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Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.4.0 (2256)
(fixes since the post above for 2.4.0.2240)
Please reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.
Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms
DWG/DXF Export options not available in Designer Persona AF-1809  Align & Space horizontal / vertical: not possible to set key object if Auto-Select is set to Objects or Groups AF-1720 Set/cycle Selection box - offset using pixel layer selection AF-1713 Malformed names of ICC profiles could be embedded in PDF-X exports AF-1883 Align & Space horizontal / vertical: not possible to set key object if Auto-Select is set to Objects or Groups AF-1720 Help and translation updates for all apps & OSs Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
Unable to select child objects inside Open Curves with no fill. AF-464 Setting DXF/DWG options in the Export Persona and saving with History will corrupt a document AF-1871 Brightness/Contrast linear adjustment can export incorrectly to PNG HDR AF-1793 Bounding Box shows incorrectly on a resized picture frame when using 'Lock Children' AF-1757 Crash when trying to export book with lock files present for chapters Layer states > Add "Layer" container to Layer type list AF-1762 Layer States - long state names cause the UI to get pushed off AF-1463 Bugs affecting Windows
Opening multiple release chapters in a book in a Windows beta causes a crash Layer states not working in Pixel Persona AF-1857     Export dialog > Values are reset back to a preset after re-opening the dialog AF-1849 Mask icon has no tooltip on Layer States > Queries on Windows AF-1760     Right clicking inside a text frame will trigger an app crash if the document window is floated AF-1604     Layer States: Category tab border is the same colour as the States Panel border AF-1518 Layer States: Filling the 'Layer name is' field can push the UI out the panel AF-1490 Layer States: Tooltips are not translated AF-1492 Layer States: Inherited tags are not considered by the query AF-1745 Bugs affecting macOS
Last renamed style name is not saved, Style returns to default name on restart         Live Luminosity or Hue Range Masks no longer function AF-1750 Export persona > Path components pop-up is too short AF-1495 Drag-dropping a masked child layer out to the parent stack without releasing the mouse button causes a crash AF-977 Layer States: Text labels clipped using Large Font UI Size AF-1725 Layer States: Able to check the Layer types if the Layer types checkbox isn't enabled AF-1517 Layer States Panel: Text labels are not clickable on macOS AF-1456 Layer States Panel queries text are different sizes AF-141 Bugs affecting iPad
No iOS specific fixes this release 

Hi All,
We have just made a new build available of the 2.4 beta live - version 2.4.0.2256 - which will be available to you on auto update shortly. The fix list for this build is here.

In addition to those fixes we have also updated our RAW engine library to support a number of additional formats. These are listed in this post.
Thanks as always for your continued feedback!
Ash

I'm curious why these new functions were added to Alignment rather than being added to Transform, though. They feel more like object transformation actions than object alignment actions. Am I missing some aspect of how this works?

Apps: All
Platforms: Windows, macOS and iPad
Within alignment options you will see three new options to make all items in your current selection adopt the same width, height or rotation. By default this will transform all objects to match the first item selected, or alternatively if a key object has been nominated (alt-click) it will use that as the source.
Additionally you can choose to maintain the aspect ratio of the objects being resized.
On desktop this is available via the alignment dropdown:

And on iPad via the alignment options panel which you can get to via the transform panel:

 

Apps: All
Platforms: Windows, macOS and iPad
While transforming any object with the move tool (whether resizing, rotating, skewing or moving) you can now hold space to temporarily toggle Lock Children on or off (to achieve the opposite behaviour of what you currently have set in the context toolbar).

Apps: Designer and Publisher (+ some changes to the existing feature in Photo)
Platforms: Windows and macOS
We have now added the States panel to Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher which previously only existed in Affinity Photo. Layer states allows you to either:
Capture the current visibility states of your layers across your document Create queries based on various criteria to use to make a selection or toggle visibility of layers This feature is particularly useful to manage different variations of your work. As an example, one of the social ad campaigns for our recent Black Friday promotion was created in Affinity Designer across multiple artboards. Each artboard had 4 variants for English, Japanese, German and French language.

 
Previously if you wanted to toggle between the English and French version for example you would need to toggle the visibility of the appropriate layers on each artboard separately - not particularly workable when you have many artboards / spreads. The new states panel gives you a new way to work with designs like this. 

