Conflicts resolved per file (both sides kept unless noted):
crates/engine/src/atomic.rs | 1 | main's: `write_file` removed (main routes command writes through `crate::io::write_file`); its one caller in file.rs now uses `crate::io::write_file`
crates/engine/src/cmd/datamerge/fill.rs | 1 | next's `Graphic` literal (has `clip` and `wrap`, which next's `Graphic` carries)
crates/engine/src/cmd/datamerge/mod.rs | 1 | main's `read_path_capped` (crate::io metadata/read_capped, roots checked); next's capped read is the same behaviour
crates/engine/src/cmd/datamerge/parse.rs | 1 | main's (`crate::io::metadata`, `crate::io::Metadata`)
crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs | 1 | next's `spread_param(p, "edit.paste")` (the second argument is the command id on both sides)
crates/engine/src/cmd/export.rs | 3 | main's: EPUB params doc, `toc_title` once (main's position; next's duplicate dropped)
crates/engine/src/cmd/file.rs | 7 | place doc: next's (lists page/rect/autoflow params #803 checks); next's recent-file functions + main's `foreign_document`; next's open (load_bytes, warnings, non-DesignCraft refusal) with main's checked `crate::io::read_file` for the bytes; main's `check_write` be
crates/engine/src/cmd/find.rs | 7 | main's Find scope (FindContext, scope/selection/story, continuation, UTF-8 repair) on next's `designcraft_compose::grep::Grep` (dialect GREP): find uses `find_all` capped at MAX_MATCHES, change uses `replacements`/`find_all` (literal change text not expanded), fin
crates/engine/src/cmd/fonts.rs | 1 | next's (`has_style`, resolved/replacement face); `has_style` already compares styles ignoring spacing and case, which is main's `same_style` fix; main's test kept
crates/engine/src/cmd/interchange.rs | 1 | next's `import_idml_report_with_previews` (previews for unreadable links)
crates/engine/src/cmd/layout.rs | 8 | pages.insert: main's overflow-safe `after` + next's checked `parent_ref`; main's duplicateSpread doc; layout.section: next's `SectionEdit` (already keeps unnamed settings, #717) with main's `d.repaginate()` moved into `SectionEdit::apply` (remove and set paths),
crates/engine/src/cmd/links.rs | 5 | next's links.list (no doc clone); main's `text_status` via crate::io; `use std::io::Read` dropped (unused after main's read_capped); test literals main's. `link_missing` (next) uses `crate::io::exists` for the file-guard scan
crates/engine/src/cmd/object.rs | 4 | object.fill/stroke tint-alone: main's (23e1680e7; out-of-range tint is an error, which main's test asserts); object.fit doc: next's (lists `axis`)
crates/engine/src/cmd/paths.rs | 1 | next's (shatai transform on outlines)
crates/engine/src/cmd/place_text.rs | 1 | next's `add_flow_frame` (used by autoflow)
crates/engine/src/cmd/preflight.rs | 2 | next's overset/unplacedStory issue (its `overset_location` already applies the parent transform main's #738 fix adds); next's two test modules kept with main's
crates/engine/src/cmd/scripts.rs | 1 | combined: next's `in_undo_step = false` (#406) + main's full rollback of a failed script (#709)
crates/engine/src/cmd/style.rs | 14 | param docs next's (gradient swatch.create, swatch stops, model colours); create_para next's; rename_style main's structure (rename entry, then `redirect_style_refs`), redirect has next's full reference set (cells, defaults, notes, TOC) + main's never-based-on-it
crates/engine/src/cmd/text.rs | 10 | main's selectSentence/Paragraph/Story + select_around; next's selectionAttrs (mixed) + main's openTypeFeatures/type.feature; main's comments; tracked typing: next's `reserve_command_text` + main's `insert_format_at`; empty-paragraph mark formatting main's (with `
crates/engine/src/cmd/thread.rs | 1 | next's `spread_param(p, "text.thread")`
crates/engine/src/dtd.rs | 1 | next's linear, depth-bounded `expand_parameter_entities` with main's budget (input + 1 MiB, `MAX_EXPANDED_BYTES`) and message ("expand the DTD beyond"); 16 MiB constant removed; both sides' tests pass on message
