Release notes

A keyboard and mouse is required to use, although a 3-button mouse is recommended for quick zooming, tilting and resetting the view.

v1.16.0, February 2025

Improvements

• Rotation control points no longer snap to the drawing grid, but only to degrees. They now snap to half degrees and not just whole degrees.
• Adding an arrowhead twice gives the line an arrowhead at the beginning and at the end.
• When drawing lines, the length indicator remains visible even if the beginning of the line is far outside the view port.
• [Windows only] Update of Windows App SDK to version 1.6.4

v1.15.0, November 2024

New features

• When exporting there is the option of copying the drawing to the clipboard
• In the settings there is the option to reset them to the default values

Improvements

• [Windows only] Update of Windows App SDK to version 1.6.1
• [Windows only] Update of .NET target framework to version 8.0

v1.14.0, October 2024

New features

• To define the drawing size, you can draw a frame with lines, which can then be made invisible when exporting or printing

v1.13.1, September 2024

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where in rare cases an arc would not split correctly
• [macOS only] Fixed an issue on macOS Sequoia where the font cannot be set

v1.13.0, September 2024

New features

• Text can optionally be written with a fixed character width so that a character is exactly half a square wide
• For text with a fixed character width, a monospaced font can be selected in settings, export and print

Improvements

• Usage aids (formerly "usage hints") are no longer switched off and on completely via the menu, but rather individually via the settings
• New usage aid for text creation
• [Windows only] Update of Windows App SDK to version 1.5.6

v1.12.0, August 2024

New features

• Selected objects can be scaled

Improvements

• [Windows only] Update of Windows App SDK to version 1.5.5

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug when mirroring arcs

v1.11.0, July 2024

New features

• Auditive feedback

Improvements

• New keyboard shortcuts for resetting design options that are easier to remember
• [Windows only] Update of Windows App SDK to version 1.5.4

v1.10.0, June 2024

New features

• Text search

Improvements

• Improved operation speed at complex sketches
• Background fills no longer use a calculated RGB value to create a transparency effect to the background, but instead use an alpha value
• SVG export: the background of the export preview can be changed between light, gray and dark
• When creating new text, arrows appear next to the cursor to indicate that the arrow keys can be used to select the alignment

Bug fixes

• SVG export: the optionally visible grid is aligned correctly even if some objects at the edge are not in the grid

v1.9.1, May 2024

Improvements

• The tutorial is shorter and includes illustrations
• Selection markers for points and groupings are more visible
• [Windows only] Update of Windows App SDK to version 1.5.3

Bug fixes

• [Windows only] Commands from the Edit/Object menu work correctly after opening a new or existing file

v1.8.5, April 2024

Improvements

• Keyboard shortcuts for zooming, tilting and resetting the view, so a 3-button mouse is no longer required, but still recommended
• Grid in export or print is placed over background fills
• Grid opacity can be set for export and print
• SVG export produces more structured files with less overhead

v1.8.1, April 2024

New features

• Support for macOS platform (beta test)
• Text: cursor can be moved wordwise with keys
• Text: multiple clicks select words, lines or all characters
• Font setting: doesn't show special fonts anymore (which doesn't support bold and italic style)
• Font setting: shows preview of font
• GUI: a transparency effect let the set background color to shine through

Improvements

• The file changed flag takes the history of undo/redo commands into account
• File format: consistent pretty printing of XML across platforms
• File format: more detailed description of missed, invalid or unknown elements at reading
• File format: changing for arrows
• Tutorial: some minor changes
• [Windows only] Update of Windows App SDK to version 1.5.2
• Reduced auto scroll trigger margin at window borders
• Possibility to insert text from clipboard even when there is no text focused
• SVG export: more precise dimensions (floating-point numbers)
• SVG export: removing of "Created with Square Sketch" comment in XML head
• SVG export: better compatibility with Safari browser