In this case I could set up a query with criteria which captures all my Japanese layers. From the states panel click "New Query" at the bottom, I called the query "JA" and set up my criteria to be "All Art Text and Frame Text layers that have a layer name which ends in JA" as below:


Because on each artboard we had used the consistent naming convention that all Japanese text has a layer name ending in JA, all English text has a layer name ending in EN, etc. it made it easy to then set up 4 queries for each of the languages. We could alternatively have used a convention like all French variants are tagged yellow, English tagged Red, etc. 
So now to switch from English to Japanese across all artboards I can just turn off everything that fulfils my EN query, and turn on everything which fulfils my JP query using the visibility on/off buttons next to the queries in the states panel - so in two clicks end up with the below:

 
While this example is only including text, of course I may have had different imagery for each locale and could have included those in the same queries to still have one button to toggle text and images of each language on and off. Also, as it's set up a query like this, should I add additional Japanese specific layers to any of the artboards and name them ending in "...JA" my JA query will automatically pick them up.
In Publisher the same principles apply giving the ability to globally toggle different layers on and off across all spreads in your document which match the criteria you have specified. While building complex expressions is easy, you may also find you wish to have a query for something simple like "Layer Type is Images" giving you an instant way to turn all images on and off across your whole document.
Additional Notes
As well as toggling visibility of queries there is an additional button to make a selection of all layers which fulfil the criteria specified in the query. This is also a new function not previously available in Affinity Photo. For those who used the States panel in Affinity Photo you will notice we have changed the name of what were previously called "Smart States" to "Queries". This reason for this is in the future we anticipate adding a new feature to this which would be better described as a Smart State (this will be something you can build from multiple queries). This will be something which we add in a future update. There is other new functionality we plan to bring to this in the future - namely ability to create presets and some level of integration with export options - but again that will be something for a future update.
 

Hi All,
Below is the list of all new feature and improvements which are included in the 2.4 beta (bug fix list is available here).
To learn more about these features please click on the link to go to each feature's dedicated post. To give feedback or report bugs against any of these features please reply to that same post (also check out bug reporting and feedback tips).
Layer States added to Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher DWG and DXF Export added to Affinity Designer Set Selection Box Double click / tap to switch from node to move tool Filename available as variable in Export Persona Ability to lock insertion target Space modifier for Lock Children Space Horizontal / Vertical now considers key object Size / Rotate objects to same 32-bit HDR PNG support added (PNG Third Edition) Additional RAW format support Getting the 2.4 beta
If you have not enrolled into the beta program yet and would like to take part, you can do so here. This will immediately give you access to the latest 2.4 beta builds to try for yourself.
If you are already enrolled in the beta program you have two options:
1. If you still have the 2.3 beta installed, you can now run up those beta versions and you will be prompted to update them to the 2.3 beta.
2. If you have uninstalled the 2.3 beta, you will need to go back to Your Account -> Downloads and product keys and find your previous order for the Affinity Beta Software Program, and you can download the 2.4 beta from there.
Thanks,
Ash

Hi All,
I’m pleased to say that we have just be pushed 2.3.1 (2212) to beta and plan a full 2.3.1 release next week (if nothing new & significant is found). There are only a limited number of fixes as detailed in my post here. 
We think it's important to address a few high customer impact bugs quickly in a 2.3.1 release, in a fast/stable manner.
The release of 2.4.0 with improvements and features and many other fixes will likely take a while to be "release ready" (need a longer beta testing cycle due to having more significant code changes). We have been internally testing 2.4.0 and so @Serif Info Bot has been posting about fixes found in 2.4.0.xxxx, and those fixes will be appearing in the next release cycle, not 2.3.1
With that in mind we will be starting 2.4.0 beta very shortly (hopefully in just a couple of weeks). Looking forward to seeing you all on here for that!
Thanks again,
Patrick Connor

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.3.1 (2212) (RC1)
(fixes since the post above for 2.3.0.2165)
Please only reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.
Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms
Saving a file with a SVG/PSD embedded automatically switches the policy to linked when re-opening the file AF-1416 Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
Data Merge can no longer parse JSON files AF-1429 Bugs affecting Windows
Add Pages from File- Page number value cannot be specified Can't edit colours in second document palette AF-1545 Bugs affecting macOS
Floating and redocking a document creates an empty floating window which cannot be closed AF-1499 Bugs affecting iPad
Files containing SVGs crash on open AF-1413

