See what's new in Vecta!

May

Added a new stencil: Material design palettes.

May

Fixed a bug that caused the symbols page to show irregular UI when displaying search results.

May

Added a new stencil, Measurement tools.

May

Able to select multiple shapes after clicking format painter icons during drawing shapes
Stencils now show symbol names by default. You can hide symbol names by clicking on the dot menu next to the stencil name, then click on Hide icon names.

May

Vecta's drawing title is now showing properly if any parentheses is added to the drawing's title.
A bug caused layers that have been deleted to reappear in the Layer Dialog. This has since been fixed.
Many users encountered missing gradients when their drawings are refreshed. The issue has since been resolved.

May

Fixed erratic notification. You should now see notification more often.
Fixed selection box bug for joined path.

May

We added a video page on our website! Head over to https://vecta.io/videos to take a look. You could also access our videos at the bottom-right of the page while you draw.

May

Fixed a bug that prevents user from exporting large files.
When grouping 2 or more shapes, the group will follow the child shape's layer if every shape in the group belongs to 1 layer alone.

Apr

Added Vecta.Control to add more controls to extend the functionality of a shape

Mar

Added new stencils; Mind Map, Tables, Venn Diagrams, Bar Chart and Organization Chart.
Fixed a bug with gradients.
Added a new stencil into UML category.
Optimized Vecta.Symbol object to be able to handle large amount of updates.
Previously you can't scroll to zoom in/out in idea pages on https://vecta.io/ideas. This has since been fixed.
Fixed a problem that prevents you from dropping a symbol with line ends/arrows.

Mar

Fixed symbol page on https://vecta.io/symbols. Certain symbols are not showing up properly.
Fixed a bug with search stencil.
Added 3 new stencils under the UML category.
Updated our API documentation.
An error dialog box will occasionally appear when deleting a large number of symbols. This has been fixed.
Fixed a bug that prevents the Shape Properties dialog box to show proper values when a single shape is selected.
Fixed a problem that stops the 'Delete Shape' action from happening.

Mar

Fixed bug that causes generated images to be bigger than required.
You can now search for public symbols in our symbols page. Go to https://vecta.io/symbols to give it a try!
Emoji(s) have been added to our chat box :D :joy:
Added 3 new ideas on our #ideas page. Marvel at our black panther.

Mar

Solved an issue that prevents restoring and deleting a drawing or folder from within an expanded folder in Trash.
Fixed a bug that does not show the moved drawing or folder after dragging it into an empty folder.
Fixed a bug that prevents the dialog box to pop up during editing if the drawing has already been trashed.
Fixed bug that causes paths with zero widths to be unable to resize.

Mar

Fixed erroneous calculations with regards to shape operations.

Mar

Fixed bug that causes menu to be disabled.
Improved shape operations for bugs and better accuracy, and can operate on more consistency.
Improved detection of point on lines.

Mar

Fixed a bug that prevents you from deleting a connection point and instead, deleted the shape itself.

Mar

Refactored the shape operation codes for better accuracy.
Fixed a problem that prevents you from being redirected to the log in page when loading Dashboard.
Fixed a bug that shows only 4 symbols in a stencil. Please edit the stencil for the updates to apply.
Added 3 new public stencils under the Network category.

Mar

Fixed a bug that prevents deleting a stencil.
Fixed bug that causes font size to be incorrect after changing page scale.
Improved grouping and ungrouping.
Added new Vecta.Selection object for better operations.
Improved shape operations for more accuracy and ability to handle edge cases.

Feb

Creating new drawing will cause the newly opened tab to close. This has since been fixed.
Fixed bug that prevents drawing from being loaded.
Changed the way drawings and templates are opened from the Dashboard.
Fixed a problem with dragging and dropping files into items other than a folder.

Feb

Refactored all image generation codes for better efficiency.
Fixed inability to generate images
Fixed stuck preloading screen if you are not logged in.

Feb

You can now delete previously committed versions. Go to Version History > Select a version > Delete.

Feb

Certain symbols could no longer be dragged to the canvas after renaming it. This has since been fixed.
You can now download symbols off our symbols page. Visit https://vecta.io/symbols!

