Stykz Changelog

What's new in Stykz 1.0.2 Build 222

Dec 19, 2011

General:
Added compaction to stack saving to help with file size reduction/performance enhancement.
Improved performance with moving multiple figures with the arrow keys.
Improved overall performance of Stykz by approximately 15%.
(Mac Only) Added custom icons for Pivot .stk and .piv files.
Fixed bug where the segment shown when drag-copying a segment was "stuck" on the first frame of a document after Stykz crashed. [1444]
Improved performance slightly by not checking Stykz documents when they open for font changes for the current platform. [1449]
Docs/Help/Support:
Stykz Help
Added "Copying Segments" topic under the "Working With Segments" section. [1436]
Added "...Copy a Segment?" topic under the "How Do I...?" section.
Updated The Palettes > Controller Palette to include info on playing animations back from the currently displayed frame instead of frame 1.
Added "...Start Playback From the Current Frame?" topic under the "How Do I...?" section.
Figure Manipulation:
Fixed bug where attempting to deselect a single segment would deselect *all* of the segments of the target figure. [1434]
(Windows Only) Fixed bug where antialiasing for newly created segments would sometimes not match the antialiasing of the target figure. [1439]
Fixed bug where a polyfill in progress would get canceled if the "3 nodes" reminder alert was displayed. [1447]
Import/Export:
Export Animated GIF
Modified Frame Delay so that it would show red if you picked a number less than 6/100ths of a second. [1428]
Import Pivot .stk File
Changed import so that if you hit the "75 generations" limit, the figure it was creating is removed from the document instead of leaving it partially done.
Installer:
(Windows Only) Fixed bug where the shortcut to the Stykz Forums in the Start menu would not work. [1446]
Menus:
(Windows Only) Fixed bug where Show Antialiasing was not matching the currently applied antialiasing of the frontmost document, especially with new documents. [1441]
(Windows Only) Fixed problem where mnemonics (underscores in menu items) were displaying at the wrong time). [1445]
Palettes:
Commands Palette
Added 'Set Color of Selected Figures - Web Safe' command to allow making a button bring up the Web Safe color picker.
Controller Palette
Fixed bug that was causing an error dislog to appear when using the scrubber with the Frame Palette not showing.
Library Palette
Fixed bug that generated an error when trying to add a figure with all segments hidden to the Library. [1440]
Properties Palette
Fixed bug where creating an empty selection rectangle and releasing the mouse would incorrectly switch to show Figure Properties. [1448]
Stage/Windows:
Fixed bug where nodes of the default stick figure for new documents would be in front of the menubar on Windows.
Undo:
Fixed bug where some error dialogs were displaying when trying to undo the deletion or cutting of figures.
Fixed bug where locking/unlocking a figure could not be undone. [1419]
Welcome Center:
Fixed bug where closing the Welcome Center after clicking on "From a Stykz .styk File..." and cancelling would bring up a second "Open" dialog box. [1418]

New in Stykz 1.0.1 Build 220 (Dec 19, 2011)

New in Stykz 1.0 Build 219 (Dec 19, 2011)

New in Stykz 1.0 Build 218 (Dec 19, 2011)

