photocraft/docs/ui-parity.md

UI parity: tools, handles, modifiers and feel

Last reviewed: 2026-10-10 · Last updated: 2026-10-23 · Change: minor (⌥ + an adjustment's shortcut reopens it at its last settings, ⌥⌘L / ⌥⌘M, #8900; Crop default mode: moving the image under the box snaps the frame's edges and centre, #8580; View › Extras hides the Move transform controls, #6699; adjustment clipping stays visible in compact Properties, #5231; Color panel modes from its panel menu, the same in every theme, UI-217-17, #6000; a picked colour recolours the selected type and shapes; Hand tool ⌘ / ⌥ are Zoom In / Zoom Out while held, #6434; the wheel steps value fields, #5473; a dragged guide shows its X or Y beside the pointer, #7680; Type options bar "T" icon scrubs the font size, #6437; Move tool: dragged selected pixels take their own outline as the selection, #7538; artboard backgrounds remain below child Free Transform previews; ⌫/Delete removes the selected smart filter, #4751; Object Finder foreground/background discrimination (#6548); rounded triangle, polygon and star corners; shape Fill/Stroke popovers accept hex RGB values, #6176; a guide let go over either ruler is removed, #6286; Crop rows corrected: saved crop presets and Delete Cropped Pixels off are done, #6562; marching ants in device pixels, #7489; Animated Zoom: holding the Zoom tool zooms continuously, #6210; shape Density and Feather, TOOL-214-12, #5846; Pen Auto Add/Delete on the path being drawn, #6140; Show Transform Controls frames every selected layer; guide keys and clicks; menu bar from the keyboard, #4988; Crop tool Content-Aware Fill; on-canvas corner radius widgets, TOOL-214-12; Curvature Pen edits the active path; Clip Thumbnails to Layer Bounds; Pen ⇧ 45°; last selected tool restored at launch; Layers panel filter-type dropdown with Kind, Name and Mode, #5048; Free Transform box and marching ants follow the selection, #5297; History: the trash deletes the selected snapshot, rows drag onto the trash, #5324; smart filter reordering by drag; smart object perspective row corrected to done, #426; Free Transform H/V skew fields; toolbar tool shortcuts can be reassigned; ⇧-dragged guides land on ruler ticks; layer and selection keys; tool keys; spring-loaded tool letters; type formatting keys; Pen Auto Add/Delete, #4144; smart filter rows; stale missing-tool rows corrected: Color Replacement, Red Eye and the Add/Delete Anchor Point pair are live toolbar tools, Frame landed; no percentage changed; selection-modifier and ⌥-wheel rows match their tests) · Target: Adobe Photoshop 2026

How PhotoCraft's direct manipulation compares with Photoshop 2026 (27.11.0): the toolbox, the handles and modifier keys of each gesture, nudging, snapping, numeric precision, navigation, shortcuts and panels. Painting feel has its own checklist in brush-parity.md and right-click menus in context-menu-parity.md. The design system (themes, tokens, widgets) is ui-design.md.

Status: done (behaves as in Photoshop, with a test), partial (exists, differs or untested), missing. Evidence is a file under crates/ui-egui/src/ unless another path is given, a scorecard id, or an issue. Modifier names are macOS first (⌘ ⌥ ⇧); Windows/Linux use Ctrl and Alt.

Summary (estimated, weights = how often the gesture is used): ~40% ready. Tools 56/68 present (82%, measured). Free Transform modifiers and Crop are close to Photoshop; the gaps are in the long tail of modifiers, in-transform UI, spring-loaded tools, panels and preferences. Remaining: 60–110 h for transforms and modifiers (gap G5), 60–100 h for tools (G6), 150–250 h for panels and workspace (G9).

Tools

Measured: the Tool enum (state.rs:64) and TOOL_SECTIONS (panels.rs:17, 22 flyout slots) against the 67 <tool> entries of Photoshop's Default Keyboard Shortcuts.kys plus Remove, Triangle and Curvature Pen (minus legacy Rounded Rectangle and Targeted Adjustment) = 68.

