**Stage: alpha** · next: beta, ~13 points (ready for real work ~62% → ~75%, and reliable `.ai` exchange) and ~170–270 h away
> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-17 · **Change:** minor (about 100 community PRs of 2026-10-17: image-decode overflow guards, opaque floating panels, MCP export cancel and progress, editable Illustrator EPS import, scoped `doc_inspect`, Dutch, Danish and Indonesian, Simplified Chinese messages, screen-reader names; headline numbers unchanged; about 160 community PRs of 2026-10-15/16: PDF import crash fixes, Dimension tool, legacy `.ai` save, Intertwine, web pen input, Image Trace fixes, `.ai`/EPS/PDF import fidelity, Bulgarian, Greek, Swedish and Finnish catalogs; headline numbers unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-17 · **Change:** minor (about 115 community PRs of 2026-10-17: image-decode overflow guards, opaque floating panels, MCP export cancel and progress, editable Illustrator EPS import, scoped `doc_inspect`, Dutch, Danish and Indonesian, Simplified Chinese messages, screen-reader names; headline numbers unchanged; about 160 community PRs of 2026-10-15/16: PDF import crash fixes, Dimension tool, legacy `.ai` save, Intertwine, web pen input, Image Trace fixes, `.ai`/EPS/PDF import fidelity, Bulgarian, Greek, Swedish and Finnish catalogs; headline numbers unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
VectorCraft is a clean-room, open-source, pure-Rust reimplementation of the Adobe Illustrator workflow. It runs
on macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and the web (WASM), and agents can drive all of it over MCP, the CLI and a JSON
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Ranked; detail in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md) and [docs/gaps.md](docs/gap
| Date | What landed |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | About 100 community PRs landed in four batches, each through the full gate, plus our fixes on top. Crashes and hostile input: an image's RGBA size is checked from its header before decoding, without overflowing, in the renderer, sampling, recoloring and Crop Image (#2442, #2468, #2407), PDF Add Around and huge art are clamped (#2440), graph axis labels past i64, `+` in hex colours and XML ids are handled (#2610, #2470, #2447), Document Raster Effects resolutions open in range (#2579), Batch names stay in their folder (#2504). Regressions: floating panel groups are opaque again while the docked card keeps its rounded corners (#2499), the Wayland pointer returns over panels (#2502). New: MCP cancels long exports, answers while one runs and reports progress (#2546), `doc_inspect` takes ids, kind and paging (#2543), raster export of a page rectangle (#2511), `text.create` returns bounds (#2478), PDF presets and ICC profiles persist (#2547), screen-reader names for widgets (#2611), Expand on Intertwine (#2622, fixes #2540), Duplicate/Copy/Cut of several artboards (#2567), print presets by name (#2607), TSV data sets (#2608), planar TIFF (#2598), Alt-click a swatch onto a gradient stop (#2623), Shift-click ranges in Links, Graphic Styles and Libraries (#2612, #2613, #2618), Space+Shift rotates the view (#2601), Presentation Mode keys (#2583), Small Caps and super/subscript buttons (#2508). Fidelity: editable vector art from Illustrator EPS (#2571), `.ai` Drop Shadow Darkness (#2513), overprint preview with Darken (#2514), Generic CMYK black round-trips (#2503), PNG sRGB chunk (#2519), kerning at a caret (#2518), tab widths in justified area type (#2487), Transform copies keep their own gradients (#2486), smooth Zig Zag (#2475), Live Corners round up to their neighbours (#2484), kerning across style runs (#2554), SVG letter spacing on justified lines (#2574), Dimension tool snapping (#2482), gradient chips (#2495), Transform panel flips and percentages (#2400, #2404). Later the same day: PostScript `.ps` and `.epsf` files open (#2461), EPS images with CCITTFax compression draw (#2445), Illustrator 3 EPS without layers (#2436), `.ai` type opacity and blend modes (#2420), envelope meshes and compound holes in `.ai` (#2410, #2444), CMYK image soft masks in PDF export (#2448), Show Transparency Grid saved with the document (#2488), Save Selection in the Layers panel menu (#2483), Character and Paragraph Reset Panel (#2479, #2438), Cmd/Ctrl+Shift double-click releases a guide (#2467), Shift+Enter keeps a field active (#2431), Shift keeps reshaped handles perpendicular (#2425), emptied type keeps its style (#2464), Smart Blur radius (#2443), freeform gradients recolour (#2397), mesh slivers (#2456), Recolor wheel handles in CMYK (#2454), and six Image Trace fixes (#2387, #2584, #2586–#2589). Languages: Dutch, Danish and Indonesian complete (#2393), Simplified Chinese status and error messages (#2578), translated file filters and presets (#2590). Headline numbers unchanged (estimated). |