crates/engine/src/guard.rs | 2 | main's whole-transaction snapshot (docs, active, journal; #742) + next's `in_undo_step` restore; tests both
crates/engine/src/lib.rs | 5 | LoadedGraphic doc next's; next's `new_document_preview`; execute: main's `discard_stale_find_scope()` before next's nested-undo run; modules both (tests_autosize, tests_file_guard, tests_params, tests_roots)
crates/engine/src/recovery.rs | 1 | next's test (superset of main's assertion)
crates/engine/src/tests.rs | 4 | moved tests deduplicated (identical on both sides); next's preflight and direct-selection/kerning tests + main's style-delete, locked-frame and baseline-fit tests
crates/engine/src/tests_idml.rs | 3 | main's order (drop cap and margins tests identical on both sides, once each)
crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs | 3 | next's screen_options/DisplayKey block and tests kept; two tests that auto-merge had added twice (parent_guides_on_a_page_are_not_picked_there, baseline_grid_lines_are_the_ones_on_the_page) kept once; main's `typing`/`screen_at`/`click` helpers and its tests clicks
crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs | 3 | main's `count` check and pending budget (control queue + synthetic queue); exact-budget test runs both sides' cases (click 255 on 9,492 pending; drag 9492×255)
crates/ui-egui/src/cursors.rs | 1 | main's (same Pen cursor set)
crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs | 14 | dialog body (newDocument … alert match) is next's text, with main's Find/Change scope reset (`set_field`, `reset_find_scope`, `find_change_params`) and main's Create Guides / Margins and Columns arms ported in; `Dialog::new` ruby section (next) + main's `set_fi
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs | 7 | ka and pl modules, languages, statics and lookups both; `category_first` covers uk, ru, pl, ka and `count_label` keeps next's Czech plurals; shared TABLE union; next's duplicate rows for Auto, Number:, Gutter:, Top:, Bottom:, Inside:, Outside:, Left:, Right: dropped
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ar.rs | 2 | union of rows, no duplicate keys
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.rs | 1 | union of rows, no duplicate keys
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.rs | 1 | union of rows, no duplicate keys
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt_br.rs | 1 | union of rows, no duplicate keys
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.rs | 1 | union of rows, no duplicate keys
crates/ui-egui/src/icons.rs | 2 | both tests (main's typography icon, next's distribute icons)
crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs | 11 | UiState: next's tabs_panel + main's last_color/last_gradient; `cursors` field once; next's SVG paste and paste-on-spread-in-view; next's extensionless document open; opens_as_document next's comment; tests both (next's control bar / key-name tests, main's rich black
crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs | 15 | app.language doc next's text with pl and ka; UI_COMMANDS both (next's Tabs, Toggle Presentation, Apply None text; main's panel commands, Apply Color, Apply Gradient); Edit › Interface Language stays out (next moved it to Preferences); Type menu main's order with
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/glyphs.rs | 1 | next's (already has main's scroll-bar fix); the scroll-bar test module auto-merge had added twice kept once
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers.rs | 3 | next's drag-and-drop `object_rows`, with main's features ported into it: selection reveal (layer opens, row scrolls into view once), selected rows highlighted (also a group whose member is selected), double-click rename in place (`object.rename` queued like