Group	Present	Missing
Move, artboard	Move, Artboard
Marquee	Rectangular, Elliptical, Single Row, Single Column
Lasso	Lasso, Polygonal, Magnetic
Selection	Object Selection, Quick Selection, Magic Wand	Object Selection's Object Finder (on by default in its options bar): resting the pointer highlights the object a click selects (select.object with point; ⇧ adds, ⌥ subtracts, ⇧⌥ intersects); dragging keeps the rectangle mode (#4087). Where the active layer has no pixels under the pointer (Sample All Layers off), the status bar says so instead of showing nothing (#6549). Dominant enclosed objects are retained; regions covering most of the canvas boundary are treated as background (#6548). Heuristic, not a learned segmenter (#2788).
Crop and slice	Crop, Perspective Crop, Slice, Slice Select
Frame	Frame (frames are groups clipped by a rectangular or elliptical mask)
Eyedropper	Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Ruler, Note, Count
Retouch	Remove, Spot Healing, Healing, Patch, Content-Aware Move, Red Eye
Brush	Brush, Pencil, Mixer Brush
Stamp	Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp
History	History Brush	Art History Brush
Eraser	Eraser, Background Eraser, Magic Eraser
Fill	Gradient, Paint Bucket
Focus, toning	Blur, Sharpen, Smudge, Dodge, Burn, Sponge
Pen	Pen, Freeform Pen, Curvature Pen (#1054), Convert Point (#3204; also ⌥ with Pen), Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point (P cycles them; #4144 auto add/delete with the Pen itself)
Type	Horizontal, Vertical, Vertical Type Mask, Horizontal Type Mask
Path selection	Path Selection, Direct Selection
Shapes	Rectangle, Ellipse, Triangle, Polygon, Line, Custom Shape	(Star is a Polygon option in Photoshop)
View	Hand, Rotate View, Zoom
Toolbar controls	Edit Toolbar, colour chips, Quick Mask, Screen Mode

Toolbar behaviour	Status	Evidence
Letter shortcuts, ⇧+letter cycles the group, "Use Shift Key for Tool Switch" (on by default, as in Photoshop)	done	shortcuts.rs:413
Group remembers the last tool used	partial	L always resets to Lasso (#2608)
Press-and-hold or click-drag opens the flyout	missing	right-click only (#2301)
Edit Toolbar customization	done	edit.toolbar
Last selected tool restored after quitting and relaunching; temporary tool switches excluded	done	tool_memory.rs; prefs_ui::tests::selected_tool_survives_a_restart_without_option_changes, selected_tool_excludes_temporary_switches

Free Transform (⌘T) and transform handles

transform_tool.rs (3,158 lines), behaviour summary in ui-design.md.

Behaviour	Status	Evidence
Eight handles, drag inside moves, outside rotates with rotation cursor and live angle	done	#1948
Corners and edges proportional by default; ⇧ frees them (edge stretches one axis)	done	#1873
⌥ scales about the reference point; ⌥-click places it; draggable reference point	done
⌘-corner distort, ⌘-edge skew, ⌘⌥⇧ perspective, ⇧ rotate in 15° steps	done
Warp: presets, bend, split crosswise/vertical/horizontal, 3×3–5×5 and custom grids	done
Options bar X/Y, W/H % with link, angle	done
With a selection, the box is the selection's rectangle and the marching ants follow the box live	done	transform_frame, transform_tool.rs (draw_selection): move, scale, rotate, skew, distort, perspective and warp, before the transform is applied; also the Move tool's Show Transform Controls (#5297)
Options bar H/V skew fields	done	transform_tool.rs (Parts, skew_about_pivot): W/H, angle and skew read as Photoshop decomposes the box; skew_fields_lean_the_box_about_the_reference_point
Interpolation in the options bar	partial	Bicubic/Bilinear/Nearest; no Bicubic Smoother/Sharper/Automatic, Preserve Details
Commit/cancel buttons in the options bar	missing	#2442
Right-click menu during transform (Scale, Rotate, Skew, Distort, Perspective, Warp, flips, rotates)	missing	TOOL-214-5
Arrow keys nudge the box 1 px, ⇧ 10 px	done	move_mods.rs
Preview keeps layer order, blend mode and mask	partial	mask yes (BUG-205-2); order/blend not (#2439)
Preview clipped to the canvas, follows edits while open	done	#2201, #2099
Hand (space) mid-transform doesn't interrupt it	partial	#2302
Blend mode / opacity edits while transforming	missing	#1384
Locked layer refused before the drag	missing	fails only at commit (#2585)
Transform a copy (⌥⌘T), step and repeat (⌥⇧⌘T)	done	2026-10-07
Transform a targeted alpha channel	missing	BUG-207-4
Smart object perspective (non-affine)	done	FILE-215-6; #579 fixed by #426: Distort / Perspective keep a projective placement, re-rendered from the source, read and written as the PSD nonAffineTransform
Type-layer transform while editing (⌘ held), no ⌘-corner distort on type	done	ui-design.md
Puppet Warp mesh follows the outline	missing	block grid (TOOL-214-6)

