See what's new in Vecta!

Sep

Fixed bug that causes shapesAdded and shapesResized events unable to trigger properly.

Aug

Enhance radial gradient to be able to modify focal points
Fixed nano compression for certain clip path svg
Added Twitter Timeline in Vecta Website
Blog header redesigned

Aug

Fixed bug for Nano that cause wrong stroke widths
Fixed bug that causes error when convert a path shape to path

Jul

Fixed bug that causes inability to outline text that has angles

Jul

Fixed undo redo bug for multiple pages
Fixed inability to import SVG gradients properly
Fixed color picker bug that failed to set gradients

Jul

Auto resizing and clipping of imported images
Improved symbols searching
Improved drawing of path
Fixed and improved Nano handling of keyframes

Jul

Fixed and improved Nano path merging
Fixed bug that causes transformation problems when using embedded SVG and use elements
Fixed bug that causes stroke linecaps to be incorrect when using use elements
Improved Vecta to use focal points for radial gradients

Jul

Fixed bug that causes Nano to merge path that results in wrong fill

Jul

Fixed bug that causes Nano path transformation problems

Jul

Fixed bug that causes the zoom level of the page not showing correctly after switch to next or previous page

Jun

Improved symbol listing to be able to show categories
Fixed, bug that imports svg elements even though they have display === none
Fixed bug that causes Nano to ignore paint order

Jun

UI improvements for pages
Improvements on symbols searching
Added custom menu for shapes for advanced functionality

Jun

Fixed clip path with main group that causes nano to move clip path classes
Improved nano to remove font-weight when it is set to normal, for higher compression

Jun

Fixed inability to compress groups with animation in nano
Fixed inability to edit symbols using app/link
Added flatten in vecta
Fixed trim and is inside bugs for shape operations
Fixed bug that causes keys not responsive when help is being shown
Press Shift and Arrow keys to nudge selected shape(s) by 1 px(in px), 1 mm(in mm), 0.1 inch(in inch), and 0.1 cm(in cm)

May

New properties UI for shape properties, layers and effects

May

Fixed bug that causes text to be compressed in wrong position in Nano
Fixed bug that causes font setting to be lost when undo
Fixed bug in nano when compressing gradients
Fixed bug in nano when compressing classes

May

Improved Nano's ability to compress animation elements
Fixed clicking anywhere on the symbols in symbols page will trigger download.
Fixed increment not following text order
Improved formulas

May

Fixed inability to export png and jpg in symbol listing

May

Fixed inability to export links from children
Fixed bug that causes search text not working when click on next button
Fixed bug that erroneously apply transformation to animation elements
Fixed inability to export links from children

May

Improved nano compression for animated elements
Fixed bug that causes nano comparision to report false positive when using CSS properties

Apr

You can now collapse a stencil or all stencil by right clicking on a symbol
You can now change the size of symbols listing in the stencil. Go to FIle > Preference and choose your symbol size.

Apr

Updated list of keyboard shortcuts

Apr

Fixed inability to compress svg with very small precision values

Apr

Fixed bug in nano that fails to read skew properly
Fixed bug in Vecta that causes inability to set font stylings
Improved nano to be much faster when compacting ID
Improved nano to be able to compress useless paths better for more compression
Improved Help search algorithm

Apr

Fixed bug for path shape property
Fixed bug in import svg that causes incorrect text position and imported fonts
Fixed bug when converting group shape to path not working properly

Mar

Fixed bug in nano that causes use element height to be misrepresented
Added hyperlink support in exported SVG
Fixed cubic curve not displaying properly when moving around
Fixed setting of custom line weight
Fixed addition of padding for text in imported svg
FIxed setting of color for group shape

Mar

Fixed bug in Nano that applies gradient transformation wrongly, resulting in large differences
Fixed bug for setting custom line weight and line style

Mar

Improved Vecta to be able to show live colors when hovering over color picker

Mar

Improved export svg to have copy to clipboard
Improved export svg to have prettify svg
You can now import svg with multiple stops gradients into Vecta