General:
Added support for registering a mutex when Stykz launches so the Windows installer could detect if Stykz was running or not.
Added support for a "dot in the close box" to indicate a document with changes (Mac OS X only).
Added support for a proxy icon in the title bar for saved documents (Mac OS X only).
Fixed bug where .styk files were showing with the same icon as the .stykz files (Windows only). [1279]
Added support for double-clicking a .styk file; doing so will cause Stykz to ask you if you want to open the .styk in a new document, or add it to the library. [1268]
Fixed bug where some Windows users were getting an update message, but clicking on the "Download Update" button would do nothing (not even take them to the Stykz web site). [1263]
Fixed bug where nodes were not appearing when an existing document was opened. [1325]
Fixed bug where you couldn't use a numeric password to secure the Document Info of a document. [1314]
Fixed bug where palette locations weren't being saved if you used the close box on the last document to quit Stykz on Windows. [1288]
Modified method of storing thumbnails to (hopefully) eliminate corrupted Stykz documents. [1347]
Added error dialog to display if problems occur during the document saving process. [1347]
Fixed bug where using the "," key to go to the previous frame did not retain the currently selected figures. [1359]
Fixed bug where switching to Preview mode would sometimes leave nodes showing. [1363]
Fixed bug where opening the Hints palette for the first time on Windows always showed hints for the Select tool, regardless of what actual tool was active. [1386]
Docs/Help/Support:
Added Stykz Help application with several completed help topics.
Fixed typos in Stykz Help.
Fixed bug where Stykz Help wouldn't remember your last window position. [1405]
Added ability to expand a topic by clicking on the topic itself. [1406]
Figure Manipulation:
Fixed bug where right-clicking and dragging to create a segment and then releasing the mouse over a palette would generate an error. [1278]
Fixed bug where adding a node to a segment with static nodes on both ends would cause one node to show as dynamic. [1272]
Fixed bug where you couldn't see the nodes of a figure that had a subselection when switching to the PolyFill tool (so you couldn't create a polyfill). NOTE: A byproduct of this is that when you have a subselection and switch to another tool, the figure(s) that own the subselection(s) get selected. [1271]
Fixed bug where you could not select or change the properties of more than one polyfill at a time.
Fixed bug where creating a polyfill in a figure that already had one would create it (and draw the red connector line) *behind* the existing polyfill(s).
Fixed bug were hitting Escape to cancel creating a circle would generate an error. [1265]
Fixed bug where imported .stk figures would not have the nodes float in front. [1258]
Fixed bug that allowed you to stretch a circle so that it was smaller than its line thickness, giving you a strange "inside-out" appearance.
NEW: If you are in the middle of creating a polyfill, you can Option/Alt-click on a node that was part of the polyfill-in-progress and that node will be removed from the polyfill. A note about that was also added to the tool instructions that display when you are creating a polyfll. [1276]
Fixed bug where you could create a single drag node by right-clicking on the stage with the Subselect tool. [1287]
Fixed bug where Command-clicking on a node with the Select tool would deselect the figure, even if your intention was to stretch the node.
Fixed bug where deleting the last segment of a figure with the Subselect tool would leave a single node behind. [1317]
Fixed bug where attempting to change the angle of a subselected segment in a rotated figure would cause odd behavior (the "dancing stickman" problem). [1318]
Fixed bug where dragging a circle from one point to another would cause it to shrink to its smallest size even if you don't have any modifier keys down (the "circle shrink" problem). [1298]
Fixed bug where changing the length of a circle on a figure at an angle causes the head to spin. [1311]
Fixed bug where clicking on the stage while in the middle of making a polyfill brought up an error dialog. [1302]
Fixed bug where adding a node to a figure that had multiple polyfills would cause some polyfills to 'snap' to the wrong nodes when the figure was manipulated. [1312]
Fixed bug where right-clicking on the Stage when the PolyFill tool was active would create odd results. [1303]
Fixed bug where the cursor would not change to the new "polyfilling" cursor when hovering over a node before you start creating a polyfill. [1326]
Fixed bug where right-clicking on the stage to start a figure, but then releasing it would properly delete the node, but would leave the Properties palette reading "Figure Properties" instead of "Stage Properties". [1337]
Fixed bug where if a figure with hidden and/or static segments was currently selected, switching to the subselect or polyfill tool would not show the same thing as switching to the add line or add circle tools. [1338]
Fixed bug where using the arrow keys to move a selected figure would disconnect the nodes from the figure. [1352]
Fixed bug where the selection rectangle would go over the menu bar on Windows. [1301]
Fixed bug where adding a node with the Subselect tool when a figure had previously been selected with the Select tool would cause the new node (and its parent) to be colored blue instead of red. [1357]
Fixed bug where adding a node to a figure with multiple polyfills would sometimes mess up the polyfills. [1374]
Fixed bug where using the circle tool and creating a very small circle would cause the line width to be larger than what should be allowed. [1371]
Fixed bug where drag-copying a segment to another figure when one of them was scaled would cause the new segment to 'pop' to a new size when the receiving figure was rotated. [1366]
Fixed bug where creating a new segment or circle off of an existing segment that had a color would cause the new segment to draw black until the mouse was released. [1365]
Fixed bug where canceling the adding of a line or circle with the Add Line or Add Circle tools would leave a single drag node behind. [1364]
Fixed bug where you could crash Stykz if you created a segment with too many successive children ("generations"). Note that the maximum number of generations is 75 (which should be more than sufficient). [1373]
Fixed bug where static segments would remain gray after clicking on the stage with the SubSelect tool. [1378]
Fixed bug where newly drawn figures in a document that had Show Antialiasing turned off would still show the lines as antialiased. [1380]
Fixed bug where the Enter key when used while dragging wouldn't let you keep dragging to create frames. [1394]
Fixed bug where static nodes would still show when selecting another figure with the subselect tool. [1410]
Fixed bug where creating a new segment from a segment that was already selected would create it in red and flash back to black. [1409]
Fixed bug where being in the middle of polyfilling and clicking on any of the palettes would leave the polyfill in a weird state. [1404]
Fixed bug where being in the middle of polyfilling and hitting the Enter key would go to the next frame, but leave the polyfill in a weird state.
Import/Export:
NEW: Added ability to drag .stk and .styk files directly from the desktop onto an open document.
NEW: Added support for importing Pivot 3 .stk files - NOTE: If the .stk contains a sprite, the sprite will be ignored and the figure will be imported without the sprite using the first node after the sprite as the drag node.
Modified 'Export Frame' so that it wouldn't switch you out of Edit Mode, but still allows you to export in Edit or Preview modes. [1320]
Fixed bug where you got an error trying to export to QuickTime. [1291]
Fixed bug (hopefully) where some Windows users would receive error dialogs when trying to import a Pivot 3 .stk file. [1321]
Fixed bug where the "Explain" button in the "Incompatibility Detected" dialog (displayed when you import a Pivot .stk that has incompatible circle metrics) did nothing when you clicked it. [1329]
Fixed bug where there were problems exporting animated GIFs - the export did not include the full number of frames. [1375]
NEW: Export settings are now saved with the document and reused as the default choices when you export the document again.
Upgraded GIFsicle/Windows to latest release (1.5.9) [1391]
Fixed bug that prevented GIF animations from being created in Windows. [1388]
Fixed bug that caused GIFs animations to be of lesser quality than those created in Build 213 and earlier. [1390]
Fixed bug where errors reported when importing a bad .stk file were garbled.
Added additional error checking to .stk file import.
Menus:
Fixed bug where cutting/copying and pasting multiple figures would not retain the layering order when pasted. [1285]
Fixed bug where using the shortcut keys to add a figure to the Stage would cause any selected figures to move to the middle of the stage. [1315]
Fixed bug where trying to do a File->Save As on the "blank document" selected in the Welcome Center would generate an error. [1342]
Fixed bug where opening an "open" or "save" dialog while the backdrop was displayed (in Windows) would not restore the palettes properly when the dialog closed. [1331]
Fixed bug where some menu items were enabled in Preview mode when they shouldn't have been. [1381]
Fixed bug where menu shortcuts stopped working on Windows after certain dialog boxes were displayed. [1382]
Fixed bug where Command-B (or choosing Send to Back from the Arrange menu) would cause the selected to figure(s) to flash before showing up in the right place. [1393]
Fixed bug where "Show Antialiasing", when turned off, would not turn off the antialiasing for the nodes. [1397]
Changed "Next Frame" item to show "New Frame" or "Next Frame" depending on whether you're on the last frame of your document or not (mimics the New Frame/Next Frame button in the Frames palette). [1408]
Fixed bug where spamming "Check For Updates" would get back an "update check failed" message. [1402]