| 2026-10-17 | About 115 community PRs landed in five batches, each through the full gate, plus our fixes on top. Crashes and hostile input: an image's RGBA size is checked from its header before decoding, without overflowing, in the renderer, sampling, recoloring and Crop Image (#2442, #2468, #2407), PDF Add Around and huge art are clamped (#2440), graph axis labels past i64, `+` in hex colours and XML ids are handled (#2610, #2470, #2447), Document Raster Effects resolutions open in range (#2579), Batch names stay in their folder (#2504). Regressions: floating panel groups are opaque again while the docked card keeps its rounded corners (#2499), the Wayland pointer returns over panels (#2502). New: MCP cancels long exports, answers while one runs and reports progress (#2546), `doc_inspect` takes ids, kind and paging (#2543), raster export of a page rectangle (#2511), `text.create` returns bounds (#2478), PDF presets and ICC profiles persist (#2547), screen-reader names for widgets (#2611), Expand on Intertwine (#2622, fixes #2540), Duplicate/Copy/Cut of several artboards (#2567), print presets by name (#2607), TSV data sets (#2608), planar TIFF (#2598), Alt-click a swatch onto a gradient stop (#2623), Shift-click ranges in Links, Graphic Styles and Libraries (#2612, #2613, #2618), Space+Shift rotates the view (#2601), Presentation Mode keys (#2583), Small Caps and super/subscript buttons (#2508). Fidelity: editable vector art from Illustrator EPS (#2571), `.ai` Drop Shadow Darkness (#2513), overprint preview with Darken (#2514), Generic CMYK black round-trips (#2503), PNG sRGB chunk (#2519), kerning at a caret (#2518), tab widths in justified area type (#2487), Transform copies keep their own gradients (#2486), smooth Zig Zag (#2475), Live Corners round up to their neighbours (#2484), kerning across style runs (#2554), SVG letter spacing on justified lines (#2574), Dimension tool snapping (#2482), gradient chips (#2495), Transform panel flips and percentages (#2400, #2404). Later the same day: PostScript `.ps` and `.epsf` files open (#2461), EPS images with CCITTFax compression draw (#2445), Illustrator 3 EPS without layers (#2436), `.ai` type opacity and blend modes (#2420), envelope meshes and compound holes in `.ai` (#2410, #2444), CMYK image soft masks in PDF export (#2448), Show Transparency Grid saved with the document (#2488), Save Selection in the Layers panel menu (#2483), Character and Paragraph Reset Panel (#2479, #2438), Cmd/Ctrl+Shift double-click releases a guide (#2467), Shift+Enter keeps a field active (#2431), Shift keeps reshaped handles perpendicular (#2425), emptied type keeps its style (#2464), Smart Blur radius (#2443), freeform gradients recolour (#2397), mesh slivers (#2456), Recolor wheel handles in CMYK (#2454), and six Image Trace fixes (#2387, #2584, #2586–#2589). Fifth batch: Optical Margin Alignment (#2563), Window › Blend panel (#2573), graph column designs (#2406), Live Paint Gap Options (#2424), the SVG Interactivity panel (#2437), RTF placed as area type (#2524), the Touch Type tool (#2469), pattern fills expand into clipped tiles (#2616), Save and Export ask before replacing a file an added extension names (#2619), the Artboard tool's Control bar and Contextual Task Bar (#2559, #2556), Alt-click New Artboard for its options (#2496), Shift-click in Brushes (#2562), the Move dialog remembers the last move (#2542), PDF export uses the document's assigned profiles (#2536), Printer Setup opens the selected printer's preferences on Windows (#2577). Languages: Dutch, Danish and Indonesian complete (#2393), Simplified Chinese status and error messages (#2578), translated file filters and presets (#2590). Headline numbers unchanged (estimated). |
| 2026-10-16 | Symbol Options › Export Type (Graphic or Movie Clip, default Movie Clip) with Registration; `symbol.options` / `symbol.list` (G5).
