v2.5.1-rc.0

• Add content viewport option to behavior settings
• Add limit viewport to positive coordinates option to behavior settings
• Restructure view and behavior settings
• Improve rendering performance by reusing paint objects in grid rendering
• Change settings defaults
  • sort_by to modified
  • sort_order to descending
  • delayed_autosave to true
  • autosave_delay_seconds to 3
  • hide_extension to true
  • show_thumbnails to true
• Fix broken Android monochrome app icon in stable version (#1066)
• Fix capture thumbnail displaying an incorrect viewport
• Fix autosave not working if opened document has no location yet
• Fix duplicated elements sometimes appearing after moving selections
• Fix renderer replacement in ElementsChanged to preserve original layer
• Fix memory leaks and stale state in tool handlers
  • Fix lifecycle cleanup in pen, path eraser, laser, label and select handlers
  • Fix import handler renderer cache not being released on dispose
• Fix networking foreground cleanup to avoid stale remote renderer buildup
• Fix networking service shutdown cleanup to release subscriptions and streams
• Fix renaming a non-active page causing page content to be overwritten (#1064)
• Fix page add/rename collisions potentially overwriting existing pages
• Fix valid asset path reporting for text export/import compatibility
• Fix inline editing closing immediately when double tapping on mobile
• Fix app crashing when having external storage with icon
• Fix collaboration URL validation and connection handling for invalid URLs
• Fix startup crashes caused by invalid persisted settings enum/JSON values
• Fix malformed asset source URIs causing import/render crashes
• Unify numeric text input parsing across dialogs and toolbars
• Fix settings import error handling for invalid JSON files
• Fix embed render/renderSVG parsing for malformed payloads and integer values
• Fix area properties initial area property pulling back
• Replace area properties initial area replacing it with a checkbox
• Fix page rearranging option conditionally not shown on mobile devices
• Unify and improve drag-and-drop reordering across pages, layers, waypoints, and PDF export

Read more here: https://linwood.dev/butterfly/2.5.1-rc.0

Nightly

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v2.5.0

Changes since 2.5.0-rc.2:

• Improve performance of pen drawing
• Fix edited polygons showing duplicate old and new shapes until moved
• Fix polygon tool has black color when using dark theme

This is a stable release, it includes all the changes from the 2.5.0 nightly releases.
Read more here: https://linwood.dev/butterfly/2.5

Stable

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v2.5.0-rc.2

• Improve pdf rendering
• Add toggle presentation to keyboard shortcuts settings page
• Change toggle presentation to ctrl + space
• Fix space not working in text input fields
• Fix pdf export dialog overflow on mobile devices
• Fix thumbnails not loading in pdf export dialog
• Fix polygon disappearing after editing
• Add warning to data folder setting on mobile
• Add confirmation dialog when changing data folder
• Replace Readex Pro with Noto Sans Arabic
• Improve template selection UI

Read more here: https://linwood.dev/butterfly/2.5.0-rc.2

v2.5.0-rc.1

• Redesign pdf export dialog
  • Improve item layout
  • Add delete button for export presets
  • Add export preset save button
• Improve logs
  • Improve logging by rotating logs and keeping the last 3 sessions
  • Provide a dropdown in the logs settings to view previous logs
  • Reduce log noise from verbose rendering events
• Add export preset to pdf import
• Improve arabic app font by using Readex Pro
• Fix pdfs and images being gray on export if not inside the viewport
• Fix untranslated reset on key recorder
• Fix file 'updated at' date unexpectedly changing when just viewing files on the home page
• Improve performance when loading file lists on the home screen
• Fix small corner menu on different configurations
• Fix elements not rendering when moving into view