Feb

Added ability to embed fonts for streamlined workflow when creating and embedding svg images on the web.
Added ability to compress embedded fonts for very small sizes.
Fixed dashboard bug that redirects to editor when using search documents.

Feb

Watermark in exported images are now removed.
Menu items now only shows based on context, and if right clicked on shapes.

Feb

You can now add description and title into your drawings. Click on File > Properties.
You can now search for symbols in your drawings.

Jan

Fixed, inability to high light shapes and connectors when using connectors.
Fixed bug that causes wrong coordinates when scaling a drawing in Firefox.

Jan

Fixed bug that causes gradient preview not rendering properly

Jan

Fixed bug that causes image to be deleted if text is removed.
Fixed inability to show arrows when arrows are set to global styles.

Jan

Improved dashboard loading speed, where stencils will be hidden until expanded by user.
Improved how stencil menu is loaded for better organization with categories.
Fixed, unable to export svg and png properly for selected shapes.
Added the ability for color picker to use radial gradient.

Dec

Improved export of images to stick to drawing dimensions.
Improved text flow to ignore blanks to be able to reflow text better.
Improved select options to automatically show scroll bars when options overflow.
Improved Vecta to include many banner sizing for creating banner ads

Dec

Fixed inability to import some svg due to syncing problems.

Dec

Added ability to add categories in stencils for much better organization of user stencils.
Improved display of rulers to cater to multiple scales and spacing.

Dec

Improved building of indexes so that deletions are much faster.
Improved loading pages when not in editor to be faster
Fixed import of svg when percentages are used.
Fixed bug that causes wrong coordinates when importing some svg.
Improved import of svg to be more responsive and better undo redo.

Dec

Fixed duplicate shapes to maintain z order.

Dec

Further improved on cycle selection to work only when we click on the same point, to be more intuitive.

Dec

Improved selection of shapes when in cycle mode.
Fixed, import of svg when some path points are calculated wrongly.
Improved, shape deletion to be 10x faster
Fixed conversion of arc to native svg when importing external svg

Nov

Fixed selection box showing a smaller handle when imported SVG is grouped.
Fixed inability to paste imported svg
Improved publishing to be far faster and being able to be crawled by Google.

Nov

Adding and removing links for shape is now available.
Scaling of drawing is now available.
Added new measurement unit, cm.
Fix for Safari browser issues.

Nov

Exporting a published drawing to PNG, JPG, SVG and PDF is now possible. Load a published drawing and click on Export to use these functions immediately.
You can now publish your drawings for the public Internet to see. Click on File > Publish Drawing.

Nov

You can now search for your drawings, folders and even your teams! In your Dashboard, you'll notice a search bar at the top right corner.
Fixed bug that causes paths to be removed due to very small numbers
Fixed import of svg where there is blank space at the start of the svg element

Nov

Improved dragging of path to ensure path closing when begin and end points meet.
Fixed bug that causes some paths to be unable to execute shape operations properly.

Nov

You can now move, edit and delete your stencils on the Dashboard itself. The stencils shown on your Dashboard belongs to you, whereas stencils shown in teams belong to the team. Only owners of their stencils can move the stencils across teams. However, moving stencils into a team is effectively relinquishing your ownership of the stencil to the team.
Fixed bug that causes resizing problems when multiples shapes are selected.

Nov

You can now set Preferences on your Dashboard as well. On the top of your page, you will notice a new icon next to the notification icon.

Nov

You can now change your language to English, Japanese, Swedish or French.
You can now toggle selection of overlapping shapes. Simply click on the shapes until the desirable shape is selected.
You can now reload previously downloaded drawing.
Fixed offset resizing bug when pressing alt and resizing multiple shapes

Oct

Fixed a bug with line ends when opening a downloaded drawing.
Fixed inaccurate option lists for dashboard's right click menu.
A new line end has been added.
You can now set linecap and linejoin on your shapes.
Version History preview has been improved. We have changed from highlighting the difference to simply using opacity instead.
You can now toggle your preview in Version History dialog box. Simply click on the desired version once to view it, then click again to hide your version preview.
Copywriting for preference has been improved.

