Changelog

New

• Joysticks!

• New layout and location for the Assets panel.

• Toggle between Hierarchy and Assets view using Cmd + 1 and Cmd + 2 (Ctrl on Windows).

• Added sorting options for Assets panel.

• Can now drag-drop multiple assets onto an artboard from the Assets panel.

• Added multi-select support for Inputs and Listeners.

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed issue with dropdown menus, popups and other panels sometimes requiring two clicks to open, as well as some panels getting stuck open.

• Display a warning in the editor when editor detects that a nested artboard is nested within itself.

• Refactored Cloud Renderer and Community post modals to correctly handle conflicting (i.e., duplicate) artboard names.

• Resolved issue with objects on the stage disappearing when an artboard with “Clip” disabled is moved outside the visible stage.

• Fixed stretched checkbox in nested artboard flyout.

• Tidied up file browser sort combo box.

• Edited mismatched property names for Distance constraint in the timeline and Distance Constraint flyout.

New

• Rotate (W) and Scale (E) tools.

• Added button in web app to download desktop apps.

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed issue where bones would not hide.

• Mac Desktop: Updated Google Oauth login flow.

Fixes and improvements

• Updated Align & Distribute tools to work correctly when the artboard origin has been changed.

• Fixed issue in which period key stopped working in some scenarios.

• Improved behavior when using Alt-drag (Option-drag) to duplicate bones.

• Fixed issue with color picker closing when editing linear or radial gradient values.

• Addressed an issue in which using undo could incorrectly remove an artboard.

• Updated Share Link modal behavior to allow duplicate artboard names (a similar update to the Cloud Renderer and Post to Community modals is in progress).

Known issues

• Windows desktop: Alt-tab app switching shortcut will switch between Design and Animate modes in the Editor (we are working on a solution that will avoid this and work with the other Rive shortcuts).

New

• Added ability to delete multiple selected animations.

Fixes and improvements

• Changed Translate tool shortcut to Q. This is in preparation for incoming dedicated tools for Rotate (W) and Scale (E).

• Added missing right-click menus for deleting bound bones and conditions.

• Disabled a shortcut that accidentally enabled a secret feature.

New

• Alt-drag (Option-drag) to duplicate objects on the stage.

• Added link to changelog - click on app version number in upper-right corner.

• Hold Alt/Option to show delete button in the Inspector.

• Windows desktop: Fixed crazy zooming behavior with mouse wheel.

Fixes and improvements

• Updated styling of the Inspector panel and timeline (i.e., icons, input fields, alignment, contrast, etc.).

• Disable right-click menu in Selection Colors panel.

• Prevent right-click from opening combo boxes.

• Color picker popout no longer overlapping the Inspector.

• Fixed crash related to enabling the timeline work area after changing the timeline FPS.

• Desktop apps: No longer respond to keyboard when app is minimized.

Fixes and improvements

• Tweaked bezier length/angle tooltip location when adjusting vertices.

• Copy-paste shortcuts in the file browser are working again.

• Fixed issue with copy-pasting artboards with nested artboards.

• Resolved crash when dragging out guides when a file has no artboards.

• Updates to copy-pasting child bones.

• Fixed recent issue with period/dot key not working in timeline fields (e.g., Speed).

• macOS app: In fullscreen the Cmd+period shortcut moves the playhead to the next key as expected.

• Windows app: Fixed Alt key shortcuts.

New

• Solos! Quick overview.

• Major rework of copy-paste within and between files.

• Copy-paste mesh from one image to another.

Fixes and improvements

• Reworked the blue frame alerts to prevent multiple frames from appearing (frame alerts are shown when binding bones, selecting the clipping source, when freeze is active, and a number of other scenarios).

• Fixed runtime crash with skins nested in Solo nodes.

New

• Maximize and minimize the animation panel with the backtick shortcut (`).

• Strokes added to paths now default to rounded caps and joins.

• Pasting an artboard will now pan to the pasted artboard.

• Splitting paths now result in an asymmetric vertex rather than a detached vertex.

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed inconsistent behaviors with ping-pong and loop playback in the Editor when using the spacebar versus the play/pause button.

• Fixed a crash with the keyboard shortcut for our super-secret chat feature.

• Can now paste an artboard into an empty file (a file that does not already contain an artboard).

New

• Design edits are now saved when working on a State Machine.

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed issue with constraint targets being removed when using undo/redo.

• Resolved some inconsistencies when using spacebar versus play button in forward and reverse playback in the Editor.

• Addressed crash when rulers are enabled and all artboards were deleted.

New

• Control the speed of animations in State Machines (aka “speed on states”) - slow them down, speed them up, go in reverse!

• File Browser list view.

Fixes and improvements

• Improved Undo behavior with Lottie files.

New

• We're releasing the Windows Desktop app today! Now all your Windows friends can stop being so jealous.

Fixes and improvements

• Resolved a crash when editing a mesh in some scenarios.

• Various backend fixes and optimizations.

New

• Trigger color picker with I or Ctrl+C (macOS) shortcuts.

• Enabled Cmd+R rename shortcut for nested artboards.

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed issue in which canceling the file upload dialog would disable shortcuts.

• Copying gradients from custom shapes/paths should now work as expected.

• Cloud Renderer now prevents user from setting a zero width/height for exports.

• Prevent multiple “Convert to Path” dialogs being opened at the same time.

• Fixed issue caused by deleting an asset from the Assets panel while the asset was still uploading/processing.

• Setting a hex color value in the inspector should now maintain the existing opacity value.

• Fixed copy-paste not working on the Stage when browser clipboard access is disabled.

• Addressed several issues with Ctrl+Z (Undo).

• Fixed issue with losing focus in the Editor when Save/Open file dialogs were displayed.

• Resolved crashes in a handful of scenarios:

  • When using Z to zoom the state machine panel.

  • Opening Animate mode when there are no artboards or animations.

  • When client has no internect connection.

  • Zooming in/out while resizing an object on the stage, typically when editing a path.

• Updated the styling on shape bounding boxes.

• Updated file delete confirmation dialogs.

New

• Added support for Lottie file precomposition layers and improved overall Lottie file import behavior.

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed problem with blend state playback in state machines that we introduced in v0.8.156.

• Addressed issue with bone colors not updating correctly in some scenarios.

New

• Marquee Zoom: Hold Z while dragging out a marquee to zoom in. Hold Opt + Z to zoom out. Works with single clicks, too!

• New Share/Publish/Download action button in the Editor to quickly select common actions.

• Manage previous Share Links and Embed codes in the redesigned Share Link UI.

• Keyboard shortcuts to jump the playhead to the start (Cmd + Shift + ,) or end (Cmd + Shift + .) of the timeline.

• Keyboard shortcut Cmd + R to rename hierarchy items.

• Added Restart button to relaunch desktop app after crash.

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed flickering issue with the Publish to Community modal.

• First frame of nested artboards should no longer be dropped from exports and share links.

• Inspector fields with three decimal place values should no longer wrap.

• Improved file reconnect behavior after app is disconnected from backend.

• Fixed issue that prevented copy-pasting styles between objects when text was in the clipboard.

• No longer need an extra click in the file browser window to select folders/files or to import files.

• Switched panning direction in Graph Editor.

• Improved the U shortcut behavior.

• Increased width of artboard selection dropdown for nested artboard target.