- Improved snapping behaviours when inserting and editing layers
- While rotating multiple objects, selected layers are now rotated around the Rotate tool’s pivot point rather than rotating independently of one another
- You can now override a nested Symbol with Symbols that match the instance’s size as well as the master’s size
- Shadows and outer borders used by applied Symbol overrides are no longer clipped
- Added the ability to reset all edited overrides on a Symbol instance
- Hovering over an override in the Inspector will now highlight it in the Canvas
- Added new Artboard preset sizes for iPhones XR and XS Max, and Apple Watches 40mm and 44mm
- Added a new Offset Path option in Layer > Path to expand or contract the outline of a selected shape
- Added option to remove all export options in the Inspector
- Added the ability to create dotted lines with borders
- The offset duplicated layers preference is ignored when duplicating immediately after Option-dragging a layer
- Added a new Saturation control to Background Blur
- Added support for “Plus Darker” and “Plus Lighter” blend modes
- Default Layout and Grid colors are now red
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where combining layers in transformed shape groups would unexpectedly reverse an applied transform
- Fixed a bug where Symbol previews wouldn’t respect the selected Color Profile
- Fixed a crash that could occur when importing certain PDF files
- Fixed a bug where pressing the Escape key on a Symbol’s override would deselect its instance
- Fixed a bug where trailing semicolons in the Radius field would prevent changes to the entered value
- Fixed a bug where the prototyping UI and Artboard titles could be hidden when encompassed by click-and-drag selections
- Fixed a bug where Quick Look previews weren’t generated when saving Sketch documents
- Fixed a bug where moving a text layer would re-render other text layers visible in the Canvas
- Fixed a bug where resizing layers within a group wouldn’t snap to other objects or measurements as expected
- Fixed a bug where labels on measurement and distance guides for flipped layers might appear upside down 🙃
- Fixed a bug where Lines and open paths with arrow markers wouldn’t snap to guides
- Fixed a bug where layers with locked sizes wouldn’t snap to other objects while being resized
- Fixed a bug where flipping a layer in the Canvas could cause the layer to be resized disproportionately
- Fixed a bug where resizing Artboards could pixel-fit layers previously positioned on sub-pixels
- Fixed a bug where resizing a group containing one or more rotated layers would result in unexpected dimensions
- Fixed a bug where the Smooth Corners option wouldn’t be respected in SVG exports
- Fixed a crash that could occur when importing certain SVG files
- Fixed a bug where updating certain complex Shared Styles could fail
- Fixed a bug where inserting a Vector Point would snap to itself
- Fixed a bug where shadows and borders used by applied Symbol overrides might appear as if they’re clipped
- Fixed a bug where Symbol masters may be duplicated if they were edited before a previously copied instance was pasted
- Fixed a bug where list styling wouldn’t be included in Text Styles
- Fixed a bug where undoing the deletion of an Artboard would unexpectedly select both the Artboard and all of its content
- Fixed a bug where points along complex paths could have been removed when exiting the vector editor
- Fixed a bug where you couldn’t measure against a ruler guide if Show Grid was enabled
- Fixed a rare bug where the rulers would stretch unexpectedly while resizing the document window
- Fixed a bug where multiple different presets could be selected as the default in the Presets preferences
- Fixed a bug where newly added pages might not be named correctly in certain cases
- Fixed a crash that could occur when using the Magic Wand tool
- Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to update certain plugins
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Sketch 51 Updates

Version 51.3
Released 10 September, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 51.3
- Bug Fixes We’ve fixed a bug where group bounds wouldn’t consistently reflect the resizing of layers nested within them, plus improved text imported from PDF.
Download Sketch Version 51.3 Requires macOS Sierra (10.12.2) or newer
Version 51.2
Released 01 August, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 51.2
- Bug Fixes This update fixes a variety of issues, including a bug where the Typeface menu could not be expanded for some fonts.
Download Sketch Version 51.2 Requires macOS Sierra (10.12.2) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash that could occur while performing Undo action in macOS Mojave beta
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when expanding the Typeface menu
- Fixed a bug where selection handles would not be temporarily hidden when editing Corner Radius
- Fixed a bug where drawing a shape would not respect the pixel-fitting preferences in some cases
- Fixed a bug that would prevent the Typeface menu to open for some fonts
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Version 51.1
Released 17 July, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 51.1
- Improvements and Fixes This update fixes a variety of smaller issues, restores the Magic Wand tool, plus arrows and other markers now remain solid when applied to dashed paths.
Download Sketch Version 51.1 Requires macOS Sierra (10.12.2) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur while previewing Artboards simultaneously in both Sketch Mirror and the Preview window
- Fixed a crash that could occur in documents containing complex dashed strokes
- Fixed a bug where image fills sized to “Fit” would mask any other fills arranged behind them
- Fixed a bug where Artboard backgrounds were included in SVG exports when selecting to Export group contents only
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing certain documents with missing fonts
- Fixed a crash that could occur when opening the Preferences window
- Fixed a bug where highlights would continue to show after releasing the Command key when hovering over nested layers
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Version 51
Released 10 July, 2018 Read blog post

Highlights
New in Sketch 51
- Library Styles Text Styles and Layer Styles defined in Libraries are now available in all documents, just like Symbols are.
- Headers & Footers Prototypes can now include fixed elements such as headers and footers that will stay above the rest of the content as you scroll.
- Arrows We’ve significantly improved the appearance of arrows and other markers on paths.
- Improved Performance Sketch is now more responsive when editing complex documents, rendering the Canvas, and selecting Symbols with many overrides.
Download Sketch Version 51 Requires macOS Sierra (10.12.2) or newer
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Enhancements
- Improved performance when working with shadows in complex documents
- Text layers will highlight on their baseline, rather than their contents in the Canvas when hovered
- Improved error readability in the Sketch Cloud preferences
- Improved behaviour of Sketch Cloud popover in the event of an upload failure
- Improved baseline alignment for font previews in the Typeface popover
- You can now apply math operations to multiple selected items in the Inspector
- Clicking on the color well for a disabled style now enables the style and opens the color popover
- Improved performance when expanding or collapsing large groups in the Layer List
- Sketch now checks for updates to Shared Libraries more often
- Sketch plugins will be temporarily disabled when relaunching if the app had quit unexpectedly
- Improved performance for large documents with many linked prototypes
- There is now a URL protocol for adding Sketch Libraries backed by RSS feeds to Sketch
- Improved the speed when dragging Artboards that contain Symbols with many overrides
- Improved performance for layers using background blurs
- Increased performance when drawing small portions of large images
- Improved snapping when adjusting the Rotate tool’s pivot point
- Improved handling of overrides on rotated text layers inside a Symbol
- Improved performance for certain documents containing many nested Symbol overrides
- Text alignment is now also remembered in the default text style
- Text transformation options can now also be found under the Text menu item
- Sketch now properly accounts for vertical alignment when changing text layer width from fixed to auto, and when editing rotated and flipped text layers
- Holding the Shift key when dragging vector points will now snap to adjacent points
- Fixed a bug where the preview for certain Text Styles wouldn’t be displayed properly in the Inspector
- The thickness of a line will be taken into account when distributing horizontally or vertically with other layers
- Improved the path readability for Symbols and Shared Styles in the Inspector
- Holding the Shift or Option keys when clicking and dragging a label to change a value in the Inspector will adjust its value in increments of 10, or 0.1 respectively
- The Magic Wand selection tool has now been removed
- Improved the look of all the cursors inside the app
- Improved behaviour when rotating layers, including fixing a bug where rotating a shape inside a flipped group would rotate it in the wrong direction
- Improved the look of multiple export previews in the Inspector
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where you couldn’t Union two small shapes properly if they contained overlapping curves
- Fixed a rare bug where prototypes would not play back as expected on Sketch Cloud
- Fixed a bug where copying and pasting text from Sketch to Keynote would offset and clip the text vertically
- Fixed a bug where pasting icon fonts into Sketch could give the wrong result
- Fixed a bug where the incorrect cursor would be shown after rotating a layer
- Fixed a bug where the Inspector wouldn’t immediately reflect changes made to a slice’s arrangement in the Layer List
- Fixed a bug where resizing a text layer would not adjust its contents within
- Fixed a bug where the Color Picker wasn’t scrollable when adjusting Artboard background colors
- Fixed a bug where rotating an object via the Inspector while the Rotate tool was active would always rotate the object around its center rather than the specified anchor point
- Fixed a bug where you couldn’t change the color of a range of text when using the Color Picker
- Fixed a bug where the Inspector preview for an exportable layer wouldn’t update when Control-clicked
- Fixed a bug where entering a negative value in the Inspector would subtract that value rather than applying it as a new one
- Fixed a bug where rotated layers could end up on the X/Y value of -0
- Fixed a bug where emoji in layer names could be cut in half 😱
- Fixed a bug where certain nested overrides would be reset when applying Library updates
- Fixed a bug where applying updates to Symbols from complex libraries would take too long
- Fixed a bug where Library Updates would not be applied instantly in some complex documents
- Fixed a bug with Sketch Mirror that could cause Sketch to freeze when editing Artboards in certain documents
- Fixed a bug where the rulers would not update when a layer was moved via the Inspector
- Single page PDF files imported to Sketch are no longer placed in their own Artboard
- Fixed a memory leak that could occur when running plugins
- Fixed a bug where a remote Library would incorrectly show an available update in some cases
- Fixed various bugs that could cause shadows to appear as if they were clipped
- Fixed a bug where rotated images could appear pixelated
- Fixed a bug where a blur applied to a layer could appear clipped
- Fixed a bug where text layers could be repositioned when changing their alignment
- Fixed a bug where removing a Shared Style while editing its name would rename an adjacent Style
- Fixed a bug where some layers would not snap to other layers correctly when inserted
- Fixed a bug where measurements on the Canvas would appear flipped when moving objects within flipped groups
- Fixed a bug where shadows applied to vertically aligned text layers with fixed widths could appear to be clipped
- Fixed a bug where text underlines wouldn’t be displayed in some cases
- Fixed a bug where a text layer could become a Fixed width when switching between the Width and Height text fields
- Fixed a bug where inserting points with the Shift key held on rotated shapes would behave unpredictably
- Fixed a bug where the vector editor’s path preview would not update when nudging vector points
- Fixed a bug where holding the Shift key when adding a new point in the vector editor wouldn’t behave as expected
- Fixed a bug where holding a tool’s shortcut for too long wouldn’t do anything
- Fixed a bug where distance measurements were shown between selected layers and hidden smart guides
- Fixed a bug where duplicated rotated layers could end up being offset unexpectedly
- Fixed a bug where resizing a line to a negative size would lead to unexpected behaviour
- Fixed a bug where View › Center Selection wouldn’t work when the Inspector had focus
- Fixed a bug where the Scissors tool would not work for small path segments when zoomed in
- Fixed a bug where the Touch Bar wouldn’t reflect adjusted rotation values
- Fixed a rare bug where Sketch could crash when changing a Shared Style
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when showing Text Style menus
- Fixed a bug where a group’s bounds wouldn’t update when undoing a resize of a layer within
- Fixed a bug where layers wouldn’t highlight correctly when hovering over them with the Slice tool to insert a slice around those layers
- Fixed a bug where images could appear blurry after adjusting the zoom level to 100%
- Fixed a bug where the wrong cursor would be displayed when hovering over a selection handle on a rotated layer
- Fixed a bug where Artboard background colors wouldn’t be exported to SVG
- Fixed a bug where rotated objects could shift unexpectedly when being tiled in a grid
- Fixed a bug where resizing multiple rotated layers would undo the rotation
- Fixed a bug where the Make Grid dialog wouldn’t remember its previous values
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Sketch 50 Updates

Version 50.2
Released 15 May, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 50.2
- Bug Fixes We’ve fixed a bug where holding the Space bar while panning around the Canvas would enter editing modes unexpectedly.
Download Sketch Version 50.2 Requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.2) or newer
Version 50.1
Released 15 May, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 50.1
- Improvements and Fixes This update fixes a variety of issues, including refinements to menus for Text Styles and a bug where certain documents wouldn’t open.
Download Sketch Version 50.1 Requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.2) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where flattening an Artboard into a bitmap would ignore its background color
- Fixed a bug where documents containing certain text attributes wouldn’t open
- Fixed a bug where constraints wouldn’t be toggled when clicking the center of the Resizing control
- Fixed a bug where the Pages List wouldn’t refresh when double-clicking to edit a Symbol Instance
- Fixed a bug where double-clicking multiple subgroups would not expand the Layer List as expected
- Fixed a bug where Sketch API would not return a mapped wrapper for some Libraries
- Fixed a bug that prevented the updating of Text Styles after having modified the Typeface for multiple selected layers
- Fixed a bug where snapping rotated layers would jump between snap points unexpectedly
- Fixed a bug where deleting a Symbol with no existing Instances would still require confirmation
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing styles for a selection that included certain Symbol and layer combinations
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing certain Text Styles
- Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to Create new Layer Style in a document with malformed Layer Styles
- Fixed a crash that could occur when selecting Pages containing certain shapes or paths in some documents
- Fixed a bug where Text Styles wouldn’t be nested as expected in various menus
- Fixed a bug where an object with fixed width and height constraints could also be pinned to all edges
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Version 50
Released 09 May, 2018 Read blog post