Move tool and nudging

Behaviour	Status	Evidence
Arrow 1 px, ⇧-arrow 10 px for layers	done	move_mods.rs
Arrow nudge of a selection outline (selection tools)	done	#1502
Arrow nudge of the crop box, X swaps orientation	done	TOOL-214-19
Arrow nudge of path points with Direct Selection	missing	no arrow handling in direct_select.rs
⌘-arrow nudges the layer from any tool	missing	#2474
⌥-drag duplicates, ⇧ constrains to 45°	done	move_mods.rs
Dragging selected pixels shrinks the selection to them (the selection limited to where the layer has pixels, so moving again leaves no edge behind) as the drag starts, also with ⌥; the move box, snapping and Show Transform Controls use the moved pixels' bounds	done	#7538, canvas.rs floating_outline and transform_controls_rect, snap_ui.rs follow_cut, engine float_cmds.rs CutParts::outline
With several layers selected and a selection, the Move tool moves the layers whole and the selection with them (ants follow the drag; one Move step)	done	#7538, move_ui.rs carries_selection, engine layer.translate selection
Auto-Select with hover outline, box-select layers, double-click fit	missing	TOOL-214-4
Auto-Select bounding box and snapping follow the picked layer	partial	follow the previous layer (#2666)
View › Extras (⌘H) hides the Move tool's transform controls; Show Transform Controls keeps its setting	done	canvas.rs transform_controls_layers, hiding_extras_hides_the_move_transform_controls (#6699)
Several layers selected (⇧-click adds, box-select): Show Transform Controls frames them all, with every selected shape's outline	partial: the shared frame has no handles, since Free Transform works on one layer (canvas.rs transform_controls_layers, several_selected_layers_share_one_frame_without_handles; move_auto_select_tests.rs)
⌘-drag temporary Move shows the box and snaps	partial	#2681
⌘-right-click layer list under the pointer	done	layer_pick_ui.rs
Double-click type to edit it (caret at the pointer, Type tool)	done	#1132, type_tool::edit_at
Moving a selection on a mask moves the mask, not the pixels	partial	#2468

Selection modifiers

Behaviour	Status	Evidence
⇧ square/circle, ⌥ from centre, live W × H readout (marquee)	done	marquee_tests.rs
⇧ add, ⌥ subtract, ⇧⌥ intersect from modifiers at press	done	tested for the marquee (add, subtract, ⇧⌥ intersect: marquee_tests.rs), Lasso (all three: lasso_ui/tests.rs) and Polygonal Lasso (polygon_lasso_tests.rs) (BUG-208-4)
Space repositions the marquee while dragging	done	hold_keys.rs
Polygonal Lasso ⇧ snaps to 45°	missing	#2352
Autoscroll at the window edge while selecting	missing	#2231
Single-pixel rows and columns kept on release	partial	#2391
Esc deselects / ⌘Z undoes the last selection	partial	#2674, #1432
Select › Modify live preview	missing	#1752
Marching ants as Photoshop draws them: device pixels, every edge equally thick (1 px at 100 %, 2 px up to 200 %), black/white dashes 4× the thickness, slanted dash ends, same look for drag previews and committed selections	done	ants.rs, tests/it/marching_ants_pixels.rs (#7489)

Pen, paths and shapes

Behaviour	Status	Evidence
Click corner, drag smooth, ⌥ breaks a handle, ⌘ direct-selects, ⇧ 45°	done	TOOL-214-10; vector_ui.rs (#3751)
Handle on the last point, close-drag handle	partial	#1482
Pen Auto Add/Delete: click a segment of the active path, or of the path being drawn, to add, an anchor to delete; ⇧ suspends it	done	#4144, #6140
Curvature Pen edits the active path with no modifier: drag an anchor (the curve reflows), click a segment to add an anchor, double-click smooth ↔ corner; cursor badge + on segments, four arrows on anchors	done: direct_select.rs (curvature_press, curvature_hover), path.moveAnchors/path.convertPoint with curvature, direct_select_tests.rs
Path operations in the options bar (combine, subtract, intersect, exclude)	partial	layer.combineShapes.*; Pen options #1397
On-canvas corner-radius handles on live shapes	done: every selected live rectangle shows a widget at each arc centre with Path Selection, the Rectangle tool and Move with Show Transform Controls; a drag rounds every corner of every selected rectangle to the same radius, ⌥ that corner on each, with the corner radius cursor and an R: readout, previewed and committed as one history step (corner_radius.rs, corner_radius_tests.rs)	TOOL-214-12
Shape Density and Feather (Properties › Masks: a shape's path is its vector mask)	done: Density and Feather sliders for a selected shape layer, one undo step per drag, through layer.vectorMask.edit; the fill shows beyond the path at 100 − density %, a feather is the vector mask's Gaussian (Photoshop's 10 px ramp within 1 level); fill and stroke stay editable, the stroke stays crisp; PSD mask parameters and .pcraft round trip (#5846)	TOOL-214-12
On-canvas corner-radius handles on live shapes	done: every selected live rectangle, triangle, polygon and star shows a widget at each arc centre with Path Selection, the Rectangle, Triangle and Polygon tools and Move with Show Transform Controls; a drag rounds every corner of every selected shape to the same radius, ⌥ one corner of a rectangle (a triangle or polygon has one radius), with the corner radius cursor and an R: readout, previewed and committed as one history step (corner_radius.rs, corner_radius_tests.rs)	TOOL-214-12
Shape stroke controls (dash, caps, joins, align)	done	TOOL-1053-1, shape-strokes.md
Shape options-bar Fill/Stroke hex input	done	#6176; vector_ui.rs, vector_paint_tests.rs: typed and pasted hex, partial/invalid input, alpha retention, next-shape defaults and selected-shape Undo
Rotated shape selection hints correct	partial	#2512
Curved shape bounds exact	partial	one pixel too wide (#2537)

