Sketch 3.7

New In Sketch 3.7

NEW SYMBOLS

• Symbols have been redesigned from the ground up. They are now faster, enable the ability to nest Symbols, override images in instances, and much more
• Symbols can now be nested as deep as you want
• You can now override images in Symbol instances alongside text
• Text overrides are more flexible and they now move their trailing layers
• New Symbol text overrides deal with mixed text styles in overridden text boxes better
• Copying Symbols and Styles between documents no longer updates existing Symbols and Styles in the document, but creates a new one instead

OTHER ENHANCEMENTS

• Files saved with Sketch 3.7 will no longer lose their fonts when opened on another system where those fonts are missing
• Shared Styles now no longer sync automatically, to help ensure there is less accidental edits
• The Make Grid sheet has been improved and streamlined getting rid of the old and confusing Boxed settings
• You can now ungroup Artboards like you can ungroup normal groups
• Improved Distribute functions by now asking what to do if we can’t distribute evenly on full pixels
• When syncing Text Style changes between layers, we now also keep the baselines of the other instances intact
• Artboards can now be auto-sized to fit their contents with a single action
• Sketch now remembers the width of the Layer List between windows
• When entering groups using the keyboard, we now select the top-most instead of bottom-most layer
• Sketch now remembers if you had the Page Panel open or not
• Updates the visual style of points and handles when editing vector shapes
• Improvements to the scripting panel with proper undo support and syntax highlighting

PERFORMANCE

• Improves performance with blurred layers
• Improves performance for complex documents using many rectangles
• Improves performance when using angular gradients
• Improved performance when selecting many layers on the Canvas
• Improves performance when zooming into complex documents with masks or blend modes
• Performance improvements when inserting new layers in complex documents
• Minor performance improvements to the Layer List
• Improved performance for mouse hover blue highlights on text layers

SVG EXPORT

• SVG export now supports inner and outer borders and blend modes for individual fills
• Improves accuracy of shadows in SVG export
• SVG export now also includes Image fills
• SVG export now also includes the Artboard’s background
• SVG export now includes Noise fills
• Adds an item to the right-click menu to copy SVG code to the clipboard for the selected layers

BUG FIXES

• Fixes a bug where the contextual menu for Masks wasn’t checked in all cases
• Fixes a bug where going to File > Export would change your selection to a near exportable layer
• Fixes a rare crasher when using the Color Picker
• Fixes a bug in Artboard exporting where a background might be included even if the option was unchecked
• Fixes a bug that would crash Sketch when making a grid out of Slices
• Fixes a bug where Artboards created around masked layers could sometimes not include the Artboard when moved
• Fixes a crash where inserting an image in shape edit mode could crash Sketch
• Fixes a bug where resized sub-paths could be clipped unexpectedly
• Fixes a bug where the delete key wouldn’t work after moving layers back or forth in the hierarchy
• Fixes a bug where Symbols and Shared Styles wouldn’t be copied across to other documents when dragging entire pages via the Layer List
• The Layer List now shows the correct preview when editing shapes
• Fixes a bug where hiding the Artboard shadow wouldn’t have an immediate effect
• Fixes a confusing issue in the shape editor where the handles would sometimes be drawn for multiple selections, and sometimes not
• Fixes a rare crasher that could appear after closing our Welcome window
• Fixes a small issue where the Make Exportable option would disappear while you were moving layers around
• Fixes a bug where copying some text from Safari could result in inexplicable padding for the new text
• Fixes a rare bug where layers could fail to reorder
• Fixes a possible crash when pasting layer styles
• Fixes a bug where Sketch could stall when dropping invalid content on the Canvas