Oct

A new feature, Templates, has been added.
Fix path length extension
The printing option will no longer cause an additional page to be added to the printing queue.
You can now change your settings in Preferences. From your drawing, click on File > Preferences.
You can now manually update the preview of your drawing on your Dashboard. Right click on a drawing and select Update Preview.

Oct

The orientation problem with Export PDF has been fixed.
Grouping/Ungrouping operations is now working normally.
Fixed inability to send invites after switching from Manage Access option to Send Invites option.

Oct

Fixed a problem when trying to clone a drawing with images.
Added a Manage Access option to the team settings menu on the team list.
Fixed bug that halts syncing when encountered.
As you add more and more teams to your list, the height of your team list will not go awry even if you resize your window.

Oct

Stencils have been re-added to the notification list.
You can now send reminder emails to sharees that have not accepted your team invitation.
You can now do offset resize by pressing ALT key and resizing, where resizing will ensure shape stays at it's center.
A new feature, Layers, is now added to Vecta.
A second new feature, Versioning, is now added to Vecta.

Oct

Improved positioning of text to be more accurate and centered.

Oct

Improved color picker to highlight current colors in gradients.

Sep

Fixed bug that causes error message shows up during sign up and login
When dragging your folder, you can drop it into a child folder. This has since been fixed.

Sep

Bug fix for paths unit not showing correctly

Sep

Unit given by users in shape properties should now persists across different page unit

Sep

Fixed bug that causes multiple spaces in text to be reduced to a single space

Sep

Released, symbols listing of all our stencils.
Fixed, inability to update stencil name and descriptions.

Sep

Moving items to trash fixed. No double message will appear.

Aug

Fixed problematic scrolling in chat box that affect ideas.
Added ability to search for drawings, and folders in dashboard.
Trashed drawings, folders and even teams will be removed after 30 days.
Fix for non-logged in users. You should be redirected to the login page now.
In the sharing dialog, when changing from public editable to public viewable, or vice versa, the link will now change to reflect it.
When moving folders or drawings alike, your dashboard will accurately reflect these changes.

Aug

Fixed scrolling issue for trackpad in Mac
Added dragging and dropping capabilities to drawings and folders alike. You can select one or even multiple drawings, and move them to another folder.
You can now set your drawings as public editable or viewable. It's a great way to share immediately.

Aug

Now you can draw a path (e.g. a love shape) freely by activating the freeform mode under draw path menu
Fixed bug that caused error message shown when moving the most front shape forward or moving the most back shape backward
Now you can preserve the aspect ratio while resizing the shape(s) at the corner of the box by toggling the preserve aspect ratio icon at Shape Properties
Final implementation of formula input
Drawing title will appear in Browser's history for easier access
Hugely improved super dashboard with everything expandable and collapsible and speed improvements
Improved faster writing of last edited date and ability to sort folders

Jul

Fixed dashboard loading problem.
You can now send a message along with your team invitation.
Vecta now redirects you to your drawing/team if you clicked on a share link that grants you access to a drawing/team you already have.

Jul

Now you can preserve the aspect ratio of the shape(s) using shape properties.
Now you can see the drawing's title in the preview when you share your drawing's link to social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.
Fixed inability to show the join slack form.

Jul

Improved auto clean up of drawings, to ensure faster loading.

Jul

Added ability to download a file to your local PC for backup. Ability to open the same file coming up.

Jul

Fixed inability to show long menu that exceeds the screen using ugly scrollbars, will change to pretty scrollbars
Improved the find and replace text for better user experience

Jul

Now you can have 20 recent colors, so you get to use and reuse color better
Symbols and other miscellaneous items not showing in www.vecta.io fixed.
Fixed bug that causes stencils not to be fully loaded on faster systems due to race conditions
Improved opening of automatically attached stencils for new drawings
Fixed parsing of strings into SVG that fails to convert namespaced attributes
You can now see who is online and collaborating on your drawings

Jul

Completed overhaul of symbols and stencil. Now changes made even in collaboration persiste well and is consistent, also in prepration for symbol searching
Fixed the bug that caused inability to show or hide the search text dialog while text editor is showing
Improved Vecta to be able to drop multiple images

Jul

Improved import of SVG to fix many import problems
When accepting access requests on the Access Page, user will encounter a bug that would show an empty page. This has been fixed.
You can now choose to export your drawing to PDF. We now have 4 types of file choices you can export your drawing to!