Highlights
New in Sketch 50
- Better Vector Import/Export We’ve fixed a variety of bugs related to importing and exporting SVG, EPS and PDF files.
- Improved Performance Editing complex documents, including those with many Symbols and overrides, is now faster and more responsive than before.
Download Sketch Version 50 Requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.2) or newer
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Enhancements
- Refined the experience of sharing documents with Sketch Cloud
- Cursors will now update properly in the Canvas when you switch tools
- Improved performance when hovering over the Canvas with the cursor
- Improved importing of PDF and EPS gradient fills into Sketch
- Exportable layers now also show an export preview in the Inspector
- Improved the alignment of the shape property controls in the Inspector
- Improved the selection behavior when selecting text fields in the Inspector
- Improved the way overrides are preserved when updating Symbols from Libraries
- Improved rendering of prototypes in the Preview window to reduce the cases where blank backgrounds would flash during transitions
- Improved multi-page PDF import so that each separate page imported is now placed within its own Artboard
- Added support for the style property in the Sketch API for all layers
- Plugins and scripts now display the plugins icon on dialogs and alerts
- Improved snapping when inserting slices or Hotspot layers
- The Back button in the Preview window is now inactive if there is nothing to go back to
- Improved the look of a missing Symbol in the Canvas
- Improved performance for documents containing many shadows
- Improved rendering performance for shapes with fills and outer borders
- Borders and fills are now combined into a single SVG element for shapes with Inside and Outside borders
- Improved SVG exporting when dealing with layers that contain transparency
- SVGs can now also be imported via the Insert › Image… menu
- Improved the look of Shared Text Style previews when their color matches the menu background color
- In the vector editor, handle control points will now snap to other handle control points
- Shapes now snap to path bounds rather than layer bounds during insertion
- Inserted shapes now also snap to subpaths in combined shapes
- Improved the way overrides are preserved when swapping Symbols
- Nested Symbol overrides are now indented in the Inspector to improve readability
- Nested Symbol overrides now display only one parent up for improved legibility in the overrides panel
- Newly inserted text layers now inherit the last used vertical alignment setting
- Rulers can now be locked in place to avoid accidentally adjusting the origin of coordinates
- Improved the behaviour of the Join command when combining open paths
- Improved performance when manipulating large number of layers
- Improved inserting of large images via drag-and-drop into Sketch, so they will now be scaled to fit the destination Artboard, or inserted in original size if also holding the Option key
- The “Remind Me Later” function will now check for updates only once in 24 hours
- Improved performance when creating grids
- You can now Zoom to Artboard when any layers within are selected
- Improved performance when importing large images into Sketch
- Improved performance when hovering over and selecting layers in the Canvas
- Selection handles for a hidden layer now appear on the Canvas if selected
- The missing font dialog now recognizes when a missing font has been installed while it is still open
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where a negative saturation value could be applied to bitmap layers
- Fixed a bug where certain shapes with boolean operations could not be further flattened
- Fixed a bug that could prevent signing out of Sketch Cloud in some cases
- Fixed a bug where documents with a certain layer structure could not be uploaded to Sketch Cloud
- Fixed a bug where an uploaded document didn’t include a reference to its own Cloud share
- Fixed a bug with Sketch Cloud where uploads would fail after changing the account password
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when opening certain documents downloaded from Sketch Cloud
- Fixed a bug where previously unsaved documents would be uploaded as a new share to Sketch Cloud after the document was eventually saved
- Fixed a bug where copying-and-pasting multiple Artboards might not display any Symbols
- Fixed a bug where the cursor could flash when panning around the Canvas
- Fixed a bug where a ruler’s guide would still appear when hovering over the Canvas
- Fixed a bug where EPS files with certain gradients would not import correctly
- Fixed a rare bug where some documents could not be saved
- Fixed a crash that could occur when applying certain Shared Styles to groups
- Fixed a bug where Artboard presets wouldn’t appear when inserting an Artboard if the Inspector was hidden
- Fixed a bug where you could duplicate shadows on groups and Symbol instances
- Fixed a bug where the Export button in the Inspector would indicate an incorrect number of Artboards to be exported
- Fixed a bug where an exportable group was not marked as such in the Layer List
- Fixed a bug where changing a mask would not appear correctly in the Layer List
- Fixed a bug where nested and overridden Symbol instances could be unlinked from their Library when saving
- Fixed a bug where the hiding of a Hotspot layer wouldn’t be reflected in the Preview window
- Fixed a bug where editing Symbols would not refresh Mirror instantly
- Fixed a bug that could cause measurement guides to be drawn incorrectly when editing layers via the Inspector
- Fixed a bug where you could not measure against layers in the same group with the Option-Command shortcut
- Fixed a bug where transparency in gradients would be ignored when exporting to PDF
- Fixed a bug where certain PDF documents would be imported with incorrect group boundaries
- Fixed a rare crash when importing certain PDF files
- Fixed a bug where any installed plugin would be disabled when using the sketchtool run command
- Fixed a bug where disabled plugins would be re-enabled after updating a plugin
- Fixed a bug where the path for default shapes inserted via the Sketch API would be offset from their expected position
- Fixed some unexpected playback behaviour in the Preview window on older macOS versions
- Fixed a bug where hidden layers with a link could still be interacted with during prototyping
- Fixed a bug where the Preview window would appear blank or entirely black
- Fixed a bug causing various issues related to updating a removed Library
- Fixed a rare bug where adding a Cloud Library would show incorrect download progress values
- Fixed a bug where a semi-transparent background of an Artboard could appear twice on export
- Fixed a bug where rulers would not be updated when navigating groups via the keyboard
- Fixed a bug where shadows and fills could be partially displayed on the Canvas with the wrong color
- Fixed a bug where SVG files with bitmaps fills would not import correctly
- Fixed a bug where SVG files with radial gradients would not import correctly
- Fixed a bug where SVG files with embedded bitmaps would not import correctly
- Fixed a bug where SVG files with gradients exported from other apps would not import correctly
- Fixed a bug where running a plugin from SketchTool wouldn’t pass the context
- Fixed a bug where moving points in the Vector Editor with the Shift key held could snap them to the wrong axis
- Fixed a bug where detaching a Symbol could leave incorrect group bounds
- Fixed a bug where a warning wouldn’t be shown before deleting the master of a Symbol used as an override elsewhere in the document
- Fixed a bug where Symbols wouldn’t always be listed in alphabetical order
- Fixed a bug where you could end up editing a Symbol’s master directly after inserting an instance
- Fixed a bug where overrides could not be overridden in some cases
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing Symbols inserted by certain plugins
- Fixed a bug where the vertical text alignment menu items wouldn’t be disabled properly
- Fixed a bug where scaled groups wouldn’t resize their bounds to fit the new content
- Fixed a bug where dragging text layers with missing fonts could leave artifacts rendered in the Canvas
- Fixed a bug where changing text size via the Inspector would not respect the text justification
- Fixed a bug where input steppers could remain partially visible when editing text fields
- Fixes a bug where the screen color picker would not work in vector editing mode
- Fixed a bug where the wrong cursor would be displayed when rotating lines
- Fixed a bug in the vector editor where the new path preview would not display correctly on rotated paths
- Fixed a bug where rotated objects would always display negative coordinates in the Inspector
- Fixed a bug where the color popover’s eyedropper button would remain in a pressed state after exiting the picker
- Fixed a bug where converting a rotated shape to outlines would reset its rotation value to 0º
- Fixed a bug where duplicated Artboards could unexpectedly appear at a lower Y value
- Fixed a bug where resizing a line could deselect it immediately
- Fixed a bug where changing the prototype animation could make the layer’s property values blank in the Inspector
- Fixed a rare bug where you could not insert points when editing a vector shape
- Fixed a bug where inserted lines could end up in the wrong Artboard
- Fixed a bug where resizing Artboards to fit would not work correctly if they contained Symbols
- Fixed a bug where some macOS services would not be able to work with text inside Sketch
- Fixed a bug where the selection would not be kept on the current layer or current color stop after Undo
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when updating a Library
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when dragging invalid PNG files into Sketch
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Sketch 49 Updates

Version 49.3
Released 05 April, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 49.3
- Bug Fixes We’ve improved bitmap exporting and importing compatibility with macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)
Download Sketch Version 49.3 Requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.2) or newer
Version 49.2
Released 27 March, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 49.2
- Bug Fixes and Improvements This update fixes a variety of smaller issues, including a rare bug that caused some Symbols to be removed from documents when saving.
Download Sketch Version 49.2 Requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.2) or newer
Version 49.1
Released 14 March, 2018

Highlights
New in Sketch 49.1
- Bug Fixes and Improved Performance This update fixes a variety of smaller issues, plus helps to improve performance for more complex documents.
Download Sketch Version 49.1 Requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.2) or newer
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Enhancements
- Improved performance when working with certain complex documents
- Prototyping shortcuts now support keyboard layouts featuring Cyrillic characters
- Custom Artboard presets can now be created using the Artboard Size popover in the Inspector
- Added Artboard presets for common Android devices which can be used to determine prototyping viewports
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when adding certain documents as Shared Libraries from Sketch Cloud
- Fixed a bug where the Add Library… button would be dysfunctional after adding a Shared Library
- Fixed a bug that could slow down export requests made via the Sketch API
- Prototyping options are now only available in the Inspector once the document contains an Artboard
- Fixed a bug where the Preview window might not load any content and appear blank
- Fixed a bug where the Preview window could be resized to become narrower than expected
- Fixed a bug where a subpath with rounded corners would display artifacts on the Canvas when it had been rotated
- Fixed a crash that could occur while editing text layers created in older versions of Sketch
- Fixed a bug where bitmap layers would be flipped when using the Transform tool
- Fixed a bug where the Change Typeface… option wouldn’t show the Typeface menu
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Version 49
Released 28 February, 2018 Read blog post

Highlights
New in Sketch 49
- Prototyping You can now connect Artboards with Links and Hotspot layers to create prototypes of your designs that can be viewed in Sketch Preview, Sketch Cloud, and Sketch Mirror on iOS.
- Libraries on Sketch Cloud Files uploaded to Sketch Cloud can now be installed as Libraries directly from Cloud.
- Apple UI Design Resources Apple’s official iOS 11 UI Kit is now a built-in Library in Sketch.
Download Sketch Version 49 Requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.2) or newer
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Enhancements
- Improved performance when copying and pasting large Artboards
- Improved EPS import when using spot colors
- Gradient points can now be inserted in the color picker with a single click, rather than a double-click
- Layers dragged from the Layer List to the Canvas are now copied rather than inserting a bitmap layer
- Unused Symbols imported from Libraries are now cleared when saving a document
- Updated the look of the Text and Layer Styles in the Inspector
- SketchTool will now wait for a plugin to finish running before printing its result
- Introduced a new version of the scripting API that is cleaner and easier to use
- The plugin API has been extended with support for Symbols
- The preference to show the selected Artboard in Sketch Mirror has been moved to the iOS app
- Slices can now be hidden from the Canvas via the View menu
- Improved performance when moving and resizing layers
- Improved SVG import when dealing with rotated and flipped elements
- Improved the way that newly created Symbols are added to the “Symbols” page
- Improved the performance of Symbol thumbnails in menus
- Improved performance when working with Symbols in complex documents
- Improved Replace With menus for nested Symbols to avoid them being replaceable by Symbols which contain them
- You can now choose to send a Symbol master to the “Symbols” page on Control-click
- Improved layout and descriptions for bitmap export options in the Save panel
- When vector editing, you can bend a path segment by holding the Command key and dragging to create or adjust curves
- Improved appearance of rounded corners in the vector editor by showing the outline of the original path
- Improved snapping in the Vector tool when the Shift key is held for drawing straight lines
- When using the Pen tool, a preview of new points will be displayed on hover
- Added a new “Prototyping Tutorial” template
- Added “Move to Top” option to the Arrange menu to send a selection to the very top of the Layer List
- Improved performance when detecting missing fonts in a document
- Arranging objects in a grid now respects their current position in the Canvas instead of reordering based on the Layer List
- You can now opt-in to anonymous analytics tracking to help us improve Sketch
- Copied CSS attributes now also include text alignment
- Improved sorting of colors within the Find and Replace Color panel
- Color properties have now been added to the Find, and Frequent Color menus
- Improved the accuracy of inserting gradient stops on gradients
- The Scissors tool now works with multiple selected shapes
- Updated the iOS icon template with the missing Artboard size for the Spotlight icon
- You can now choose to make PNGs interlaced on export
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where the Text inspector would not refresh properly when changing a text layer’s behavior from Fixed to Auto
- Fixed a bug where layer previews in the Layer List would incorrectly show them as having a Shared Style
- Fixed a bug where the Layout grid could appear on sub-pixels in rare cases
- Fixed a bug where a grid could appear outside an Artboard and cover the entire Canvas
- Fixed a bug where radial gradients wouldn’t appear correctly when exported as SVG
- Fixed a crash that could occur when exporting a bitmap layer with a inner/outer border as SVG
- Fixed a bug where SketchTool would fail to export a preview image from some documents
- Fixed a bug where overrides could be lost when copying and pasting Symbol instances
- Fixed a bug where detaching a scaled Symbol instance would not scale the attributes of the new layers
- Fixed a bug where Symbol overrides would appear clipped if it was larger than its containing Artboard
- Fixed a bug where the Layer List would not be updated when detaching Symbols from a Library
- Fixed a crash that could occur when copying and pasting particular Symbols
- Fixed a bug where the vertical position of centrally aligned text wouldn’t take into account any new lines caused by text transformations
- Fixed a bug where text color wouldn’t be applied as a fill when converting text to outlines
- Fixed a bug where a Text Style could be duplicated after pasting layers that use the style
- Fixed a bug where inserting a new curved point in the vector editor wouldn’t snap its handle control points to 90º angles
- Fixed a bug where the bézier curve preview when inserting a new point wouldn’t be accurate
- Fixed a bug where inserting a new vector point with the Command key held after a Mirrored point would not update the handle control points
- Fixed a bug where new layers could appear on the wrong Artboard after inserting with the Pen tool
- Fixed a bug where exiting the vector editor would not update the cursor
- Fixed a bug where the Zoom tool could display the wrong cursor
- Fixed a bug where Undo actions could result in the current selection being dropped
- Fixed a bug where the contextual menu would sometimes not be shown at all in the Layer List
- Fixed a bug where resizing certain Artboards could freeze Sketch
- Fixed a crash that could occur when selecting to uninstall multiple plugins at the same time
- Fixed a bug where Library preferences could be lost when Libraries were synced and moved via Dropbox
- Fixed a bug where the Smooth Corners option wouldn’t be enabled for shapes using multiple radius values if the initial value was 0
- Fixed a bug where spaces could appear between the prefix/suffix and layer name on export
- Fixed a bug where the Inspector could appear blank when dismissing the color popover
- Fixed a bug where you couldn’t measure the distance from layers to guides anymore
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Sketch 48 Updates

Version 48.2
Released 20 December, 2017

Highlights
New in Sketch 48.2
- Bug Fixes This update fixes a few crashes plus a variety of smaller bugs related to text and Symbols.
Download Sketch Version 48.2 Requires OS X El Capitan (10.11.2) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking within the Inspector while editing gradients in the color popover
- Fixed a bug where SVG masks weren’t exported as expected for Symbols
- Fixed a few bugs where copying and pasting Symbols imported from Libraries would recreate those Symbols locally within the document
- Fixed a bug where the expected override value wouldn’t be shown in the Inspector for deeply nested Symbols
- Fixed a bug where Undo wouldn’t work as expected whilst editing text
- Fixed a bug where edited text within list formatted layers wouldn’t use the expected color
- Fixed a bug where a text layer’s rotation value would be reset when changing its font size
- Fixed a crash that could occur when text layers were modified by a plugin
- Fixed a bug where Artboard names wouldn’t be truncated when zooming out
- Fixed a bug where the pixel grid appeared to be missing a line at certain zoom levels
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Version 48.1
Released 07 December, 2017

Highlights
New in Sketch 48.1
- Bug Fixes We’ve fixed a few bugs related to Symbol overrides plus a crash that would occur if no thick lines were set to be shown in Grid Settings.
Download Sketch Version 48.1 Requires Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) or newer
Version 48
Released 06 December, 2017 Read blog post

Highlights
New in Sketch 48
- Color Management Sketch adds support for working in, and exporting documents in sRGB and P3 color spaces.
- Find and Replace You can now find a color you’re using, so it can be replaced throughout your document.
- Sketch Cloud Files can now be downloaded from Sketch Cloud — when sharing with Sketch Cloud, the document itself is uploaded with its content.
- Symbol Scaling Symbol instances can now be scaled using the Scale command, independently from the Symbol master.
Download Sketch Version 48 Requires Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) or newer
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Enhancements
- Imported Symbols now remain linked to their Library when copied and pasted between documents
- Library previews can now be added by creating an Artboard titled “Library Preview” in the Library document
- Improved performance for documents featuring many Symbol overrides
- Updated the built-in “iOS UI Design” Library for iOS 11
- Improved PDF import of non-rectangular outline masks
- You can now hold down the Shift key during launch to disable all Sketch plugins
- A shadow’s spread can be set to a negative value to decrease the size of the object casting the shadow
- Improved performance of SVG export when exporting Artboards from pages containing many other Artboards
- Improved Sketch Cloud UI with a number of refinements, plus added the ability to request access to privately shared documents
- Uploads to Sketch Cloud can now be cancelled whilst the upload is in progress
- Improved the way overrides are displayed for nested Symbols if their values had been overridden
- Improved font replacement by respecting subranges of text using different weights
- The toolbar now shows which tool you’re currently working with
- The shortcuts to quickly toggle borders and fills (B and F) now also work in the vector editor
- Improved appearance of shadows applied to complex shapes such as outlined text layers
- Improved various boolean operation results, particularly when subtracting overlapping shapes
- Improved selection of shapes with thin borders and no fill
- The “iOS App Icon” template has been updated to include Smooth Corners and Symbol scaling
- When replacing a layer with a Symbol, the Symbol now inherits the same size as the previous layer
- Artboard presets for Android devices are now named correctly
- Improved padding for the iPhone X Status Bar Symbols within the built-in iOS UI Design Library
- The magnifier tool now uses the document color space when determining the color of the pixel that’s selected or hovered over
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a number of bugs where boolean operations on certain overlapping shapes would have unexpected results
- Fixed a bug where picking colors from additional displays would use the wrong color space
- Fixed a bug where resetting a bitmap to its original size wouldn’t be reflected in the Inspector
- Fixed a bug where the size value in the Inspector wouldn’t update after using the Scale command on a layer
- Fixed a bug where repositioning Symbol Artboards within a Library document would trigger a Library Update
- Fixed a bug where plugins couldn’t be saved from the Run Script panel if the Plugins folder was a symlink
- Fixed a problem that prevented CocoaScript from working correctly on the latest version of macOS High Sierra
- Fixed a rare bug where the contents of a Symbol could appear hidden when applying a text override
- Fixed a bug where shadows applied to filled layers with either a Center or Outside border might not show as expected
- Fixed a bug where shadows would be clipped when applied to certain lines and borders
- Fixed a bug where nested Symbol content could be unexpectedly clipped in rare cases
- Fixed a bug where a document’s reference to its shared link in Sketch Cloud would be reset when cancelling a Save As… action
- Fixed a bug where the size value in the Inspector wouldn’t update after resetting a Symbol instance to its original size
- Fixed a bug where Detach from Symbol would misplace the layer’s selection bounds in rare cases
- Fixed a bug where Symbol previews would be reloaded several times when expanding an elongated Overrides menu
- Fixed a bug where the height of new multi-line text layers would be set automatically when click-and-dragging to insert a fixed-width text layer
- Fixed a bug where changing the size of a text layer within a group could cause it to shift position unexpectedly
- Fixed a bug where inserting points on rounded curves might have been unreliable
- Fixed a bug where dragging a handle control point in the vector editor wouldn’t snap to all possible locations
- Fixed a bug where guides would appear to be displayed at the wrong position after ungrouping Artboards
- Fixed a bug where dragging layers set to export as JPG from the Layer List to the desktop would result in poor quality exports
- Fixed a bug where split paths wouldn’t maintain their correct position in the hierarchy
- Fixed a bug where layers inserted using the Pencil tool would always be positioned at the top of the Layer List
- Fixed a bug where clicking on the Canvas wouldn’t exit the radial gradient editor
- Fixed a bug where the color picker could contain another color picker when choosing a color
- Fixed a bug where the Welcome window wouldn’t show the correct document preview
- Fixed a rare bug where uploads to Sketch Cloud might appear to be slightly blurry
- Fixed a bug where a 0-radius star couldn’t be selected on the Canvas
- Fixed a bug where layers couldn’t be selected after selecting to ignore their underlying mask
- Fixed a bug where the color picker wouldn’t be scrollable in some rare cases
- Fixed a bug where the color picker wouldn’t always display the correct HEX value
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when converting text to outlines
- Fixed a bug where the expected color profile wouldn’t always be assigned to images exported by dragging from the Layer List
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Sketch 47 Updates