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs | 6 | tabs + typography modules and color_panel_tests; SelInfo has wrap_side/wrap_contour and wrap_offsets (offsets from the graphic's own wrap when it is selected); next's swatch_picker returning the chip response; next's content_selection_tests
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/pages.rs | 1 | next's (parents dragged by id)
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/properties.rs | 4 | next's swatch popup (Apply To, Tint); main's four wrap offsets then next's Wrap To / Contour Type; test fixtures main's (`..Default::default()`, no unused builder)
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/swatches.rs | 3 | main's Delete Swatch button + next's New Swatch comment; next's draggable rows; click: main's PICKED + fill/stroke in front, with next's no-apply on double-click
crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs | 2 | main's Apply Color / Gradient / None wells and functions; next's apply_none doc line
crates/compose/src/lib.rs | 5 | next's line loop kept (mark_leading + last_line_mark, wrap segments/carry, grid gyoudori); main's mark-chars base_leading block (auto-merged) stays beside it. `fits`: next's #106 rule (baseline fit for horizontal frames, full descent for paths, vertical text, footnote
crates/compose/src/tests.rs | 5 | next's tests (tombstone set, sliver/one-sided/contour/clipping wrap tests, borders, lists, kenten, grid, anchored wrap, balance, shaped frames) plus main's an_empty_last_paragraph_isnt_overset; main's wrap_object_beside_one_narrow_column_leaves_the_other_alone re-ad
crates/doc/src/assets.rs | 1 | main's doc comment (same meaning)
crates/doc/src/build.rs | 3 | parent_page_for: next's parent_page_for_side (RTL-aware); single_sided_page_shows_first_parent_page test kept once, at main's position
crates/doc/src/item.rs | 1 | next's rotated_group_bounds_follow_the_children_outlines test kept
crates/doc/src/lib.rs | 1 | next's kerning_increment field kept; main's "Bulleted & Numbered" wording
crates/doc/src/page.rs | 1 | next's outer_page_indices + parent_page_for_side (integration of parent-margins with rtl-master-sides); main's parent_page_index dropped, its only caller (build.rs) uses parent_page_for_side
crates/doc/src/slice.rs | 5 | extract: next's `marked()` (get-based, fix_notes/fix_endnotes/fix_marks; main's version indexed slices and could panic); insert_story: main's take() limit on endnote/editorial payload copies with next's id comment, redundant `let ne`/`let nn` dropped; main's excess_note
crates/geom/src/corners.rs | 1 | next's box_outline_rounds_only_closed_corners test kept
crates/render/src/damage.rs | 1 | next's wrapping-anchored-object damage test kept
crates/render/src/fx.rs | 2 | feather: next's choke/corners sigma+join inside main's structure (body and clip at device resolution, with_filters(.., None)); inner glow centre: next's blend `mix` with main's clip argument (bp, xf)
crates/render/src/lib.rs | 3 | next's layer comment; next's front baseline grid draw after items; gradient match on g.kind (main's tuple scrutinee did not match the single-pattern arms)
crates/render/src/text.rs | 5 | paint_glyphs: main's paint_stroke closure structure with next's stroke overprint (overprinting helper, stroke `(TextPaint, bool)`); callers pass next's overprint_fill/overprint_stroke
crates/render/tests/placed_pdf.rs | 1 | main's `near` helper version
crates/tools/src/lib.rs | 1 | main's (PenConvert already declared below, avoids a duplicate variant)
crates/tools/src/pen.rs | 1 | main's module doc
crates/tools/src/select.rs | 1 | next's Drag::Corner variant (live corners) kept
crates/tools/src/tests.rs | 4 | next's tests (content drag, live corners, table border drag, eyedropper matchFrom, fitting handles, pen cursors once); eyedropper_ignores_inactive keeps next's samples_image check (main's exact-JSON compare lacks matchFrom) with main's `..Default::default()` Asset lit
crates/tools/src/text.rs | 2 | next's table border drag (BorderDrag, border_at) kept, then main's comment on locked text frames