Fixed bug where duplicating (Edit > Duplicate) or copying and pasting a figure would cause the drag node to be "below" all the other nodes.
Fixed bug where using Save As on Mac would generate an error after the new document was saved.
Added "Go to DarkDemon.org" and "Go to Droidz.org" to Help menu.
Palettes:
Fixed bug (hopefully) where some palette positions weren't being saved between sessions. [1288]
Changed behavior of palette window so they do not automatically hide when you switch applications. (This was done for two reasons: (1) It makes it easier to drag .styk files into the Library palette, and (2) it makes it consistent with Windows/Linux.)
Commands:
Fixed bug where palette could be maximized.
Fixed bug where you could not undo scaling or rotating of figures. [1149]
Fixed bug where creating a "no command - label only" button would generate an error dialog. [1372]
Fixed bug where command buttons did not disable if their feature wasn't available. [1134]
Modified window to remove maximize button.
Fixed typo on "Flip Selected Figures H+V" command. [1403]
Controller:
Fixed bug where palette could be maximized.
Fixed bug where sliding the scrubber in a document that had antialiasing turned off would show the figures antialiased until the mouse was released. [1396]
Frames:
NEW: Added ability to use the keyboard to navigate to the next/previous frames, so long as the insertion point is not in an open field. Use the key with the "" on it to go forward one frame. Use of the Shift key is option (e.g. "," is the same as "" Shift-.)). Note that typing ">" on the last frame of an animation will NOT create a new frame; to do that you need to hit the Enter key. [1282]
Fixed bug where the frames would show the images in the wrong sizes, or with "static" lines on the image. [1264]
Fixed bug where it was possible to delete the only frame of a document using the "Delete Frame" button. [1310]
Fixed bug where copying and pasting figures with the keyboard did not update the Frames palette on Windows. [1346]
Fixed bug where hitting the Enter key while the context menu was displayed for inserting frames was generating and error. [1197]
Fixed bug where inserting a frame would cause the thumbnails of all frames after that one to be the same as the one you inserted. [1354]
Fixed bug where selection rectangle was showing up on frame thumbnail if you are in the middle of making one when you hit the Enter key or go to another frame. [1368]
Fixed bug where attempting to add a frame to a blank document would produce an error. [1367]
NEW: Next Frame button shows "New Frame" if you're on the last frame of an animation. This is to be consistent with the "New Frame" menu item in the Edit menu.
Fixed bug where "No documents are open" was showing when you launched Stykz with the Frames palette not showing, and then selected it from the Windows menu to show it. [1387]
Library:
Fixed bug where adding a figure to the Library that had a name that contained a "." would generate a "Missing Library Item" dialog. [1274]
Fixed bug where palette could be maximized.
Fixed bug where adding a figure to the Stage that had been stored in a different scale/angle would snap back to 100% size whenever the scale or angle of the figure was adjusted. [1281]
Fixed bug where you could enter a really long name for a library item and get an error. [1316]
Fixed bug where choosing "Add to Library" when right-clicking on a polyfill in a figure would not only not add the figure to the Library palette, but would also put Stykz into a weird state. [1330]
Added "Show File Location" to context menu when right-clicking on a Library item to switch to the desktop, open the Library folder and highlight the target item. [1398]
Fixed bug where the thumbnail that appeared over the list of styks was not antialiased properly. [1412]
Fixed bug where doing "Add to Library" when on a network share in Windows was generating an error.
Properties:
Fixed bug where palette could be maximized. [1266]
Fixed bug where the mixed state checkbox state would not be set correctly. [1260]
Fixed bug where you could set the length smaller than the line width of a circle.
Fixed bug where if you changed the scale of a new line segment and tried to undo it, the scale would not change on the Property Palette. [1253]
Fixed bug where after you created a new figure with the Subselect tool, if you switched to the Select tool the figure would be selected properly, but the Properties Palette still showed "Segment Properties" instead of switching to "Figure Properties".
Fixed bug where you could enter an insanely large number when changing the width/height of the stage and get an error. [1316]
Fixed bug where resizing the height of the stage to 10 pixels would give you a warning dialog. [1344]
Fixed bug where changing the width of a hidden line while in Subselect and then switching to the Select tool would change the thickness of all the lines in the figure. [1295]
Fixed bug where changing a value and tabbing out of a field would apply the property *twice*, thus requiring two Undos instead of one.
Fixed bug where subselecting a circle that was opaque and turning off the "Opaque" checkbox and then subselecting another circle that was opaque would leave you unable to select a fill color. [1361]
Fixed bug (again) where resizing the height of the stage to 10 pixels would give you a warning dialog. [1344]
Fixed bug where the currently selected color swatch would not be selected when you opened the Websafe Colors dialog.
Fixed bug where flipping figures that were already rotated did not flip in the expected way. [1376]
Fixed bug where you could get an error dialog if you were editing a field value and hit the tab key to go to Preview mode.
Fixed bug where flipping a figure and then rotating it with the arrow keys would cause the figure to jump to a radically different angle. [1385]
Fixed bug where you could enter two decimal points in a field and get an error as a result. [1383]
Fixed bug where tapping the down spin control once when the angle of a selected figure read "0" would show "360" instead of "359". [1411]
Fixed bug where attempting to set the angle of three selected segments that were all connected would not set the same angle for each. [1413]
Tools:
Fixed bug where using the Add Circle tool to create a circle would generate an error. [1262]
Fixed bug that could cause an error dialog to appear when using the Add Line or Add Circle tools if the tool instructions were being displayed.
Fixed bug where clicking on a node with the polyfill tool in a saved document would beep and act as if you were clicking on another figure. [1400]
Fixed bug where creating a polyfill on Windows when Show Antialiasing was turned off whould still show up as antialiased. [1401]
Playing Animations:
Fixed bug where the StykzPlayer window was resizable when it shouldn't have been. [1323]
Fixed bug where the StykzPlayer would not show the figures aliased if you chose that setting in Windows. [1289, 1300]
Fixed bug where a polyfill that was selected prior to playback would end up with a black border after playback was complete. [1360]
Fixed bug where the Properties Palette would not refresh properly after an animation was finished playing.
Fixed bug where you could select and mess with figures when the StykzPlayer window was up. [1384]
Fixed bug where playing an animation with a colored background would cause the last frame to have a white (not colored) background. [1395]
Preferences:
Fixed bug where window and palette positions weren't being saved even when "Save window positions" was checked. [1273]
Fixed bug where clicking OK in the Preferences window would reset the node size back to the default setting instead of remembering the last size you selected. [1283]
Fixed bug where choosing an "Other" stage size and clicking OK or Cancel would uncheck (or check) the "Show success dialog after exporting" checkbox. [1286]
Renamed preference "Save window positions" to "Save document window positions" as palette positions are always saved regardless of this setting and it makes the function of this preference clearer.
[Pivot Compatibility] Fixed typo in "Segments are drawn aliased". [1340]
[Genera] Added default export format option.
[Pivot Compatibility] Added default export option of "Animated GIF" to list of compatibility options.
Improved performance in loading and opening the Preferences dialog.
Fixed bug where Growl notifications were not initializing properly.
Changed default GIF delay to 6/100ths to make what's shown accurately map to true delay values.
Fixed typo in Auto Backup section ("Automatically" was spelled with only one "l").
Undo:
Fixed bug where copying a segment from one figure to another by dragging with the Subselect tool was not undoable. [1254]
Fixed bug where deleting the last segment of a figure or the last node of a figure would have a "Undo Delete Point" or "Undo Delete Segment" menu item (which actually didn't undo) when it should have been "Undo Delete Figure".
Fixed bug where locking/unlocking figures was not undoable. [1339]
Fixed bug where adding multiple legments with the subselect tool would cause all the segments to be undone instead of just the last one added. [1345]
Fixed bug where you couldn't undo copying a segment from one figure to another [1293]
Fixed bug where attempting to undo while creating a polyfill would bring up an error dialog. [1358]
Fixed bug where the 'Add Figure' commands in the Commands palette would not undo properly. [1307]
Welcome Center:
Fixed bug where opening a .styk from the WC and choosing to add it to your library left you with no open documents. [1269]
Fixed bug where clicking "More Recent Documents" would generate an error. [1322]
Fixed bug where if you tried to open a .styk or .stk from the WC, but cancelled, you got stuck with no windows open (Windows). [1306]
Fixed bug where if you tried to open a document from the Welcome Center after Stykz already had a document open, the Library would go blank. [1292]
Fixed bug where clicking "Exit"/"Quit" in the Welcome Center would leave the Stykz process running. [1341]
Fixed bug where clicking on the "Blank Document" would leave you with "No document open" on the Properties palette.[1308]
Fixed bug where trying to open a document that didn't exist put Stykz into a weird state and left the process open. [1371]