Version 47.1
Released 17 October, 2017

Highlights
New in Sketch 47.1
- Bug Fixes We’ve fixed a crash in Touch Bar plus a few smaller issues with export.
Download Sketch Version 47.1 Requires Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where the Export panel in the Inspector could appear blank or with missing controls on macOS High Sierra
- Fixed a bug where inserting images via the JavaScript API would result in an error
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur while exiting the Color Popover on a Mac with Touch Bar support
- Fixed a bug where exported PNGs wouldn’t always be assigned the expected color profile
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur in a document containing Symbols imported from an unavailable Library
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Version 47
Released 10 October, 2017 Read blog post

Highlights
New in Sketch 47
- Introducing Libraries Libraries allows you to share Symbols between documents, and other designers. Learn more…
- Smooth Corners You can now adjust the curve of a rectangle’s corner radius to achieve the effect that’s used throughout iOS.
Download Sketch Version 47 Requires Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) or newer
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Enhancements
- Improved performance for shadows in complex documents
- Improved performance when editing nested Symbols
- Improved appearance of nested Symbols, Text Styles, and Shared Styles so that they’re no longer nested within superfluous submenus
- The shortcut for inserting a new point mid-way between two existing points in the vector editor has changed from Command-click to Shift-click
- The “iOS UI Design” document is now a built-in Library, updated for iOS 11 and iPhone X, and makes use of our new Smooth Corners feature
- Individual layers can now be exported using the Command-E shortcut
- Added Artboard presets for iPhone X and iPhone 8
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where exporting and re-importing some bitmaps to Sketch would adjust their gamma and then render them incorrectly on macOS High Sierra
- Fixed a bug where the Inspector could be truncated depending on your scroll bar preference
- Fixed a bug where an overridden Symbol instance wouldn’t reflect changes to its master if both were located on the same page
- Fixed a bug where pasting Symbol instances into their master would duplicate the Symbol
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing certain Symbol overrides
- Fixed a bug where adjusting the border thickness on lines would offset their paths
- Fixed a bug where creating a slice via the Export toolbar item would include any hidden layers within its bounds
- Fixed a bug where layer selection handles wouldn’t be hidden when adjusting the Radius slider
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when opening some documents
- Fixed a bug where the toolbar would not remain hidden between documents
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur with the Organize Shared Styles dialog
- Fixed a bug where the color picker could pick the wrong color from a bitmap if any guides were visible
- Fixed a bug that prevented documents containing certain colors from being uploaded to Sketch Cloud on macOS High Sierra
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Sketch 46 Updates

Version 46.2
Released 16 August, 2017

Highlights
New in Sketch 46.2
- Bug Fixes We’ve fixed a few small issues with Symbols and a rare crash in Touch Bar.
Download Sketch Version 46.2 Requires Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing Symbols containing bitmap layers with image fills
- Fixed a bug where editing a nested Symbol could clip the appearance of its parent Symbol instance
- Fixed a bug where layers weren’t repositioned as expected when adjacent Symbol instances changed size
- Fixed a crash that could occur when switching the focus between a text layer and the Inspector on a Mac with Touch Bar support
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Version 46.1
Released 07 August, 2017

Highlights
New in Sketch 46.1
- Bug Fixes We’ve fixed a crash on OS X El Capitan plus a variety of smaller issues.
Download Sketch Version 46.1 Requires Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when undoing changes to Symbols on OS X El Capitan
- Fixed a bug where the Plugins menu might not be shown as expected
- Fixed a bug where differently colored subranges of text would revert to a single color when the text layer was resized
- Fixed a bug where vertical text alignment would be ignored when converting a text layer to outlines
- Fixed a bug where resizing layers with particular attributes would cause Sketch to become unresponsive
- Fixed a bug where the current Artboard wouldn’t remain focused when unselecting layers within it
- Improved consistency of the appearance of options within the Insert menu
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Version 46
Released 31 July, 2017 Read blog post

Highlights
New in Sketch 46
- Private Sharing You can now invite people to view documents shared via Sketch Cloud.
- Text Alignment Text layers can now be aligned vertically within their adjustable bounding box.
- Searchable Help Topics Relevant articles from our online support documentation are now shown in Help menu search results.
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Enhancements
- Fix Width and Fix Height resizing options can now be toggled by clicking on their labels
- Installing plugin updates is now much faster
- Sketch now informs you if the plugin you’re attempting to install is incompatible
- When measuring the distance between text layers, holding the Control key now measures the distance from the baseline and cap height, rather than the bounding box of the layer
- Improved appearance of Text Styles with large paragraph spacing in the Insert › Styled Text menu
- “Resize to Fit” has returned to be shown in the main Artboard Inspector
- Added option to export the current selection via the Share menu
- Added keyboard shortcuts for Sync Shared Style (Control-S) and Reset Shared Style (Option-Control-S) menu options
- Improved behavior when opening older files with missing fonts
- Pixel Fitting preferences have been simplified and reduced to just a single option
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where some plugin scripts would not work as expected with the macOS High Sierra beta
- Fixed a bug where inserting a duplicated layer into a group wouldn’t update the group bounds
- Fixed a bug that would break symlinks (aliases) in some plugin framework bundles
- Fixed a bug where the Canvas wouldn’t refresh as expected when inserting layers after having used the Pencil tool
- Fixed a bug where updating plugins nested in folders within the Plugins Folder would move them from their original location
- Fixed a bug where a layer with two Image Fills within a Symbol would override the wrong image
- Fixed a bug where the Insert Symbol preview in the menu and on the mouse cursor wouldn’t match the dimensions of the symbol
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when exiting the text editor by selecting a different layer in the Layer List
- Fixed a bug where tapping Run on the Custom Script dialog via the Touch Bar would close the dialog instead of running the script
- Fixed a bug where rounded corners could go the wrong way in extreme situations
- Fixed a bug where the “Set to Original Dimensions” option wouldn’t be disabled when the selected image was already at its original size
- Fixed a bug where the name and weight of missing fonts in Shared Text Style menus would not be shown
- Fixed a bug with resizing controls, where top-aligned layers could be moved unexpectedly when resizing their parent Artboard
- Fixed a bug where fills applied within the bitmap editor would ignore the opacity of the selected color
- Fixed a bug where “Resize to Fit” wouldn’t always accurately fit Artboards around Center borders
- Fixed a bug where you would be informed of incompatible plugins being disabled, even if they were already disabled
- Fixed a bug where shapes trailing text layers in Symbols wouldn’t properly move to make room for text overrides
- Fixed a bug where document Quick Look previews weren’t always generated as expected
- Fixed a bug where aligning layers within a group wouldn’t re-adjust the size of the group
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when hovering over certain layers in the Layer List
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Sketch 45 Updates

Version 45.2
Released 13 July, 2017

Highlights
New in Sketch 45.2
- macOS High Sierra Improved compatibility with the macOS High Sierra beta.
- Bug Fixes We’ve fixed some issues that prevented certain layers from being resized as expected.
Download Sketch Version 45.2 Requires Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) or newer
Version 45.1
Released 03 July, 2017

Highlights
New in Sketch 45.1
1. Bug Fixes We’ve fixed a variety of small issues as well as a crash that could occur when exiting the text editor.
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where some auto-width text layers would appear as if they were partially masked
- Fixed a bug where the Align buttons wouldn’t be enabled after inserting text layers
- Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting the text editor on a Mac with Touch Bar support
- Fixed a bug with the removal of empty text layers when exiting the text editor
- Fixed a bug where the Hex field wouldn’t be highlighted when opening the color popover
- Fixed a bug where pasted layers would end up below the contents of the selected Artboard instead of at the top
- Fixed a bug where moving selected objects between Artboards would deselect them
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Version 45
Released 28 June, 2017 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Presentation Mode Presentation mode has been redesigned to simply hide the UI and not go full screen (it also now works with tabbed windows).
2. Plugins Plugins now update automatically within Sketch. Incompatible plugins will also be disabled so they don’t break Sketch.
3. Vector Editing Smart guides are now shown when inserting points, allowing you to snap new points to existing points’ axes.
4. UI Improvements The color popover is now scrollable, plus the color picker can now be collapsed, allowing more room for presets.
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Enhancements
- Plugins are now removed from the Plugins menu immediately after you disable them
- Mirror browser previews now revert to the document overview if the current Artboard is deleted
- You can now choose how far layers are nudged by the arrow keys or Shift-arrow keys in the Canvas preferences
- Optimized menus, making them more consistent, with improved usability
- Added a preference to choose between selecting a point, or closing a path, when clicking the first point in the vector editor
- Improved accuracy when selecting rotated shapes
- “Resize to Fit” now takes outer borders and offset shadows into account when resizing Artboards
- Layer resizing constraints now have shortcuts in the Layer › Constraints menu
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where Line layers wouldn’t be renamed correctly when combined
- Fixed a bug where subpaths inserted into combined shapes wouldn’t be named correctly
- Fixed a bug where converting a combined shape to outlines would give unexpected results
- Fixed a bug where the switching between RGB and HSB color modes in the Inspector could end up in an inconsistent state
- Fixed a bug where aligning points via the Inspector wouldn’t reflect the changes in the position fields
- Fixed a bug where groups and combined shapes wouldn’t always expand in the Layer List to show newly inserted layers
- Fixed a scripting bug where Symbol metadata would be lost when detaching instances
- Fixed a bug where inserting points on shapes could leave artefacts on the Canvas from handles that no longer exist
- Fixed a bug where selecting all Artboards in the Canvas wouldn’t always redraw the selection correctly
- Fixed a rare bug where Mirror would not update some Artboards properly
- Fixed a bug where vector points wouldn’t always snap to the grid within an Artboard
- Fixed a bug where overrides could be lost when pasting Symbol instances
- Fixed a bug where resizing constraints could be reset when creating Symbols from selected layers
- Fixed a bug where overrides could be lost when detaching a Symbol instance
- Fixed a bug where layers larger than their parent Artboard would not resize properly when the Artboard was resized
- Fixed a bug where override text fields would not commit their change when they lost focus
- Fixed a rare bug where Symbol masters could be duplicated after copying and pasting instances
- Fixed a bug where swapping nested Symbols could cause Sketch to crash
- Fixed a bug where the character spacing value would not update immediately after changing the text’s font size
- Fixed a bug where text could be indented if it was copied into Sketch from a browser
- Fixed a bug where inserted Artboards wouldn’t properly take into account auto-width text layers
- Fixed a bug where groups wouldn’t reflect changes to the size text layers nested within them
- Fixed a bug where text layers inserted by dragging in the Canvas wouldn’t always have the correct height
- Fixed a bug in the vector editor where the Touch Bar controls would be active if there was no selection
- Fixed a bug where inserting a path into an existing shape would override the existing style with the default style
- Fixed a bug where deleting all points in a shape would just leave an empty path
- Fixed a bug where switching layer selection while in vector editor mode could leave single-point paths behind
- Fixed a bug where closing a one-point path would not remove the layer
- Fixed a bug in the vector editor where drawing a selection around an open point could leave artefacts on the Canvas
- Fixed a bug where smart guides would display the wrong distance if a selected layer had been rotated
- Fixed a bug where a Symbol’s preview would be clipped if parts of its contents appeared outside the master Artboard
- Fixed a bug where displaying a dialog when using Sketch in full screen could turn the viewport black
- Fixed a bug when adding a second fill with the color popover open, would enable you to edit the wrong fill
- Fixed a bug where shapes with lines inside them could be hard to select
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when using the Touch Bar to edit text layers
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur after pasting content into Sketch
- Fixed a rare crash when using the position fields in the Vector tool
- Fixed a bug where exporting Artboards with hidden layers could result in an image of a wrong size
- Fixed a bug where some text layers in documents created with older versions of Sketch couldn’t be resized as expected
- Fixed a crash that could occur when pasting Hex values in the color picker
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when exiting the text editor on a Mac with Touch Bar support
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Sketch 44 Updates

Version 44.1
Released 22 May, 2017

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes a variety of small issues.
Download Sketch Version 44.1 Requires Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Improved performance when editing nested Symbols which had many other instances
- Restored behaviour where Artboard exports will include any overlapping Artboards and layers
- Fixed a bug where multiple selected layers couldn’t be moved out of Artboards
- Fixed a bug where pixel-fitting wouldn’t work as expected when resizing Artboards and groups
- Fixed a bug that could cause hidden nested Symbol overrides to be shown unexpectedly
- Fixed a bug where the Undo menu item would show incorrect Undo action titles
- Fixed a bug where some text layers would have unexpected resize rules applied
- Fixed a bug where the selection indicator wouldn’t update to show the selected font weight
- Fixed a bug where text layers would wrap unexpectedly within resized Symbol instances
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Version 44
Released 12 May, 2017 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Artboards Redesigned Artboard picker, improved selection, plus a new option in the Inspector to tell an Artboard to adjust the size of its contents when resized.
2. Vector Editing Rounded corners on vector paths have been improved tremendously, giving accurate radiuses on sharp angles.
3. Replace Missing Fonts You can now replace missing fonts in a document using the new option in the File menu.
4. Resizing Controls We’ve dramatically improved resizing controls – giving you more power and control over how your layers should behave when their parent is resized.
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Enhancements
- The buttons at the top of the Vector and Bitmap editing Inspectors are now using the system style
- Distribute and Align buttons are now hidden when they’re not applicable
- When creating a Symbol, a new “Symbols” page will no longer be added if there’s already another page containing Symbols in the document
- Added controls in the Touch Bar to open or close paths
- Symbols and Shared (Text) Styles now show nested menus when swapping via the Inspector, and reveal the menu at the current selection
- Improved the alignment of labels and controls in the Inspector
- When clicking on one of many selected handles in the vector editor, we now deselect the other ones
- Added a keyboard shortcut for opening or closing a path (Option-Command-O)
- iOS UI Design Template has been updated with new styles, nested Symbols and improved overrides
- Dimensions of the current selection are now taken into account when creating new custom Artboard presets
- Improved selection of Artboards on the Canvas; click-and-drag a selection area, and any Artboards fully-contained within the selection will be selected, rather than their contents
- Artboards can now be resized by selecting a new size from the list of Artboard presets
- Minor performance improvement when dragging layers on the Canvas
- Improved how numbers with many digits are displayed in various places within the UI
- Added a new option to the Arrange menu to move a layer up in the hierarchy
- You can now flatten rounded rectangles and other modified shapes
- You can now easily flip an Artboard from Portrait to Landscape orientation
- Improved responsiveness of the Welcome to Sketch window
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where the opacity of noise fills couldn’t be changed via their text field
- Fixed a bug that caused memory usage to keep increasing gradually over time
- Fixed a bug where the Open/Close Path button in the Inspector always displayed “Close Path”
- Fixed a bug where the correct panel would not be shown in the Inspector when switching from the vector editor to the Artboard tool
- Fixed a bug where duplicating borders or shadows in the Inspector wouldn’t always work
- Fixed a bug where an incorrect preview was shown in the Layer List when changing selection in the vector editor
- Fixed a bug where selecting “Collapse Artboards and Groups” would still leave some of them open
- Fixed a bug where exporting overlapping Artboards would include each other’s content
- Fixed a bug where newly inserted layers would snap to hidden objects
- Fixed a bug where text layers in Symbol instances would appear blank while editing text within their master
- Fixed a bug where overrides in complex Symbols wouldn’t always behave as expected
- Fixed a bug where copying and pasting Symbol instances could duplicate their master
- Fixed a bug where tabbing through text fields in the color picker wouldn’t go in the expected order
- Fixed a bug where the export preset preferences would scroll before it was necessary
- Fixed a rare bug where Undo would stop working
- Fixed a bug where undoing changes in the color picker wouldn’t work as expected
- Fixed a bug where closing a path would also exit vector editing mode
- Fixed a bug where closing a vector path could leave parts from the shape outside the selection bounds
- Fixed a bug where text layers using multiple typefaces wouldn’t be displayed correctly in the Inspector
- Fixed a bug where the “Resize to Fit” action wouldn’t ignore hidden layers in Artboards
- Fixed a bug where the macOS color picker wouldn’t apply colors instantly
- Fixed a bug where a shape’s border could be cropped when creating an Artboard around it
- Fixed a bug where a layer’s fill color could change if its shadow color was adjusted using the keyboard
- Fixed a bug where the “Reduce Image Size” action wouldn’t work for image fills
- Fixed a bug where unexpected artefacts in the Canvas could be shown while in vector editing mode
- Fixed a bug where resizing multiple Artboards at once could misplace their contents
- Fixed a bug where click-through could be enabled for random groups
- Fixed a bug where export formats wouldn’t always be removed from a preset properly
- Fixed a bug where pressing the Command key while resizing wouldn’t always ignore Smart Guides
- Fixed a bug where exports wouldn’t be sized correctly when using the ‘w’ or ‘h’ suffix
- Fixed a bug where a remaining export preset wouldn’t be set as the new default after deleting the current default preset
- Fixed a bug where group bounds wouldn’t update after nudging layers with the keyboard
- Fixed a bug where previews of Symbols containing large borders could be clipped
- Fixed a bug that could occur when adding or editing export presets
- Fixed a bug where closed paths would reopen when using Layer › Path › Reverse Order
- Fixed a bug where selecting to export the entire Canvas would create a slice without any export sizes set
- Fixed a bug where underlines couldn’t be removed from underlined text
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Sketch 43 Updates

