What's New

• Support multi-line tspan layout, text-anchor/baseline, spacing, and `<text>` in `<defs>`/`<use>` (https://github.com/gfargo/svg-editor/pull/534)

• PAPP-571: svg-editor #517: text: multi-line text objects (https://github.com/gfargo/svg-editor/pull/533)

• Cursor guides no longer flash the "Saving…" indicator continuously while dragging a placed guide — repositioning now saves once, when you release, instead of on every pointer movement
• Dragging a placed guide now shows its live position on the ruler, matching the existing cursor-guides preview
• Fixed the cursor-guides crosshair and ruler position marker drifting out of alignment with the ruler's own tick marks after resizing the window
• Fixed the Help & Documentation dialog's footer attribution wrapping into cramped, broken lines

Dashed guide lines now follow your cursor straight to the rulers, with the precise X/Y position labeled right on the ruler edge and in a small readout next to your pointer. Turn it on whenever you want it, or hold a single key to preview it on demand — handy for lining up shapes, checking spacing, or just knowing exactly where you are.

• Dashed guide lines trace from your cursor to the top and side rulers as you move
• See the exact pixel position labeled on the ruler and right next to your cursor
• Hold R to preview cursor guides on demand, even with the setting off
• Turn it on permanently from Canvas Settings → Guides, right alongside your other ruler options

Text and tspan elements in an imported SVG are no longer dropped as unsupported — they now convert into fully editable path outlines, just like every other shape in your document. Drag anchor points, adjust curves, recolor, and transform lettering exactly the way you'd edit any hand-drawn path. If the source SVG embeds its own font, that's what renders. Otherwise a bundled fallback font steps in and you'll see a one-time notice so you know a substitution happened — everything still resolves locally, with no network fetch beyond the app itself.

• Text and tspan elements import as editable path outlines instead of being skipped
• Embedded fonts are honored automatically; a licensed fallback steps in when one isn't found
• Converted text picks up transforms, clip paths, masks, and styling like any other imported shape
• Font substitution happens entirely on-device — nothing is fetched over the network

Frontier-tier illustrations can now be refined after generation. Your artwork is sent to a vision model for critique, then revised against that feedback — smoothing curve joins, tightening detail, and fixing composition issues a first pass missed. Every refinement either improves your artwork or leaves it untouched — a failed pass never destroys what you already have.

• One click turns a rough Frontier illustration into a polished one
• A second AI model reviews the actual rendered image, not just the underlying code
• Up to two refinement passes per variant
• A failed refine never destroys your original artwork

• Add autosave crash/reload recovery prompt (https://github.com/gfargo/svg-editor/pull/327)

The path editor is easier to navigate and more dependable during detailed work. Align paths directly to the artboard, add new paths at the center of the document, and move through a task-focused Edit panel without hunting through one long collection of controls. Selection boundaries, context menus, and color pickers now remain clear and usable across canvas themes, zoom levels, and the compact desktop inspector. Deleting a path also participates fully in history, so Undo restores its geometry, style, selection, layer order, visibility, and grouping.

• Align one path or a multi-selection to any artboard edge or center
• Create new paths at the center of the current document
• Restore complete deleted paths with Undo and remove them again with Redo
• Navigate six focused editing sections with viewport-safe menus and color controls

SVG Path Editor now runs inside a dedicated Tauri desktop application in private beta. It keeps the same local-first editor while adding the native file, window, menu, recovery, and update foundations expected from a focused creative tool. Public installers remain gated on signing and clean-machine verification; the web editor remains fully available without an account.

• Open real SVG files, save in place, use Save As, and export through native destinations
• Keep one active document per native window with protected Open With and drag-and-drop routing
• Recover unfinished work with isolated, bounded per-window recovery and recent files
• Continue local editing offline, with optional account and cloud features when connected

The account menu now leads to a dedicated Account & plan page with your signed-in identity, current cloud access, usage for entitled accounts, and a direct sign-out control.

• Working Account & plan destination from the account menu
• Clear cloud-beta access state and usage details
• Server-side sign-out flow
• Direct Account navigation from the Documents library

The editor now uses a canonical document model with local persistence, recovery safeguards, and an optional cloud path for invited beta accounts. Existing local work remains the default—an account is never required to edit.

• Named local documents with migration and recovery support
• Optional Supabase-backed cloud documents and cross-device sync
• Email magic-link and GitHub sign-in support
• Document library for creating, opening, renaming, duplicating, and trashing cloud documents

Highlights: - Vertically centered on the sidebar edge for natural reach - Subtle track line at rest, reveals panel icon on hover - Smooth expand animation with backdrop-blur - Keyboard shortcut hint (B) and full focus-visible support

• Vertically centered on the sidebar edge for natural reach
• Subtle track line at rest, reveals panel icon on hover
• Smooth expand animation with backdrop-blur
• Keyboard shortcut hint (B) and full focus-visible support

Drag guides from the rulers to place precise alignment references anywhere on your canvas. Paths and points snap to guides automatically when dragging nearby.

• Horizontal and vertical rulers along canvas edges
• Drag from rulers to place guides anywhere
• Automatic snap-to-guide when dragging paths or points
• Double-click a guide to remove it

Draw a selection rectangle in edit mode to grab multiple anchor points at once. Move, delete, or transform them together for fast bulk edits.

• Drag to draw a selection rectangle over points
• Selected points highlight with visual feedback
• Move, nudge, or delete all selected points together
• ⇧ Shift-drag to add to existing selection

Normalize path commands for maximum compatibility. Convert S→C, T→Q, A→C, or flatten everything to cubic Béziers. Essential for tools that only understand basic curve types.

• S→C shorthand cubic to full cubic conversion
• T→Q shorthand quad to full quadratic
• A→C arc to cubic approximation
• One-click "all to cubic" for full normalization

The AI path generator now supports constraints (size, complexity, style) and edit-by-prompt — select an existing path and describe how to change it. Plus quality scoring helps you pick the best variant.

• Add size, complexity, and style constraints to generation
• Edit existing paths with natural language prompts
• Quality scoring ranks generated variants
• Multi-variant generation to explore options

Press Cmd+K to open the command palette. Search commands, toggle settings, switch tools, and navigate the editor without leaving the keyboard.

• Cmd+K opens instant command search
• Fuzzy-match across all editor actions
• Keyboard-driven workflow for power users
• Context-aware command suggestions

Grab corner and edge handles to resize any selected path without opening a dialog. Hold Shift to preserve aspect ratio. Works on single paths or multi-path selections.

• Corner and edge resize handles on selection bounds
• ⇧ Shift-drag preserves aspect ratio
• Locked and hidden paths are respected during transforms
• Non-scaling handles stay visible at any zoom level

Patched a critical CVE vulnerability in the React Server Components layer. This update ensures the editor stays secure without any changes to how you use it.

• Patched React Server Components CVE vulnerability
• No breaking changes to existing workflows
• Dependency updates for improved stability
• Seamless upgrade — just refresh and go

The SVG importer now understands every transform type—translate, rotate, scale, skew, and matrix—plus nested groups and stacked transforms. Paths keep their original layout, rotation, and curves so complex assets drop in without manual fixes.

• Full support for translate, rotate, scale, skew, and custom matrix transforms
• Nested group transforms and multi-transform chains apply in the correct order
• Paths render with true positioning, angles, and control handles intact
• Works automatically whenever you upload or drag in an SVG