Mar

Fix bug for comment & tagging not working across multiple pages

Mar

Improved export svg to have copy to clipboard
Improved export svg to have prettify svg
You can now import svg with multiple stops gradients into Vecta

Mar

Improved text outline for rotated shapes
Added Multiple stops for gradients
Improved Pie Chart plugin

Feb

Improved loading of multiple pages

Feb

Fixed bug in Nano when compressing classes

Feb

Fixed bug in Nano when merging paths
Holding spacebar will automatically change to pan mode
Improved Nano parsing to deal with entities

Feb

Fixed bug related to setting font-size
Fixed slack notification not working

Feb

Fixed bug for unlocked/locked shape's shape property

Feb

Fixed bug with loading of plugins

Feb

Fixed rounding bug when exporting svg
Improved import of svg into Vecta to be able to handle lineargradients
Improved connector symbol to be able to connect to other shapes when dropping it
Able to connect to shapes when duplicating connector.
Fixed bug that causes connector unable to connect to connection point when moving it

Feb

Fixed bug for alignment box when moving sub-group
Fixed bug for shape property size input value not being updated when changed
Fixed bug in Nano related to clipPath

Feb

Fixed bug in Nano for mask and also text transform
Improved importing of SVG
Improved Vecta's shape hyperlink
Fixed bug for grouping of shapes

Feb

Fixed font embedding bug in nano

Jan

Nano compression speed further optimized
Minor fix for copy pasting symbols

Jan

Fixed bug in nano for mask,text transform and clipPath

Jan

Custom menu is now deployed
Improved importing of SVG
Improved dashboard with refresh folder
Fixed bug with Nano for clip path and masks
Fixed bug with textblock handle
Minor fix for increment
Fixed bug with grouping shapes

Jan

Updated Nano to be 3 times faster

Jan

Fixed bug with shape property

Jan

Fixed right click menu not hidden after deleting symbol from stencil

Jan

Union operation can now union non-joined path
Fixed bug with def compression

Jan

Fix for indexing problem affecting shapes positioning

Jan

Improved Nano to compress patterns better
Bug fix for increment

Dec

Improved Nano to compress elements with same stylings
Fixed bug in Nano that causes gradients to be compressed wrongly
Fixed multiple spacing in shape text after resizing shape
Fixed connector problems.
You can now add new points to a path. Press Alt key while in draw path mode to add a point to a path

Dec

Fixed bugs affecting shape's text positioning
Fixed fit to drawing not working as expected
Minor fixes for user signup flow

Dec

Fixed bug for templates dialog

Nov

Improved zooming performance by 100% for large number of elements

Dec

Fixed incorrect positioning of menu's arrow when having scrollbar in firefox
Updated vecta for faster zooming

Nov

Fixed bug that caused inability to load edit symbol's icon page in firefox
Improved menu to display faster
Fixed bug that causes right mouse buttons to draw shapes
Improved scroll bar to be able to show vertical scrollbars only for faster operations
Improved CSS for ghost and guides to be more efficient for faster operations
Fixed bug that caused drawing not scrolling properly after zoom in to 120% and above
Optimized vecta to perform more responsively when we have large amount of elements

Nov

Fixed bug where folder is created for every new drawing

Nov

Improved page loading speed by 16 times
You can now pin your drawings to the top! Right click on a drawing, and choose 'Pin to top'
You can now move a guide using directional keys! Click on a guide to select it, and press the keys to move it.
Path points can now be moved using directional keys. Click on a point to select it, and press the keys.
Fixed bug that caused lock shape option shown in the right click menu instead of unlock shape
Improved vecta to flip text of a shape better
Fixed bug that caused sub shapes of rotated group to have wrong position after undo

Nov

Fixed blog load more button not working

Nov

You can now have 120%, 160%, and 240% zoom of your drawing when the drawing in px unit
Fixed flipping not being able to flip properly