New in Stykz 1.0 RC 4 Build 205 (Dec 19, 2011)

General:
Fixed bug where interface was showing "Classic"-style buttons on Mac PowerPCs. [1248]
Figure Manipulation:
Fixed bug where nodes were not being shown on a selected figure when switching to the PolyFill tool. [1251]
Fixed bug where it was possible to have multiple figures selected, but when you clicked on the drag node, it would only drag one of them
Fixed bug where deleting multiple segments at once could put the figure into an odd state where the nodes don't turn red when you click on the figure with the Select tool. [1245]
Added option to use CTRL-click (Win) or Cmd-click (Mac) to add segments or remove segments from a selection; this is an alternative to using the SHIFT key (which continues to work as before). [1241]
Changed selection behavior so that if you just click on a single figure (or component) of a selected group of figures (or components), the other elements become deselected and the thing you clicked on becomes the only selection. [1242]
Fixed bug where creating new figures with the node size set to anything else other than "Normal" would first create the line with normal sized nodes, and then afterwards it would "snap" to the selected node size. Now it operates seamlessly. [1238]
Fixed bug where hitting the Enter key while creating a segment with right-click-and-drag would generate an error. [1239]
Export:
Fixed bug where exporting to QT wouldn't alert you properly if you were exporting to an existing file path.
Fixed bug where exporting to QuickTime would sometimes cause the progress window to "hang" at the the beginning of "Prepping for export".
Added warning dialog if you choose to export an animation to a size larger than the current stage size. [1249]
Import:
Fixed bug where some Pivot .stk files were not importing properly (lines were at strange angles) [1252]
Menus
Fixed bug where no recent documents where displayed in the File menu after you closed the last open Stykz document (on Mac this was represented by having an "Open Recent" menu item with no submenus). [1250]
Playback
Fixed bug where the onionskin was not being redisplayed after exiting the StykzPlayer. [1246]
Fixed bug where clicking the close box to stop playback would sometimes cause the StykzPlayer to pop back open again and continue playing. [1243]
Palettes:
Properties Palette - Fixed bug where the mixed-state checkbox would sometimes not be clickable.
Fixed bug where the current document would not re-activate after clicking the lock icon (which would prevent you from moving or deleting a figure after you unlock it).
Frames Palette - Fixed bug where trying to resize the Frames palette as soon as the first document opens would generate an error dialog. [1244]
Preferences:
Fixed bug where color selection for selected/unselected nodes didn't apply to the color outline on static nodes (they still showed blue/red regardless of the color you picked).

New in Stykz 1.0 RC 4 Build 204 (Dec 15, 2009)