We are planning to release a 2.3.1 patch to address a handful of important things and then start 2.4.0 beta.
We think it's important to address a few high customer impact bugs quickly in a 2.3.1 release, in a fast/stable manner.
The release of 2.4.0 with improvements and features and many fixes will likely take a while to be "release ready" (need a longer beta testing cycle due to having more significant code changes).
We have builds for both 2.3.1 and 2.4.0 in internal testing at the moment. I would expect these to both be with you in the first half of this month

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.3.0.2165 (GM)
(fixes since the post above for 2.3.0.2157)
Please only reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.
Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms
Cross references - allow anchors and index marks to be filtered by name [AF-2] Placed PDF with a Custom Tag fails to Preview or Export  [AF-1273]   Updated help and localisation Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
Ctrl/Cmd+Click window for shapes remains mostly untranslated  Bugs affecting Windows
Batch Job dialog is too small  Cancel button missing on the export progress pop-up  Bugs affecting macOS
Closing the app window in Full-screen mode hides the app window and causes the UI to lock out  [AF-433] Retina Rendering Causes Excessive Screen Flicker When Set to Automatic (Best) [AF-1156] Bugs affecting iPad
none since 2157

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.3.0.2157
(fixes since the post above for 2.3.0.2139)
Please only reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.
Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms
Spiral Tool: Decay slider uses and accepts decimals [AF-888] PDF 2.0 Passwords That Include Certain ASCII 2-Byte Characters Fail to Display When Placed in Affinity Apps  [AF-1000]   Updated help and localisation Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
Updating Linked resource in-app does not visually update linked file, remains as 'OK' in resource manager with no option to update     Bleed fails to print when range is set to Artboards  [AF-739] Cannot delete cross-reference from text frame locked to master. [AF-1122] Cross Reference: Paragraph Body references itself when created instead of selected paragraph [AF-1124] Cross reference > Can use keyboard shortcuts to bold / emphasis / underline text  [AF-1135] Resource manager > Original DPI does not update when the file is changed  [AF-1106] Entering password for PDF modification then moving focus switches text to Open text field in Export Persona     Editing a linked document with multiple artboards, incorrectly auto-updates artboard selection to artboard 1  [AF-28] Relinking Missing Artboard document reverts all placed versions of the file to the first Artboard in the list     Live filters cause bleed to export blank [AF-465] Bleed fails to export when you have an adjustment layer on an artboard  [AF-413] Move Data Entry Tool doesn't Duplicate consistently on other pages when using Previous Settings  [AF-661] Right-clicking a line of selected text where it goes over the bounding box crashes the app     Frankentoon Splat macro packs crash the apps    Bugs affecting Windows
Lock Colourspace changes the colourspace     Dragging an Asset with a layer behind the Asset Studio UI will unexpectedly select the object behind as you drag  [AF-1222] Dragging an Asset onto canvas ignores layer selection and always inserts asset at top of layers stack     Spiral Tool: Decay text label value increases by decimal points when dragged rather than integer values.     Cross-References - slight clipping issue     Table formats Panel- Adjusting the Table Stroke pressure causes an app crash  [AF-1209] Move/Duplicate gives different results when facing pages is used  [AF-622] Create Spiral dialog on Windows is missing buttons and highlights Page Box for placed PDFs is lost between file close and reopen     Unable to check the box for 'Enable HDR' after converting to 32-bit App crashes when attempting to Create Account after restoring MS Store purchase     App can take a long time to close down  [AF-1215] Bugs affecting macOS
Cancelling placement of a password-protected PDF unexpectedly displays the PDF Options dialog Error shows password incorrect when placing a password protected PDF, app must be force quit. [macOS] Allow scale to go to 1 decimal place [macOS] Licence dialog's 'Please enter your Affinity ID and password...' text string is untranslated Filler Text is now incorrectly appearing as a word to 'Look up'. Toggling PDF password visibility when using forbidden characters causes overlapping text issue Move data entry - Adjusting the layer's opacity does not force a redraw on the duplicates Hidden password to open PDF is cleared when Open Password is disabled in Export Persona PDF password for modification requires 2 clicks to enable when password to open is enabled in Export persona macOS Main Window fails to re-appear when reopening documents via dragging over dock icon or open via double click [AF-989] [macOS] Unable to delete System Palettes on macOS [AF-1223] Move data entry - rotate and scale broken on multi-page doc Styles labels do not obey font size UI preference Bullet and Numbering heading gets truncated using Large Fonts  [AF-144] Potential fix for M2 Mac flashing workspace (still in review)  [AF-473] Bugs affecting iPad
Licence dialog's 'Please enter your Affinity ID and password...' text string is untranslated Menu flyouts can't be dismissed via a tap on the same button Edit swatch pop-up has a grey background and hard to see text labels Long Press menu on document palette not showing correctly