Nov

Fixed bug that fails to resize connection point display

Nov

Far faster zooming especially when shape count is high
Fixed incorrectly shown symbol total in search stencil

Nov

You can now refresh a search stencil. Click on the dot menu to the left of the search stencil's name, and choose 'Refresh search'
Improve visual feedback for selection of connection points
Fix for guide not responding when zoom in/out
Fix for online status not showing
Fix for color range selection when selecting RGB mode

Nov

Improved bottom bar to use faster tooltips
Improved zooming to have improved performance even when we have thousands of elements
Improved selection of sticky dialogs to ensure more responsiveness
Improved dropping of symbols to be much faster
Improved Nano to be able to compress glyphs
Improved loading feedback to be more responsive and messages to be more visible
Fix for shape properties not showing up in edit icon mode
Fix for symbols ordering in stencils
Fix for dragging of shapes showing bounding box instead of alignment box
Fix for certain icons not showing in Firefox
Fixed an indexing problem that prevented adding and reindexing symbols

Oct

Updated Vecta with optimization when grouping and ungrouping
Improved Nano to remove duplicate filters
Improved Nano to remove elements that has no stroke and no fill, effectively invisible elements
Fixed bug in Vecta that causes inability to wrap filters properly
Improved Nano to apply transformation for strokes

Oct

Improved Nano to inherit gradientUnits, resulting in 22.4% better than competition compression
Improved Nano to remove line caps and fill rules, no 22.1% better than competition
Improved Nano to remove attributes from gradients resulting in high compression, now at 21.9% better than competition

Oct

Improved Nano to remove duplicate gradients where all elements can point to a single gradient
Improved Nano to move elements into a group if they share the same attributes, resulting in higher compression
Improved Nano to remove classes from children if they share the same class with the group
Improved Nano to optimize using USE elements, resulting in far higher compression, beating the competition by nearly 19%
Improved Nano to remove extra gradient elements, resulting in far higher compression, beating then competition by more than 20%

Oct

Fixed bug that causes inability to export selected shape when x or y contains formula
Improved Nano to be able to compress switch tag and remove foreignObject

Oct

Improved Nano with smart rounding of opacity which improve compression rate to be 17.6% better than competition
Improved Nano to be able to better compress filter and effects, resulting in better compression
Fixed bug in Nano that affect mix blending using CSS
Improved compression for USE elements by removing defaults
Improved compression of USE elements by applying transform translate
Improved Nano to be able to better compress filter and effects, resulting in better compression
Added a new stencil 'Social Media (shadow)'
Improved Measurement Tool stencil
Improved Nano to remove unnecessary clip-rule attributes for better compression
Improved Nano to remove default attributes after simplifying transform for better compression

Oct

Fixed bug that causes rotated shapes in group to be offset wrongly when resized
Fixed bug that causes rotated shapes to have an offset when converted to path
Fixed bug that causes shape resizing incorrect after attached to guide
Improved Nano to be able to cater to very fine fill lines with better preservation of images
Fixed bug that causes duplication of shapes to be offset wrongly

Oct

Improved Nano to be faster, especially with classes
Fixed bug that causes Nano to be unable to process classes properly

Sep

Fix for symbol and plugin edit icons

Sep

Fixed Nano bug where groups with clip path is moved to children resulting in loss of clipping
Fixed filtering of text nodes that results in loss of positioning
Improved filtering of text node positioning that improves compression
Improved rounding of text nodes positioning that improves positioning
Added a new connector, jump connectors
Fixed a bug that prevented drawings from loading
Updated Nano with smart rounding which improves compression by 2%, beating the competition by 18%
Updated Nano with better removal of empty containers for even smaller compression
Fixed bug that causes connection point keep highlighting
Fixed position inaccuracy of new drawn shape after window size changed
Fixed bug that causes selection box not display properly after window size changed
Improved how grouping is done in preparation for effects
Fixed inability to show arrows dues to a bug for stroke width
Fixed inability for Nano to detect stroke line caps on some SVG