Crop

Behaviour	Status	Evidence
Drag outside rotates (⇧ 15°), angle readout; ↵ rotates and crops in one undo step	done	TOOL-214-18
Straighten button and ⌘-drag line	done	TOOL-214-21
Default-mode resize snaps handles without camera feedback; image and frame use the same camera in each rendered frame	done	crop_mode.rs::a_live_resize_snaps_the_handle_without_feedback_from_the_camera, tests/it/crop_default_mode.rs::a_resize_renders_the_frame_and_image_with_the_same_camera (2026-10-10)
Ratio presets and W × H changes immediately fit the current frame around its centre; Swap button and X share the fitted ratio, Enter needs no resize	done	crop_ui.rs::choosing_a_ratio_fits_and_commits_without_a_resize, crop_size.rs::choosing_a_size_with_the_canvas_ratio_commits_without_a_resize, tests/it/crop_default_mode.rs (2026-10-10)
Roomy Crop options bar does not scroll; narrow tool bars retain horizontal scrolling	done	panels.rs::a_wide_crop_options_bar_does_not_scroll, panels.rs::narrow_tool_options_can_scroll_to_the_last_control (2026-10-10)
Overlays (thirds, grid, diagonal, triangle, golden ratio/spiral), O / ⇧O	done	TOOL-214-20
Crop shield, Show Cropped Area (H)	done	TOOL-214-22
Default mode: the image turns and moves behind an upright box; Auto Center Preview; Use Classic Mode	done	TOOL-214-23
Default mode: moving the image under an upright box snaps the frame's edges and centre (View › Snap), so content centres in the box without the Move tool	done	crop_mode.rs::moving_the_image_snaps_the_frame_to_the_document_centre, crop_mode.rs::moving_the_image_centres_a_larger_box_on_a_layer (#8580, 2026-10-22)
W × H × Resolution with units, built-in size presets, Front Image	done	TOOL-214-9 (crop_size.rs)
Saved custom crop presets (New / Delete Crop Preset, kept with the preferences; moving them to another computer is not offered)	done	TOOL-214-9 (crop_presets.rs, tool.presets.* with tool crop, #2723)
Fill: Content-Aware Fill: a turned or extending crop fills the uncovered corners and strips from the image (each piece with its own sampling window), on the Background or else the active pixel layer, in the crop's one undo step; Generative Expand not offered	done	tests/it/crop_content_aware.rs, crop_ui.rs::commit_passes_the_fill_choice (#3823, 2026-10-12)
Delete Cropped Pixels off: the crop only hides the pixels outside the frame; editing the frame again shows them past the canvas and a recrop handle snaps to their edge	done	image.crop deleteCroppedPixels, the options-bar checkbox (panels.rs), tests/it/crop_beyond_canvas.rs::editing_a_crop_frame_shows_the_pixels_past_the_canvas, crop_mode.rs::a_recrop_handle_snaps_exactly_to_the_hidden_pixels_edge (#3638, #3640)

Snapping, guides, rulers, precision

Behaviour	Status	Evidence
Snap to guides, grid, layers, document bounds and centre, selection, slices; Ctrl disables other gestures, while Distort corners snap to guides and intersections	done	engine/src/snap.rs, snap_ui.rs (actual-corner grab-offset regressions, #3632)
Snap vector tools and transforms to the pixel grid	done	snap_ui.rs:196
Smart guides (magenta alignment lines)	done
Smart guide distance and spacing labels	missing
Ruler units px/in/cm/mm/pt/pica/%	done
⇧-drag a guide out of a ruler: it lands on the nearest ruler tick	done	rulers.rs snap_to_tick (#3770)
A dragged guide shows its position beside the pointer (X for vertical, Y for horizontal, in the ruler unit)	done	rulers.rs guide_drag_readout (#7680)
Status bar follows the ruler unit	partial	#2602
Ruler corner and gaps drawn as Photoshop	partial	#2600, #2601, #2551
Guides stored as f64	missing	Vec<f32> (UI-217-20)
Geometry precision	partial	geom::Point f64, paths f64; paint internals mostly f32
Numeric fields: arithmetic, scrubby labels	partial	units in expressions and double-click reset missing (UI-217-13)
Wheel steps a value field, ⇧ ×10: clicked into, wherever the pointer is; not clicked, a gesture that starts over it	partial	field_wheel.rs (#5473, #4061). Photoshop: a field takes the wheel once clicked into (shortcut guides, user reports); whether the pointer must stay over it is unconfirmed. Stepping on hover alone is Photopea's, kept deliberately
Type options bar: drag the "T" icon to change the font size	done	type_tool.rs options_bar: the icon scrubs the size field like the Character panel's icons (Shift x10, Alt fine), at layer or selection scope, one history step per drag, within 1–1296 pt (#6437)