crates/tools/src/xform.rs | 2 | main's explicit `Vec<&Item>` for shown children; next's eyedropper matchFrom (integration 796e9d713)
Cargo.toml | 2 | main's craft-pdf workspace dep added (craft-print stays once, in next's craft-libs block); [patch.crates-io] keeps next's winit (rust-windowing #4694 backport) and adds main's krilla patch; main's skylartaylor winit left out (see UNSURE 1)
Cargo.lock | 1 | union: next's craft-atomic and craft-cms entries plus main's craft-pdf entry; needs `cargo` normalisation
README.md | 1 | Open bullet combines INDD import via indd-utils (next) and editable PowerPoint export (main); main's paragraph break kept
contributors/people.toml | 1 | both people kept (switch87 from next, Nmarello from main)
apps/designcraft-cli/src/main.rs | 4 | next's `Export` enum dispatch kept; main's .pptx export added as `Export::Pptx` (run prints slides and warnings, script runs file.exportPptx); main's `--pdf-options` null-as-{} parse; usage lines list .pptx
apps/designcraft/src/main.rs | 3 | `startup.leave()` right after `app.ui` (main #380) and next's macOS `sync_movable` kept after the IME discard; next's Apple Events install kept; main's macOS Dock Quit `with_close_requested_on_terminate` block left out (needs the skylartaylor winit; UNSURE 1)
crates/fonts/src/fontdb.rs | 9 | FONT6 aliases (next) combined with #911 WWS names (main): ScannedFace and both CatalogEntry constructors carry `wws` and `aliases`; `canonical_family` falls back to WWS family names; `exact_style_traits` canonicalises then tries typographic, then WWS names (`named_st
crates/format/src/lib.rs | 1 | tests: both sides kept (next's r7a nullable-default tests; main's oversized ZIP entry/asset/entry-count tests)
crates/idml/src/import.rs | 11 | main's bounded `Package` reader under next's `import_idml_report_with_previews` (metadata read through `pkg.part`); next's `tab_list_repaired` kept; ruler origin: next's `settings.ruler_origin`, and main's guide import reads it (main's private `RulerOrigin` enum and
crates/idml/src/tests.rs | 6 | item-level union: all next tests plus main's new ones (ruler guides, package limits, CJK leading model, liquid page rules module, mojikumi); no test dropped
crates/mcp/src/backend.rs | 1 | test comment merged from both
crates/pdf/src/tests.rs | 1 | tests: both sides kept
crates/pdf/src/text.rs | 4 | next's (skew `tan`, cluster `start`, ruby overprint warning); main had no change here beyond base
crates/textimport/src/docx.rs | 5 | next's (ListCounter integration for list levels, page-break test position); main's side was the older form of the same code
crates/epub/src/lib.rs | 30 | non-test code is next's (StoryWriter holds img_src/images/no_alt/heading_ids; covers main's #787/#791/#782 fixes, plus #314 group transforms, anchored images in images_without_alt, endnote story skipped in the TOC); tests: next's set plus main's extra css_weight_style a
docs/control-protocol.md | 2 | next's rows (ui.paste, count 1–255, documentGrid) and wording
docs/file-format-parity.md | 1 | rows combined (next's ICC notes, main's TIFF indexed colour)
docs/gaps.md | 2 | status change notes unioned; Flex Layout removed from missing (main implemented it), next's Parent Options sentence kept
docs/localization-parity.md | 4 | Polish and Georgian rows; 5 languages beyond the twelve; file list includes cs and ka; both history rows
docs/roadmap.md | 1 | M1 next's (#186 fixed on next), M2 main's IME wording
docs/target-app-parity.md | 6 | next's status line; File formats row next's, UI/UX row main's (IME no longer failing); UI line next's plus main's Swatches detail; one Page tool line (main's fuller one); Load styles and main's fuller Pathfinder line both kept, main's duplicate short Pathfinder line r
docs/ui-parity.md | 1 | IME row main's, Font menu row next's
i18n/fr.rs: five rows dropped that main's shared table now has (Row, Open Path, Flex Layout, Current Page Number, Rulers).
