What's New
Version 71 - RELEASED 17 March, 2021:
*please wait a few hours
Version 70.6 - RELEASED 23 FEBRUARY, 2021:
• Bug Fix - This release fixes a JavaScript issue that could cause crashes if you work with certain plugins, including Framer Pasteboard, Origami Export, and InVision DSM.
Version 70.5 - RELEASED 16 FEBRUARY, 2021:
Crash and Bug Fixes
• This release includes several crash and bug fixes, as well as some improvements around using plugins with Apple’s M1 chip.
What’s changed
• If you’re lucky enough to own an M1 Mac, we’ve improved the way we check for plugins that are incompatible with your machine.
Version 70.4 - RELEASED 04 FEBRUARY, 2021:
Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
• With this release, we’ve focussed on fixing a few common bugs and performance issues. If you were finding Sketch slow when using a plugin with a WebView, or you had a Library update notification that never disappeared, this update has got you covered.
What’s fixed
• Fixes a bug where saving a document to your Cloud workspace, quitting the Mac app and restarting, would open an older version of that document that didn’t show the latest changes.
• Fixes a bug that caused poor performance for documents with missing fonts.
• Fixes a bug that caused the Library Updates Available notification to appear when there were no components to update. Spooky.
• Fixes a bug that caused performance issues with some plugins that used WebViews.
• Fixes a bug that meant Sketch would become slow or unresponsive when you used the Symbol override or insert menus.
• Fixes a bug that caused boolean operations icons in the Layer List to appear squashed.
• Fixes a bug that could cause SF Symbols using OpenType features to display incorrectly.
• Fixes a crash that could occur when we checked to see if a plugin you were using was compatible with your Mac’s CPU.
• Fixes a bug that caused poor performance when you had certain Libraries enabled.
• Fixes a bug that could cause the Sidebar to appear in the Components View if you had previously hidden it in the Canvas view.
Version 70.3 - RELEASED 18 DECEMBER, 2020:
Bug Fixes
• We’re rounding off the year with a few important bug fixes. If you sent us feedback about these three, thank you!
What’s fixed
• Fixes a bug that caused poor performance for documents with missing fonts.
• Fixes a bug that caused the preview within the color picker’s loupe to be blurry when hovering over a text or shape layer.
• Fixes a bug that stopped you from being able to access shared Libraries.
Version 70.2 - RELEASED 02 DECEMBER, 2020:
Bug Fixes
• We hope you’re enjoying our Big Sur UI refresh. This release includes a handful of bug fixes and visual tweaks. If you sent in feedback about any of these — thank you!
What’s fixed
• Fixes a bug that meant you couldn’t use the color picker if you’d hidden the interface (using Cmd+. or View > Hide Interface) in your window.
• Fixes a couple of toolbar-related bugs that caused items with notification badges to appear clipped or translucent in some cases. We’ve also made notification badges easier to read if you’re using Sketch in dark mode.
• We’ve removed the Text Only toolbar view option as this was causing some layout issues.
• Fixes a bug that caused the Make Grid tool to repeat layers within a group, rather than the group itself.
• Fixes a bug that caused parts of the Inspector to disappear when opening a Color Popover, resizing your document window or scrolling in the Inspector itself.
• Fixes a bug that stopped particularly long Artboard and layer names from showing in full when you renamed them.
Version 70.1 - RELEASED 24 NOVEMBER, 2020:
Bug Fixes
• This release includes a few important bug fixes and tweaks to make sure everything runs smoothly, especially on Macs with Apple’s new M1 chip.
What’s changed
• We’ve added the Notifications item to the Toolbar by default and fixed a few potential issues that could occur with notifications.
What’s fixed
• Fixes a bug that swapped the functions of the right and center text alignment buttons in the Inspector for Macs with M1 chips.
• Fixes a crash that could occur if you added a Library to the Mac app from Cloud.
• Fixes a crash that could occur if you held down the Shift key and clicked on a nested Symbol.
• Fixes a bug in the Color Popover that caused chevrons to overlap with the List and Grid view icons if you had Libraries with long names.
• Fixes a crash that could occur if you exported layers that had specific characters in their name as SVGs.
Version 70 - RELEASED 18 NOVEMBER, 2020:
A fresh look for macOS Big Sur
• With this release, we’re excited to introduce a UI redesign that fits right in with the new macOS Big Sur design language. It’s the same Sketch you know and love, but with every detail reconsidered — from a full-height sidebar, to a refreshed Inspector, and all-new iconography throughout the app.
The biggest change you’ll notice is the toolbar. To make room for Big Sur’s new inline document titles, we’ve introduced a new default toolbar and combined some items to keep things clean and uncluttered. As ever, you can change your toolbar items at any time by heading to
View > Customize Toolbar….
If you can’t upgrade to Big Sur just yet, don’t worry. We’ve spent time making sure that things still look and feel great in older versions of macOS.
What’s improved
• Alongside our Big Sur redesign, we’ve improved the contrast between different parts of our UI if you have relevant macOS Accessibility settings enabled.
• You can now alter between the grid view and list view once again for Color Variables in the popover
• There’s now an option to insert Data sources as new layers from the Insert menu. And, when you select a layer that uses Data, you’ll see a new Data icon in the Inspector. Click on that to refresh that layer’s Data source or pick a new one.
• We’ve made it quicker and easier to repeat and create grids from layers. Simply select two or more layers and drag on the new handle that appears in the bottom-right corner of your selection.
What’s changed
• The controls for the Make Grid tool (Arrange > Make Grid) now appear in their own view in the Inspector instead of a sheet that appears over your Canvas.
• On macOS Big Sur, we’ve combined the view and zoom toolbar items to keep things tidy. The same options are still there, just together in one place. On older versions of macOS, you’ll continue to see these as two separate items.
What’s fixed
• Fixes a bug that caused the Appearance panel in the Inspector to disappear if you selected a Symbol instance and collapsed it, like a bad magic trick.
• Fixes a performance bug that, when many Libraries were enabled, could cause lag when dragging layers over a Symbol Source in the Symbols page.
• Fixes a bug that could cause a complex shape layer to disappear if you tried to offset its path a more negative amount than is possible.
• Fixes a bug that caused local documents you uploaded to Cloud to lose their link if you didn’t save the document immediately after the upload. This also affected documents you saved to third-party storage services like Dropbox, Box or iCloud Drive.
• Fixes a crash that could occur if your system-wide Language & Region preferences used a , as a decimal separator and you tried to perform a math operation with decimals in the Scale tool.
• Fixes a bug that caused the shadow for a popover in the Inspector to move independently from the popover itself.
• Fixes an issue that caused some bitmaps to appear blurry when you exported them.
• Fixes a bug that stopped you from adding Assistants that had particularly long URLs (or located in lots of nested folders). This fix does mean you’ll need to reinstall any Assistants you had previously added — luckily you can do this in a couple of clicks from the Manage Assistants… sheet.
• Fixes a bug that caused Sketch to freeze if you toggled between dark and light modes in System Preferences.
• Full Release Notes are available
here