Version 43.2
Released 19 April, 2017

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes a variety of small issues.
Download Sketch Version 43.2 Requires Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixes the appearance of previews when using Mirror on devices with wide color displays which support P3 colors
- The list of available Symbol overrides are now sorted alphabetically
- Fixes a bug where the selection indicator for the current nested Symbol was missing
- Fixes a bug where copying and pasting Symbol instances could duplicate their master
- Fixes a crash that could occur when pasting Artboards
- Fixes a bug that would prevent some documents from being opened
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Version 43.1
Released 07 April, 2017

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes a rare issue when opening documents, Artboard exporting and Mirror connectivity.
Download Sketch Version 43.1 Requires Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) or newer
Version 43
Released 06 April, 2017 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Vector Editing While editing or creating shapes, additional handles related to the current selection are shown, offering more convenient editing.
2. Bug Fixes Over 40 changes, improvements and bug fixes.
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Enhancements
- Revised file format
- When a shape has only a shadow, Sketch will no longer clip the fill area when the layer’s opacity is reduced. To get that effect, give it a transparent fill instead
- Significantly improves SVG export when dealing with inner and outer borders by making paths simpler, and avoiding the use of masks
- SVG exporting via SketchTool no longer supports the namespace argument
- Improves SVG import by removing superfluous groups after import
- Improves the way log messages from plugins are displayed in Console.app
- Plugins that enhance Sketch but don’t have any commands will no longer appear in the Plugins menu
- Sketch will no longer load and run certain older plugins. If you find that one of your plugins no longer works, please contact the author for an updated version
- There’s a new version of Mirror that handles large Artboards better, and fixes some connection issues
- Nested Symbol overrides are now presented in an alphabetical order to make Symbols easier to find
- Image Fills are now also supported in the Touch Bar
- Improves the look of the Rotation Dial on the Touch Bar making it easier to read
- In the vector editor, the Zoom to Selection command now zooms into the vector point selection, rather than the layer selection
- Updates the look of selected handle control points in the vector editor
- When rotating a layer using the Command key shortcut, we now show the rotation value below the pointer
- The Welcome Window can now be resized
- Improves keyboard shortcut compatibility with Cyrillic keyboard localizations
- Reducing the size of images in a document is now faster with improved performance
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug where dragging shape layers to combine them in the Layer List could add them in the wrong order
- Fixes a bug where selecting an insertion tool would not immediately update the pointer
- Fixes a bug where gradients would not be rendered if there were too many overlapping stops
- Fixes a bug in the vector editor where the Inspector would not always update to show the correct coordinates
- Fixes a bug where layers would be instantly deselected after being selected in the Layer List and Canvas
- Fixes an SVG exporting bug that could mask far-away shadows on shapes
- Fixes a bug where a radial gradient on a rectangle would export incorrectly to SVG
- Fixes a bug where snapping to the center of a shape in the vector editor would make the shape wobble
- Fixes a bug where a Symbol with an image layer and an Image Fill would apply the override incorrectly
- Fixes a bug where text overrides in Symbols would not move adjacent layers if they were flush with the text layer
- Fixes a bug where the Rotate Copies, and Create Symbol dialogs could be resized
- Fixes a bug where Shift-dragging a handle control point in the vector editor would not work correctly
- Fixes a bug where editing a constraint-locked shape would give unexpected results
- Fixes a bug where the Close/Open Path menu item would not match the button’s label in the Inspector
- Fixes a bug in the vector editor where changing the point type would not be visible on the Canvas
- Improves selection behaviour when using Wacom tablets
- Fixes a bug where Artboards could be mistakenly masked by other layers
- Fixes a bug where the rotation tooltip would not disappear after rotation is finished
- Fixes a bug where inserting a shape with the Option key held would not immediately update the preview in the Canvas
- Fixes a bug where new subpaths would not always be inserted on top of the selected layer
- While in rotation mode, the rotation value would not always appear on click-and-drag
- Fixes a possible crash while switching Pages with the Inspector popovers open
- Fixes a crash that could occur when editing text on the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
- Fixes a bug where Make Grid would not rename duplicate layers properly
- Fixes a bug where resizing an Artboard with complex contents could freeze Sketch
- Fixes some rare crashes when using the color picker
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Sketch 42 Updates

Version 42
Released 24 January, 2017 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Export Presets You can now define Export presets, containing multiple scales and filetypes to be applied to slices and exportable layers with a single click.
2. Touch Bar Support Sketch supports Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro – allowing you to quickly access tools and features straight from the keyboard.
Download Sketch Version 42 Requires Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) or newer
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Enhancements
- The maximum zoom level has been increased four times to 25600% to allow more precise pixel work
- During vector editing, clicking the first point will now close the path
- Slice layers can now be hidden along with any other layer type
- Sub-paths can now be hidden and are thereby excluded from boolean operations
- Multiple corner radii for rounded rectangles should now be specified using the semi-colon separator, not the backslash. Because of this, the corner radius text field now supports math functions as well
- You can now select multiple Pages at the same time to delete them
- We’ve updated our About window with a brand new look
- The Flip controls now show an active state when a layer has been flipped horizontally or vertically
- The Save as Template dialog now pre-fills with the document’s name
- Holding the Option key in the vector editor no longer hides all points
- When dragging a vector handle control point, you can now hold Shift to lock it to the direction of the opposite control point
- A path consisting of only two points will add points to the start of the line when the first point is selected
- The menu for swapping Symbol instances now respects the same grouping and sub-menus that appear under Insert › Symbol
- Reduces memory usage while using Mirror
- The File › New From Template menu has been restored
- Improves performance when combining many non-overlapping shapes
- Improves performance when editing Symbol instances in large documents with many (nested) Symbols
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug where you could change the opacity of an Artboard by using the 0-9 keys on the keyboard
- Fixes a bug in the vector editor where the handle control points would be wrongly affected when you changed the X and Y values in the Inspector
- Fixes a bug where color-adjusted bitmaps would be displayed at the wrong resolution
- Fixes a bug that could stop you from applying an override on a nested Symbol
- Fixes a bug where switching between vector point types could cause its Bézier curve to move slightly
- Fixes a bug when inserting a Symbol, previews would not display their text layers
- Fixes a bug when exporting a Symbol to SVG, nested Symbols could show the wrong override
- Fixes a bug where copying SVG code for a Symbol wouldn’t work as expected
- Fixes a bug where a point prepended to the path would be weirdly aligned with the Shift key
- Improves SVG exporting by adding support for even-odd and non-zero winding rules
- Fixes a bug where Sketch would not export certain shapes to SVG correctly
- Fixes a bug where the zoom tool couldn’t be activated using the Z key after picking a layer from the shortcut menu
- Fixes a possible crash when copying-and-pasting Shared Text Styles
- Fixes a bug in indicating the correct Page when selecting multiple Pages and switching between them
- Fixes a bug where dragging whilst holding the spacebar halfway through a regular drag could leave artefacts on the Canvas
- Fixes a performance bug where the Layer List could be refreshed too many times after a selection changed
- Symbol instances are now properly exported at the right size in SVG
- Fixes a bug where Command-dragging a handle control point would hide the vector handles too
- Fixes a bug where copying CSS attributes could give subtly different values for line spacing
- Fixes a bug where changing paragraph spacing wouldn’t let you update the Text Style
- Fixes a bug where SVG import would ignore line cap and joins for strokes
- Fixes a bug where vector points dragged horizontally with the Shift key could be misplaced when they got too close to guides
- Fixes a bug where text editing would not correctly distinguish between line and paragraph breaks
- Fixes a bug where the vector editor could misplace points when selecting them in rare cases
- Fixes a bug where white-to-black angular gradients would not be saved properly
- Fixes a few scaling and rotation bugs when importing an SVG
- Fixes a number of SVG importing bugs
- Fixes a bug where a hidden or locked layer would break the layer selection cycle with the Tab key
- Fixes a bug where some SVG shapes would be imported with black fills
- Fixes a bug where Artboards could be drawn with reduced opacity inherited from a certain default style
- Fixes a bug where gradients with points close together could drop stops unexpectedly
- Fixes a bug where the height of text layer could subtly increase between initial insertion and being selected again
- The Sketch Cloud popover now properly detects when a shared document has been removed
- Improves Undo reliability when editing text
- Fixes a bug in the vector editor where changing point’s coordinates in the Inspector would not also move any control points
- Fixes a bug where using math operators in text fields with decimal values could fail with certain System locales
- Fixes a subtraction bug in vector boolean operations
- Fixes an SVG exporting bug where not all rounded corners in a rectangle would be correctly exported
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash when replacing a sub-path in a shape with a Symbol
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Sketch 41 Updates

Version 41.2
Released 28 November, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fix Fixes a bug when copying and pasting Symbols with nested overrides.
Download Sketch Version 41.2 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- Removes the align dialog asking if you want to align layers precisely
- When aligning, the bottom-most layer is no longer treated as the key object
- Fixes a bug where copying and pasting Symbols with a nested override to a new document would not copy over the nested Symbols
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Version 41.1
Released 11 November, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes a couple of rare crashes.
Download Sketch Version 41.1 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixes a possible crash on launch
- Fixes a rare crash in boolean operations
- Fixes a bug where images copied from the Finder would not be pasted properly
- Fixes a crash that could occur when exiting Full Screen mode on OS X Yosemite (10.10)
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Version 41
Released 08 November, 2016 Read blog post

Highlights
1. New Look We’ve updated Sketch with a fresh new look and a much more useful Welcome Window.
2. Nested Overrides Symbol instances can now override their nested Symbols to any other Symbol with the same size.
3. Private Sharing You can now password-protect files shared via Sketch Cloud for extra privacy.
4. WebP Support Sketch can now both import and export images in the WebP format.
5. Presentation Mode We’ve rewritten Presentation Mode to fit in better with the rest of the system and full screen windows in general.
Download Sketch Version 41 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Enhancements
- If a Page has a grid set, but contains Artboards, we will no longer render the grid for the Page to avoid confusion
- Resetting Symbol instances to their original size is now also enabled for multiple selection
- Hidden layers are no longer taken into account when using the Center Canvas option in the View menu
- Adds a new “Paste with Style” menu item for when you want to paste Rich Text into Sketch
- Improves the accuracy of boolean operations
- Improves shapes converted to outlines by removing overlapping paths and superfluous points
- The alignment actions in the menu, inspector and contextual menu are now consistently labelled
- Improves boolean operations by removing obsolete points
- Symbol Masters can now be converted back to regular Artboards by using the Detach menu item
- The align buttons in the Inspector now show their correct image when aligning vector points in the shape editor
- Shift-dragging to restrict a point to a single axis in the vector editor now also snaps the nearby points correctly
- You can now replace multiple layers with any Symbol using the shortcut menu
- When using Mask on an image layer, the masked image can now be given rounded corners easily
- You can now detach Symbol instances via the menu
- Fixes a bug where, when resizing layers, the tooltip wouldn’t include fractional digits
- Sketch now automatically hides any grid when you zoom out to more than 25%
- Any layer can now be converted into a Symbol easily using the shortcut menu
- Symbol Artboards are no longer included in PDF export, Mirror or uploaded to Sketch Cloud
- Improves CSS export by not including ‘px’ suffixes when the actual value is zero
- When adding a new page to a document we now insert it below the selected page instead of at the bottom
- Adds new menu commands for adding a New Page and navigating to the next and previous pages
- Fixes a bug where the names of Shared Styles in the Inspector could span multiple lines
- The horizontal and vertical alignment options now take the middle of the layer at the bottom, rather than the average of the selected layers for more predictable results
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug where vector points inserted on a curve could distort the curve
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash when replacing Symbols
- Fixes a bug where closing a document would retain too much system memory
- Fixes a rare bug where documents shared to Sketch Cloud could appear stretched
- Fixes a bug where resizing an Angular Gradient could distort the gradient the wrong way
- Fixes a bug where ungrouping a Symbol master would not detach any instances, but leave them as blank layers instead
- Fixes a bug where you could not align an Artboard with object outside an Artboard
- Fixes a bug where Grid and Layout settings were not properly transferred when converting Artboards to Symbols
- Fixes a bug where text layers could unexpectedly expand in height when edited
- Fixes a bug where changing the font in a text layer with custom line height could unexpectedly move other lines as well
- Fixes a bug where you could no longer drag layers from Sketch’s Layer List to other applications
- Fixes a bug where aligning layers could leave artefacts on the Canvas
- Fixes a bug where Alpha masks would not be rendered correctly in combination with pattern images
- Fixes a bug where selecting a layer using the contextual ”Pick Layer” menu wouldn‘t display the selection in the Canvas properly
- Fixes a bug where text converted to paths would not include uppercase text transformations
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash when inserting a text layer inside combined shape during edit
- Fixes a bug where inserting an image while in shape editing mode would give unexpected results
- Fixes a bug where undoing a text style change would render the context of the text layer blank
- Fixes a bug where using undo whilst in the vector editor would make it impossible to close a path
- Fixes a rare rendering bug where a document could refuse to render due to complex shadows
- Fixes a bug where Artboards would lose their alignment guides when converted to a Symbol
- Fixes some bugs where Mirror would not correctly display certain documents
- Fixes a bug where vector points would be hidden after you Option-Tab to the Inspector fields
- Fixes a bug where text resized text would not always stick on the same baseline
- Fixes a bug where changing text attributes via the Font panel wouldn’t always immediately reflect those changes in the Canvas
- Fixes a bug where Symbol masters would not show the “Include background color in Symbol” checkbox in some cases
- Fixes a bug where the Vector tool would not allow you to insert a new shape when you’re already in the vector editor
- Fixes a bug where changing position values for the Line tool in the Inspector wouldn’t immediately update related values
- Fixes a bug where Sketch Mirror wouldn’t always mirror the selected Artboard properly
- Fixes a bug where Symbol previews would not include text
- Fixes a bug where layers would not properly be aligned to the bottom of a layer if its height was not a whole pixel value
- Fixes a bug where using a text align shortcut would not update its status in the Inspector
- Fixes a bug where small-caps and other OpenType features would get lost when changing font size
- Fixes a bug where it would be difficult to edit a text layer using a Magic Mouse
- Fixes a bug where, when resizing layers, the tooltip wouldn’t include fractional digits
- Fixes a bug where changing the text style would strip newlines from the text
- Fixes a bug where Control-clicking on a locked layer would select it, instead of any unlocked layers under it
- Fixes a bug where the Artboard Preset picker would unexpectedly disappear when the window resized
- Fixes a bug where color adjusted images would display at non-retina resolution and would wrongly Color Adjust styles such as borders
- Fixes a bug where newlines would be stripped from text when pasting into Sketch
- Fixes a bug where the guides could leave artifacts in the Canvas when resizing layers
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash when entering presentation mode
- Fixes a bug where copy-and-pasting certain Artboards between Pages could fail
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Sketch 40 Updates

Version 40.3
Released 12 October, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fix Fixes a bug where using complex documents could crash Sketch on OS X Yosemite (10.10).
Download Sketch Version 40.3 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
Version 40.2
Released 07 October, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes various issues where the Canvas and UI wouldn’t appear as expected on macOS Sierra (10.12), especially on a Mac with Radeon graphics.
2. Performance UpdatesImproves performance in documents which include Symbols with non-normal blend modes.
Download Sketch Version 40.2 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
Version 40.1
Released 26 September, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes a few crashes and fixes some bugs in vector editing.
Download Sketch Version 40.1 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug where Smart Guides wouldn’t be shown when Option-dragging layers or Artboards
- Fixes a bug where layers couldn’t be dragged from the Layer List into the Canvas
- Fixes a bug where the correct Page title wouldn’t be displayed at the top of the Layer List
- Fixes a bug where Angular gradients could be shifted from their original positions
- Fixes a bug where borders with Angular gradients appeared as if they were cropped
- Fixes a bug where applying a blur to an image would cancel out its Color Adjustment filter
- Fixes a bug where moving all selected points in the vector editor would give unpredictable results
- Fixes a crash that could occur when opening or viewing some documents
- Fixes a crash that could occur when using Mirror
- Fixes a crash that could occur in the vector editor when switching to another layer on the Canvas
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Version 40
Released 20 September, 2016 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Vector Editing Improvements have been made to the vector editor to edit multiple shapes at the same time.
2. Text Transform Non-destructive text transform allows you to easily convert text uppercase, or lowercase.
3. Performance Updates Significant performance improvements selecting layers in complex documents, and applying large blurs.
4. Bug Fixes A range of fixes have been applied to bugs discovered throughout the app.
Download Sketch Version 40 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- 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
- 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
- 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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Sketch 39 Updates