General:
Stykz now uses the operating system's cursor in all places where the black arrow was being used. This includes over the menu bar area, which previously showed whatever tool you currently had. [1157]
Fixed bug in file format conversion code that didn't catch everything. (Note: This will require all docs before this release to undergo file format conversion again.) [1132]
Styks will now try to keep the selection you had on the previous frame when you click the "Next Frame" button or hit the Enter key.
Fixed bug where default fill color for polyfills was not a websafe color.
Fixed bug that caused a "This is not a Stykz document" window to appear when double-clicking a .stykz file on Snow Leopard.
Fixed bug where double-clicking a .stykz file would launch Stykz but would not reopen any palettes you had open. [1227]
NEW: Added "How to Install" PDF doc with the Optional Styks folder.
NEW: Added new Welcome Center which lets you open a recent document, open a blank doc, get help, link to tutorials, etc. [1165][1025]
Export:
GIF export has been modified to be compatible with other applications (including Flash, Windows Movie Maker, Windows Picture Viewer, etc.) as well as being much smaller in size.
Fixed bug where 100%-size exported GIFs were exporting 23 pixels higher than the Stage size was set for. [1225]
Fixed bug where you were unable to cancel a Quicktime Movie export. [1237]
Figure Manipulation:
NEW: Added the ability to remo:ve nodes from a polyfill while you are creating it (click the same node again). [1136]
Fixed bug where instructions were not moving out of the way when creating a polyfill.[1135]
Fixed bug where static/hidden lines show with the Select tool. [1126]
Fixed perceived bug where adding a node between two nodes that were attached to a polyfill would cause the polyfill to look like it connected to the wrong nodes. [1095]
Made polyfills more "intelligent"; if you add a node to a figure where the "parent" and "child" of the node you added is part of a polyfill, the new node you added becomes part of the polyfill. [1095]
Fixed bug where deleting a node attached to a polyfill would adjust the polyfill. [1145]
Fixed bug where deleting a node with the subselect tool caused an error. [1129]
NEW: Added ability to create figures with right-click-and-drag while using the Subelect tool.
Fixed bug where Alt- (or Option-) Right-clicking on the Stage and dragging would show a drag node that would disappear when the mouse was released. [1128]
Fixed bug where pivoting segments with the Subselect tool would not update the thumbnail of the frame in the Frames palette properly or make the document as "dirty".
Improved performance in selecting segments with the Subselect tool.
Fixed bug where you could only distort a circle on only one side of it (you'd get an alert dialog telling you that circles can't be distored if you tried the other side). Circles can now be distored on both sides. [1150]
Fixed crashing bug when holding down the mouse with the subselect tool (not moving) and then releasing and trying to click on another object. [1130]
Fixed crashing bug when double-right-clicking with the subselect tool. [1131]
Fixed bug where using the AddLine or AddCircle tool and clicking on an onionskin would produce a notification window telling you that you can't create a figure. [1181]
Fixed bug where clicking on a polyfill wouldn't display static and hidden segments like clicking on a segment would. [1209]
Fixed bug where double-clicking on the drag node to switch tools from Select to Subselect would leave the figure selected even though the nodes weren't red. [1200]
Fixed bug where attempting to use the arrow keys when a polyfill was selected would display an error dialog. [1208]
Fixed bug where right-clicking on a node after having right-clicked on a segment would display a dropdown menu instead of drawing out a new segment. [1228]
Increased performance on "drag figure/enter key"" frame creation process.
NEW: Added ability to dramatically increase performance on "drag figure/enter key" frame creation process by holding down the Control key when hitting Enter; this prevents the Frames Palette slot from updating (which is what the delay is). When you are all done, click on one of the visible frame slots and they will all redraw with the correct thumbnails.
Menus:
Fixed bug where context menu wasn't displaying a "Delete" option when right-clicking on a polyfill with the Subselect tool. [1146]
Fixed bug where attempting to export an animation on Windows when QuickTime is not installed gives you an error after the alert dialog.
Fixed bug where double-clicking on a .styk file that was already in your Library would cause problems. Stykz now gives you an alert if you try to do this. [1152]
NEW: Added "Open Recent" to the File menu to allow for opening the last 20 recent documents.
Fixed bug where you would get two "confirm file replace" dialog boxes if you exported your animation and entered the extension after the name of the animation, and a file of that name already existed. [1162]
Fixed rare bug that could have prevented the saving of changes made to Frame 1 of an animation.
Fixed bug where saving a document would appear to deselect figures on the current frame. [1163]
NEW: Added support for directly opening .styk and .stk files. [1156]
Fixed bug where (on Windows) right-clicking on a segment to display a context menu would not let you right-click and drag on a node afterwards to create a new segment; instead you got another dropdown menu as if you were right-clicking on a segment instead of a node. [1169]
Fixed bug where the "Delete" option was not available when you had multiple segments selected and your right-clicked to display the context menu. [1168]
Fixed bug where switching "Show Nodes in Front" when a figure had static nodes would end up showing them instead of keeping them hidden.
Fixed bug where Ctrl-X would exit Stykz instead of do Cut. [1193]
Fixed bug where Ctrl-, would not display the Preferences window on Windows. [1201]
Fixed bug where the Preferences menu item wasn't available with any tool other than Select. [1203]
Fixed bug where using any of the items in the Arrange menu would not update the Frames palette. [1230]
Palettes:
Controller Palette
Fixed bug where dragging the frame slider would set the dirty flag for a document. [1183]
Frames Palette
Fixed bug where you couldn't use the arrow keys to navigate among the context menu items when you right-click on a frame in Windows.
Fixed bug where you couldn't activate any selected context menu item by hitting Enter or Return under Windows. [1125]
Fixed bug where you got an error dialog if you had one or more segments selected and chose to add a new frame.
NEW: Added ability to dramatically increase performance on "drag figure/enter key" frame creation when the Frames palette is not open.
Library Palettte
Fixed bug where adding figures to the Library palette with the same name as an existing item, and choosing "Auto-Rename" appeared to overwrite the existing figure by that name. [1206]
Properties Palette
Modified interface so that mixed selections would show as mixed and not as just the value of the first selected object in a group. Fields with mixed selections display as empty; checkboxes show a dash (Mac) or filled-in square (Win); color swatches show a diagonal slash through them. [1140]
Modified interface so that web colors are on by default for each new Stykz session. [1154]
NEW: Added ability to lock a figure so that it you can't modify it in any way.
Fixed bug where setting one or more segments to Hidden would not update the Frames palette properly (i.e. it still showed the hidden segments).
Fixed bug where you couldn't set the length of a segment to 1 (the minimum was 2 pixels). [1103, 1133]
Fixed bug where hitting the Enter key when the Properties palette was clicked on did not create a new frame.
Width, Angle, and Length can now be specified with up to two decimal places for better precision.
Fixed bug where the "Web" checkbox for Polyfills was not checked on a new Stykz install, even though it was checked for Segments and Figures. [1182]
Tool Instructions
Fixed bug where the tool instructions window would not disappear when the last document was minimized (like the palettes do). [1158]
Hints
Fixed bug where cursor for the close box on Windows was still the 'move' cursor. [1204]
Playback:
Fixed bug where figures on the Stage were not in the proper selection state when exiting the StykzPlayer. [1151]
Fixed bug where hitting the Escape key to stop playback would sometimes generate an error dialog.
Fixed bug where playing an animation that had a colored background would show a white card after you inserted a new frame in the Frames palette. [1176]
Fixed bug where the frame number would not display in the upper-right corner if the stage size was small (like selecting "Pivot 2" stage size). [1223]
Fixed bug where the main Stage window would not be active after finishing playback. [1198, 1234]
Preferences:
Fixed bug where setting a custom stage size, quitting, relaunching, and then going to Preferences would cause the custom stage size window to display instead. [1138]
NEW: Added preference for specifying the startup action you want to take (create a new document, open the last document, select a document to open, or do nothing).
NEW: Added preference for automatic saving and/or backing up documents in Stykz, including Growl support for notifications. [1141, 1007]
Increased performance in opening the Prefs window (takes about 1/5 the time it used to).
Fixed bug where you could simply open and close the Prefs window to enable dragging figures by their segments. [1196]
Fixed bug where clicking the Pivot Compatibility button wouldn't set the default stage size properly. [1218]
Fixed bug where selecting the blank line in the Default Stick dropdown menu (on Windows) would generate an error dialog. [1219]
NEW: Added preference to suppress the "success dialog" you get after you export GIF or MOV. [1226]
Fixed bug where Reset to Defaults button did not reset the colors of the pivot nodes properly. [1220]
NEW: Added ability to reset the preferences during the launching of Stykz by holding the Shift key down when the Stykz splash screen appears until a dialog is displayed. [1186]
Fixed bug where going to set a custom stage size and then hitting the Enter key would generate an error. [1217]
Fixed bug where antialiasing was not displaying properly at certain times. [1235]
NEW: Added "Decimal precision" preference to the "Interface" section that lets you set the decimal precision of values displayed on the Properties palette.
Undo:
Fixed bug where clicking on the drag node and not moving the figure would register an "Undo Move Figure" entry. [1164]
Added support for undoing the pasting of figure(s). [1166]
Added support for undoing the adding of figures to the Stage from the Library palette. [1139]
Added support for undoing the adding of a circle segment to an existing figure. [1167]
Fixed bug where you could not undo dragging a figure from the filled area of a circle segment or a polyfill when you had the "Can only move figure using drag node" preference turned off. [1155]
Added support for undoing the creation of polyfills. [1149]
Fixed bug where you could not undo the setting of the "opaque" of a circle. [1149]
Fixed bug where you could not undo the copying of a segment with the subselect tool. [1149]

