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Version 55.2:
(12 June, 2019)
• 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
Version 55.1:
(29 May, 2019)
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
Version 55:
(21 May, 2019)
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
Fixed bugs:
• Cutting a selection from a bitmap image and moving the selection using the arrow keys could undo the cut
• Using boolean operations to combining certain shapes wouldn’t always produce the right results
• Hovering over a Symbol instance that contained a mask would ignore the bounds of the mask
• You could still select items in Data menu with you’ve selected a Symbol instance with no overrides enabled
• Exporting dashed strokes with shadows would show a continuous shadow rather than a dashed one
• Pressing Tab while editing text overrides in the Inspector would focus back on the Canvas instead
• Grids and Layouts didn’t hide consistently when zooming out
• Caused baselines to move when adjusting Text Styles and Text Style overrides
• Applying Library updates could reset existing Symbol overrides
• Text styled with different colors in Symbols wouldn’t retain its styling when it was overridden with anything beginning with a non-alphanumeric character
• Unchecked overrides would be checked again after duplicating a Symbol master
• Content in the Canvas might flicker when switching apps in Fullscreen mode
• Scrolling to make panning around the Canvas smooth again
• Replacing a missing font wouldn’t update Shared Text Styles
• 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
• Dragging a rotated layer within a group or combined shape could snap erratically to the pixel grid
• The Symbol contextual menu would not show the Detach all contents from Symbol alternate menu item
• The correct font weights wouldn’t always show in the inspector
• Selecting to Undo changes to a gradient would result in the wrong gradient point being selected in the color popover
• 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
• Pressing the Space bar while inserting layers wouldn’t allow repositioning of the layer being inserted
• Certain paths with arrow markers couldn’t be resized repeatedly
• 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
• A group’s selection wouldn’t always update when moving layers within the group using the arrow keys
• 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
• Certain adjoining lines caused unexpected snapping behaviour
Version 54.1:
(11 April, 2019)
• 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.
Version 54:
(9 April, 2019)
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