Version 39.1
Released 25 July, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes bugs when working at high zoom levels, minor symbol improvements and text rendering fixes.
Download Sketch Version 39.1 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixes Rendering bugs when working in Pixel Mode at high zoom levels
- Fixes a bug where inserting new Symbol instances could unexpectedly clip their contents
- Fixes a bug where layers with blending would not always display as expected in Mirror
- Fixes a possible crasher after exiting text editing
- Fixes a bug where text shadow could behave unexpectedly
- Fixes a rare bug where layers would refuse to be deselected
- Fixes a bug where changing the opacity of Symbol instances could have unexpected results
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Version 39
Released 20 July, 2016 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Symbol Resizing Symbols (and Groups) can now be configured to resize in a smarter way.
2. Sketch Cloud Share your documents with the world with ease.
3. Performance Updates Updates in the Canvas are much smoother and general performance has been improved as well.
4. Image Fills A new Image Fill type has been added; Fit, to join Fill and Stretch.
Download Sketch Version 39 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- Adds the ability to right-click any layer to replace it with an instance of an existing Symbol
- Adds the ability to quickly switch between Artboards using the fn+left/right arrow keys
- Adds the ability to specify the scale origin in the Scale sheet, whereas previously it always scaled from the center
- Detaching Symbol instances now avoids creating unwanted nested groups
- When exporting Artboards to PDF, Sketch now exports Artboards in a left-to-right Canvas order. Check the Preferences to adjust this
- Inserting PDFs via Insert > Image… now respects the preference for whether they should be parsed as a bitmap or vector
- Image fills on layers can now be set to “Fit”
- Simplifies how Sketch deals with text layers; resizing from the bottom no longer increases the font size and when resizing text in a group, the font size is no longer scaled up
- Text pasted into a Sketch text layer, or on the Canvas, is now always stripped of whatever styling it contained
- Right-aligned text layers in Symbols with overrides now also move their trailing layers to make room for the overrides
- Improves setting opacity via the keyboard. You can now specify values like ‘96’ whereas previously this would have resulted in first 90% and then 60% opacity
- Improves appearance of right-aligned Text Styles in the Inspector
- Minor improvements to SVG Export, specifically to font recognition
- The Hex field now has key focus when opening the color picker
- Option-dragging to duplicate a layer now puts the layers in the expected order; the duplicate is moved and the original is left where it was
- Outlining a stroke now merges overlapping points in the new paths
- Layer selection now ignores parts of a layer that are hidden by another mask
- It is now easier to select overlapping Slice layers using the Command key
- Automatic click-through is applied to all groups when the Layer List is set to show Slices only
- When moving the cursor over the Canvas, the modifier highlight instantly appears when holding Option, Command etc.
- The Arrange menus are now smarter in that they move content forward/backward even if some of the layers are already at the front
- When rotating a layer, the X and Y values in the Inspector are now updated immediately
- Reduce File Size will now compress the size of images, resulting in a smaller file size
- Trailing layers will no longer move when locked, if the text override value is edited
Performance
- General improvements to the rendering performance
- Improves performance when using Layout Grids
- Improves performance when opening documents
- Improves performance when editing documents with large images
- Improves performance when editing documents containing many blend modes
- Reduces memory usage when editing complex documents
Scripting
- Scripts can now store info on the document itself, as they can already per layer
- Long deprecated Scripting-API methods have been removed from the code
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug where copying nested Symbols with override values could lose those overrides when pasting
- Fixes a bug where copying a Symbol could crash Sketch in rare cases
- Fixes a bug where Sketch would consume too much memory when running for a long time
- Fixes a bug where text underlines could in some cases unexpectedly become dashed
- Fixes a bug where the bounds of a rotated path wouldn’t be correct after editing
- Fixes a bug where Layer List previews for combined shapes were too thin
- Fixes a bug where the Connect to Mirror menu item would be disabled
- Fixes a bug where the Inspector could get cut off when the color picker was opened and closed on a small screen
- Fixes a bug where giving a Layer a mask would not reload the Layer List to display the change
- Fixes a bug where the Canvas would flash white after running some plug-ins
- Fixes a rare bug where the Shape tool’s selected points would not match the Inspector’s
- Fixes a bug where Sketch would refuse to save a document when a shape had a blank image fill set
- Fixes a bug where double-clicking a text layer whilst editing another text layer would prevent you from editing the new text layer
- Fixes a bug where auto-width text layers could wrap on files created by different users
- Fixes a bug where pasted text layers could end up with no name
- Fixes a bug where pasting new Symbols could immediately show the new Symbols page in the Pages List
- Fixes a bug where PDF import could crash in some specific cases
- Fixes a bug where shadows for layers with hanging glyphs could be clipped
- Fixes a bug where tabbing text fields in the color picker could modify the current Hex value
- Fixes a bug where popovers could stick outside the visible screen area
- Fixes a bug where text layers with long overrides in nested symbols could be clipped
- Fixes a bug where the bottom-right corner of Sketch’s window would in some cases not be rounded
- Fixes a bug where removing a Shared Style from a layer would not immediately update the preview in the Layer List
- Fixes a bug where an invalid value could be entered when creating a custom Artboard preset
- Fixes a bug where aligning an even-height layer in an odd-height Artboard would make the layer jump a pixel up or down
- Fixes a bug where dragging layers from the Layer List to the Finder would not apply the proper suffix
- Fixes a bug when undoing text color changes during text editing
- Fixes a bug where drawing horizontal lines with the Pencil could make the layer disappear after edit
- Fixes a rendering bug where the Canvas could fail to refresh when moving objects in complex documents
- Fixes a bug where Smart Guides would not take sub-pixels into account
- Fixes a bug where Shift-dragging a layer could inadvertently snap to nearby objects opposed to the one you wanted
- Fixes a bug where the resize handles would not hide after moving a layer for a while
- Fixes a bug where when making an Artboard fit around its content, Sketch would not update the Inspector to show its new frame
- Fixes a bug where resizing an Artboard to fit would not take rotated layers into account
- Fixes various other crashers
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Sketch 3.8 Updates

Version 3.8.3
Released 31 May, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes a crasher with complex Symbols, a security vulnerability in Mirror Web, and a bug where reordering pages could detach Symbols.
Download Sketch Version 3.8.3 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash on complex documents
- Fixes a security vulnerability in Mirror Web
- Fixes a bug where reordering pages could detach Symbols
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Version 3.8.2
Released 24 May, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Performance and fixes bugs relating to background blur, layer selection, layout grids, and fixes for two crashers.
Download Sketch Version 3.8.2 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- Performance improvements when selecting Artboards in the Canvas
- Fixes a bug where Artboards couldn’t be dragged in the Canvas after they’d been selected
- Fixes a bug where Pages could be greyed out in the Pages List
- Fixes a bug where the Layer List would fail to render previews of complex dash patterns
- Fixes a bug where the Canvas would stop rendering content altogether in complex documents
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could hang when another layer was selected in a complex document
- Fixes a bug where background blurs would not render properly if they had a shadow applied
- Fixes a bug where background blurs would display white areas around their edges
- Fixes a bug where multiple background blurs in the same Artboard resulted in rendering problems
- Fixes a bug where dragging the export preview from Sketch to the Finder created a file name with two periods
- Fixes a bug where layers could not be selected inside groups even when the CMD key was pressed
- Fixes a bug where rows could be missing from the Layout Grid when scrolling or zooming
- Fixes a crash that could occur after text editing had ended
- Fixes a crash that could occur when trying to show Border Options if the selected layer had no border
- Fixes a few UI bugs in Mirror for Web
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Version 3.8.1
Released 19 May, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fix Fixes a bug where shadows would not clip under transparent fills.
Download Sketch Version 3.8.1 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
Version 3.8
Released 19 May, 2016 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Sketch Mirror Brand new Sketch Mirror for iOS with USB connectivity, iPad Pro support, and greater performance.
2. Better Undo Undo has been rewritten from the ground up to be faster and more reliable.
3. Performance Updates Improved performance for things like background blur, scrolling, and caching.
4. Bug Fixes Improved performance for things like background blur, scrolling, and caching.
Download Sketch Version 3.8 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- Horizontal and vertical guides can now be removed independently of each other in the Rulers
- The Edit toolbar item can now also be used to edit text layers
- Any negative rotation values entered are now stored instead of being converted to a positive value
- If a layer is hidden and locked we now show the hide icon in the Layer List, opposed to the lock icon
- When hiding the Inspector, Sketch will now close any open popovers
- The Canvas now updates when you move the application window between multiple displays with different color profiles
- New vector points added to a straight path will now be added as a Straight point instead of Mirrored
- Improves SVG importing by now recognizing rotations around a specific origin point
- Improves SVG importing by adding support for percentage-based layer positions
Performance
- Improves performance in documents that have many layers with background blur applied
- Improves rendering performance during scrolling
- Improves performance when rotating copies
- Improves caching for further performance enhancement
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug that could crash Sketch whilst trying to register without any open documents
- Fixes a bug where editing a radial gradient could leave unwanted artifacts on the Canvas
- Fixes a bug where imported images could be scaled down too much by accounting for both a high DPI, and “@2x” suffixes
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could freeze when using long Layout Grids
- Fixes a bug where Layer List previews could disappear after undo
- Fixes a bug where some old documents would not pan or zoom reliably
- Fixes a bug where SVG imports would not work when its colors were specified as rgba()
- Fixes a bug where Sketch would be erratic after disconnecting it from Full Screen on an external display
- Fixes a bug where deleting the first Page would select the last Page in the list, instead of the second
- Fixes a bug where moving Artboards in the Canvas could change their order in the Layer List
- Fixes a bug where the Layer List would jump unexpectedly when expanding groups
- Fixes a bug where vector points could become disconnected
- Fixes a bug where changing boolean operations via the Layer List would reset a layer’s rotation
- Fixes layer selection and scrolling issues in the Layer List
- Fixes a bug where selecting multiple layers in the Layer List could unexpectedly deselect other layers
- Fixes a bug where the Layer List wouldn’t update its icons when removing sub-paths
- Fixes a bug where selecting multiple layers in the Layer List might not refresh the Canvas properly
- Fixes a rare crasher when rendering complex documents
- Fixes a refreshing issue when rotating a shape’s sub-paths
- Fixes an issue exporting objects with rounded corners in SVG
- Fixes a bug where some SVG files wouldn’t import if they had SVG namespaces defined
- Empty groups are no longer present after an SVG import
- Fixes aliasing issues along the edges of some layers using background blur
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Sketch 3.7 Updates

Version 3.7.2
Released 25 April, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes A fix for bug when printing Artboards, and a bug fix relating to detaching Symbol instances.
Download Sketch Version 3.7.2 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- New Symbols created from Artboards are now named after the Artboard, rather than being renamed to ‘Symbol’
- SketchTool now dumps Symbol overrides as a dictionary instead of a string
- Fixes a crash that could occur when swapping a Symbol instance in the Inspector
- Fixes a crash that could occur when reverting changes
- Fixes a bug where printing Artboards resulted in blank pages
- Fixes a bug where Sketch would hang after choosing ‘Paste Here’, having copied a layer style
- Fixes a bug where Symbol instance layer styles would not be applied to the Group created when detaching an instance from its Symbol
- Fixes a bug where Symbol instances could end up detached when reordering pages
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Version 3.7.1
Released 18 April, 2016

Highlights
1. Faster Exporting Greatly increases the speed of exporting images out of complex documents.
2. Fixed PDF Exporting Symbols will no longer be included in PDF export.
3. Bug Fixes Various bug fixes for Symbol migration, and fixes for two crashers.
Download Sketch Version 3.7.1 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- Greatly increases the speed of exporting images out of complex documents
- Exporting to PDF will now ignore Symbol Artboards
- Fixes a crash in SVG exporting
- Fixes a crash when selecting Symbol instances with missing overrides
- Contextual menu for rulers once again shows proper check marks when the properties are enabled
- Fixes a bug where migrated Symbols could lose their shadow or opacity
- Fixes a bug related to overrides on empty text layers
- Fixes a bug when pasting Symbols with missing masters
- Fixes a bug where a Slice’s background wouldn’t be properly reflected in the Inspector
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Version 3.7
Released 13 April, 2016 Read blog post

Highlights
1. New Symbols Redesigned and more powerful than before. You can now nest symbols and set image and text overrides.
2. Manual Style Sync Shared Styles now no longer sync automatically, to help ensure there is less accidental edits.
3. Performance Updates Improved performance on complex documents with many gradients, shadows, and blend modes.
4. Preservation of Missing Fonts Missing fonts will be preserved if a Sketch file containing them is opened on another machine.
Download Sketch Version 3.7 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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New Symbols
- Symbols have been redesigned from the ground up. They are now faster, enable the ability to nest Symbols, override images in instances, and much more
- Symbols can now be nested as deep as you want
- You can now override images in Symbol instances alongside text
- Text overrides are more flexible and they now move their trailing layers
- New Symbol text overrides deal with mixed text styles in overridden text boxes better
- Copying Symbols and Styles between documents no longer updates existing Symbols and Styles in the document, but creates a new one instead
Other Enhancements
- Files saved with Sketch 3.7 will no longer lose their fonts when opened on another system where those fonts are missing
- Shared Styles now no longer sync automatically, to help ensure there is less accidental edits
- The Make Grid sheet has been improved and streamlined getting rid of the old and confusing Boxed settings
- You can now ungroup Artboards like you can ungroup normal groups
- Improved Distribute functions by now asking what to do if we can’t distribute evenly on full pixels
- When syncing Text Style changes between layers, we now also keep the baselines of the other instances intact
- Artboards can now be auto-sized to fit their contents with a single action
- Sketch now remembers the width of the Layer List between windows
- When entering groups using the keyboard, we now select the top-most instead of bottom-most layer
- Sketch now remembers if you had the Page Panel open or not
- Updates the visual style of points and handles when editing vector shapes
- Improvements to the scripting panel with proper undo support and syntax highlighting
Performance
- Improves performance with blurred layers
- Improves performance for complex documents using many rectangles
- Improves performance when using angular gradients
- Improved performance when selecting many layers on the Canvas
- Improves performance when zooming into complex documents with masks or blend modes
- Performance improvements when inserting new layers in complex documents
- Minor performance improvements to the Layer List
- Improved performance for mouse hover blue highlights on text layers
SVG Export
- SVG export now supports inner and outer borders and blend modes for individual fills
- Improves accuracy of shadows in SVG export
- SVG export now also includes Image fills
- SVG export now also includes the Artboard’s background
- SVG export now includes Noise fills
- Adds an item to the right-click menu to copy SVG code to the clipboard for the selected layers
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug where the contextual menu for Masks wasn’t checked in all cases
- Fixes a bug where going to File > Export would change your selection to a near exportable layer
- Fixes a rare crasher when using the Color Picker
- Fixes a bug in Artboard exporting where a background might be included even if the option was unchecked
- Fixes a bug that would crash Sketch when making a grid out of Slices
- Fixes a bug where Artboards created around masked layers could sometimes not include the Artboard when moved
- Fixes a crash where inserting an image in shape edit mode could crash Sketch
- Fixes a bug where resized sub-paths could be clipped unexpectedly
- Fixes a bug where the delete key wouldn’t work after moving layers back or forth in the hierarchy
- Fixes a bug where Symbols and Shared Styles wouldn’t be copied across to other documents when dragging entire pages via the Layer List
- The Layer List now shows the correct preview when editing shapes
- Fixes a bug where hiding the Artboard shadow wouldn’t have an immediate effect
- Fixes a confusing issue in the shape editor where the handles would sometimes be drawn for multiple selections, and sometimes not
- Fixes a rare crasher that could appear after closing our Welcome window
- Fixes a small issue where the Make Exportable option would disappear while you were moving layers around
- Fixes a bug where copying some text from Safari could result in inexplicable padding for the new text
- Fixes a rare bug where layers could fail to reorder
- Fixes a possible crash when pasting layer styles
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could stall when dropping invalid content on the Canvas
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Sketch 3.6 Updates