Navigation

Behaviour	Status	Evidence
Space = Hand, ⌘Space / ⌘⌥Space = zoom in/out, spring-loaded while held	done	hold_keys.rs
Hand tool: ⌘ held = Zoom In, ⌥ (or ⌘⌥) held = Zoom Out; click steps, drag zooms as the Zoom tool does (scrubs with Scrubby Zoom on, else draws a zoom rectangle)	done	hold_keys.rs hand_zoom (#6434); not during Free Transform or once a pan has started
Hand tool: ⇧-drag / Scroll All Windows pans every open document; hold H for Bird's Eye View	missing
Hold any tool letter for a temporary tool	done	spring_tools.rs: held ≥ 300 ms or used on the canvas, release gives the previous tool back; ⇧ never springs (#2672)
Scrubby zoom	done	zoom_tool.rs
Flick panning	done	flick_pan.rs (Preferences › Tools › Enable Flick Panning)
Animated zoom	done	canvas.rs, zoom_tool.rs, zoom_hold.rs; discrete Zoom clicks and View zoom controls ease over 220 ms with anchored transitions and immediate direct navigation (#566); holding a Zoom press still past 0.3 s zooms continuously about the press point (2 doublings a second, ⌥ out) until release (#6210); General › Animated Zoom (default on) controls both behaviors; off snaps discrete zoom immediately, including when disabled mid-transition
Double-click Zoom tool = 100%, double-click Hand = fit	partial	Zoom missing (#2508)
⌥-wheel zoom around the pointer	partial	×1.1 per notch, measured on Photoshop (#1718; wheel_nav.rs, input_tests.rs); #217 asked for ~5 % steps (UI-217-18)
Wheel, smooth scrolling and pinch as in Photoshop	partial	#2485, #2463, #1989
Trackpad rotate drives Rotate View	done	rotate_view.rs:136
Zoom levels to 3200% and beyond	partial	#1813
Physical 100% at any display scale	done	#1943
⌃Tab / ⌃⇧Tab switch document tabs	missing	#2340

Keyboard shortcuts

Measure	Value	Kind
Photoshop default shortcuts (.kys)	58 tool keys, 107 menu commands with 115 shortcuts, 25 tool-area commands	measured
PhotoCraft	~199 shortcut assignments, 113 distinct modifier/F-key combos, 20 tool letters, 3 temporary-tool bindings	measured (source)
Shortcut audit	214 → 0 failures (2026-10-07)	measured then; not re-run here
.kys import	done (engine/src/kys.rs)
Shortcut sets: Set menu, New Set…, Save, Delete, .kys Export…, Summarize…	done (engine/src/shortcut_sets.rs, prefs_ui::set_row); sets live in the preferences. Photoshop reading our exported .kys is unverified	shortcut_sets tests, shortcut_set_tests.rs
Shortcut glyphs per platform	done (UI-217-19)
Toolbar tool shortcut editing	done (#4086): each tool has a row under Tools; assignments persist, removed tools leave the default key group, and unchanged tools keep Shift cycling. Toolbar and flyout hints follow the binding	tool_shortcuts.rs, shortcut_capture_tests.rs
Brush size/hardness keys on non-US layouts	done (#3109): [ ] need AltGr on many layouts, so Photoshop uses other keys there (German: Ö / #, ⇧ for hardness). layout_keys.rs has a data table of such layouts (LAYOUTS, add rows to support one more) and a fallback for all others: the keys at the US [ / ] positions act as [ / ] when they don't type brackets. Off once a real bracket is typed; Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts overrides still apply
Layer and selection keys: ⌘, toggles visibility, ⌘\ targets the mask, / locks transparency, ⌘⌥2 loads luminosity, ⌘⌥⌫ fills from history, Tab / ⇧Tab rename the next layer, ⌥-click a thumbnail fits the layer	done (2026-10-11)
Tool keys: ← / → turn the brush tip (1°, ⇧ 15°), ⇧-click with Type starts new text over old, Space+F / ⇧Space+F cycle the pasteboard colour	done (2026-10-11)
Type formatting keys while editing text	done: ⇧⌘K, U, B, I and / toggle All Caps, Underline, Faux Bold, Faux Italic, Strikethrough (off when every selected character has it, else on); ⌥↑/↓ leading ∓2 pt, ⇧⌥↑/↓ baseline shift ±2 pt (10 with ⌘); ⌥←/→ tracking ±20 over a selection (100 with ⌘; a collapsed caret still kerns); ⌥⇧⌘H toggles Hyphenate for the touched paragraphs. One type.setStyle step per press (new leadingBy/baselineShiftBy/trackingBy; auto leading starts from its laid-out value); the global ⇧⌘K/U/B/I never fire while typing. Differs: a collapsed caret in non-empty text changes nothing, since the model can't hold a pending style for the next characters typed (empty text takes it as its typing style) (type_tool.rs, input_tests.rs type_tool_format_keys_*)
⌥ + an adjustment's shortcut opens it at its last settings (⌥⌘L Levels, ⌥⌘M Curves, and so ⌥⌘U, ⌥⌘B)	done (#8900): the settings of the last OK, kept in the preferences; Cancel and smart filter edits keep nothing; a key assigned to another command stays that command's. ⌥ while choosing the item from Image › Adjustments does the same	shortcut_dispatch/tests.rs alt_adjustment_shortcut_reopens_the_last_confirmed_settings, alt_choosing_an_adjustment_from_the_menu_reopens_the_last_settings
Guides: click selects, Delete deletes, right-click menu, ⌥-click turns a guide, double-click opens Guides, Grid & Slices	done (2026-10-12)	a guide let go over either ruler is removed, not only off the canvas (#6286)

