File: Cmd+Alt+N makes a new document without the New Document dialog

The reference app makes a document without opening the New Document
dialog with Ctrl+Alt+N on Windows and Option+Command+N on macOS.
VectorCraft had no default key for it.

file.newWithoutDialog (New Without Dialog, default Cmd+Alt+N) makes a
document with the settings New Document opens on: the first Recent
entry, or the Print category's Letter while Recent is empty, named
after the next untitled document. It fills the fields with the
dialog's own open, runs file.new with the params Create sends, and
does not show the dialog. A dialog that is already open stays open.
Keyboard Shortcuts lists it under File.

Docs: docs/mcp.md, docs/ui-parity.md, docs/target-app-parity.md.

crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/mod.rs

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pub(crate) use export_for_screens::{
 };
 pub(crate) use form::{humanize, number_list_text, read_number_list, unit_suffix};
 pub(crate) use new_document::preset_name;
-pub use new_document::{open as open_new_document, preset_card};
+pub use new_document::{create_without_dialog as new_document_without_dialog, open as open_new_document, preset_card};
 pub use png_options::open as open_raster_options;
 pub use save_pdf::{open as open_save_pdf, open_preset as open_pdf_preset};
 pub use tools::open_tool_dialog;

crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/new_document.rs

@@ -117,11 +117,7 @@ fn sync(app: &VectorcraftApp, d: &mut Dialog) {
 
 /// Create the document; the dialog stays open when that fails (bad size, …).
 fn confirm(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, d: &Dialog) -> Result<Value, String> {
-    let mut p: Map<String, Value> = PARAMS.iter().filter_map(|k| Some((k.to_string(), d.fields.get(*k)?.clone()))).collect();
-    // Recent entries such as "Custom" aren't presets file.new knows.
-    if newdoc::find(&app.session, &d.str("preset")).is_none() {
-        p.remove("preset");
-    }
+    let p = params(app, d);
     let r = app.run("file.new", Value::Object(p));
     if r.is_ok() {
         app.ui.dialog = None;
@@ -129,6 +125,27 @@ fn confirm(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, d: &Dialog) -> Result<Value, String> {
     r
 }
 
+/// New Without Dialog (`file.newWithoutDialog`, Cmd+Alt+N): create the document [`open`] would
+/// offer, as its Create would, without showing the dialog. A dialog already open stays open.
+pub fn create_without_dialog(app: &mut VectorcraftApp) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    let shown = app.ui.dialog.take();
+    open(app);
+    let offered = app.ui.dialog.take();
+    app.ui.dialog = shown;
+    let p = offered.map(|d| params(app, &d)).unwrap_or_default();
+    app.run("file.new", Value::Object(p))
+}
+
+/// The `file.new` params of the fields.
+fn params(app: &VectorcraftApp, d: &Dialog) -> Map<String, Value> {
+    let mut p: Map<String, Value> = PARAMS.iter().filter_map(|k| Some((k.to_string(), d.fields.get(*k)?.clone()))).collect();
+    // Recent entries such as "Custom" aren't presets file.new knows.
+    if newdoc::find(&app.session, &d.str("preset")).is_none() {
+        p.remove("preset");
+    }
+    p
+}
+
 /// The units the size fields show.
 fn unit(d: &Dialog) -> Unit {
     Unit::named(&d.str("units")).unwrap_or_default()

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/bg.tsv

@@ -1925,6 +1925,7 @@
 	New View	Нов изглед
 	New View…	Нов изглед…
 	New Window	Нов прозорец
+	New Without Dialog	Нов без диалогов прозорец
 	New Workspace	Ново работно пространство
 	New Workspace…	Ново работно пространство…
 	New {kind} Style…	Нов стил ({kind})…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/cs.tsv

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	Quit VectorCraft	Ukončit VectorCraft
 	File	Soubor
 	New…	Nový…
+	New Without Dialog	Nový bez dialogového okna
 	New from Template…	Nový ze šablony…
 	Open…	Otevřít…
 	Open Recent Files	Otevřít nedávné soubory

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/da.tsv

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	Quit VectorCraft	Slut VectorCraft
 	File	Filer
 	New…	Ny…
+	New Without Dialog	Ny uden dialog
 	New from Template…	Ny fra skabelon…
 	Open…	Åbn…
 	Open Recent Files	Åbn seneste filer