Version 3.6.1
Released 02 March, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes a zoom bug, a text editing crash and PDF import issue.
Download Sketch Version 3.6.1 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixes a crash when editing text layers with non-integral widths
- Fixes a crash when importing complex vectors from Illustrator
- Fixes behaviour when zooming in on selection
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Version 3.6
Released 01 March, 2016 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Text Improvements A number of improvements that fixes baseline and line height issues with text layers.
2. Better SVG Support Importing and exporting SVGs see a number of improvements and changes.
3. Performance Enhancements More power! Sketch is better at handling large, and complex documents.
4. Improved Rendering Bug fixes and updates that helps redrawing and refreshing.
Download Sketch Version 3.6 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Text Improvements
- Sketch now maintains consistent baseline spacing for paragraphs with a fixed line height
- When changing the typeface or font size for a text layer, the layer is repositioned to maintain the first baseline position
- Baseline snapping for multi-line text now uses the first baseline rather than the last
- Text layer character spacing can now be set to “auto”, allowing the font’s native kerning to be applied
- New text layers use “auto” line height rather than inheriting what was previously used
- Text layer “auto” line height is now distinct from fixed line height of the same value, and the Inspector now shows the “auto” value as its placeholder
- Text in the font weight menu is now vertically centred
- Glyphs for fonts that use swashes such as Zapfino are no longer clipped when editing
- The Type › Underline menu item now works as expected for selected text layers as well as selections when editing
- Fixes a bug where the insertion point was missing when editing right-aligned text
- Fixes a bug where text would not always be properly italicised when using the shortcuts from the menu
- Text rendering is no longer sub-pixel anti-aliased for performance reasons, and improved consistency with mobile platforms
SVG Improvements
- SVG export now exports much more compact SVG files by doing away with unnecessary prefixes
- SVG importing and exporting now supports blend modes
- SVG export is improved by now also including shadows on groups in the export
- Fixes a bug where font weight information was lost when exporting to SVG
- Fixes a bug where rounded corners in polygons are not exported properly to SVG
Performance Improvements
- Improves performance when using Sketch on an external display
- Improves general drawing performance and reduces power consumption
- Improves performance when hovering layers for selecting them in complex documents
- Improves scrolling and zooming performance in the Canvas
- Improves zooming performance in complex documents
- Improves application performance using improved caching
- Improves performance when opening large documents
Enhancements
- Improves the masking toolbar item and makes the contextual ‘Use Mask’ menu item smarter too
- Improved pasting behaviour by now pasting on above any selected layers
- Improves importing of retina or high-DPI images into Sketch by automatically scaling them down to their logical size
- Added an item to the menu to make a layer exportable
- Convert to Outlines and Vectorize Stroke have been merged into a single action to avoid confusion
- Names for the Pixel Fitting, and Round to Pixel actions are now consistent
- Shapes combined using Boolean Operations now have predictable names
- The file format now includes metadata to indicate whether it has been autosaved or not
- The Pencil tool has a new cursor to distinguish it better from the Pen tool
- Updated icons in the Layer List slightly for better consistency
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a crash where Sketch could crash when displaying the Open panel on external displays
- Fixes a rare crash where documents wouldn’t open if they contained incorrect text style objects
- Fixes a regression which prevented legacy plugins being installed by double-clicking
- Fixes a bug where older documents may not have opened correctly
- Fixes a bug where opening multiple complex documents could halt Sketch
- Fixes a bug where the Export panel would not warn users when they were about to export two layers with the same name
- Fixes a bug where inserting the same preset Artboard multiple times would give them the same name
- Fixes a bug where flattening an Artboard to a bitmap would not include its background
- Fixes a bug where dragging images into the Canvas could have them end up in unexpected places
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash when loading documents with certain color profiles
- Fixes a bug where scaling a layer could have unexpected results if a text field in the Inspector still had focus
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash unexpectedly when in trial-mode
- Fixes a bug where Artboards with truncated titles would still be selectable in their truncated area
- Fixes a bug where Artboards in the Layer List would be automatically collapsed when they didn’t contain selected layers
- Fixes a bug where the color popover would prevent zoom gestures in the Canvas
- Fixes a bug where rendering would not update when the color popover is open
- Fixes a bug where moving layers would be very slow in Sketch when the font panel was open
- Fixes a bug where converting text in multiple Artboards to outlines would cause layers to jump between Artboards
- Fixes a bug where importing PDF files or copying data from Adobe Illustrator with certain color profiles could crash Sketch
- Fixes a bug where outlining a path would lose the name of the layer
- Fixes a bug where ungrouping rotated groups could result in some layers appearing flipped
- Fixes a bug where image layers could change in size after editing
- Fixes a bug where back-tabbing through vector points in the shape editor could skip some points
- When changing a text layer, the line height or spacing now operates on the paragraph enclosing the selection
- Renaming a layer is now disabled when the Layer List is hidden
- Fixes for various other crashes
Rendering
- Fixes a refresh issue when toggling masks on or off
- Fixes a bug where Slices wouldn’t export the background color of an Artboard
- Fixes a bug which prevented the Canvas redrawing correctly when dragging some text layers
- Noise patterns are now more accurate when zoomed in
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Sketch 3.5 Updates

Version 3.5.2
Released 10 February, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fix Fixes a vulnerability in the updater by now delivering all updates over https.
Download Sketch Version 3.5.2 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
Version 3.5.1
Released 26 January, 2016

Highlights
1. Bug Fix Fixes a bug where PDF and EPS files copied from Illustrator would not import correctly.
Download Sketch Version 3.5.1 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
Version 3.5
Released 26 January, 2016 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Speed Improvements Greatly speeds up working with large documents and performing complex operations.
2. Performance Updates Better caching for multiple blends, complex bezier paths, and for documents with large images.
Download Sketch Version 3.5 Requires Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or newer
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Performance Improvements
- Improved rendering performance during complex operations such as moving many objects and undoing big changes
- Improved performance while zooming and panning the canvas
- Background blurs that are effectively disabled with a 0 radius will no longer slow down rendering
- Improved performance when making large grids of layers
- Much improved performance when moving large numbers of objects
- Improved performance when making edits in large artboards
- Improved performance for drawing paths with a dash pattern
- Improved performance when working with multiple blended layers due to smarter caching
- Performance improvements when using complex bezier paths due to smarter caching
- Significant performance improvements when rendering documents with large images scaled down to small sizes due to better caching
- Improves performance when doing Rotate Copies with many selected layers
- Improves performance when moving multiple layers using the keyboard arrow keys
- Improved performance when moving layers around in large documents with nested groups that have been open for a long time
Rendering Changes
- Artboard titles now truncate, so as not to extend beyond the edge, and get hidden if the artboard is very narrow.
- Subpixel anti-aliasing has been turned off for all documents and the default setting is off - we soon expect to drop support for it entirely
- We removed the Retina Canvas checkbox from preferences since it was a confusing setting
- Fixes a bug where changing border opacity could in rare cases affect the opacity of layers above it
- Fixes a rare bug where grey shadows could be tinted with the color of a fill from another layer
- Fixes a bug where the canvas could flicker white when making edits
Small Enhancements
- When resizing a text layer from the bottom we now also scale line height along
- Holding the Option key in the shape editor now hides all overlay points for better precision
- Rotate toolbar action is now disabled when there are no layers selected
- When you drag a shape onto another shape in the Layer List it now creates a Union operation with the two by default
- When creating a new Group, it is now just called ‘Group’ instead of a combination of its child layer names
- Distributing layers horizontally or vertically now also takes the Pixel Fitting preference into account
- Improves the previews in the Layer List for boolean operation subpaths
- New images are now always inserted above the selected layer
- When rotating a layer we now show the current degrees as a tooltip with the mouse
- Added tooltips to many buttons that were lacking them
- Running scripts should now release their memory after they’re done running
- Subsequent exports will now remember which slices you had enabled the previous time so it becomes easier to repeatedly export the same set
- Updated the iOS Icon Template
- When exporting artboards to a PDF, the default file name is now the name of the document.
- When hovering a shape with dashed borders, the hovering outline is no longer dashed
- The contextual menu that appears when right-clicking on a ruler now includes an item to remove all guides along that ruler.
- Rearranged the text fields in the Scale sheet to put the percentage first, since that’s the most common action when scaling
- Shared Styles and Symbols now truncate their names less aggressively when displayed in menus.
- The list of used fonts in a document now includes all pages, and not only the current one
- Reduced the minimum size of a new shape created by dragging to 1 (was 4).
- Dragging a selection rectangle outside an artboard will no longer select any layers in the artboard.
- Adds the ability to export slices in SketchTool using their ID instead of the layer name
- Added a toolbar icon for the common action of Aligning Layers to Pixel Edge
- Applying a mask to multiple layers now disables the ‘Ignore Underlying Mask’ setting on the layers, to avoid confusion.
- When reducing the size of images we now display a warning dialog explaining the effects
- Improves the consistency of alignment icons when aligning to layers or artboards
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a rare bug where images could get lost between saving a document and reopening it
- Fixes a bug where changing lists in text layers would not cause proper refresh
- Fixes a bug in the vector editor where a straight line with one faux Mirrored point could disappear
- Scale sheet no longer accepts negative values for its width and height fields
- Fixes a bug where symbols could be pasted into each other in some cases
- Fixes a crash that could happen when changing selection in or out of Full Screen mode.
- Fixes a bug in SketchTool where it would fail to dump the contents of certain documents
- Fixes a bug where hitting the export button while an export-size field still had focus wouldn’t register the last edit and thus export at the wrong size
- Fixes a bug where resized image layers could be blurry when exported to larger resolutions
- Fixes a bug where SVG code copied from Illustrator could be inserted as plain text instead
- Fixes a bug where the Trial notification in the corner of the window could stick around even after registering successfully
- Fixes a bug where multiple overlapping Background Blurs could crash Sketch
- Fixes a bug where the canvas could flicker white after zooming in or out
- Fixes a bug where moving layers around using the keyboard in groups with opacity could lead to unexpected clipping
- Fixes a bug where closing documents could crash Sketch in rare cases
- Fixes a bug where undoing edits to Shared Styles could hang Sketch
- Fixes a bug where duplicated artboards could end on top of existing artboards
- Fixes a bug where Layout Settings of the last selected Artboard could in rare cases be applied to all Artboards
- Fixes a bug where documents could be immediately marked as edited again after saving
- Fixes a bug in the Artboard Preset-panel that would allow you to summon it multiple times
- Fixes a rare bug whereby documents could be corrupted when saved to disk
- Fixes a bug where the Artboard Preset-panel wouldn’t remember the name you gave it
- Fixes a bug where pasted layers would end up at the top of their group instead of inserted above the selected layer
- Fixes a bug where the Layer List would be too slow, or incorrect, in refreshing its previews after layers had been reordered
- Fixes a bug where Artboards with a background color would also draw that color on other slices
- Fixes a bug where selecting the Arrow tool would instead select the Line tool in the toolbar
- Fixes a bug where open lines would make it impossible to select layers below them because their non-existent fill would intercept the click
- Fixes a bug where the Feedback menu might misbehave when there was no internet connection
- Fixes a bug where flattened layers would take the background color of their parent artboard
- Fixes a bug where opening the ‘Organise Symbols’ sheet would deselect all objects on the Canvas.
- Fixes a bug where it would be near impossible to select small text layers
- Fixes a bug where reordering paths in boolean operations could reset the operation
- And various crashes have been fixed
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Sketch 3.4 Updates

Version 3.4.4
Released 10 December, 2015

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes and Speed Fixes a bug where symbols could get unlinked and old documents could take too long to open.
2. SketchTool and Deployment Improves compatibility with certain corporate installers. Also improves SketchTool exporting.
Download Sketch Version 3.4.4 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
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Enhancements
- Updated iOS App Icon Template
- Improved SketchTool by allowing exporting by ID: Use –use-id-for-name option
- Improves compatibility with Corporate Installers and their codesigning
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug where opening large documents created in older versions would take far too long
- Fixes a bug where changing the name of a text layer in the list view would not stick
- Fixes a bug where SketchTool would fail to dump the tree structure of entire documents in certain cases
- Fixes a bug where Shared Styles or Symbols could get unlinked when renaming them
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Version 3.4.3
Released 02 December, 2015

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes a bug in scripting and in editing some images.
Download Sketch Version 3.4.3 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug in scripting which sometimes returned the incorrect document
- Fixes a crash with documents using Shared Text Styles
- Fixes an issue where the Layer List would not be refreshed properly when deleting layers
- Fixes a bug when editing non-transparent images
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Version 3.4.2
Released 16 November, 2015

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Improves performance and fixes bugs related to rendering, images, pdf export and more.
Download Sketch Version 3.4.2 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
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Enhancements
- Added iPad Pro and tvOS Artboard Presets
- Added option to indicate whether the opacity of an image should translate to its fill
- Improves the behaviour of the Layer List auto-collapsing after deleting layers
- Updated iOS UI Design Template
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug where images with fills would blend unexpectedly
- Fixed a bug where some text layers would display the first line at the wrong position
- Fixed a bug where legacy 9-slice images would not render properly
- Fixed a crash when editing gradient fills on 10.11
- Fixed a rendering bug where layer blend modes in combination with shadows and fills could look differently
- Fixed a possible crash in documents with multiple background blurs
- Fixed a crash when exporting layers at very small sizes
- Fixes a significant memory leak in documents using many artboards
- Fixes a bug where certain PDFs would not import properly
- Fixes a rare bug where some symbols would fail to sync their changes across
- Fixes a rare bug where edited images could disappear
- Fixes a bug where transparent images could be trimmed on import
- Fixes a couple of bugs in Boolean Operations
- Fixes a bug that would seem to prevent documents from saving
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Version 3.4.1
Released 04 November, 2015