New in Stykz 1.0 RC 3 Build 194 (Aug 4, 2009)

New in Stykz 1.0 RC 3 Build 193 (Aug 4, 2009)

General
Fixed bug where if you changed the file name of a .stykz file and then opened it, the title of the document inside Stykz would show the originally saved document name, not the one displayed in the filesystem.
Fixed bug where double-clicking on a .stykz file to launch Stykz would not open the document you double-clicked.
Exporting
Fixed bug where selecting "percent" from the Export GIF/Export Movie dialogs would change the displayed percent to 100. [1105]
NEW: Added ability to export frames or animations as Transparent PNGs.
Figure Manipulation
Fixed bug where an error dialog could occur when dragging segments.
Fixed bug where an error dialog could occur when attempting to pivot a segment.
Fixed bug where an error dialog could occur when copying segments with the Subselect tool.
Fixed bug where attempting to change the layer of a polyfill produced an error. [1119]
Fixed bug where changing the length or angle of a segment that was attached to a polyfill would not move the polyfill. [1102]
Fixed bug where an error dialog could occur when deleting a node.
Menus
Fixed bug where onionskins were not using the "Show Antialiasing" setting. [1107]
Added support for a notification dialog to display if QuickTime is not installed and the user chooses Export Animation. (Note there's a "don't show this again" checkbox in the dialog.) [1111]
Fixed bug where nodes were showing up in front of the menubar on Windows (again). [1120]
Fixed bug where Export Frame could export a non-PNG with a ".png" extension. [1116]
Palettes
Frames Palette
Fixed bug where clickign on a frame in the Frames palette would generate an error if there was an insertion point or selection in any field of the Figure Properties or Segment Properties window. [1109]
Library Palette
Fixed bug where .styk files added to the Library that had their file names changed would not import properly.
Properties Palette
Changed behavior on fields - no longer applies changes when you type; now you must hit Return, Enter, tab out of the field, or click outside the field in order to have changes applied.
Fixed bug where polyfills got deselected after applying a color. [1118]
Modified dialog displayed when changing line color of a figure that is only a circle (the previous dialog was a bit confusing since it referred to line segments). [1117]
Playback
Fixed bug where nodes were not showing after exiting from playback. [1106]
Modified playback so that clicking the "Play" button on the Controller palette will always start playback from the first frame of the animation, unless the Option key (or Alt key) is held down when the Play button was clicked, in which case it will play from the current frame to the end.
Added ability to use the Escape key to stop a playing animation that seems to be "unstoppable".
Preferences
NEW: Added ability to specify whether new documents start with antialiasing turned on or off. [1092]

New in Stykz 1.0 RC 3 Build 191 (Jul 21, 2009)

General
Fixed bug where cursor was not displaying properly when over non-document windows (e.g. if you had the PolyFill tool selected (which uses a cross cursor) and moved the mouse over the Properties window, the cursor remained a cross instead of the default arrow.
When Stykz is run for the first time on Macs, an "Animations" folder is created in the user's Documents folder; Stykz will point to that folder when the first save happens.
Windows Installer
Installer now adds document associations for Stykz instead of the Stykz app itself creating those associations. The installer must be granted permissions on launch if necessary. [1079]
Modified installer to create the "Stykz for Windows" folder on the *user* desktop folder, not in the *all users* desktop folder.
Modified installer to create an "Animations" folder in the user's Documents folder, with a shortcut created in the "Stykz for Windows" folder on the desktop that points to this "Animations" folder.
The uninstaller now removes your preferences file (but still leaves your Library folder).
Document Info
Fixed bug where you could specify a blank password.
Added "More Info" button to help describe what the window was for and what it did.
Fixed bug where the window sometimes lost focus and didn't "attach" to the topmost Stykz document.
Document Window
Fixed bug where clicking "Save" when you close a new document that has had some changes would close the document but leave the palettes open. [1089]
Figure Manipulation
Improved performance when pivoting, stretching, and distorting segments, especially on Windows.
Fixed bug where you got an error if you tried to add or delete a node with the Subselect tool.
Fixed bug where deleting multiple figures was deleting one at a time instead of all at once.
Fixed bug where creating segments when "Show Antialiasing" was turned off would still produce antialiased segments. [1088]
Fixed bug where scaling a figure and then rotating a circle would cause any segments attached to the circle to "jump" to the wrong place.
Fixed bug where creating a second segment with the Add Line tool would sometimes create it from the wrong starting point. [1085]
Menus
Fixed bug where turning off "Show Nodes in Front" would cause a second set of nodes to be displayed while pivoting or moving a figure (although they disappeared when the mouse was released).
Fixed bug where the Paste menu item was disabled in context menus if there was a figure on the clipboard. [1084]
Fixed bug where Cut, Copy, and Paste were disabled in the context menu if you right clicked on a segment with the Subselect tool. [1084]
Fixed bug where copying a figure, choosing View->Show Antialiasing, and then pasting pasted the figure(s) with the wrong antialiasing mode.
Fixed bug where the "Save As" dialog displayed "All Files (*.*)" as the filter instead of "Stykz Document (*.stykz)". [1089]
Modified File->Save As so that the dialog displayed would initially point to the "Animations" folder that was created by the installer. [1099]
Modified File->Open so that the dialog would initially point to the "Animations" folder or the last place an .stykz file was saved.
Fixed bug on Windows where holding down the Alt and Control keys to distort a segment would cause the File menu to flash wildly. [1100]
Support/Documentation
Notes to Pivot Users
Added info on proper tool selection to "Notes to Pivot Users".
Hints Window
Fixed minor typo problems
Modified help with the Add Line and Add Circle tools to describe the ability to click on the Stage to create as well as on a node.
Changed cursor when over Hints window to "mover" cursor to show the window can be dragged from any part of it.
Palettes
Properties Palette
Fixed bug where the palette wouldn't display the Stage properties if you had a segment selected before entering Preview mode, and then returned to editing mode [1083].
Fixed bug where switching a selected segment from line to circle (or vice-versa) did not update the "Shapes" section properly.
Controller Palette
Fixed bug where selected, hidden, or static segments were displaying in their "edit mode" state during playback.
Library Palette
Added ability to run a verification on all .styks in the Library folder by Option/Alt-clicking the Refresh button.
Fixed bug where right-clicking and choosing "Add to Stage" when there was no document open would generate an error.
Undo
Fixed bug where adding a figure other than the Stykz figure from the Figure menu was not undoable.
Fixed bug where "Move to Center Stage" was not undoable.
Fixed bug where you got an error dialog just before an attempt was made to delete a node with the Subselect tool (which would in turn trigger another error dialog (see above))
Fixed bug where undoing after after a second segment was created improperly (see Bug 1085) would undo and hide the end node of the first segment. [1085]
Fixed bug where deleting a frame other than the last one would not undo properly. [1090]
Fixed bug where an undo was not "closing" properly when creating a segment that was less than 3 pixels. [1094]
Fixed bug where adding a segment with the SubSelect tool was not undoable.
Fixed bug where undo was not working for Bring to Front/Bring Closer/Send Farther/Send to Back. [1080]

