Release notes

v2.1.2 July 2026

Improvements

• Detection of whether a tool is correctly positioned for adding an arrowhead later is now more accurate. This improves working with very short lines.

v2.1.0 July 2026

New features

• As with some keyboard shortcuts, Shift now also inverts the function of the select and delete tools.
• With the inverted select tool, a region can be deselected.
• The inverted delete tool can be used to add an arrowhead, among other things. To do this, the tool is positioned over the still-invisible arrowhead so that it appears as an outline. A click then adds it.
• There is another way to add an arrowhead without using inverted tools. Clicking on an outlined arrowhead with the normal select tool focuses it. It can then be added with the familiar V key.

Note

• With the new ways to add an arrowhead, it is no longer necessary to decide while drawing a line whether to turn it into an arrow with V. This can instead be done later. It also opens up the possibility of adding arrowheads to arcs, though this will not be supported until a future update.

Improvements

• When moving nodes, guides are only displayed while Tab is held down. This behavior matches the draw tool and ensures that guides are only visible when they are needed.

v2.0.0 June 2026

Version 2.0.0 marks the progress the app has made since its first release. As announced on the roadmap, the new features have already been rolled out gradually with the regular updates over the past months. Thank you to the community for the support!

This update includes further features and improvements.

New features

• When the draw tool is positioned over a line and Tab is held down, its midpoint is marked.
• When drawing a line has been started and Tab is pressed, a guide appears. It helps maintain the angle and disappears when the key is released.
• If Tab is held down before drawing, guides appear depending on where the draw tool is located. On the free drawing area, a crosshair appears that helps with drawing horizontal and vertical lines. On lines, a parallel and a perpendicular are shown, and on curves, circles, ellipses, and arcs, a tangent with a perpendicular.

Improvements

• Input on a numeric display can be started not only by pressing a digit key, but also by pressing + or -.
• When moving nodes, they snap not only to other nodes, but also to strokes.
• The pointer for the move tool is now designed so that it obscures less of the drawing area.

v1.25.0 May 2026

New features

• When moving nodes, guides are displayed to make it easier to extend lines while maintaining the original angle.

Improvements

• In the settings, numeric input fields now have separate controls for value and unit. This simplifies editing, as there is no longer a need to ensure the unit is appended correctly.
• In the print settings, a notice is shown below the scaling option when it is automatically further reduced to prevent printing beyond the margins.
• If a draft fills the entire page when printed with visible grid, the available space is used more effectively and empty grid squares at the margins are avoided.
• When exporting to SVG, the image dimensions are rounded up to whole pixels, just like when exporting to PNG, and a viewBox attribute is also included.
• The notebook color theme uses a lighter shade of blue for the foreground.

v1.24.0 April 2026

New features

• In the settings, a predefined color theme can be selected. There are three themes for the drawing area in light mode, three for dark mode, and one for printing. All available themes can be used for export.

Improvements

• The default colors use shades of gray for the background and foreground, and red for highlighting. This provides a neutral starting point for a wide variety of applications and for user color customization. The previous default for the drawing area with a yellow background is still available through the “Notebook” theme. In dark mode, the “Blueprint” theme offers a tinted background.
• In the settings for the drawing area background, there is an additional contrast slider for overlays. This allows, for example, the contrast of the usage aids to be adjusted independently of the markers. The grid contrast is now also independent of the marker contrast.
• The layout and order of the controls in the settings have been revised.
• Arrowheads can be removed with the delete tool by clicking.
• Actions that are started by holding or dragging a tool can be canceled with Esc.
• When numerical input is used after drawing a line or a circle, any styles or arrowheads added immediately beforehand are preserved.
• By using Oklab/Okhsl functions, the colors can be set more precisely, and when entering hex codes in the export settings, the sliders are set accordingly (reverse conversion).
• The tutorial has been improved in detail.

v1.23.0 March 2026

New features

• Numerical input is now possible in situations where values were previously displayed. For example, if the length is displayed when drawing a line, the radius when drawing a circle, the angle when moving a rotation control point, and the factor when moving a scaling control point, digits can be typed directly afterward and confirmed with ⏎.

Improvements

• Instead of - / Shift + -, the new keyboard shortcut D / Shift + D is used to style a selection dashed / not dashed. - is now reserved for future numeric inputs, and a change notification appears when it is pressed. This means that all style options now use letters for keyboard shortcuts. Furthermore, D is easier to reach with the left hand than -.
• The rotation control points now snap smoothly to whole degrees instead of abruptly into half degrees. A line above the decimal place of the degree display indicates that it is a whole degree. Half degrees or other special cases such as quarter degrees can now be entered via numerical input.
• The default print scaling has been increased to a grid size of 7 mm / 0.28 in to achieve an approximate font size of 12 pt and thus improve readability. This scaling is the default setting for new installations. For existing installations, it is only applied if Reset is clicked in the print settings via the three-dot menu.
• Switching tools using Cmd|Ctrl, Shift, and Opt|Alt is only possible when the window is active. Therefore, the usage aid in the lower left corner does not show a change when another app is being used.
• Windows Windows App SDK updated to version 1.8.5.

v1.22.5 January 2026

Improvements

• The length/radius indicator when drawing lines/circles now always shows one or more decimal places. The number of decimal places depends on the grid detail level and therefore the zoom level. A line above the decimal place indicates that the length/radius matches the grid.
• Instead of Tab, the shortcut T is used to transform an object. Tab is reserved for future new features, and a change notification appears when it is pressed.
• Instead of 1 and 2, the new shortcut H / Shift + H has been used since v1.20.0 to highlight / unhighlight an object. 1, 2, and the remaining number keys are reserved for future new features, and a change notification is now displayed when they are pressed.
• When an object is moved using the transform frame and has a reference point, that point snaps to nodes. For example, in the case of a circle, the reference point is its center.
• When objects lie directly on top of each other, selected objects take precedence for pointer operations. This makes it easier, for example, to move objects that were duplicated via copy/paste and initially lie directly on top of the original objects.

v1.22.0 November 2025

New features

• When moving nodes, circles/ellipses, or text, they also snap to other nodes that may be off-grid.

Improvements

• If the grid is deactivated in the view menu and therefore invisible, then no snapping to it will occur.
• Circles and ellipses display a center point marker when they are selected or when they are hovered over with the select, move, or delete tool.
• Windows Windows App SDK updated to version 1.8.3.

v1.21.0 September 2025

New features

• When creating text, you can lock the alignment by long-pressing the arrow keys, and lock the monospaced layout by long-pressing Space. This will retain these settings for the next time you create text.
• When creating text, the monospaced layout can be deactivated again by pressing Shift + Space.

Improvements

• macOS The app's own pointers now have a shadow, making their style more similar to the standard macOS pointers.
• macOS The new macOS Tahoe 26 is now directly supported.
• Windows Windows App SDK updated to version 1.8.0.

v1.20.5 August 2025

Improvements

• In the tutorial, rather neutral terms are used for operating actions that are suitable not only for a mouse but also for a trackpad.
• macOS At points in the tutorial where the operation differs fundamentally between a trackpad, Magic Mouse and 3-button mouse, a selection box for the input device appears and the illustration and description are adjusted accordingly.
• macOS In the Usage aids settings, the 3-button mouse is disabled by default, as many users use the app with a trackpad or Magic Mouse. When selecting a 3-button mouse in the tutorial, there's a hint that the corresponding usage aid can be enabled in the settings.