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Butterfly 2.2.0-beta.1 released

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After a long break, here is a new Butterfly beta. Highlights:

  • ✋ Left hand improvements
  • 📁 Files view improvements
  • 💻 Refactoring

There is one open discussion where you can help shape the future:

Left hand improvements

The navigator can now be positioned to the right. This is useful for left handed users. You can change the position in the settings.

Files view improvements

The files view now has a basic multi file selection. You can now select multiple files and delete them. There is more to come in the future.

Additionally the list and the grid view now has a more responsive design. Renaming now also looks better.

Refactoring

The file system was refactored to include it as a library. This will make it easier to use the file system in other projects (see Current state).

Current state

In the 2.2 release I also want to address the current state of layers. The layers in the current version are not as powerful as in other drawing applications. I want to change that and create a new layer system that allows changing the render order of layers and more. This also means, that these won’t be compatible with the current layers. Because of this, I will rename the current layers to “groups” and the new layers will be called “layers”.

A more detailed explanation can be found in the issue LinwoodDev/Butterfly#728.

The update cycle will be a bit slower in the future, because I’m working on a new project called Quokka. Stay tuned for more information.

Full changelog

  • Add navigator position to position it to the right (useful for left handed users)
  • Add option to change layer in select and area context menu
  • Start adding multi file selection (#713)
  • Improve renaming in files view
  • Improve grid view item
  • Improve navigator rail
  • Refactor file system to include it as library
  • Fix pinned properties view gets closed when switching tools