Here's a list of some of the bugs which have been fixed in beta build 2.3.0.2096
Please reply in this forum only to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.
(A) Bug fixes which affected all platforms 
Fields Panel - 'Created' field fails to update when using 'Save as' on documents [AF-70] PDF passwords - Allowable characters not consistent between creating and opening [AF-124] Unable to place/open password protected PDF created by Acrobat [AF-121] Changing Language of text and updating Text Style does not remove red squiggly spellcheck lines under text in a separate frame until reopening file [AF-50] Cross references - allow anchors and index marks to be filtered by name [AF-2] When a document is opened, the Index panel may show limited or no entries until Update is clicked  Edit placed pdf doesn't show any layers in the layers panel  Word footnote imports with tiny font size  DWG file stuck on loading [AF-346] Presets can't be added for just the black and white adjustment [AF-520] (B) Bug fixes which affected Desktop (Windows and macOS)
Editing placed PDF fails to save changes until source file is saved and reopened [AF-31] Opening a password protected file (Made in publisher) fails to render images  Copying a frame with an index in allows multiple indexes to be in the same document [AF-329] Unable to delete selected anchors from TOC in user file [AF-30] Running Headers Settings- Inconsistent casing on dialog settings [AF-42] It should not be possible to use 'Move Inside' to place a Symbol inside itself [AF-562] View > View Mode >Hide effects inconsistency [AF-644] Alt + Click / Alt + Shift + Click on a new brush to retain size no longer functions for Pixel tools [AF-463] User File - Select Same > Fill fails to detect other objects with the same HEX applied (possible rounding error?) [AF-527] Replacing Style Source Chapter in Book results in Book without a Style Source Chapter - app crashes when exporting/printing file [AF-223] Paragraph break point regression over V1 allows commas at the start of line [AF-38] Hyperlink control value not set when choosing a preset  Unable to launch the app without linking my app to my account - licence specific  User File: Text Wrapping issue with vector cropped embedded PDF document [AF-58] Table of contents and Index Page numbers do not update on Book Output [AF-59] Cross-references can be inserted on a Master Page but do not function as expected on Pages  Toggling scale override in the transform panel clears the move data entry preview  Clicking at the end of a line with a break character can incorrectly position the insertion point [AF-57] Exporting a file with substituted fonts to Password PDF fails to load images and text when opened [AF-19] Placed restricted PDF fails to draw when switching from passthrough to interpret  Saving a book silently fails if saving to a disconnected device  Hyperlinks to anchors in different chapters warn that the anchor is off spread  On the Edit Table Format dialog, you can't type values for the Frame or Cell Format's Fill setting  Hyperlinking to book chapters requires the anchor to be re-selected  Text doesn't re-flow when group size indirectly increased [AF-333] Password protected PDFs fail re-linking when missing resources  Previously viewed page fails after text entry  Embedded profile isn't recognised when opening a Password Protected PDF exported from Publisher beta Tooltip for Create Custom Field is incorrect after deleting Custom fields [AF-17] On the Edit Table Format dialog, tooltips are the same for table and cell insets  Packed Footnotes can appear in the wrong linked text frame [AF-834] (C) Bugs fixed which specifically affected Windows
Mouse cannot control text caret when renaming existing anchor [AF-312] Develop Lens Correction does not function on macOS Sonoma [AF-513] The Font search box can expand to fill the width of the context toolbar when typing [AF-56] Shapes do not retain colour if selected via numerical sliders in colour chooser [AF-396] Develop Sliders are not auto enabled when expanding view or changing a value [AF-314] Batch Dialog: Hang when expanding the filetype dropdown  Tooltip for Add Custom Field in Fields Panel missing in 1971 Windows [AF-15] Tabbing out of the White Balance field collapses the group  New Batch Dialog tweaks  Curve visual not updating correctly when a node is adjusted next to a cornered node  Node Right Click context menu is missing dividers on Windows [AF-14] Edit Table Format - Amending