New in Stykz 1.0 RC 2 Build 189 (Jul 1, 2009)

New in Stykz 1.0 RC 2 Build 188 (Jun 25, 2009)

General
❖Fixed bug that caused an error when switching tools..
❖Fixed bug where the error log was showing up in the clipboard
❖Added support for undoing segment/figure property setting, arrowkey moving, scaling, rotating, flipping, aligning, and duplicating figures.
Preferences
❖NEW: Added "Reset to Defaults" button.
❖Fixed bug where default backdrop color preference was empty so the Show Backdrop command wouldn't function until you assigned a color in Preferences.
❖Fixed bug where if "Double-click switches tools" preference was turned on, double-clicking anywhere in Stykz (palettes, etc.) would cause the tools to switch.
❖Fixed bug where if "Double-click switches tools" preference was turned on, double-clicking on the Stage (but not on a figure) would not switch back from Select to Subselect tools.
❖Fixed bug where "Save window positions" would save a window, even if it was minimized.
Figure Manipulation
❖Fixed bug where clicking on a static segment with the subselect tool would sometimes not display the end node of the line.
❖Fixed bug where changing the length/angle of a segment and then switching to select tool and scaling or rotating the figure would move the line out of place
❖Fixed bug where adding a node with the Select tool caused one of the nodes to be blue instead of red
❖Fixed bug where undoing a pivoting operation would not restore the original properties to the figure so that scaling/rotating the figure after that would cause the figure to appear to "Jump" to a new position.
❖Fixed bug where setting a line segment to be static and then moving the segment with the arrowkey could relocate the drag node.
Document Windows
❖Fixed bug where the "Do you want to save" prompt was not appearing when you closed a "dirty" document.
Menus
❖Fixed bug where the "Show Hints" menu item would not work when no documents were open.
❖Fixed bug where the "Show Backdrop/Hide Backdrop" menu item would not be enabled if there were no documents open.
Palettes
❖Frames
Fixed bug where having the Frames Palette hidden when a document was opened and then showing it would not update the Frames Palette.
Properties
Fixed bug where the Segment Properties would remain displayed when you switched to the Select tool and had a segment already selected.
Fixed bug where just tapping on the up/down arrow for adjusting angle, length, etc. would not do anything; you had to hold the mouse button down.
Added ability to option-Enter key in open fields to allow the Enter key to pass and create a new frame (esp. useful in Properties)
Fixed bug where sometimes the alignment controls wouldn't enable even if there were two or more selected figures.
Fixed bug where you could set the angle of a figure to > 360.
NEW: Added ability to optionally change the color of circle fills and/or polyfills when you change the line segment color of a figure.
Fixed bug where the "Middle" alignment option didn't work and would beep.
Fixed bug where you couldn't set the angle of a circle to 0 (you'd get a beep).

New in Stykz 1.0 RC 1 Build 186 (Jun 13, 2009)

New in Stykz 1.0 RC 1 Build 182 (Jun 9, 2009)