| 2026-10-15 | Cursors: 36 more tool states get cursors of their own. Node editing follows the public manual (Direct Selection's anchor squares, Reshape Segment, Group Selection's plus, the arrow hollow on a snap, the Alt-copy arrowheads), the Anchor Point caret, the Curvature pen and Free Transform's side-shear arrows are drawn; Lasso, the freehand, symbolism and other tools borrow a drawn cursor until theirs is drawn. `crates/tools/src/cursors.toml` lists every cursor for whoever draws them, and `cargo xtask cursors` warns about one missing from it. Scores unchanged. |
| 2026-10-16 | About 160 community PRs landed, each through the full gate. Crashes and hostile files: damaged PDF dictionaries and arrays no longer crash import (#2133, #2240, #2244, #2271), area type with huge row or column counts opens (#2109), hostile mesh edges are bounded (#2051). New: Dimension tool (#1788), legacy version 7 `.ai` save (#1794), Object › Intertwine (#2095), Apple Pencil and touch input on the web (#1740), Sample Color from Screen (#2257), Drop Shadow Darkness (#2252), Smart Blur edge modes (#2154), Scribble variations (#2180), Free Distort corners in its dialog (#2134), Rotate View presets (#2106), tritanopia proofing (#2234), Layers panel filters (#2087), Hide Template (#2117), File › Automate Batch through the Actions panel (#1938), dataset and graph CSV (#1929, #1941), Reset Tracking and Kerning (#2274), Alt+Enter copies in Transform fields (#2236), Shift+Tab panels (#2254), Control bar isolation, Recolor and image Replace (#2258, #2079, #2081). Revolve renders smooth with Cap on by default (#1193); Image Trace keeps tiny parts, thin outlines and shared corners, and Grayscale gradients are grey (#2012, #2025, #2263, #2264, #2265, #1879). Import: many `.ai`, EPS and PDF fidelity fixes (#2014–#2016, #2029, #2030, #2044, #2046, #2050–#2052, #2058, #2129, #2199, #2202, #2218), images up to 1 GB decoded (#2060), `.ai`/`.ait`/`.svgz` files paste from a file manager (#2148, #2201). Fixes across fields (arithmetic #2069, #2209, #2022; caret #1403), New Document (#2158, #2176), menus (#2232), shortcuts (#2235, #2146), Transform Each axes (#2227), Paste in Place (#1926), Color Picker tab order (#1937, #1939) and more. Languages: Bulgarian, Greek, Swedish and Finnish complete under the tests, pt-br completed. Details per PR in the PRs; headline numbers unchanged (estimated). |
Each Design Represents: Hvert design repræsenterer:
Event: Hændelse:
File or URL: Fil eller URL:
For Fractions: For brøkdele:
Gap Detection Registrering af huller
Gap Options Indstillinger for huller
Gap Preview Color: Eksempelfarve for huller:
Graph Column Diagramsøjle
JavaScript Files JavaScript-filer
JavaScript: JavaScript:
Link JavaScript Files… Sammenkæd JavaScript-filer…
New Artboard Options… Indstillinger for ny kunstplade…
Paint Stops At: Maling stopper ved:
Remove JavaScript File Fjern JavaScript-fil
Remove Selected Entry Fjern markeret post
Repeating Gentaget
Resize Tilpas størrelse
Scale Design Skalér design
Sliding Glidende
The name in the save panel was “{typed}”; VectorCraft added the file type's extension. Replacing the file overwrites its contents. Navnet i gemmedialogen var »{typed}«, og VectorCraft tilføjede filtypens filtypenavn. Hvis du erstatter filen, overskrives dens indhold.