the Fill using RGB sliders on a CMYK doc will render an RGB table preview [AF-230] Changing White Balance Temperature without enabling the White Balance section auto-collapses panel instantaneously [AF-316] Active toast when closing document with colour picker active causes cursor to be invisible  Assistant toolbar icon does not function with Settings dialog already open  Index panel is missing Show Index/and References options in Preferences [AF-21] Edit In with a passworded PDF and an adjustment fails to redraw  Pasting text in N'Ko alphabet crashes app [AF-54] Images lost when editing a password protected PDF  Hyperlink Properties' Character Style dropdown is out of view for Book Chapters  Windows Unable to drag asset subcategories around within asset category by mouse [AF-403] Brush dialog is missing the input field for brush Size [AF-380] Guides Manager contains a limit for the Spread Origin value [AF-29] On the Structure section of the Edit Table Format dialog, positions of add/delete buttons are reversed across platforms  The Table Formats panel displays formats one per row in a single column regardless of the panel's width  File partially locks up app after exporting to SVG (all pages)  Move cmd+K (Find in Layers Panel) from Misc to Layer in Shortcuts  User File crashes when changing Footnotes Notes>Initial Advance or Min Advance [AF-791] Open Template for Editing will open it as Untitled [AF-254] Flood Select Tool doesn't have the new CTRL + ALT shortcut for Add to selection [AF-601] (D) Bugs fixed which specifically affected macOS
Preserve Alpha box and label vanishes after calling dialog a 2nd time  Light UI: Scroll bar background is white which makes it difficult to see  View Mode and Insert location button groups are transparent without a document opened in Light UI [AF-22] MFA/2FA dialog shows empty grey pop up on macOS  Password protected file not loading all pages text  MacOS Keyboard shortcuts list changes depending on the selected Persona before opening preferences  Remove unwanted/missing projects from Recent [AF-203] Text Style Panel - numeric entry for colour values in sliders not possible [AF-204] Keyboard shortcut for Pixel Category > Tools doesn't save after a restart [AF-206] Shortcuts list is not Persona aware and we can set shortcuts for non-exiting actions  Drag-dropping a file from Finder inside itself shows a Recovery file warning  Recent doc previews aren't generated until after releasing scroll bar  Text Key Keyboard Shortcuts do not function on macOS Sonoma [AF-508] Anchor book mark truncates on Mac  Anchor panel 'jumps' up when editing existing anchor name, provided parent - child hierarchy group is present  New Anchor button not disabled when it should be  Text Frame > Columns doesn't update Units correctly when switching between multiple open documents  Cannot enable Show Topics in Index panel preferences [AF-328] Duplicate entries for keyboard shortcuts  Opening two .afbook files stored in different directories but with the same file name causes an app crash  Slow typing with Anchors panel and long list of anchors  Insert Hyperlink Dialog can be resized and hides Character Style dropdown  Delete cross-reference does not work across multiple stories  Editing a hyperlink to another books chapter doesn't auto populate correctly  App locks when replacing files  The Find command on a text selection's context menu is dimmed, though the command can be invoked via the Text menu  With one or more table cells selected, Font Colour on context toolbar displays a cell's fill colour  Basing a style on an existing one can set Initial Word end characters as [No Change]  Keyboard shortcuts for showing/hiding panels are in different categories across platforms  (E) Bugs fixed which specifically affected iPad
Localisation - Add custom field button has clipped text  Not asked for embedded PDF's password when opening parent document, app crashes on going to Affinity's Home screen  Names of new navigation options on View menu include the word 'page', whereas desktop uses 'spread'  Table of Contents is Toc when it should be ToC  Go to Page command affects the document view differently than equivalent desktop method  Initial Words > End Characters are not being remembered if changed from default. [AF-46] Go to Page command treats its input as spread number, not page number  If you have reported a bug and it is not yet fixed, please do not report it again. More fixes will be made during the 2.3 beta cycle.