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/de.tsv

@@ -1943,6 +1943,7 @@ file-filter	Templates	Vorlagen
 	New View	Neue Ansicht
 	New View…	Neue Ansicht…
 	New Window	Neues Fenster
+	New Without Dialog	Neu ohne Dialogfeld
 	New Workspace	Neuer Arbeitsbereich
 	New Workspace…	Neuer Arbeitsbereich…
 	New {kind} Style…	Neues {kind}format…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/el.tsv

@@ -1624,6 +1624,7 @@
 	New Layer…	Νέο επίπεδο…
 	New Swatch…	Νέο δείγμα χρώματος…
 	New Window	Νέο παράθυρο
+	New Without Dialog	Νέο χωρίς παράθυρο διαλόγου
 	New Workspace	Νέος χώρος εργασίας
 	New Workspace…	Νέος χώρος εργασίας…
 	New…	Νέο…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/es.tsv

@@ -1968,6 +1968,7 @@
 	New View	Nueva vista
 	New View…	Nueva vista…
 	New Window	Nueva ventana
+	New Without Dialog	Nuevo sin cuadro de diálogo
 	New Workspace	Nuevo espacio de trabajo
 	New Workspace…	Nuevo espacio de trabajo…
 	New {kind} Style…	Nuevo estilo de {kind}…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fi.tsv

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 	Quit VectorCraft	Lopeta VectorCraft
 	File	Tiedosto
 	New…	Uusi…
+	New Without Dialog	Uusi ilman valintaikkunaa
 	New from Template…	Uusi mallipohjasta…
 	Open…	Avaa…
 	Open Recent Files	Avaa viimeisimmät tiedostot

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fr.tsv

@@ -1965,6 +1965,7 @@
 	New View	Nouvelle vue
 	New View…	Nouvelle vue…
 	New Window	Nouvelle fenêtre
+	New Without Dialog	Nouveau sans boîte de dialogue
 	New Workspace	Nouvel espace de travail
 	New Workspace…	Nouvel espace de travail…
 	New {kind} Style…	Nouveau style de {kind}…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/hu.tsv

@@ -2418,6 +2418,7 @@ file-filter	Templates	Sablonok
 	New View	Új nézet
 	New View…	Új nézet…
 	New Window	Új ablak
+	New Without Dialog	Új párbeszédablak nélkül
 	New Workspace	Új munkaterület
 	New Workspace…	Új munkaterület…
 	New {kind} Style…	Új stílus: {kind}…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/id.tsv

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	Quit VectorCraft	Keluar dari VectorCraft
 	File	Berkas
 	New…	Baru…
+	New Without Dialog	Baru tanpa dialog
 	New from Template…	Baru dari templat…
 	Open…	Buka…
 	Open Recent Files	Buka berkas terbaru

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.tsv

@@ -1994,6 +1994,7 @@ file-filter	Templates	Modelli
 	New View	Nuova vista
 	New View…	Nuova vista…
 	New Window	Nuova finestra
+	New Without Dialog	Nuovo senza finestra di dialogo
 	New Workspace	Nuova area di lavoro
 	New Workspace…	Nuova area di lavoro…
 	New {kind} Style…	Nuovo stile {kind}…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.tsv

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 	Quit VectorCraft	VectorCraft を終了
 	File	ファイル
 	New…	新規…
+	New Without Dialog	ダイアログなしで新規
 	New from Template…	テンプレートから新規…
 	Open…	開く…
 	Open Recent Files	最近使用したファイルを開く

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ka.tsv

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	Quit VectorCraft	VectorCraft-იდან გასვლა
 	File	ფაილი
 	New…	ახალი…
+	New Without Dialog	ახალი დიალოგის გარეშე
 	New from Template…	შაბლონიდან შექმნა…
 	Open…	გახსნა…
 	Open Recent Files	ბოლოს გახსნილი ფაილების გახსნა

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ko.tsv

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 	Quit VectorCraft	VectorCraft 종료
 	File	파일
 	New…	새로 만들기…
+	New Without Dialog	대화상자 없이 새로 만들기
 	New from Template…	템플릿에서 새로 만들기…
 	Open…	열기…
 	Open Recent Files	최근 파일 열기