Jul

Fixed bug that causes problems when too many people is using demo
Updated shape locking to be disabled in demo mode
Modified landing page to not show editor, for faster rendering of page

Jul

Vecta will show tips and tricks when loading the application now.
Added ability to export tab separated values for stencil, in preparation for importing back to stencils

Jun

Fixed bug that causes symbol prototype name, desc and tags to be buggy
Fixed bug that causes name or desc to be removed when not supplied as parameter in update symbols
Your preferences on exporting SVG are saved across all sessions and browsers
Fixed bug that causes the downloaded SVG to be different than changes made by user
Fixed bug that causes error when setting decimals in export SVG
Improved on how a symbol is being made and on sharpness of symbols
Fix bug on Mac where copy+paste and cloning is not mapped to CMD button
Fix bug in Chrome on Mac where copy+paste does not copy the shape, but the shape's HTML markup into a textbox
Changed Vecta's Footer to be more informative.
Changed graphics on button from PNG format to SVG format for better clarity.
Revamp shapes formula API
Initial implementation of dependency and precedency
Fix duplicate name property on dropping symbols from stencils
Copy and pasting command keys should now work normally on OSX.
The footer on Vecta's website updated.
JPG files exported using Export JPG can now be opened with Photoshop and similar image editors.
Icons on buttons now renders correctly.

Jun

Properties dialog is now setting values normally.
You can now turn the grid on and off!

Jun

You can now search and replace text in the drawing
Improved display of symbols to be sharper

Jun

Fixed bug that caused inability to export sub shape
Improved all export to have true WYSIWYG and sharp all across

Jun

Fixed export svg that fails to caters to text outside of shape
Improved how images are exported and removed the rim
Improved export of images to be sharper and be able to cater to thick strokes
Improved export where Vecta will now use your file name as export name
Fixed bug where refreshID is called twice when duplicating shapes

Jun

Improved backward and forward for shapes
You can now search text in the drawing
Improved focusing on input elements in shape properties

Jun

Fixed and improved on export svg UI
Reduced the amount of drawing updated notifications.
Added ability to collapse left stencil bar

Jun

Fixed bug that causes the input field of shape properties to remain invalid when selecting and deselecting shapes
Fixed bug that causes inability to undo/redo when shape properties is shown and shapes are selected
Fixed bug that causes font-family and font-size icon not being refreshed when changed without selected shape
Fixed bug that causes emails to be invalid when sharing teams
Desktop notifications will now show more frequently now.
You can now export JPG and PNG in higher image fidelity.
You can now set the drawing to be public before you share your drawing to social media.
You can now share your drawing's link to social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. Doing so would add a high res preview of your drawing when posting to your social media feed.

Jun

Improved handles of locked shapes to be styled as gray
Improved message notifications for shape operations when no shapes are selected
Fixed slow loading of stencils

Jun

Shape properties dialog box can now lock shapes in place.
You can now login using Facebook or Github. Changes were made to ensure you are always redirected to the sign-in method you used when you first signed up.
Improved handles for rotation that can cater to zoom
Optimized the performance of connector object
Improved import SVG from Visio
Improved import SVG that have id on groups

Jun

Fixed gradient bug that causes no gradient display on the shape
Fixed error when clicking on OK when there is no selection and no color is selected
The problem whereby the selection box does not follow the shape on the same drawing across two or more different browser tabs is now fixed.

Jun

Improved importing of SVG to cater for all transformations in groups
Unread notifications are now reflected on your browser tab title.
Syncing of unread notifications should now be more intuitive across browser tabs.