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes various crashes and bugs related to rendering, plug-ins, zooming and more.
Download Sketch Version 3.4.1 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
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Enhancements
- Updated iOS UI Design Template.
- Added support for menu separators in Plugin options (“-“)
- Improved behaviour when entering values in the border dash fields.
- Improved behaviour of insertion point color when editing text.
- Improved capitalization style consistency in Preferences.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash where shared layer styles may be wrongly applied to text
- Fixed a crash when setting text colors with non-RGB color spaces
- Fixed a crash when pressing Escape in an empty font search field
- Fixed a crash when using the color picker in Grid or Layout Settings
- Fixed a crash that could occur when closing documents
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when rendering was cancelled
- Fixed an issue that caused some Plugins to stop working
- Fixed an issue in Boolean operations which reversed operations for orthogonal shapes
- Fixed an issue when a dash length shorter than 1 was entered
- Fixed an issue where two levels of zoom may be seen at once when pinching to zoom
- Fixed an issue when copying multiple shadow’s CSS properties when one shadow was disabled
- Fixed an issue where a selected Artboard could not be moved on the canvas
- Fixed an issue where pressing Z and then ⌥ (Option), and then clicking multiple times, would only zoom out once
- Fixed an issue where having invalid characters in the filename would prevent Local Sharing from working correctly
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Version 3.4
Released 15 October, 2015 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Share Documents Locally You can now share Sketch documents on a local network.
2. Improved Copy and Paste Copy and Pasting elements will now always be in view, and at less-random locations.
3. Improved Boolean Operations Major improvements and fixes when combining multiple shapes.
4. Improved Panning and Zooming Navigating documents is now a much smoother experience.
Download Sketch Version 3.4 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
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Enhancements
- Artboards can now be previewed in a web browser and shared on the local network
- Significantly faster and much more accurate Boolean Operations
- Improved and more predictable copy and paste
- You can now disable Auto Save in the Preferences
- Added Artboard preset and template file for Material Design icons
- You can now create a quick mask for a selected bitmap just by clicking the Mask button in the toolbar
- Measuring distances between layers now also works with ⌘ (Command) to drill down into groups
- You can hold ⌥ (Option) to switch between Lock and Hide icons in Layer List
- You can now Option-hover layers in the Layer List to measure distances between it and the selected layer
- Added the ability to change the selected Artboard’s background color using Control+C
- Improved Undo/Redo reliability
- You can now edit the Layout or Grid for multiple Artboards at the same time
- When pixel fitting is off, we no longer move layers by 1px increments. When it’s on, we always snap to full pixels
- Removed the ability to nudge a layer by 0.1px when holding ⌥ as it conflicted with other shortcuts
- Rotating a layer in the Inspector will now rotate clockwise
- Export previews now use a checkerboard pattern to show transparency for white and light objects
- Improved the way Symbols treat text layers with multiple font styles
- When background blur is turned on we now automatically make any fills on the same layer semi-transparent
- Make Grid now respects the “Rename Duplicated Layers” preference
- Removed the double Export buttons on the Artboard Inspector and realigned the previews correctly
- “Replace Image…” option when right-clicking an image
- Improved Background Blur rendering
- Zooming performance improvements, especially for fast consecutive zoom actions, or traditional mouse-wheel scrolling
- Improved the behaviour of using ⇧ (Shift) to lock movement of layers
- Added the ability to drag embedded SVG images directly from the browser into Sketch
- Preferences now includes pane to manage installed Plugins
- Scrollbar in the layer list no longer obscures the hide/lock icons
- New gradients are now based on the current fill colour
- International-friendly § key feature to zoom to 100% when held (~ key on US keyboards)
- The command line SketchTool is now embedded inside Sketch
- Changed behavior of zooming when you hold Z and drag. The zoom tool will stay active even if you release Z.
- If you press Z while already dragging, it will not begin zooming. It will only activate the zoom tool if Z is pressed before the drag.
- Plugins can optionally disable CocoaScript preprocessing
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash when attempting to export images that have accidentally been made insanely large
- Fixed crash when deleting a Shared Style whilst editing its name
- Fixed a crash when resizing a group via the Inspector
- Fixed a crash when adding a Page whilst the document was being saved in the background
- Fixed a crash when pasting an empty string
- Fixed an occasional crash after editing text
- Fixed an occasional crash when changing fonts
- Fixed a crash with the Layout Settings and Grid Settings panels
- Fixed a crash when dragging a Slice preview
- Fixed a crash when closing window on 10.11
- Fixed a crash when organize Text Styles sheet is open in two documents at once
- Fixed an occasional crash when stepping a value up or down in the Inspector
- Duplicating a layer no longer loses focus
- Reverting a document to a previous state no longer causes refresh issues
- Patterns are no longer sometimes displayed at the wrong scale
- Renaming a style now gives it a different identity, so copying and pasting between documents will no longer change a style with the old name in the pasted document
- Rotated subpaths now have correct coordinates
- Pasting a shape with a pattern uses the correct scale
- Edit > Scale no longer ignores multiple text sizes on text layers
- Improves anti-aliasing of bitmap layers when zoomed in
- Reliability of Quick Look previews improved
- iPhone 6 Plus-sized Artboard scales correctly to Mirror
- Copying a Text Style with a non-default line height between layers no longer causes problems
- Switching from a transparent gradient to a color fill no longer produces a faulty opacity on the fill
- Sub-layers of a hidden groups no longer display their selection outline
- The shared Text Style preview updates correctly when the Inspector changes
- Text focus returns properly to the text handler after making changes in the Inspector
- ‘Revert to Saved’ redraws a document correctly
- Background-blurred layers no longer have white edges
- Holding ⌘ to disable snapping when moving points now hides existing snapping guides
- The Color Picker correctly highlights identical colors among the presets
- Selecting an Artboard no longer enables the Rotate toolbar icon
- Command-hovering overlapping layers no longer produces redrawing glitches
- Resizing rotated shapes with the keyboard no longer expands them
- Dragging around a mix of layers and Artboards with guides no longer produces redraw glitches
- Text layer’s hover shows at correct position
- The Inspector updates correctly after aligning multiple layers
- Dragging a layer into an Artboard correctly enables the Align buttons
- Edit > Scale correctly scales dashed borders
- Converting Text to Outlines no longer moves the layer to the top of the hierarchy
- Transform and Edit buttons would not be disabled when they should be
- Text color no longer reset after switching text from lowercase to uppercase
- Inserting text with a Shared Style no longer overrides the style from another shared Text Style
- Distance measurements no longer produce duplicate measurements on grids with small spacing
- Shapes can no longer be left in an invalid state after Undo
- Resizing multiple layers at once no longer causes them to jump around
- No longer possible to turn the Text tool into the Rectangle tool halfway through a drag
- Blended pattern fills export correctly
- Deeply nested text can be edited
- Dragging after right-clicking no longer moves unexpected layers
- Rotated shape bounds no longer jump when scaling its parent group
- Text layers no longer wrap their contents unwantedly when re-opening a document
- Artboard positions are now always appear on whole pixels
- Toggling sub-pixel anti-aliasing in the Preferences now immediately refreshes the document
- Cutting and Pasting layers now properly updates the rulers
- Mouse cursors update correctly when using shortcuts
- Improves the undo handling of the Edit > Scale sheet
- Locking or unlocking layers made more consistent when there’s a mix of locked and unlocked layers
- Removing a mask updates the canvas correctly
- Improves performance when interacting with Artboards and Slices by being smarter about delaying and cancelling preview regeneration
- Adjusting text line height during editing no longer moves the layer
- Group bounds now correctly match their contents
- Undoing a gradient stop change no longer turns it gray
- Improved reordering of Artboards in the Layer List
- Images with an alpha channel now render blended fills correctly
- Fill preview in Inspector now updates correctly when pattern fill image is changed
- Color popover highlights correctly when selecting a preset
- The Mirror popover now refreshes if it is open when the device list changes
- Layers flattened to bitmap now automatically lock their proportions
- Zoom to Selection whilst editing a bitmap now uses the bitmap’s selection
- Cancelling editing of a bitmap no longer causes it to resize unexpectedly
- When hovering over a group in the layer list, the bounds shown on the canvas are now correct
- Blank images now export at the correct size
- The Scale sheet is no longer resizeable
- Opacity value now updates correctly in the popover when edited outside it
- Blend modes for fills now render correctly
- Snap distances now display while holding ⌥ (Option) and hovering over the Layer List
- Fixes a rare possible when flattening layers down to bitmaps
- Fixes a rare text rendering related crasher
- Restores the behaviour where you can press Tab in the Font picker to go back to the search field
- Fixed a crash when using the Magic Wand tool
- Fixes a cosmetic issue with the drawing of the Layer List separator on retina screens
- Fixes an issue with the Magic Wand tool not working properly in certain circumstances
- Fixes a bug where the Magic Wand tool could leave drawing artifacts on the canvas
- Rendering of overlapping bitmaps with non-opaque fills now works in all cases. It was sometimes getting clipped
- Rendering of embedded groups with shadows no longer shows artifacts like clipping or onion-skinning when dragging
- Improved the behaviour of pasting from the context menu in the Layer List
- When you hold Z and drag, it now zooms in all cases. Previously, there were occasions where it would only translate, not zoom
- Fixed a hang when duplicating documents
- Fixed an issue where flipping or rotating a layer didn’t update when Color Adjust was selected
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Sketch 3.3 Updates

Version 3.3.3
Released 23 July, 2015

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes issues relating to slow zooming, beach-balling, and validating licenses.
Download Sketch Version 3.3.3 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixes a rare bug where a pasted image could disappear
- Fixes network related beach-balling on some machines, caused by a change in the behaviour of Apple’s security layer
- Fixes an occasional problem with validating licenses
- Fixes a bug where zooming using ⌘++ would be very slow on some systems, even on nearly empty docs
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Version 3.3.2
Released 04 May, 2015

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes various bugs relating to rendering.
2. General Improvements A whole range of small usability tweaks across the app.
Download Sketch Version 3.3.2 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- Adds a new preference to avoid aligning layers on sub-pixels
- Fixes a bug where inner shadow would render incorrectly on bitmaps
- Fixes a bug where text layer with small line height might cause refreshing issues
- Updated toolbar icon for ‘Edit’ to make it clearer that bitmaps can also be edited
- Distance measurement no longer takes up cues from layers which are both hidden and locked
- You can now perform math operations on a text layer’s Size, Character, Line and Paragraph input fields
- Fixes a bug where trying to zoom into a document past 6400% with the zoom tool would make the canvas jump in unexpected ways
- Fixes a bug where measuring distance between layers on sub-pixels could give the wrong result
- Fixes minor UI layout issues in the Inspector
- Fixes a bug where creating a symbol wouldn’t let you enter a name for it
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Version 3.3.1
Released 16 April, 2015

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes issues relating to missing images and presets.
Download Sketch Version 3.3.1 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug where the first time a document from an earlier version was opened, editing an image in it could cause the image to be lost when the document was saved.
- Fixes a bug where custom colors and gradients set up in older versions of Sketch were reset to their default values.
- Fixes a bug where creating a new symbol wouldn’t allow you to rename it.
- Fixes a bug where artboards wouldn’t be scaled to the right sizes in all cases.
Note: If you want to restore your old presets, remove the file assets-v55.sketchpreset in your library folder. You can access your library folder by launching Sketch and then going to Plugins > Reveal Plugins Folder, and then going one level up in the hierarchy
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Version 3.3
Released 25 March, 2015 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Improved Mirror You can now connect to Sketch Mirror by typing an IP address directly.
2. Document Presets Files now hold both global, and document-based color and gradient presets.
3. Live Scale Previews Edit › Scale lets you preview changes before you confirm.
4. Improved Vectorize Stroke Outlining a shape’s border has significantly better results.
Download Sketch Version 3.3 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
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New Features
- Improves speed and reliability of Sketch Mirror
- You can now connect to Sketch Mirror by entering an IP address (please update your version of Sketch Mirror to 1.3 to view the device’s IP)
- Edit › Scale now gives you a live preview
- Documents now hold their own gradient and color presets as well as the global presets
- Layer dimensions can now be set as a relative value (i.e: you can set a layer’s width to 50% and it will resize to half the size of the artboard or group it is in)
- You can now set independent opacity, blending options, and shadows for Symbols
- Frequently used colors have moved to the Color Preview box and they will now also show you how often they’ve been used and where
Enhancements
- Outlining Strokes has been improved significantly
- ‘Mask with Shape’ enhanced to detect when you probably want to use an Alpha mask
- You can now define how layers will resize when using the inspector: for width, you can add a M (middle) / C (center) or R (right) suffix to indicate which edge of the layer should remain fixed. Similarly for the height you can use M (middle) / C (center) and B (for bottom)
- Text alignment has been made recursive; you can select a group and align all text layers inside easily
- Text layers now have locked proportions after converting to outlines
- ‘Make Grid’ now only optionally fills missing cells with duplicated layers
- Copy-Pasting a style now also transfers a border’s arrow types across
- When two objects snap to each other, the distance between them is now always shown
- Resize handles no longer disappear when a shape is being rotated
- Improved curve smoothing in the Pencil Tool
- Shared Styles now also include the arrow on line ends
- When changing a Symbol instance to a new Symbol type, Sketch is now smarter about preserving excluded text values between the two
- PDF and EPS can once again be exported to multiple resolutions
- When closing the popover in text edit mode, you can now immediately continue typing in the text layer
- The Type menu and Font window now update to reflect the current selection better
- Updates Artboard presets to include the latest iOS and Apple Watch screen sizes
- The option key can now be used to move and resize layers in 0.1px increments, but still allows distance measurements
- You can now customize the arrow nudge distance (used for moving and keyboard-resizing) by using two hidden default keys, nudgeDistanceSmall and nudgeDistanceBig
- Introduces a new plugin file format
- Improves the naming of new and duplicated layers, styles and shared objects
- To make it easier to spot that you’re editing a Symbol, they now have a purple highlight in the canvas and layer list
- Fill and Border options can now be accessed through the menu (Layer › Style)
- Reorganises and simplifies the View menu to make it easier to find common items
- You will now be notified when a device running Sketch Mirror appears for connection
- Opening a bitmap image in Sketch no longer adds an automatic slice
- The width and height measurements when drawing and resizing shapes are now shown besides the mouse cursor, to make them visible at all times
Bug Fixes
- Inserting an image via drag and drop now places it at the correct location in the layer hierarchy
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash when creating a Symbol from Shape Paths
- Flattening bitmaps no longer flattens them to 2x resolution by default
- Fixes a bug where shapes with subpaths wouldn’t recalculate their bounds when their boolean ops changed
- Fixes a bug where the tab order in the color inspector was unexpected
- Fixes a bug where flattening bitmaps on a retina screen might have them jump by a pixel
- Layer Alignment has been improved to snap independently of axis
- Fixes a bug where the Edit › Scale sheet would not recognise the most recent input
- Fixes a bug where the line height field wouldn’t accept decimal numbers
- Fixes a bug where a Star’s radius could go beyond 100%
- The export preview is now properly centered in the inspector
- Magic Wand now properly supports varying DPI images
- Smart guides no longer pick up measures for locked layers
- A Star’s radius now just increments by 1% instead of 10%
- Fixes a bug where disabled borders on text layers would show the trash can in the wrong location
- Fixes a bug where setting corner radius on individual points wouldn’t be restricted to integer values
- Fixes a bug where drawing a closed path using the Pencil tool could have the path disappear
- Fixes a bug where a layout grid’s values could be set to invalid values
- Edit › Select All when layer interaction is disabled now selects all slices, also in subgroups
- Fixes an Undo issue when setting Text Lists
- Fixes confusing undo labels when editing text
- Fixes a bug where images with blending and bitmap effects would not be rendered properly
- Scissors tool now works correctly when multiple subpaths are involved
- Fixes a bug where an outer path might leak a fill
- Fixes a bug where duplicated Symbols would take the name from the group, instead of the previous Symbol
- Smart Name suffixes are now also used for Duplicated Symbols and Styles
- Fixes keyboard shortcuts on Dvorak, Colemak and non-Latin keyboards
- Fixes a bug where the color preview box would not show a color with opacity when the real color had none
- Fixes a bug where alt-dragging and then duplicating might not remember the offset
- Improves snapping accuracy, especially for text layers
- Fixes a bug where a color preview wouldn’t show the right opacity
- Fixes a bug where dragging a rectangular area could leave artifacts
- Fixes a bug where editing rotated images could leave artifacts
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Sketch 3.2 Updates

Version 3.2.2
Released 20 December, 2014

Highlights
1. Bug Fix Reduces memory usage when working with complex documents.
Download Sketch Version 3.2.2 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
Version 3.2.1
Released 11 December, 2014

Highlights
1. Bug Fix Fixes a bug where Sketch wouldn’t save files properly.
2. PDF Improvements Fixes a bug where PDF export would include too much clipped content.
Download Sketch Version 3.2.1 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
Version 3.2
Released 21 November, 2014 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Speed Improvements Especially when working with complex documents.
2. Bug Fixes Important improvements to stability and reliability.
3. Updated for Yosemite New assets in the app’s resources making things look flatter and more refined.
4. @3x Support for Mirror Your designs now look good on the new iPhone 6 Plus.
Download Sketch Version 3.2 Requires Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) or newer
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New Features
- New Google Material Design template and artboard sizes.
- Adds support for Sketch-Mirror and @3x scaling.
- Align and Distribute tools now work for Vector points too.
- You can now measure the distance from a shape to a grid or guide line using the Alt key as well.
- Alt + click on the Inspector’s align buttons to align the entire selection with their parent artboard.
- Added a new preference to choose the resolution to which bitmaps are flattened when doing Layer › Flatten Selection to Bitmap.
- When rotating objects, the pivot point can now be moved.
- Shift+Return now inserts a line break instead of a paragraph break in text editing mode.
Enhancements
- Significant speed improvements, especially when working with complex documents, Make Grid for large grids and undo & redo actions.
- Improves PDF importing.
- When changing text line height, the first line no longer clips off the top.
- Renamed the Paste option in contextual menus to “Paste Here”, to make the functionality clearer.
- Improved compatibility with Yosemite.
- Multiple corner radii for rectangles can now be provided from the inspector field using top/left/bottom/right syntax.
- When duplicating layers or groups with slices in them, Sketch will now make sure their names are uniqued.
- You can now perform math operations in the color (RGB/HSB) text fields.
- Improves ‘Copy CSS Attributes’ for cleaner and more modernised output.
- Inserting slices now always places them directly in the correct group, and they take the name of their parent group automatically.
- Pixel grid can now also be shown and hidden in vector preview.
- When vector points are hidden, the currently selected point handles are still being shown.
- Smart guides in vector tool now also work as expected when the vector points are hidden.
- When changing a subrange of a text with a shared style, the entire string now changes to reflect it.
Interface
- Double-click on the zoom icon in the toolbar now zooms back to 100%.
- Alt-clicking on the Move Forward/Backward toolbar buttons moves to front or back instead, and now also updates their labels to indicate this.
- Auto-expanding of groups in the layer list is now optional. Also, Sketch now persists the expanded/collapsed states of groups in the layer list between restarts.
- Artboard preset group now remember their collapsed state.
- Scale fields now disable properly when exporting in vector formats.
- The Release Notes can now be shown from the Help menu as requested.
- You can now hide all Grids and Layouts in one click from the View menu.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a layer renaming bug in the layer list with multiple selections.
- Fixes a bug where ‘Make Grid’ could make objects jump.
- Fixes a number of refresh issues in vector editing mode.
- Fixes a bug where changing blurred objects radius could seem to make it jump around weirdly.
- Fixes a rare bug where documents with embedded pdf images could crash.
- Fixes a bug where the Insert-Artboard inspector wouldn’t work as expected when a layer was already selected.
- Fixes a bug where one couldn’t grab the handles of rotated shapes in groups.
- Fixes a bug where background blur on rotated objects would misbehave.
- Fixes a bug where deleting large numbers of layers would become really slow.
- Fixes a bug where editing points in zoom-blurred layer wouldn’t refresh the canvas properly.
- Fixes a crasher that could occur when closing complex documents.
- Fixes a bug where a text layer with a stroke and shadow might not display the right fill color.
- Fixes a bug where font ascenders could get cropped under a text layer.
- Fixes a bug where big shadows on text layer could get clipped.
- Fixes a bug where nudging a shape inside a smaller artboard would move it out.
- Fixes a bug where pasting text wouldn’t strip the text style properly.
- Fixes a bug where the system sharing sheet wouldn’t export SVG files.
- Fixes a bug where text layers wouldn’t scale down properly.
- Fixes an undo bug when pasting and reordering layers.
- Fixes a bug where you could select layers inside locked groups.
- Fixes a bug where the toolbar zoom icons wouldn’t respond correctly.
- Fixes an issue in using the screen color picker on multi-screen setups.
- Fixes a refresh issue in using subpaths with thick strokes.
- Fixes a refresh issue when moving artboards around with guides.
- Fixes a Magic Wand bug on Retina screen.
- Fixes a bug where slice names wouldn’t get de-duplicated after copying.
- Fixes a bug where pasted text background might stay around during edit and couldn’t be removed.
- Fixes a bug where layers dragged to new pages wouldn’t get selected.
- Fixes a bug where axis-constraining using shift when dragging layers wouldn’t work.
- Fixes a bug where selecting layers in the list could make the list jump around unexpectedly.
- Fixes a bug where the color inspector would highlight the wrong color as being the current fill/border.
- Fixes a bug where the Export button in the toolbar would add an incorrect slice to the document.
- Fixes a bug where hiding a naming during renaming it would make its name invisible.
- Fixes a bug where shadows wouldn’t display correctly when being inside rotated or flipped groups.
- Fixes a bug where text could unexpectedly be set to fixed width.
- Fixes a bug where rotated shapes in groups would scale incorrectly.
- Fixes a bug where measurement numbers for flipped layers would be flipped too.
- Fixes a bug where text excluded from Symbol sync could act in an unpredictable way.
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Sketch 3.1 Updates