General:
Made sure file associations for Stykz files (.stykz and .styk) are fully supported.
Fixed location of new document windows so they are relative to the topmost open document.
Fixed bug where opening a new document with a document already open would cause the underlying document's "dirty" flag to be set.
Fixed bug where typing an arrow key with nothing selected would cause the current document's "dirty" flag to be set.
Fixed bug on Windows where if you closed an unsaved document you were presented with the "Save changes" dialog twice.
Error Reporting:
Fixed bug where the error dialog was not displaying after an error occurred (you just heard a beep sound).
Preferences:
NEW: Redesigned Preferences dialog into multiple sections for clarity.
NEW: Added "Save window positions" preference which will optionally save the positions of documents when they were last saved/closed and will also allow you to set the location of the first document opened when launching Stykz.
Figure Manipulation:
Fixed bug (again) where changing a line to a circle when the line had a thickness that was too large for the circle would cause the circle to invert.
Fixed bug where selecting static segments with the subselect tool would cause nodes to disappear.
Fixed bug where changing the width of a line with the subselect tool would cause the nodes to shift if you then tried to drag the figure with the drag node.
Fixed bug where turning off the antialiasing didn't affect figures created with the Figure menu, or dropped from the Library palette.
Fixed bug where sometimes you could drag out a new segment and its nodes would be on top of the menubar in Windows.
Menus:
NEW: Added Undo support for the most volitile actions.
Fixed bug where occasionally you'd see multiple entries of the same document in the Windows menu.
Fixed bug where you got an error opening a second document in certain circumstances.
Fixed bug where menu items in Stykz would become unresponsive and do nothing.
Fixed bug where sending a set of selected segments to the front or back would not retain the selected segments' stacking order.
Fixed bug where the Insert Frame and Delete Frame menu items were disabled unless you had the Select tool.
Windows:
Fixed bug where the backdrop stayed up even after you minimized the last open document window.
Palettes:
Frames Palette
NEW: Added ability to automatically reload frame thumbnails so that file sizes can remain small.
Fixed bug where inserting a frame would redraw the rest of the frames following it in blue and then you'd see the same thumbnail multiple times.
Property Palettte
Fixed bug that was causing an error when a selected item was deselected improperly.
Fixed bug where the Frames Palette didn't adjust properly when the stage was resized from the Property Palette.
NEW: Added "Websafe Color Picker"
NEW: Added "Web" checkbox next to color buttons to allow you to select from the Websafe Colors picker.
Fixed bug where static nodes don't look static until you deselect them.
Fixed bug where resizing the lines for a styk would sometimes stop resizing them after a certain thickness.
Library Palette
Fixed bug where loading the Library list was taking up more memory than was necessary.
Made library more flexible to eliminate problems of duplicate library files or other errors.
NEW: The library list can now be navigated with the arrow keys or by type-to-match, and you can hit the Enter or Return key to add the selected .styk to the stage.
Fixed bug where flickering was occurring when clicking on a library item that was larger than the thumbnail area could display.
Fixed bug where clicking the "folder" button wouldn't do anything if the Library folder didn't exist on the hard drive.
Added option to add the selected library item to the stage through the right-click menu.
Fixed bug where adding a .styk to the Library with the name of " " would cause the file to be corrupted.
Fixed bug where letterkey navigation wouldn't select the styk.
Fixed bug where arrowkey navigation wasn't working

New in Stykz 1.0 B4 Build 164 Beta (Apr 1, 2009)

General:
Fixed bug where if Stykz can't find its proper libraries on launch it was hanging and not closing its process properly.
Fixed bug where setting document info wouldn't turn the dirty flag on.
Fixed bug where hitting the Delete or Backspace key when nothing was selected would turn on the dirty flag for the document.
Fixed bug where if you named a library entry "Stick Figure" and set that to be the default stick, the next time you launched, you got the Stykz figure instead.
Fixed bug where shortcut keys didn't work on Windows consistently.
Modified onionskins so that they are darker and won't get washed out on bright monitors.
Fixed bug where menus were accessible in Preview mode when they shouldn't have been.
NEW: Added confirmation dialog for sending feedback without an email address.
Fixed bug where you could see the raw password in the text of the .stykz document that was protected.
NEW: Added warning dialogs if you try to use a tool the wrong way, instead of it just doing nothing.
Document Management:
Fixed bug where nodes were hiding and not being reshown when the document was saved.
Preferences:
NEW: Added preference to allow you to turn off "delete frame" warnings
NEW: Added preference to allow you to turn off "incorrect tool usage" warnings.
Figure Manipulation:
NEW: Added ability to optionally show nodes in front of all segments or not (user's choice).
Fixed bug where scaling a figure that had a polyfill would cause the polyfill to not scale along with the figure.
Fixed bug where rotating a figure that had a polyfill would cause the polyfill to not rotate along with the figure.
Fixed bug where scaling/rotating a figure would reset to 100%.
Modified behavior so that hidden segments are hidden when the Select tool is active, but displayed when you have Subselect.
Increased performance when opening documents, moving from frame to frame, and especially when pivoting nodes of complex figures.
Fixed bug where an error was generated when using the scroll wheel when no figures were selected.
Fixed bug where occasionally you would have onionskins appear in front of the figures.
Fixed bug where adding frames with the Enter key while dragging would not update the prior frame properly.
Fixed bug where the drag node on a square figure that was created through the Figure menu would have its drag node underneath a pivot node.
Fixed bug where trying to send a segmen behind a polyfill "to front" would not work properly.
Fixed bug where onionskins were displaying in Preview mode.
Fixed bug where you could move nodes by themselves by using the arrow keys after creating a new frame.
Fixed bug where deleting the last node of a line segment would leave a drag node that would be unselectable and would cause the selection rectangle to freeze onscreen.
Fixed bug where the dirty flag would be triggered when simply selecting a figure, even if you didn't move or change it.
Fixed bug where Control-clicking a figure would bring up the context menu on WIndows.
Importing/Exporting:
NEW: Added dialog telling users Pivot 3 .stk files aren't supported when they try to import one.
Fixed bug where nodes were displaying on some frames when exporting to GIF or QuickTime.
Fixed bug where hidden segments were not hiding during export.
Menus:
Modified error reporting to help eliminate a "Send Feedback" error message with no error info.
NEW: Added ability to add .styk files to the Library if you select one with the File->Open menu item.
Playback:
Fixed bug where hidden segments were not hiding during playback.
Fixed bug where the onionkin wasn't hiding when you went into Preview mode.
Modified playback so the StykzPlayer is in a palette with a close box allowing stopping an animation simply by clicking the close box. Also, made the play/pause button more responsive to help prevent "runaway" playback.
PALETTES
Frames Palette:
Fixed bug where clicking a frame would set the "dirty" flag.
Added tooltip to Next Frame button to show you can use the Enter key.
Fixed bug where there were overlapping frames when the frame count was greater than 320.
Optimized frame loading time so that you can load 800 frames in a few seconds (compared to over 30s in the last version)
Fixed bug where sometimes you couldn't scroll to the frame you wanted. The Frames palette now "snaps" to a number of visible frames, so it can't show a partial frame anymore.
Library Palette:
Fixed bug where clicking the "Add to Library" button wouldn't allow you to select a .styk figure on Windows.
Fixed bug where dropping a stick onto the stage when the current tool was not Select would cause the confused interface (figure selected "under the hood", but not displayed as such).
Tools Palette:
Modified tooltip for Select tool to show you can right-click and drag to create segments.
Property Palette:
Fixed bug where typing into any of the fields would move the selection to the front of the field which would cause mistyping.
Fixed bug where typing delete or backspace to clear the field would put the insertion point *before* the minimum value, instead of *after*.
Fixed bug where spinner controls would "go out of control" and would increment even if the mouse button wasn't down (especially on Windows)