Sep

Fixed Nano bug that causes some svg to be hanged when classes are in a certain format
Fixed bug that causes error when expanding path in a group
Fixed Nano bug that fails to check for escape characters in svg classes

Sep

Fixed bug that causes error when reading stroke-dasharray if value contains space at the beginning
Added a pan tool. It is now listed under the pointer tool dropdown
Improved selection and deletion of multiple path points

Aug

You can now select multiple path points. Try moving or deleting multiple path points at the same time! Hold down the CTRL key before selecting a path handle
We are moving our Support pages to our new Help section! We are gradually adding more content to our Help section

Aug

Added 4 new Cisco stencils (Cisco Application Control Engine, Cisco SAFE Architectural, Cisco Security Stealthwatch, Cisco UC500 Series)
Now you can press Ctrl + Alt to scale a shape
Improved Nano to have even more compression using classes with more than 10% extra savings for certain svg
Fixed inability to show shape properties after selecting a guide
Fixed a bug that causes problems when attach a shape to guide
Fixed bug that causes Nano to be unable to show sizes when an error occurred during font embedding
Improved showing of error messages
Improved showing of new features and improved algorithm for Nano
Fixed dragging of symbols where icon is positioned wrongly
Fixed inability to transform paths in Nano

Aug

Introducing plugins to automate tedious and repetitive tasks

Aug

Improved dropping of symbols to be 3200% faster down to less than 50ms
Improved display of shape properties to be 3200% faster
Partial fix for nano with classes removed too early

Aug

Improved dropping of symbols to be over 30% faster
Fixed version history dialog box not rending as it should

Aug

Improved calculation of box for shape by more than 400%
Fixed inability to show sizing in shape prop
Fixed inability to move multiple shapes
Improved cache to be more than 10X faster then previous implementation
Fixed inability to properly copy stroke width from one tab to another
Improved conversion from string to paths to be 2 times faster
Fixed inability to get shape properties for connectors

Aug

Improved text outlining to remove extraneous path points resulting in much smaller points
Improved operations to be able to cater to points that start and stop from the same point
Fixed inability to outline text due to cleaning of paths
Improved converting to paths and outlining to automatically switch to path mode for better UX
Improved cleanup of orphaned shapes and indexes
Improved selection of shapes to be faster
Improved deselection of shapes to be faster

Aug

Fixed hiding of shapes belonging to a layer hidden when published
Fixed inability to access svgz files
Fixed broken links in API

Jul

Fixed a bug that prevents images from being dropped one by one into the drawing
Fixed a bug that when select a fill transparency, the transparency will apply on the line end arrow
Improved API .shapes to be able to select shapes more intuitively
Published blog post with definitive guide to CSS styling order
Updated Nano with better compression for filters

Jul

When copying an image from one drawing to another, a notifier will appear to inform if any error is encountered
Improved documentation for Vecta API
Fixed Vecta selection to outline text and convert shapes to paths
Fixed inability to outline text
Fixed bug that causes multiple shapes to appear when the document is empty
Fixed bug that causes problem when try to undo pasting symbol with image to other drawing
Fixed inability to import svg

Jul

Fixed a bug that prevents a user from opening the Invite members dialog in a drawing
Fixed shape operation join which produces some erroneous coordinates

Jul

Tooltip for symbols now shows description of symbol also
Fixed a bug that prevented drawings in publish mode, view mode and edit icon mode to load

Jul

Improved better loading of drawing for 50% bandwidth reduction
Added ability to outline fonts, with right click Tools | Outline text
Improved import of SVG

Jul

You can now remove fields from the Shape Properties dialog. On the right of the field, there is a dot menu. Click on it and choose 'Remove field'
We added a full-fledged code editor into Vecta. In Shape Properties dialog, switch to Formula mode through the 'f' icon. Click on the dot menu and select 'Edit icon'
Fixed a problem that prevented Version dialog to open
Copy and pasting an auto-incremented shape in the demo page will no longer cause errors

Jul

Fixed a bug that failed to validate formulas in control point correctly

Jul

You can now add formulas in Shape Properties dialog even without switching to Formula mode. However, to edit the formula, please switch to Formula mode using the 'f' icon
Formulas are now supported for control points
Have you heard of text auto-incrementing? You now have! To give this a try, click on a shape with text and open up Shape Properties dialog. Click on the '+' icon and select 'Increment' from the dropdown. Set the 'increment' from false to true. Copy the incremented shape to see the text increment!