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UI and interaction parity
Last reviewed: 2026-10-10 · Last updated: 2026-10-12 · Change: minor (live corners work; document views row: scrollbars, Alt pans while editing text; Tabs panel listed as present (#343); spring-loaded Zoom navigation) · Target: Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6, Medium Dark, macOS)
Tools, handles, snapping, nudging, modifiers, shortcuts, panels, menus, context menus and feel,
against InDesign 2026. The look was measured from the running app
(plan/indesign/11-observed-ui.md, local); behaviour from plan/indesign/02-ui-ux.md,
05-tools.md, 06-panels.md, 07-dialogs.md and 09-shortcuts.md, and from user reports.
Overall numbers: target-app-parity.md.
Dimension score: ~45% ready (estimated), 120–180 h. The chrome looks like InDesign; the basics of editing fail for too many users on Windows and Linux.
Measured
| What | Value | How |
|---|---|---|
| InDesign 21.6 menu items matched (in scope) | 331 / 482 (69%) | script over the running app's menu dump; see target-app-parity.md |
| Menu bar | 9 menus, 49 submenus, 340 items | MENUS in crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs |
| Commands | 446 engine (188 in menus) + 99 UI | crates/engine/src/cmd/*, UI_COMMANDS |
| Theme colours | measured hex values of Medium Dark, 4 brightness themes + High Contrast | theme::Tokens vs 11-observed-ui.md §1 |
Checklist
✓ like InDesign · ~ present, differs or unreliable · ✗ missing.
| Area | InDesign 2026 | DesignCraft | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome: app bar, Control panel, Tools panel, dock, doc tabs, status bar | Medium Dark, measured sizes | measured look | ✓ | 11-observed-ui.md |
| Properties panel and Contextual Task Bar | per selection | ✓, task bar movable (#143) | ✓ | |
| Selection tool: click, marquee, move, Alt-duplicate, resize handles, rotate from corners | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Direct Selection, Pen family, Pencil, Scissors | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | moving reference point "0" fails (#337) |
| Live corners (yellow handle) | ✓ | ✓ widget on a selected rectangle frame; diamonds drag the corner size (Shift: one corner), Alt-click steps the shape (Shift+Alt: all) | ✓ | #186 |
| Content grabber, frame fitting by double-click | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Smart guides, snapping to guides/grid/baseline | ✓ | ✓ (2,049-line snap.rs) |
~ | vertical smart spacing between two rectangles (#188) |
| Nudging with arrows, Shift ×10 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Document views: scrollbars (each split pane), Hand tool by Space, middle drag, or Alt while editing text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | canvas.rs scrollbar_tests |
| Gridify while drawing, Gap tool, Live Distribute | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Type tool: caret, selection, double/triple click, drag-and-drop text | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | formatting at a caret discarded (#289); text editing complaints (#23, #174) |
| Threading: click out port, load text cursor, click frame | ✓ | ✗ ports drawn only; no thread/unthread command; Primary Text Frame and autoflow on Place | ✗ | alpha blocker (#352, #194, #165, #140) |
| Copy / cut / paste objects and text, Paste Into / in Place | ✓ | ✓ on macOS | ~ | failing on Windows/Linux (#351, #348, #312, #185, #164, #201, #212) |
| Context menus (canvas, panels, rulers) | ✓ everywhere | 9 context-menu sites, ruler units by right-click | ~ | not opening for several users (#238, #187, #160) |
| IME text input on the canvas | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | not checked by hand with a system IME (#322) |
| Font menu: search, preview, favourites, type-ahead, filters (class, recently added), styles per family, sample text and size, recently used, similar fonts | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | search field focus on macOS (#335, #86); Adobe Fonts (Find More, activated) out of scope |