Panels and workspace

30 of 35 Window-menu panels exist (measured). Missing: Libraries, Comments, Contextual Task Bar, Discover, Generative variations. Dock tabs: Layers, Channels, Paths, History, Actions, Layer Comps, Properties, Adjustments, Navigator, Histogram, Info, Color, Swatches, Character, Paragraph; the rest open as in-app floating windows.

Behaviour	Status	Evidence
Character and Paragraph controls without a type target	done	#5556; persistent Type tool defaults feed new point, box and mask text; existing text still edits in its selected scope (type_tool.rs, type_tool_tests.rs)
Panel groups float and tear off into OS windows	missing	UI-217-5, #1828, #1213
Drag panels to reorder and regroup	partial	#2272, #2305
Docked resize pushes the neighbour	partial	#2573
Color panel modes from its panel menu (Hue Cube, Brightness Cube, Color Wheel, Grayscale/RGB/HSB/CMYK/Lab/Web Color sliders), colour ramp (RGB/CMYK Spectrum, Grayscale Ramp, Current Colors, Make Ramp Web Safe; Shift-click cycles, Alt-click picks the other colour), Copy Color as HTML / Hex Code; the same in every theme	done	color_panel_ui.rs, color_panel_tests.rs; UI-217-17, #2569, #6000
A colour picked in the Color or Swatches panel or the Color Picker recolours the selection: selected characters while editing; every selected type layer with a Type tool; every selected shape's fill with a shape, Pen or path selection tool; only the foreground with other tools, the Move tool too; one history step (a Color panel drag too)	done: apply_color.rs, apply_color_tests.rs
Window size and dock width remembered	done	UI-217-2
Command palette with recents	done	UI-217-7
Menu bar from the keyboard: Alt / F10 focus the bar, ← → ↓ ↩ drive it, Alt+letter opens a menu, underlined mnemonics run items	done	menu_keys.rs, #4988; macOS uses the native bar
Every preference takes effect	partial	46 of 149 do nothing (scorecard)
UI scale presets	missing	UI-217-9, #2492
History snapshots: camera button, snapshot rows (click returns and selects, rename, delete; the trash deletes the selected snapshot, and a snapshot or state dragged onto it, #5324), history.*Snapshot commands	partial	history_cmds.rs, snapshot_rows in panels.rs; New Snapshot dialog, first snapshot and History Options to come (#2966)
Themes: Photoshop's four greys	partial	five themes; #2661
Document tabs: overflow, context menu, reorder	done	UI-217-6; middle-click close #2570
Layers panel: wheel steps blend modes, drop on New/Trash	partial	UI-217-14
Layers panel filter-type dropdown (Kind, Name, Effect, Mode, Attribute, Color, Smart Object, Selected, Artboard)	partial	Kind, Name and Mode; the other six missing. layer_filter_ui.rs, ui.set {layerFilter} (#5048)
Adjustment scope: clipping control visible above tall Properties editors in a compact dock	done (2026-10-21)	panels.rs, clipping_indicator_tests.rs; #5231; stack-wide default retained
Smart filter rows: click selects, drag onto another smart object moves, ⌥-drag copies, drag onto Delete removes; with a row selected, the Delete button and the ⌫/Delete key remove that filter, not the smart object	done	smart_ui.rs, layer.smartFilter.transfer (#4271), smart_ui::keys (#4751)
Layers panel: Clip Thumbnails to Layer Bounds (panel menu, interface.clipThumbnailsToLayerBounds)	done (2026-10-12)	layer_thumb_bounds_tests.rs; #4281. Thumbnail size and the Panel Options dialog to come
Smart filter rows: drag up or down the stack to reorder (a line marks the drop; the bottom filter is applied first)	done	smart_ui.rs reorder_drop, layer.smartFilter.move