Read more here: https://linwood.dev/butterfly/2.5.0-rc.1

v2.5.0-rc.0

• Add selective exporting in data settings
• Add hold shortcuts (#992)
• Add option to enable/disable thumbnails for notes (#984)
• Add favorite templates to settings export
• Add long press action for double/triple touch shortcuts
• Fix opening local files when default storage is set to cloud
• Fix stamp handler
  • Fix scaling on multiple elements
  • Fix preview element will shown after submitting
• Improve rendering performance on unbaked viewport
• Improve polygons
  • Remove edit mode to make creating and editing polygons more seamless
  • Long press on a polygon to quickly start editing it
  • Improve drag handle hitboxes on mobile devices
  • Improve hit calculation
  • Simplify polygon toolbar if no polygon is edited
  • Fix an issue where closed polygons couldn't be correctly closed after editing
  • Fix an issue where fill rendering was drawn over the stroke
• Fix undo/redo state not updating in toolbar

Read more here: https://linwood.dev/butterfly/2.5.0-rc.0

v2.5.0-beta.3

• Add default name when creating new areas
• Add main menu to the edit toolbar in full screen mode
• Add double and triple press shortcuts for touch input (#976)
• Add thumbnail capturing setting with interactive selection dialog (#944)
• Improve presentation mode and tools
  • Increase performance by avoiding redundant viewport baking
  • Add missing pause shortcut configuration via space bar
  • Automatically pause properly when hitting begin or end of presentation slider bounds
  • Optimize toolbar layout and timeline visualization to fit cleanly on narrow mobile devices
  • Improve mouse click interactions on slides vs natural touch inputs
  • Fix swipe down action to exit presentation
  • Fix pdf export not showing the correct position
• Change double tap context menu shortcut to long press to avoid conflicts with new shortcuts
• Improve area size selection UI by having simple width/height inputs and a preset selector
• Improve aspect ratio selection UI with presets and ratio text support
• Improve svg and image background rendering
• Fix area tool aspect ratio constraint resizing issue
• Fix files are overwritten if importing failed
• Fix web embedding system
• Fix controls at the bottom being cut out on some devices
• Fix tool properties not updating if tool was newly created or updated
• Fix top corner menu could have invalid size
• Improve WebDAV implementation and performance (sorting, directory caching)
• Fix asset invalidation when elements are removed (#1046)
• Fix a rendering issue related to element baking
• Fix desyncronization of renderers when concurrently changing elements
• Fix property view overlapping with zoom and pen only toggle controls
• Fix zoom control position preference not saving properly
• Fix keybinder recording not toggling

Read more here: https://linwood.dev/butterfly/2.5.0-beta.3

v2.5.0-beta.2

• Add support for opening an area as initial view
• Add support for creating an initial area when creating a document inside the template dialog
• Add area creation dialog in area navigator if no areas exist
• Add area teleportion after entering area
• Add option to hide file extension (#942)
• Show other areas if inside an area
• Improve label mode change
• Improve bottom bar in area and page navigator
• Improve what's new button styling and live update on the home page
• Use import file name as default name when importing documents and add option to import multiple files
• Fix file extension is being hidden if the file name is too long
• Fix memory leaks
  • PDF and SVG renderer
  • Importing elements
  • Baking viewport
  • Concurrent asset system
  • Document closing
  • Undoing and loading documents
  • Elements changed and removed events
• Fix area teleporting has offset on render resolutions other than fast
• Fix handwriting, suggestions and emoji input not working for text fields (#936)
• Fix spacing of pen only toggle if zoom view is disabled (#1043)
• Fix importing a file inside a subdirectory having unexpected behavior
• Upgrade to flutter 3.41

Read more here: https://linwood.dev/butterfly/2.5.0-beta.2

v2.4.4

This is a hotfix update, cherry picking some important fixes from the last 2.5.0-beta.1 nightly release.

Cherry picks:

• Improve performance of pen hit testing
• Remove autofocus from add dialog search to prevent virtual keyboard on mobile
• Fix sync button not visible on small screens
• Fix non-zero exit code when app closes
• Fix Android intent handling causing empty documents on resume and not updating on new intent
• Fix importing assets does not use default template
• Fix importing does not use selected storage
• Fix importing archives opening empty documents
• Fix spread to pages breaks pdf import
• Fix path eraser and eraser not correctly working if full selection is enabled
• Fix triangle shape not exported on svg export
• Remove border for pdf pages

Read more here: https://linwood.dev/butterfly/2.4.4