May

Setting drawings to public is fixed.
Notification for Mozilla Firefox now shows properly.
You can now use your keyboard directional keys to move up and down the dropdowns, menus and wherever applicable.
Fixed bug that causes the header bar in home page transparent when we scroll down the home page and refresh the page
Fixed bug that causes unable to copy the value in the inputs of shape properties
The fill and stroke colours of the results of fragment, union, exclusive or, and intersect will follow the first selected closed shape
Improved the fragmentation to be able to fragment some special case
Fixed bug that causes menu of shape properties showing show properties although the shape properties is already shown
The notifications you read are now synced across browser tab.
Repeating desktop notification has been fixed.
Your browser tab now shows the team name.

May

Improved publishing flow for easier usage

May

Fixed and improved menu system for better usability

May

Added loading message for fragment, union, exclusive or, and intersect
Fixed bug that causes fragmentation unable to fragment group shapes that having multiple level of sub-shapes
Fixed bug that causes fragmentation unable to fragment the non-closed path and donut properly
Fixed bug that causes grouped shape won't work properly with our vertical connector.

May

Added Trim function to break down all the shapes and paths into fragments
Fixed Ctrl-A selection that erroneously selected shapes when in an input element like file rename or shape properties, including rename in dashboard

May

Updated ability to import any svg into Vecta
Fixed bug that causes shape properties to be unable to update values if the value is the same as previous
Fixed bug that causes Vecta to forget the status of shape properties box
Fixed bug that causes shape properties to unable to update values after undo redo
Fixed bug that causes errors when non logged-in user is opening a public file

May

Fixed bug that causes gradient shapes to not be able to sync properly

May

Fixed bug that cause text cannot be pasted into a shape

May

Modified the way Vecta save settings
Improved editor to be able to save global settings
Fixed bug of showing shape prop of text block for single segment path
Fixed bug that causes inability to change page unit

Apr

Added ability to process expressions for shape properties
Shape properties can now display and modify text blocks when in text block mode
Improved, css and UI for entire project
Updated connectors to be able to connect to grouped shapes
Added ability to save settings for shape properties
Moved ShapeProp to another module for better encapsulation, and added the ability for shape properties to show live values as the user is changing them
Improved unit lengths to use default without px unit
Added shapesAdded, shapesDeleted, shapesMoved events
Removed updating drawing timestamp when opening drawing without updating drawing
Added isSub method to shapes to easily detect if a shape is a sub shape in a group
Added toLocalAll to convert all numeric values to local coordinates
Improved getAllSubs method to be able to skip grouped shape and just get shapes irrespective of group depth
Improved status bar selection and creation
Improved shape hit test to ignore everything on handles layer
Fixed bug that causes inaccurate rounding of values
Added pathList method to shape prototype to enable easy setting of path list to shapes
Preliminary commit for straight line connectors
Fixed bug that causes file renaming to be unable to defocus when enter key is pressed
Pretty scrollbars and previews for notifications
Initial commit for fragmentation of donut cases
Fixed hole problem in fragmentation and bug of reverse frag's id in fragmentation
Initial commit for fragmentation of quad and cubic paths
Fixed text cut out problem when export as png.

Apr

Fixed fragmentation not working correctly when got duplicated fragments connected to same point
Fixed intersect function not working correctly
Added union shape operations
Improved notifications user interface
Fixed a bug that causes incorrect symbol indexing
Fixed a bug that returns incorrect file ID
Fixed watermark is now showing up properly in published drawing
Changed UI for publishing a drawing
Fixed bug when setting shape properties
Redesigned algorithm for fragmentation for exhaustive combinations while still below 300ms for large number of shapes
Improved publishing function control structure
Improved isInside function to detect if a path is inside another for more accuracy anf faster operations
Fix text overlapping the boundaries of the sections Create Amazing Diagrams and Get really productive
Fixed bug that fails to detect point on path due to accuracy
Added speedy gonzales to Vecta.activePage for faster DOM rendering
Modified writing of fragmented shapes to DOM for 300% increase in speed, results are almost instantaneous
Removed Vecta.activePage.setup and replaced by direct reading of data for consistency
Publishing feature is here! User can now publish their drawing (or selected shapes) to the web with ease
Improve the design of the preloading
User can request access permission to private drawing from the owners of the drawing
Adding Remove CDATA option to Export SVG.
Added preloading
Image is now supported to be stored as a symbol
Fixed point in path bug that is unable to accurately detect inside when crossing over parallel segments
Added notification for basic functions
Fixed saving symbol in intended stencil due to cursor movement.