Jul

Fixed a bug that overwrites the symbol in Edit Icon

Jul

You can now edit your symbol icons! Right click on your symbols and select 'Edit Icon'. We enabled a full-fledged editor in Edit Icon mode
We have updated our API for the icon method found under Vecta.Symbol. Previously, a string is required to be passed into the method to update the icon. This parameter has been changed to Vecta.Shape instead

Jul

Fit to drawing now takes stroke-width and rotated shapes into account before resizing the page
Scaling the page now recalculates stroke-width and stroke-dashes of every shape on page
Control points no longer jump back to original position when dragged over boundaries
Control point boundaries as well as the position can now overlap each other. For example, setting the min and max at 0,0 while control point is at 0,0 will work

Jun

Fixed a bug that prevented clicking on the text input at color picker dropdown
Fixed a bug that caused line ends in grouped shapes to go missing when flipped
Fixed a bug that prevented making templates from duplicated drawings
You can now search for texts in publish mode and view mode. Press CTRL + F to open up the text search bar

Jun

You can now share stencils that you own across teams. Go to a stencil that you own, and click on the dot menu. Choose 'Share Stencil' to get started!
Added 5 new stencils under Google Fonts category. Simply drag and drop these symbols to add a new font into your drawing!

Jun

Added a new stencil titled 'Photo Organizational Chart'
You can now make your drawing size fit to your shapes. On the bottom left of your editor, click on the Page Setup icon. Tick 'Fit to drawing' and click OK
A bug was found when trying to undo the addition of a dropped image (.JPG, .PNG, .SVG) to the drawing. This has since been fixed
Fixed a bug that create a second text container when entering a shape's edit text mode

Jun

You can now edit your Vecta profile, select to use Vecta avatars or change your name in Vecta
You can now drop any new symbols into the stencil at any position you want. Simply drag and drop a shape into the stencil, and the new symbol will be positioned where you drop it. To match this new update, the method addSymbol has also been updated to accept zero-based index
Zoom to fit feature has been further improved for View and Publish mode. You can find this feature at the bottom right of Vecta Editor
Sorting folders and drawings by name has been added. On your Dashboard, next to the Create button, click on the sorting options dropdown and choose 'By name'

Jun

Fixed a bug that preventing getting drawing title in View mode
You can now add new fonts to your liking. Open a drawing, and click on the font family dropdown. Click on the very last option to open up the custom font dialog. Only fonts available from Google Fonts is accepted
A new feature, compress SVG has been added to the option Export SVG. Go to Export, and select Export SVG. Choose Compress SVG and see the magic! Visit https://vecta.io/nano to know more about our SVG compression tool, Nano

Jun

When dropping multiple images into the drawing, some images may not show after refreshing the page. This has been fixed
The number of images dropped at a time has been modified to 1. You can only drop 1 image at any time
New UI design for line end

Jun

Fixed colour rendering problem with Export PDF
You can now convert your shapes to a path! Right click a shape, and hover to Tools. Choose 'Convert to Path' to see the magic
Previously, newer line ends do not take up the path's fill/stroke values. This has since been fixed

May

Added an option to open all stencils under a category. Hover over a category, and click on 'Open all stencils'. This option is only available if you have 2 or more stencils in a category
Fixed a bug that renders drawing previews incorrectly
Fixed a bug that causes images to go missing from a duplicated drawing

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