Revision history

Date	Change	Summary
2026-10-22	minor	Crop default mode: a drag inside an upright box snaps the frame's edges and centre to the document, layers, guides and grid, as a Classic Mode frame's move does (#8580); no percentage changed
2026-10-21	minor	Adjustment clipping moved above Properties editors to remain visible in compact docks (#5231); scope, undo/redo and 8/16/32-bit pixel regressions; readiness estimate unchanged
2026-10-19	minor	A guide being moved or dragged out of a ruler shows an X: / Y: position readout beside the pointer, from the zero point in the ruler unit (#7680)
2026-10-17	minor	The wheel steps value fields: a focused field takes it wherever the pointer is (the canvas and panels don't scroll), an unfocused one only a gesture that starts over it (#5473, #4061); no percentage changed
2026-10-17	minor	Object Finder foreground/background discrimination (#6548)
2026-10-16	minor	Hand tool ⌘ / ⌥ held are temporary Zoom In / Zoom Out (#6434); Scroll All Windows and Bird's Eye View rows added as missing
2026-10-16	minor	Type options bar: dragging the "T" icon scrubs the font size, as the Character panel's icons do (#6437)
2026-10-16	minor	Shape Fill/Stroke compact pickers accept six-digit hex RGB, including pasted values with #, retaining alpha and high-depth paint until an edit; typed/pasted colour and history regressions (#6176). Scores unchanged.
2026-10-15	minor	Shape Density and Feather row added as done (TOOL-214-12, #5846)
2026-10-15	minor	A guide let go over either ruler is removed, not only off the canvas: the top ruler measures document x and the left one y, so the ruler a guide was not dragged out of can lie over a coordinate inside the document (#6286)
2026-10-13	minor	Menu bar from the keyboard: Alt / F10 focus, Alt+letter, underlined mnemonics (#4988)
2026-10-13	minor	Layers panel filter row: Kind is a real dropdown with Kind, Name and Mode filters, drivable by ui.set {layerFilter} (#5048); row added as partial
2026-10-14	minor	Character and Paragraph panels edit persistent defaults without a type target (#5556); no percentage or estimate changed
2026-10-13	minor	Stale "missing tool" rows corrected against main: Color Replacement (paint.colorReplacement), Red Eye (paint.redEye) and Add/Delete Anchor Point (the P flyout cycle) are live toolbar tools, so only Art History Brush is missing; no percentage or estimate changed
2026-10-13	minor	Smart object perspective (non-affine) corrected to done: #426 landed four-corner placements with PSD round trip; scorecard FILE-215-6 flipped
2026-10-10	major	First version, from a source audit against Photoshop 2026 27.11.0's shortcuts file and the open issues
2026-10-12	minor	Closed #3632: Distort and Ctrl/Cmd corner drags snap actual corners to guides and intersections; shared guide snapping respects Extras and Canvas Guides visibility, with offset, visibility and constrained-alignment regressions
2026-10-10	minor	Fixed Crop live resize snapping feedback and outdated-camera rendering, applied ratios immediately to centred inscribed previews, and removed two-point options-bar overflow; added pointer, rendering, dropdown/Enter, Swap/X and scrolling regressions
2026-10-11	minor	Flick panning done: releasing a moving Hand drag (tool, Space or middle button) glides and decays, gated by Enable Flick Panning
2026-10-11	minor	History snapshots: the camera button takes one, snapshot rows return to it as a new state, rename and delete it (#2966)
2026-10-11	minor	Animated zoom done: 220 ms transitions per view for discrete Zoom clicks and View controls; GPU composites are reused, coordinates follow the displayed camera, and direct navigation interrupts immediately
2026-10-14	minor	History: a clicked snapshot stays selected and the trash deletes it; snapshot and state rows dragged onto the trash are deleted (#5324)
2026-10-11	minor	⇧-drag a guide out of a ruler lands on the nearest ruler tick (#3770)
2026-10-11	minor	Layer and selection keys from Photoshop's shortcut set: ⌘, toggles, ⌘, /, ⌘⌥2, ⌘⌥⌫, Tab rename-next, ⌥-click thumbnail to fit
2026-10-11	minor	Tool keys from Photoshop's shortcut set: ← / → rotate the brush tip, ⇧-click for new type, Space+F canvas colour
2026-10-12	minor	General › Animated Zoom is visible and gates every discrete zoom transition; disabling it snaps all views to their target on the next frame
2026-10-11	minor	Spring-loaded tool letters done (#2672): holding any tool letter (Z included) past 300 ms, or using the canvas while it is down, makes the tool temporary until release