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/nl.tsv

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	Quit VectorCraft	VectorCraft afsluiten
 	File	Bestand
 	New…	Nieuw…
+	New Without Dialog	Nieuw zonder dialoogvenster
 	New from Template…	Nieuw van sjabloon…
 	Open…	Openen…
 	Open Recent Files	Recente bestanden openen

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 	Quit VectorCraft	Zakończ VectorCraft
 	File	Plik
 	New…	Nowy…
+	New Without Dialog	Nowy bez okna dialogowego
 	New from Template…	Nowy z szablonu…
 	Open…	Otwórz…
 	Open Recent Files	Otwórz ostatnie pliki

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt-br.tsv

@@ -1604,6 +1604,7 @@
 	New Symbol…	Novo Símbolo…
 	New View…	Nova Visualização…
 	New Window	Nova Janela
+	New Without Dialog	Novo sem Diálogo
 	New Workspace	Novo Espaço de Trabalho
 	New Workspace…	Novo Espaço de Trabalho…
 	New file	Novo arquivo

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ru.tsv

@@ -1990,6 +1990,7 @@ file-filter	Templates	Шаблоны
 	New View	Новый вид
 	New View…	Новый вид…
 	New Window	Новое окно
+	New Without Dialog	Создать без диалогового окна
 	New Workspace	Новая рабочая среда
 	New Workspace…	Новая рабочая среда…
 	New {kind} Style…	Новый стиль {kind}…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/sv.tsv

@@ -1925,6 +1925,7 @@
 	New View	Ny vy
 	New View…	Ny vy…
 	New Window	Nytt fönster
+	New Without Dialog	Ny utan dialogruta
 	New Workspace	Ny arbetsyta
 	New Workspace…	Ny arbetsyta…
 	New {kind} Style…	Ny {kind}stil…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv

@@ -1986,6 +1986,7 @@ file-filter	Templates	Шаблони
 	New View	Новий вигляд
 	New View…	Новий вигляд…
 	New Window	Нове вікно
+	New Without Dialog	Створити без діалогового вікна
 	New Workspace	Нове робоче середовище
 	New Workspace…	Нове робоче середовище…
 	New {kind} Style…	Новий стиль {kind}…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/vi.tsv

@@ -2226,6 +2226,7 @@ file-filter	Templates	Mẫu
 	New View	Chế độ xem mới
 	New View…	Chế độ xem mới…
 	New Window	Cửa sổ mới
+	New Without Dialog	Mới không qua hộp thoại
 	New Workspace	Không gian làm việc mới
 	New Workspace…	Không gian làm việc mới…
 	New {kind} Style…	Kiểu {kind} mới…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hans.tsv

@@ -1884,6 +1884,7 @@ file-filter	Templates	模板
 	New View	新建视图
 	New View…	新建视图…
 	New Window	新建窗口
+	New Without Dialog	无对话框新建
 	New Workspace	新建工作区
 	New Workspace…	新建工作区…
 	New {kind} Style…	新建{kind}样式…

crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hant.tsv

@@ -2711,6 +2711,7 @@ file-filter	Templates	範本
 	New View	新增檢視
 	New View…	新增檢視…
 	New Window	新增視窗
+	New Without Dialog	新增但不開啟對話方塊
 	New Workspace	新增工作區
 	New Workspace…	新增工作區…
 	New {kind} Style…	新增{kind}樣式…

crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs

@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ pub const UI_COMMANDS: &[(&str, &str, &str, &str)] = &[
     ),
     ("file.documentSetup", "Document Setup…", "Cmd+Alt+P", "{}"),
     ("file.newDialog", "New…", "Cmd+N", "{} opens the New Document dialog"),
+    (
+        "file.newWithoutDialog",
+        "New Without Dialog",
+        "Cmd+Alt+N",
+        "{} makes a document with the settings the New Document dialog opens on (the first Recent entry, else the Print category's Letter), named after the next untitled document, without opening the dialog → {index, previewMode}",
+    ),
     ("app.home", "Home", "", "{} shows the Home screen (new file presets, Open) over the open documents; choosing a document tab returns to it"),
     ("edit.preferences", "Preferences…", "Cmd+K", "{category?} open Preferences (engine: prefs.get / prefs.set / prefs.list)"),
     ("edit.keyboardShortcuts", "Keyboard Shortcuts…", "Cmd+Alt+Shift+K", "{}"),
@@ -1105,6 +1111,7 @@ pub fn run_ui_command(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<R
             crate::dialogs::open_new_document(app);
             Ok(Value::Null)
         }
+        "file.newWithoutDialog" => crate::dialogs::new_document_without_dialog(app),
         "app.home" => {
             app.ui.home = Some(home_key(app));
             Ok(Value::Null)