Mar

Fix public drawing load drawing before finish authentication
Improved joining of fragments for far faster speed during fragmentation
Fixed paths inside path algorithm which fails when a path is touching another
Completed fragmentation without bugs, minus edge cases and shapes that create holes
Fix demo drawing cannot be edit when not logged in
Fragmentation of shapes is now 300% faster
Fixed a bug that stopping release note from displaying properly.

Mar

Initial commit for shape fragmentation
Public file view only for users who not logged in or no permission to access the public file
Fix scroll to the top feature for home page that is not working for Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Mar

Fixed bugs with closing and merging of cubic paths
Fixed sample drawings for not showing its preview in dashboard
Fixed Mozilla Firefox for generating blank preview.
Adding footer to email sent through Vecta.
Fixed wrong pinky shown when rotate after resize rotated selection box
Fixed undo redo for texts

Mar

Fixed bug that causes wrong redirection for login and sign up in the home page
Fixed bug that causes wrong cursors after linting
Change some tooltip messages to optimise user experience
Fixed unable to resize a rotated shape by passing values with units
Fixed unable to resize cubic path control point when cubic tool is selected
Fixed resizing path subshape bug where the group transform is not refreshed after resize

Mar

Fixed wrong text sizing when dragging vertically

Mar

Better grouping of release notes
Text positioning to use faster algorithm, about 500% faster and 1000% faster for height adjustment

Mar

Fixed missing logo in /app
Footer and responsive design
Fixed footer not working correctly in main page

Mar

Fixed bug that causes users who have no user name to display rows and UI incorrectly
Export SVG to cater to minuscule slant to ensure proper rendering of gradient stroked vertical and horizontal lines
Footer to stick to bottom irrespective of content height
Created a fancy looking 404 page
Paths that is completely vertical or horizontal can now be displayed properly when stroked with gradients
Fixed bug that causes reading of very small values in path like 1e-13 to be read incorrectly
Stencil menu to have the proper pointer icon upon hovering
Fixed bug that causes inability to toggle stencils when clicked on right arrow icon
Fixed bug that causes last edited for drawing not being updated
Compressed all images for faster loading
Deferred all loading of JS for far better responsiveness and page rendering
Fixed inability to resize shapes when switching between text block and shape selection
Fixed inability to scan for and replace proper embedded styling for pretty previews
Fixed inability to read default styling which relies on pt units
Removed all embedded styling that is not necessary and rely on default browser styling
Fixed inability to insert fonts during generation of previews
Enable left bar being shown in dashboard and introduced pre loading for better responsiveness
Fixed unable to send emails due to curl_lite problems
Fixed unable to send sharing and invite emails due to wrong ajax path
Set all static resources to far expiry for far speedier loading
Removing drawings that do not belong to the team will return the drawing to it's rightful owners out of the team. This is reflected when you leave the team, or remove the drawing directly in the team.
Users with Edit and Share permission can now move drawings into teams.
Moving drawings into teams will not make the team owners the owners of the drawings.
Anonymous users can now use public files without logging in
Fixed exportPNG inability to export image in group
Access permission for anonymous to use google cloud storage function
Far expiry for svg files
Changed minimum size for showing watermark in export PNG
Fixed export svg bug that causes inability to export text shapes and inconsistent svg results
Default unit set to px irrespective of page sizing as most drawings are targeted for digital consumption
Improved authentication and initialization to ensure correct execution flow
Fixed bug that causes dashboard to open drawing with older URLs
CSS styling for menus, with rounded corners
Pretty URLs !!!
Fixed bug that causes inability to access images and static resources from app
Modified php functions to better differentiate between app and main
Removed settings icon and replaced with View menu for hiding and showing rulers
Removed pt from fonts and line weight. All drawings to default to px for fonts and line weight. Users can still set pt as custom values
Fixed text block's inability to retrieve previous text styling when using undo redo
Popup is added to inform user export PNG features is not available in Internet Explorer