VectorStyler 1.1.051 release notes

Fixed

• New action: Object -> Shape -> Separate at Intersections to self intersect and separate paths.
• Snapping should also work when dragging from a path node.
• Eraser tool to cut from end of open paths.
• Duplicating inside transformed groups should position objects correctly.
• Area zoom marque was not displayed correctly when activated from the transform tool.
• Area zoom should also work for zoom out.
• Blending cloned objects did not work.
• Recorded actions should activate by the first action.
• Confirming a number in the snapping space editor should also add it.
• Deleting a node did not keep the path selected.
• Click selection of complex shapes did not handle negative space correctly.
• Keep objects selected on the canvas when changing stacking order in the Layers panel.
• Allow adding separators into contextual menus.
• Outline highlight did not show correctly on Windows at large zoom.
• Activating shape editor without a selection should highlight nodes when hovering over editable paths.
• General stability improvements.

Changes in recent releases

Improved

• Erase blend mode.
• Import or open AI files without layer content for presets and styles.
• Allow renaming shapes inside composite shapes in the Layers panel.
• Added a Repeat Last action to the Edit menu.
• Option in Snapping panel menu to snap the whole selection box or separate boxes for each selected item.
• Option to set a 2 line text on opposite side of a shape and control distance from path relative to leading amount.
• Indicate in Layers panel if a group is clipped.
• Eraser tool to keep open or unfilled paths open.
• New Remove Overlapping Segments action to clean overlapping segments inside complex shapes (included text converted to curves).
• Do not expand hairline stroke in Divide and Merge operations.
• Node to node snapping when moving objects with the default transform tool (can be disabled in preferences).
• Proportional scaling from the side knobs also.
• Use the pivot selection of the Transform panel for flipping and rotating actions from the context panel.
• Add object level Clipped Effect Frame option.

Fixed

• Pencil tool option to allow drawing with brushes (Preferences -> Changing Options -> Brushes with the Pencil Tool).

• Trim and join tool did not always find intersection when the path end overlapped another part.

• Drawing lines with the Pencil tool and Rope stabilizer enabled may result in wrong positions.

• Do not scale or rotate when clicking and dragging an unselected object.

• Possible crash with certain OpenType fonts when importing PDF files.

• Crash with Eraser blend mode when transparent backdrop is disabled.

• After using mesh editor, editing and drawing of new gradient fills are blocked.

• Importing 16 bit images from PDFs.

• Automatically fix display mode for imported settings files.

• Display refresh issues observed on MacMini M1.

• Reduce refresh lag when moving panels on Windows.

• Refresh referenced symbols when changing.

• Improved image reading from AI file format.

• Stroke expansion inside distorted and transformed groups.

• Show correct selection frame when duplicating objects.

• Importing clipped gradient types from PDF files.

• Distortion effects to correctly handle smooth corners around lines.

• Convert text on path to curves inside transformed groups.

• Preferences option to close lasso selection automatically.

• Polygonal lasso selection tool to complete selection on double click.

• Possible crash when opening files with symbol links.

• Possible crash when exporting to SVG.

• Export expanded vector brushes to SVG files.

• Drawing inside transformed groups with pencil may offset the resulting shape position.

• Correctly detach text on path options after duplication.

• Multiple text linked to the same path.

• Dark theme on MacOS High Sierra should use correct appearance for file panels.

• Blend modes did not render correctly in CMYK mode.

• Rendering stroke aligned to outside for certain open paths.

• Changing toolbox column count should keep the top right corner fixed.

• Missing icon in an alternate toolbox style.

• Preview in text frame style view was not applied automatically as options were edited.

• The Transform in Text Editor option should work also when creating new text frames inside existing shapes.

• Text flow in custom shapes to better use the available space.

• Adding to favorite fonts should also work when in font searching mode.

• Allow folder name editing in toolbox customization, and setup default folder names.

• Do not attach custom toolboxes next to existing toolboxes.

• Do not initiate drag and drop with right click on the preview icons in the Layers panel.

• Allow text variable selection while in normal object transform mode.

• New from template should create a document view.

• Improved memory use by the Expand Clipped Groups action.

• Allow shortcut assignments to the shape combine actions.

• Inserting new nodes into a path when all nodes are selected.

• Repeated duplicating from modal view resulted in wrong undo information.

• Undo redo stack to remain consistent after certain actions (like Transformed Content).

• Font previews in the font list to have correct position and size.

• Font list scrolling with scaled user interface resulted in broken list position.

• Do not allow the removal of certain default folders in the Preferences view.

• Keep the last selected export options preset name.

• Reveal foreign files also when clicking on the file name tab with the Option (Alt) key.

• Show current tool(s) name in status bar.

• Do not display notdef character for alternate space characters.

• Deselect from selection using the Shift key.

• Keep selected export preset name.

• In fill popover keep current color when switching to gradient fill style and use it as a gradient color.

• Document title region did not display correctly with scaled user interface.

• Importing multipage PDFs did not position images correctly.