crates/ui-egui/src/tests_home.rs

@@ -91,6 +91,62 @@ fn cmd_n_opens_the_new_document_dialog() {
     assert_eq!(app.session.documents().len(), 1, "no document is made until the dialog's OK");
 }
 
+/// Cmd+Alt+N is New Without Dialog by default: Ctrl+Alt+N on Windows and Linux, Option+Command+N
+/// on macOS. No other command, tool or panel has that key by default.
+#[test]
+fn cmd_alt_n_is_new_without_dialog() {
+    assert_eq!(crate::shortcut_editor::default_command_shortcut("file.newWithoutDialog"), Some("Cmd+Alt+N"));
+    assert_eq!(crate::shortcut_editor::command_for_key("Cmd+Alt+N"), Some("file.newWithoutDialog"));
+    let chord = crate::shortcuts::parse("Cmd+Alt+N").expect("parses");
+    assert_eq!((chord.modifiers, chord.logical_key), (egui::Modifiers::COMMAND | egui::Modifiers::ALT, egui::Key::N));
+    let shown = crate::menus::pretty_shortcut("Cmd+Alt+N");
+    assert_eq!(shown, if cfg!(target_os = "macos") { "⌥⌘N" } else { "Ctrl+Alt+N" });
+    let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(vectorcraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+    let listed = app.run("shortcuts.list", json!({"query": "file.newWithoutDialog"})).unwrap();
+    let rows: Vec<_> = listed.as_array().expect("rows").iter().map(|r| (r["label"].clone(), r["group"].clone(), r["default"].clone())).collect();
+    assert_eq!(rows, [(json!("New Without Dialog"), json!("File"), json!("Cmd+Alt+N"))], "Keyboard Shortcuts lists it under File");
+    assert_eq!(app.run("shortcuts.conflicts", json!({})).unwrap(), json!([]), "no other default has the key");
+}
+
+/// Cmd+Alt+N, pressed through the shortcut handler, makes a document with the settings New
+/// Document opens on (the Print category's Letter while Recent is empty, then the first Recent
+/// entry), named as the dialog names it, and does not open the dialog.
+#[test]
+fn cmd_alt_n_makes_a_document_without_the_new_document_dialog() {
+    use vectorcraft_doc::ColorMode;
+    fn press(app: &mut VectorcraftApp) {
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        let modifiers = egui::Modifiers::COMMAND | egui::Modifiers::ALT;
+        let ev = egui::Event::Key { key: egui::Key::N, physical_key: None, pressed: true, repeat: false, modifiers };
+        let mut out = ctx.run_ui(egui::RawInput { events: vec![ev], ..Default::default() }, |ui| crate::shortcuts::handle(app, ui.ctx()));
+        out.textures_delta.clear();
+    }
+    let made = |app: &VectorcraftApp| {
+        let d = &app.session.active().expect("a document").doc;
+        let r = d.artboards[0].rect;
+        (d.title.clone(), r.width(), r.height(), d.color_mode, d.raster_effects_ppi)
+    };
+    let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(vectorcraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+    assert!(app.session.active().is_none());
+    let name = app.session.peek_untitled();
+    press(&mut app);
+    assert_eq!(app.session.documents().len(), 1);
+    assert!(app.ui.dialog.is_none(), "the New Document dialog does not open");
+    assert_eq!(made(&app), (name, 612.0, 792.0, ColorMode::Cmyk, 300.0), "Letter from the Print category, as New Document opens on");
+    // Then the first Recent entry, the 400 × 300 pt document's settings.
+    app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 400, "height": 300})).unwrap();
+    let name = app.session.peek_untitled();
+    press(&mut app);
+    assert_eq!(app.session.documents().len(), 3);
+    assert!(app.ui.dialog.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(made(&app), (name, 400.0, 300.0, ColorMode::Rgb, 72.0));
+    // Run as a command while a dialog is open, it leaves that dialog open.
+    app.run("file.newDialog", json!({})).unwrap();
+    app.run("file.newWithoutDialog", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(app.session.documents().len(), 4);
+    assert_eq!(app.ui.dialog.as_ref().map(|d| d.kind.as_str()), Some("newDocument"));
+}
+
 /// One Home screen frame (no document open) with `events`: the texts drawn and where.
 fn home_texts(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, events: Vec<egui::Event>) -> Vec<(String, egui::Rect)> {
     fn walk(s: &egui::Shape, out: &mut Vec<(String, egui::Rect)>) {