2026-10-11	minor	Type formatting keys done: ⇧⌘K, U, B, I and /, ⌥↑/↓, ⇧⌥↑/↓, ⌥←/→ over a selection and ⌥⇧⌘H format the selected type while editing, and no longer reach Color Settings, Desaturate, Auto Color or Inverse
2026-10-11	minor	Selection modifiers at press: evidence now names the marquee, Lasso and Polygonal Lasso tests (still partial: no marquee ⇧⌥ intersect test). ⌥-wheel zoom: missing → partial (works at ×1.1 a notch; #217 asked for ~5 %)
2026-10-21	minor	Selection modifiers at press: partial → done; the marquee ⇧⌥ intersect test (marquee_tests.rs shift_alt_before_the_drag_intersects_the_selection) closed the gap the 2026-10-11 row names (BUG-208-4)
2026-10-12	minor	Pen Auto Add/Delete on the active path, with its options-bar checkbox, hover feedback and + / − cursor badge (#4144)
2026-10-15	minor	Animated zoom partial: with Animated Zoom on, holding the Zoom tool's button zooms continuously about the press point, ⌥ out (#6210)
2026-10-15	minor	Pen Auto Add/Delete works on the path being drawn: a click on its segment adds an anchor, on a middle anchor deletes it, and drawing carries on (#6140)
2026-10-12	minor	Toolbar tool shortcuts can be reassigned, removed and reset in Keyboard Shortcuts (#4086); capture, restart, group cycling, conflict and text-focus regressions
2026-10-12	minor	Smart filter rows can be selected, and dragged (⌥: copied) onto another smart object or onto Delete (#4271)
2026-10-12	minor	Free Transform options bar: H and V skew fields; a sheared box reads as skew instead of a taller H
2026-10-12	minor	Crop tool Fill › Content-Aware Fill done (#3823); Delete Cropped Pixels off split into its own row, still partial
2026-10-12	minor	Layers panel: Clip Thumbnails to Layer Bounds frames each layer's pixels instead of the canvas (#4281)
2026-10-12	minor	Guides: ⌥-click turns a guide through the click; double-click opens Preferences › Guides, Grid & Slices
2026-10-13	minor	Smart filter rows can be dragged up or down their stack to reorder the filters
2026-10-13	minor	On-canvas corner radius widgets on live rectangles (TOOL-214-12)
2026-10-13	minor	Curvature Pen edits the active path: drag anchors, click a segment to add, double-click smooth/corner, cursor badges
2026-10-11	minor	Pen ⇧ 45° done: ⇧-click puts the next anchor on the nearest 45° ray, ⇧-drag turns its handles in 45° steps (TOOL-214-10 done, #3751)
2026-10-14	minor	Last selected tool restored across launches; temporary overrides excluded, explicit Eraser choices retained, and final selection flushed on normal exit
2026-10-13	minor	Free Transform with a selection: the box is the selection's rectangle, and the marching ants follow it while it is transformed (#5297)
2026-10-14	minor	Move › Show Transform Controls frames every selected layer and outlines the selected shapes
2026-10-21	minor	Crop rows corrected against the code and the scorecard: saved custom crop presets (TOOL-214-9, #2723) and Delete Cropped Pixels off are done (#6562); no percentage changed
2026-10-20	minor	Free Transform of an artboard child omits ancestor paper from the covering and isolated composites while retaining board clipping. The base canvas and whole-artboard backgrounds are preserved; synthetic regressions in transform_tool.rs. No parity percentage changed.
2026-10-18	minor	Move tool: dragging selected pixels shrinks the marching ants to the moved pixels as the drag starts, and the dropped selection is theirs, as in Photoshop (#7538)
2026-10-18	minor	Marching ants drawn in device pixels like Photoshop's: equally thick on every edge at 125 %/150 % display scale, thicker on HiDPI, slanted dash ends (#7489)
2026-10-16	minor	View › Extras (⌘H) hides the Move tool's transform controls and their handles stop responding; ⌘H again restores them, and Show Transform Controls keeps its setting (#6699)
2026-10-15	minor	⌫/Delete with a smart filter row selected removes that filter (the Smart Filters row: all of them), as the Delete button does, instead of the smart object (#4751)
2026-10-14	minor	Rounded corners on live triangles, polygons and stars: Properties field and on-canvas widgets (TOOL-214-12)
2026-10-14	minor	A colour picked in the Color or Swatches panel or the Color Picker recolours the selected type layers (Type tool) or shape fills (shape, Pen and path selection tools)
2026-10-15	minor	Color panel: Photoshop's panel-menu modes, colour ramp and copy commands; the theme no longer picks the panel's layout (UI-217-17 done, #2569, #6000)
2026-10-23	minor	⌥ + an adjustment's shortcut (⌥⌘L Levels, ⌥⌘M Curves) opens its dialog at the settings of its last OK, as in Photoshop (#8900); no percentage changed