IIRC, this was added because some users requested it.

nice

In my opinion, the Styles palette in Affinity is one of the few not-so-well-done features. I can't edit, search and replace styles and I can't sort the styles in the palette. The whole thing makes a somewhat unfinished impression.

nice

Nice addition!
BTW, it would also be useful to be able to reverse the stroke path when using brushes.

nice

In my opinion, the Styles palette in Affinity is one of the few not-so-well-done features. I can't edit, search and replace styles and I can't sort the styles in the palette. The whole thing makes a somewhat unfinished impression.

In my opinion, the Styles palette in Affinity is one of the few not-so-well-done features. I can't edit, search and replace styles and I can't sort the styles in the palette. The whole thing makes a somewhat unfinished impression.

Nice additional tool.
To bad it only has context toolbar options and none on canvas like other quick shapes.
The presence of nodes suggests as such but it would only draw a new spiral.

Maybe have something like this:
 

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Hi All,
Below is the list of all new feature and improvements which are included in the 2.3 beta (bug fix list is available here).
To learn more about these features please click on the link to go to each feature's dedicated post. To give feedback or report bugs against any of these features please reply to that same post (also check out bug reporting and feedback tips).
• Move Data Entry improvements
• New tags panel for adding Alt Text to images and objects
• Spiral Tool
• Ability to change Asset Panel background colour
• Fields now available in Find and Replace
• Pixel grid added
• "Keep selected" preference now available in Pencil Tool
• Create and place password protected PDFs
I should say in general we are now aiming to do slightly smaller updates more regularly than before so we can test and release in smaller chunks. This will allow us to get improvements and fixes out quicker, as well as having overall benefit to the stability of the apps.
The beta phase will now be shorter (4-6 weeks) for any update, and for that reason we will be avoiding any significant changes to functionality during beta as we focus on fixing bugs and correcting unintentional behaviour. This does mean that more of your improvement suggestions may need to wait until a future update (e.g. like some of the Move Data Entry suggestions you made during 2.2 beta which have now been added to 2.3), but please keep those suggestions coming!
Getting the 2.3 beta
If you have not enrolled into the beta program yet and would like to take part, you can do so here. This will immediately give you access to the latest 2.3 beta builds to try for yourself.
If you are already enrolled in the beta program you have two options:
1. If you still have the 2.2 beta installed, you can now run up those beta versions and you will be prompted to update them to the 2.3 beta.
2. If you have uninstalled the 2.2 beta, you will need to go back to Your Account -> Downloads and product keys and find your previous order for the Affinity Beta Software Program, and you can download the 2.3 beta from there.
Thanks,
Ash

Apps: All
Platforms: macOS and Windows
There were a few requests from the previous beta we have now implemented in 2.3. As a reminder the move data entry dialog is initiated by hitting Return while in the Move, Shape, Picture Frame or Artboard Tool.
1. You can now choose duplicates to be created in front or behind the original using the new Insertion mode options
2. Scale has now been added, to quickly resize an object by a given %
3. Properties of the object being transformed can be adjusted without dismissing the dialog
The scale %, when creating duplicates, will also apply to every subsequent duplicate - a very simple example shown below with 10 copies of the same circle being created, each one at 80% the size of the previous.

You can of course combine that with other transforms, such as below a square being rotated and shrunk on each duplicate.

As mentioned you can also now adjust the properties of the object being transformed without dismissing the dialog. E.g. below I have changed the colour of the shape as well as changing stroke width to “scale with object” while keeping the current move data entry settings live.

Another minor thing to mention is we have also changed the ramp on the ‘Number of copies’ slider to make it more useable at lower values (i.e. the first half of the slider now just goes from 1-50, with the remaining half from 50-1000).
 

Hi All,
We have just made 2.2 live across all App Stores and our website. As always, the feedback we have received from you all during this beta has been an incredible help in both shaping the new features as well as squashing many bugs!
The build we have released is the same as RC3 (build 2005), meaning for the time being whether you use the latest beta version or switch to using the release version they are the same. If you anticipate taking part in the next beta you may wish to keep your current beta version installed, as this will be updated on auto update when a new beta is available. This will either be a 2.2 patch if we feel one is needed, or moving straight onto a 2.3 beta.
It would be impossible for us to do what we do without your support, and I just wanted to say a huge thanks for everything you have contributed to this release.
All the best,
Ash