| Keyboard shortcuts: InDesign defaults, editor, sets | ✓ | ✓ editor; defaults from 09-shortcuts.md | ✓ | |
| Quick Apply | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Numeric fields: units, arithmetic, scrubbing | ✓ | 21 pt spinner fields with arithmetic | ✓ | |
| Colour fields: hex, picker from any swatch field | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | hex entry and picker issues (#323, #190) |
| Panels: Pages, Layers, Swatches, Color, Stroke, Character, Paragraph, Styles, Links, Effects, Text Wrap, Align, Pathfinder, Table, Index, TOC, Hyperlinks, Bookmarks, Articles, Tags, Notes, Track Changes, Object States, Buttons and Forms, Preflight, Data Merge, Library, Scripts, Glyphs, Info, Tabs | ✓ | all present | ~ | Navigator, Trap Presets, Animation, Timing missing; pull-down panels can't scroll on Linux (#267) |
| Dialogs: New Document, Document Setup, Preferences (all pages), Paragraph/Character/Object/Table/Cell Style Options, Export PDF, Print, Package, Find/Change | ✓ | present | ~ | generated command dialogs fill the long tail; depth varies |
| Workspaces | Essentials, Essentials Classic, Advanced, Book, Digital Publishing, Interactive for PDF, Printing and Proofing, Review, Typography, Touch | ✓ named workspaces (Essentials Classic: Control panel and iconic panel groups) + custom; Window › Workspace; no Review or Touch | ~ | tab bar overlaps menus in Book/Advanced (#182) |
| Story Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | style-name column, depth ruler missing |
| Undo granularity (a drag = one step) | ✓ | ✓ (Begin/Preview/Commit) | ✓ | |
| Closing with unsaved changes asks | ✓ | ✓ File › Close and window/menu quit (#146, #545) | ✓ | macOS Dock Quit still bypasses the prompt (#544) |
| UI scaling, System appearance | ✓ | scaling ✓ (#281); follows macOS light/dark ✗ (#237) | ~ | |
| Window controls, full screen | ✓ | ~ | ~ | misaligned on macOS (#333) |
Counted 2026-10-11: 28 rows, 12 ✓, 14 ~, 2 ✗ → 68% presence, scoring ✓ = 1, ~ = 0.5. Ready for real work is lower, ~45%, because threading is missing and three of the ~ rows (copy/paste, context menus, typing at a caret) are things a layout artist does every minute, and their failures stop work.
Navigation also supports held Space as Hand and held Cmd+Space as Zoom (Ctrl+Space on Windows/Linux), with Alt-click zooming out. Releasing restores the previous tool and its state. The temporary Zoom uses the selected Zoom tool's click and horizontal scrubby drag behavior; marquee zoom is not implemented. It is suppressed while typing in a document text frame or a focused text field, and does not interrupt an existing tool drag. Synthetic canvas input tests cover the cursors, click anchors, scrub/release ownership, restoration, typing guards and undo history (DC-1).
Remaining effort
| Work | Opus 5.5 h |
|---|---|
| Copy/paste, context menus, threading clicks, caret formatting on every platform, with control-channel regression tests | 30–50 |
| Canvas IME: checks by hand with system IMEs, and fixes | 10–20 |
| Missing menu items (~150) and panels (Tabs, Navigator, Trap Presets) | 40–70 |
| Handle/tool feel fixes (#188, #337), font search focus | 10–20 |
| Dialog depth pass against 07-dialogs.md | 30–40 |
| Total | 120–180 (overlaps gaps 1, 8, 16) |
Revision history
| Date | Change | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-11 | minor | Live corners row to ✓: widget, diamonds, drag, Shift-drag, Alt-click shape cycling (#186) |
| 2026-10-11 | minor | Added held Cmd+Space / Cmd+Alt+Space Zoom navigation and canvas input regression tests |
| 2026-10-10 | minor | Threading row corrected to ✗ after checking the code (no out-port interaction, no thread command) |
| 2026-10-10 | major | Created: measured menu coverage, 27-row interaction checklist from the code and issues |