Version 3.1.1
Released 21 October, 2014

Highlights
1. Critical Bug Fix Fixes a rare bug where Sketch wouldn’t save documents properly.
Download Sketch Version 3.1.1 Requires Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) or newer
Version 3.1
Released 29 September, 2014 Read blog post

Highlights
1. New File Format Single files making it easier for you to share.
2. Improved Masks The button in the toolbar is more versatile.
3. Smarter Snapping More intelligent, with better text snapping.
4. Pages Panel Redesigned for speed and convenience.
Download Sketch Version 3.1 Requires Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- Sketch’s file format has changed; documents are now truly single files and can be safely emailed or shared via Dropbox and other services without having to zip them up first
- Creating Masks has been made easier; the Mask-with-Shape button now accepts any combination of layers
- Boolean op’ed shapes’ bounds now only include the visible area only, not the total bounds of all subpaths
- Layer snapping has been made smarter, including better text snapping
- You can now add ruler guides with a single-click on the rulers
- Significant speed increases and file size reduction when using pattern fills
- Hover the Rulers for a quick preview of your next guide. Ideal also for quickly checking if layers align etc
- Fixes a bug where Opacity wouldn’t be rendered consistently between shapes and bitmaps
- Rendering speed improvements
- Fixes a bug where text editing could jump slightly when zoomed in some cases
- Pages Panel has been redesigned and now fits as a permanent sidebar in the UI
- You can drag/drop layers to the pages panel to quickly move objects between pages
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash when a symbol name started with @
- Fixes all known bugs in Framer - Sketch integration
- Improves integration with the system color picker for gradients
- Cmd+Return can now be used to exit text editing mode
- You can now reset the rulers by double-clicking the ruler intersection area
- Improves the zoom tool on dark backgrounds
- Significant speed improvements when the rulers are visible
- Improves undo for renaming layers
- Fixes a bug where renaming Symbols could cause a crash
- Fixes a bug where dragging out an SVG slice could crash Sketch
- The Scissors Tool now scales properly with zoom value
- Fixes a bug where patterns wouldn’t be drawn in the shared styles preview
- Fixes a bug where Angular gradients could be rendered at low resolution
- Fixes a bug where adding a guide could place it on subpixels
- Fixes a bug where slices created for rotated objects could be one pixel off
- Fixes a bug where point coordinates outside an artboard could be wrong
- Due to popular request (no it wasn’t a bug), we’re making move Forward/Backward dumb again
- You can now replace the contents of an image layer with a new image by going to Layer › Image › Replace
- Restore an image to its original size by going to Layer › Image › Original Size
- Fixes a bug where some documents could consume extraordinary amounts of CPU
- Color and Gradient presets now display a checkered background when they’re transparent
- Fixes a bug where creating a slice for a transparent layer could make the slice too big
- Large patterns are now properly scaled to fit the small preset previews
- Fixes a bug where deleting an artboard could leave its outline on the canvas in some cases
- Fixes an issue where Gradient editing was confusing when started on a subpath
- Fixes a bug where ‘Bring to Front’ on multiple layers could get their order mixed up
- Fixes a bug where extra spaces wouldn’t get trimmed around slice names
- Fixes a bug where moving layers off an artboard with the arrow keys would never actually remove them from the artboard
- Fixes a bug where inserting an artboard while you were in a rotated group could look funky
- Fixes a bug where pasted text could be invisible at first
- While inserting a layer you can now drag outside the canvas to make the view scroll
- When changing guides in the preferences, the canvas now updates live to reflect the change
- Moves Grid color settings to the grid settings sheet to make it more discoverable
- Inserting points in vector mode on an existing line now also honours rounding preference
- Fixes a bug in bitmap cropping
- The templates folder can now be an alias or symlink
- Fixes a bug where layer naming would go wrong
- Vector point coordinates in the inspector now round to two decimals
- When you resize an artboard from the top or the left, the content stays anchored in the canvas now instead of shifting left or up
- Symbols and Text Styles menu can now be arbitrarily deeply nested by using / in their names
- Fixes a bug where text layers wouldn’t render multiple fills
- Shift-clicking on a vector point now deselects it if it was already selected
- View > Collapse Groups has been renamed to include Artboards too
- Fixes a bug where Magic Wand would miss the top 1 pixel
- Flattening layers into a bitmap now inserts the bitmap at the location of the old layers instead of on top
- Fixes Shared Styles break when copying and pasting style
- Fixes a refresh issue when changing text layers from fixed to flexible width
- Fixes a bug where Pencil vectors would not end up in the correct artboards
- Ignore character spacing for the last character to not miss with centred text
- Fixes a bug where making a grid of objects could rename the source object as well
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Sketch 3.0 Updates

Version 3.0.4
Released 08 July, 2014

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes Fixes a bug where items were pasted in the wrong position.
2. Updated CocoaScript Now using the latest version, for all you plugin developers.
Download Sketch Version 3.0.4 Requires Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- Fixes a bug where items were pasted in the wrong position
- Updated to latest CocoaScript
- Adds experimental support for the shouldKeepAround property in plugins
- Fixes a bug where changing the font might not update the font weight popup.
- Fixes a bug where the Vector tool could draw on the wrong artboard
- Fixes a bug where Layout Grids are reset to defaults on opening
- Fixes a bug where editing a text layer could make its position jump
- Fixes a bug where text could disappear when editing
- Fixes a bug where zooming and panning could unexpectedly zoom you out to 1%
- Fixes a bug where exportable Layers might export with incorrect width
- Centring a Layout Grid inside an Artboard improved
- Minor performance improvements when dragging objects in large documents
- Performance improvements when duplicating multiple objects
- Fixes a bug where the tooltip for opacity would cover RGBA numbers
- Fixes a bug where adding and dragging a guide would add too many undo steps
- Fixes a bug where resizing artboards would not update Width / Height fields in Inspector
- Improves the scripting support by fixing some cases where scripts could crash unexpectedly
- Fixes a crasher when adding new text layers
- Fixes a bug where an empty style name could make the inspector’s section disappear
- The X and Y fields in the shape inspector now display their coordinates based on the parent artboard instead of the page
- Tabbing in shape handler now does updates the inspector’s point coordinates
- Images can be perspective-transformed again
- Fixes a bug where a hidden layer list would show a blank area on a new document
- Fixes an undo bug when enabling grids
- Renaming exportable layers now properly updates the inspector
- Trackpad pinch-to-zoom once again zooms into the mouse location
- Fixes a bug where you wouldn’t be able to drag out fills or shadows to remove them
- Fixes a bug where rotated subpaths dragged out of groups could be scaled up and leave artefacts on the screen
- Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash when layers got down to a certain size
- Standard OS color picker can once again be used to pick colors
- Arrange > Lock is now properly disable for artboards
- Fixes a bug where ‘Paste In Place’ with no selection would paste in the wrong position
- Screen color picker now looks better against dark backgrounds
- You can now also press Alt only halfway the drag to initiate a duplicate
- You can now temporarily hide the vector points in edit mode by holding the Option key
- Fixes a bug where text layers could get infinitely wide when resizing them together with other layers
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Version 3.0.3
Released 05 June, 2014

Highlights
1. Bug Fixes A whole host of bug fixes for many common issues.
2. Redesigned Scripting Window With output logging for easier debugging.
Download Sketch Version 3.0.3 Requires Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- Fixes a bug where text could disappear or appear cut off during editing
- Fixes a possible crash during exporting
- Fixes a bug where the Inspector could shrink after opening color popover
- Fixes a bug where pasting an image from another document could have it end up in the wrong artboard
- Fixes a bug where Wacom tablets could cause problems with Text Editing
- Fixes a bug where copying image files from the finder could pick their icon, instead of the contents of the file itself
- Layout an Square Grid are now two separate overlays which can be enabled at the same time and can be on or off per artboard
- Fixes a bug where pasted text could appear at semi-random locations on the canvas
- Fixes a bug where snapping with the vector tool in an artboard would be inaccurate
- Fixes a bug where editing shapes would not work when the grid was visible
- Fixes the inaccurate description tag in SVG export
- Fixes a bug where slices dragged from the export preview would be in the wrong format
- When opening an existing document any existing empty documents will be closed in the process
- Uppercase and Lowercase commands work on subranges of text now as well
- Fixes a bug in The View › Show Slices and View › Show Layers menu item
- Fixes a bug where text attribute might not sync to other text layers during text editing
- Fixes a bug in crash reporting
- Scripting: Redesigned scripting window with output logging for easier debugging
- Scripting: Adds a command to run the last script again
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Version 3.0.2
Released 09 May, 2014

Highlights
1. Performance UpdatesVarious updates to make Sketch faster.
2. Bug Fixes Fixes some common and rare bugs that would appear.
Download Sketch Version 3.0.2 Requires Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) or newer
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Other Enhancements
- Various performance improvements
- Fixes crashes related to undo
- Fixes crashes and redrawing issues related to text editing
- Fixes a bug where duplicated artboards would have the wrong size
- Updates Web Design template
- Fixes a bug where selecting another layer in edit mode would select too many layers
- Fixes a bug where right-click would no longer directly select a layer
- Fixes a bug in exporting where using slashes could cause the exported file to not have an extension
- Fixes a bug where multiple gradient fills would influence each other’s opacity
- Fixes a bug where editing text in the Star’s radius field would not work
- Fixes a bug where the scroll track would appears over colour presets
- Fixes Image pasting into wrong artboard
- Fixes a bug where the Missing Fonts dialog failed to show for new documents
- Hidden layer/slice states are no longer remembered between documents
- Fixes a bug where objects would snap to the grid but be 1px off still
- Increases the ‘strength’ of Grid and Alignment guides snapping
- Changes the scripting backend from JSTalk to CocoaScript
- Locked layers now stay in place when aligning them
- Dragging the slice preview out to the desktop now exports it in the proper format
- Setting value of a text field within a symbol to none (even though its value is “excluded”) will no longer remove the text layer
- Fixes a rare bug where typing could be incredibly slow for some people
- Resizing shapes no longer fits their subpaths to pixel edges to prevent a common problem when resizing at really small sizes
- Fixes a bug where flattening a group to Bitmap removes it from parent group
- Objects now always snap to the grid when the grid is visible, instead of listening to the general ‘smart guides’ preference
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Version 3.0.1
Released 19 April, 2014

Highlights
1. Artboard Presets Fix to ensure they appear.
2. Quicklook Previews Fixes a bug where they would be missing.
Download Sketch Version 3.0.1 Requires Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) or newer
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Bug Fixes
- Fixes missing Artboard presets
- Fixes missing Quicklook previews
- Fixes a bug where inserting shapes at high zoom levels displays the width wrongly
- Fixes a bug where the canvas would be blank after dragging the window between retina and non-retina screens
- Fixes a typo in the preferences
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Version 3.0
Released 14 April, 2014 Read blog post

Highlights
1. Common Colors The common colors in your document appear automatically in the inspector for quick access.
2. Unlimited Fills Previously each layer was limited to four fills, now you can have as many as you want.
3. Improved Noise Noise is now a separate fill, with different noise patterns, variable intensity and blending options.
4. Bitmap Editing Our new bitmap editing UI includes tools for selection, cropping, filling, and vectorizing.
5. Vector Modes Vector editing has been simplified and its UI streamlined.
6. Text Lists Sketch now also supports basic text lists; numbered and bulleted lists are supported with more to come.
7. Improved Mirror Sketch Mirror has been updated with smarter resizing and scaling, more reliable networking, and other bug fixes.
8. Presentation Mode Sketch goes full screen, hiding all the UI. Present your work without distractions.
9. Improved SVG/PDF Support We’ve done a lot of work on SVG, PDF and EPS importing and we’ve made significant improvements.
10. More Templates Sketch now ships with iOS and web design templates with useful symbols and styles to get you started quickly.
11. Scripting Improved scripting support with more APIs exposed, a javascript wrapper and better debugging.
Download Sketch Version 3.0 Requires Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) or newer
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Other Features
- Symbols, for reusing elements in your design
- Text Styles and Layer Styles, redesigned and unified for a better experience
- Redesigned Inspector, giving you quicker access to everything
- Automatic Slices, export layers directly, without needing to set up manual slices
- Export multiple resolutions from a single slice, at any scale
- Improved PDF, EPS and SVG importing and exporting
- Significant speed improvements
- Presentation Mode, go full screen and hide all controls, perfect for showing off designs
- Improved Bitmap editing with Magic Wand, Crop, Invert and Vectorize tools
- Adds multiple updated Noise patterns
- Improves the speed of Radial gradients
- Updated Toolbar icons
- Updated application Icon
- Immediate grid previews in the grid sheet
- Faster access to fills, borders and more in the new popovers
- Vectorize stroke improvements
- You’re no longer limited to 4 fills
- Speed improvements in using the grid tool
- New grid feature: create grid from one selected object
- Improves color accuracy of images and text layers
- Grab and drag Artboards around by their name
- Improved plugins support
- Adds a contextual menu for seeing which layers are under the mouse
- Rounding specific corners on shapes has been made easier
- Improved gradient editing
- Improved Transform tool
- Adds the ability to quickly collapse all groups
- Flatten selected layers into a bitmap
- Adds the ability to hide the artboard shadow
- You can now drag a layer from the layer list directly out of Sketch to quickly export it
- Improved CSS attributes exporting
- Faster font previews in the text inspector
- Filter between Slices and Layers in the Layer Tree
- Improved Artboard tool with new Presets and organisation
- Now easier to Flip layers vertically and horizontally
- Ability to add Noise as a seperate Fill type
- Text tool now supports bullet points
- Refined Menu layout
- Your document’s most popular colors automatically generated
- Can specify background color for Artboards
- Can apply a background color to slices
- Adds a welcome document for instructing first-time users
- Redesigned website and support section
- Smarter naming of duplicated layers
- Fixes a bug where duplicated layers could end up in seemingly random locations
- Improves document saving by no longer storing quick look previews in the bundle
- Easier to change between RGB and HSB values
- We can now scrub the labels below text fields to quickly adjust their value
- Adds iOS Icon and Interface design templates with all standard UI elements as symbols
- Improves Undo coalescing
- Improves printing support
- Improved PDF-book exporting
- Fixes a redrawing bug when moving text layer with small line heights around
- Fixes a bug where rotation would go in the wrong directly
- Fixes a bug where text could get mysteriously intented
- Fixes a bug where hiding the inspector and layer list could hide content on the canvas
- Fixes a bug where the inspector content would mysteriously disappear
- Switching between open applications with the eyedropper tool
- Fixes a bug in using nine-slice resizable bitmap images
- Adds a Web design template with forms, buttons and more
- Ability to organize Symbols, Layer and Text styles
- Can edit and preview gradients in the Fill popover
- Can now flip gradients in 90º increments
- Adds Paste-in-place
- Better layer search field
- Instant access to font-selector (Command+T)
- Temporary zoom outto 100% when pressing §
- Use Tab / Shift+Tab to switch between vector-edit points
- Automatically lock ratio when shift+insert a shape
- 1-9 to change opacity on fills and borders (when popover is open)
- Alt+Tab to instantly focus on first field in inspector (for selection)
- Improvements when pasting text from outside Sketch
- Auto focus on shadow / inner-shadow fields when adding them
- Smart guides now also measure distances from locked layers
- Apply last-used offset when duplicating (if any)
- Improvements and fixes in scripting
- Click on artboard group to instantly create artboards for each size
- Shortcut key for artboard and slice
- Escape to clear search results
- Gradient borders
- Fixes and better accuracy for .eps importing
- Option to fill up shapes with subpaths (non-zero, even-add)
- Easily change font-size using font-size handler
- Export based on pixel size or h e.g 1024w or 640h
- Easily limit span of gradients
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