Uniformly Scaled Ensartet skaleret
Vertically Scaled Lodret skaleret
“{name}” already exists. Replace it? »{name}« findes allerede. Erstat den?
Can't render this file because it contains an unexpected character in line 2 and column 73.
The name in the save panel was “{typed}”; VectorCraft added the file type's extension. Replacing the file overwrites its contents. Nama di dialog simpan adalah “{typed}”, lalu VectorCraft menambahkan ekstensi jenis file. Mengganti file akan menimpa kontennya.
Uniformly Scaled Diskalakan seragam
Vertically Scaled Diskalakan vertikal
“{name}” already exists. Replace it? “{name}” sudah ada. Ganti?
Can't render this file because it contains an unexpected character in line 3754 and column 19.
The name in the save panel was “{typed}”; VectorCraft added the file type's extension. Replacing the file overwrites its contents. De naam in het opslagvenster was „{typed}”, en VectorCraft heeft de extensie van het bestandstype toegevoegd. Als je het bestand vervangt, wordt de inhoud overschreven.
Uniformly Scaled Gelijkmatig geschaald
Vertically Scaled Verticaal geschaald
“{name}” already exists. Replace it? „{name}” bestaat al. Vervangen?
Can't render this file because it contains an unexpected character in line 2 and column 73.
| Every-line and Single-line composers | done | tuned by eye, never compared side by side |
| Hyphenation… and Justification… options | missing | |
| Optical Margin Alignment | done | Type › Optical Margin Alignment, `type.opticalMarginAlignment`: per type object, in point and area type of left-to-right paragraphs; type on a path and right-to-left paragraphs do not hang |
| Hyphenation… and Justification… options | partial | Hyphenation… (`ui.hyphenation`, `text.setFormat`) sets each paragraph's Words Longer Than, After First, Before Last, Hyphen Limit, Hyphenation Zone (Single-line Composer only) and Hyphenate Capitalized Words, and paragraph styles carry them (#2310); Justification… missing (menu stub) |
| Optical Margin Alignment | missing | menu stub |
| Tab stops and leaders; Tabs panel | partial | Tabs panel and stops with leaders in the model (`text.tabs.set`); a stop drags from where the press landed (#1458); leaders fill the tab's gap, repeated on a grid so they line up from line to line (#1877) |
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcut
| Pathfinder panel on one group selected alone; a greyed-out button says what it needs | partial | #1450; the group's members are combined; one plain path selected alone stays disabled (the public documentation doesn't say what the operations do to a single path) |
| Pathfinder Divide: an open cutting line splits a filled path | done | #1307; straight, crossed, bent and curved cutters, holes and frontmost appearance regression-tested; native automation: independent piece movement, one Undo/Redo, saved-document round trip and window capture; existing bounded-map fallback remains |
| Canvas context menu | done | Layers rows, panels and type have none (gap) |
| SVG Interactivity panel: JavaScript for each object's events and the document's linked JavaScript files, written to SVG and read back as text | done | `svgInteractivity.*`, `ui.javascriptFilesDialog` |
| Retype, Comments, Version History panels | missing | the last two are cloud features (out of scope) |
| Blend panel (30.7) | partial | Window › Blend: Make, Spacing, Orientation, Reverse Front to Back, Reverse Spine, Replace Spine, Expand and Release, running the Object › Blend commands; the easing and color controls are missing |
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