docs/mcp.md

@@ -2619,6 +2619,9 @@ passed straight back to `file.new`. Print presets and sizes without `units` star
 (mobile, web, video, social) in Pixels. A saved or Recent preset whose size (up to 163,830 pt), `artboards` (1 to
 1,000), spacing (0 to 100,000 pt) or bleed (0 to 72 pt a side) lies outside those ranges is read with the nearer end of
 each range, and a size of 0 or less is read as 1 pt.
+The desktop app's `file.newDialog` (Cmd/Ctrl+N) opens the New Document dialog on the first Recent entry, or on the
+Print category's Letter while Recent is empty. `file.newWithoutDialog` (Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+N) runs `file.new` with those
+settings and the next untitled name, without opening the dialog, and returns what `file.new` returns.
 
 ```json
 {"name":"run_command","arguments":{"command":"file.new","params":{"preset":"A4","orientation":"landscape","artboards":4,"artboardLayout":{"columns":2},"bleed":9}}}

docs/target-app-parity.md

@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ Moved from the ROADMAP's "Shipped so far" on 2026-10-10. Update it when a featur
   - Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+. and , (`type.size.increaseByFive`, `type.size.decreaseByFive`) step the font size of the selected type, or of the text the Type tool has selected, by five times the Size/Leading increment (Preferences › Type); Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+. and , still step it by one increment.
   - Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+Q (`type.resetTracking`) sets the tracking of the selected type, or of the text the Type tool has selected, to 0 and its kerning to Auto (0 in the Character panel), in one undo step; at a caret it resets the kerning of the character before it.
   - Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X (`type.resetHorizontalScale`) sets the horizontal scale of the selected type, or of the text the Type tool has selected, to 100% as the Character panel shows it (the object's own stretch included), in one undo step; at a caret it leaves the text as it is.
+  - Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+N (`file.newWithoutDialog`) makes a document without opening the New Document dialog, on the key the reference app's [Default keyboard shortcuts](https://web.archive.org/web/20260726060015/https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html) page lists for "Create a document without opening the New Document dialog box". The page does not say which settings the document gets. VectorCraft gives it the settings the dialog opens on (the first Recent entry, or the Print category's Letter while Recent is empty) and the next untitled name.
   - Shortcut sets other apps save as text (`.kys`) open in Import Shortcut Set from File › Open, from Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts › Import… in the desktop app, or from a drop on the window. It matches each entry to a tool, command or panel by name and decodes the file's key and modifier codes where VectorCraft's default shortcuts agree on them; the user answers the rest, and Apply fills the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog's working set. The answers are kept with the preferences for the next import (`shortcutSet.read`, `importMatches.*`).
   - On Windows and Linux the app bar is the window's title bar (its own minimize, maximize and close buttons, drag to move, edges to resize), with the dragon app icon as the brand mark; dialogs and menus size to their content. As on a native menu bar, once one menu is open, moving the pointer onto another title opens that one.
 - **Tools:**

docs/ui-parity.md

@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ the type shortcuts (tracking/kerning/leading/baseline steps with Alt/Shift), and
 Layers panel. The shortcut editor also lists the commands that are in no menu but run without parameters (Edit › Duplicate,
 panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcuts (#1539). The [ and ] keys reach the Blob Brush, the Eraser and the Symbolism tools in the app (#1734, part of #1661).
 
+Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+N (`file.newWithoutDialog`, New Without Dialog in the shortcut editor) makes a document with the
+settings the New Document dialog opens on (the first Recent entry, or the Print category's Letter while Recent is
+empty), without opening the dialog.
+
 ## Panels, Control bar, Properties, context menus
 
 | Behaviour | Status | Notes |