G11: Preserve gaps when deleting open-path anchors

Keep surviving drawable runs separate when Delete or Backspace removes an open-path anchor. Preserve appearance, selection and one-step Undo.

Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

docs/ui-parity.md

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 # UI and interaction parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-14 · **Change:** minor (Artboard tab-switch follow-up historically validated on `a0671777`; scores and hours unchanged; Artboard clean active-tab close/Delete follow-up validated 2026-10-15; Curvature curve geometry, #1236 in part; Width-point finite-arithmetic follow-up validated; scores and hours unchanged; Image Trace adjustment discovery; later 2026-10-14 merges: macOS save sheet Format menu back to missing, #1855, #866 reopened; anchor X/Y/W/H in the Transform panel, Properties and Control bar, #1824; Snap to Grid over Snap to Pixel, #1816; toolbar labels, columns and the All Tools drawer, #1751; Actions panel selection, #1629 in part; scores unchanged; 2026-10-14 merges: anchor Align and Distribute, #1636; Delete on closed paths and whole objects, #1674; selection inside isolation, #1666; Escape in a Direct Selection drag and while typing, #1743, #1686; Pen clicks under 3 px, #1663; [ and ] on more tools, #1661 in part; fields commit on click away, #1787; command search keys, #1757; a guide's position in the Transform panel is a convenience with no parity claim, #1659; scores unchanged; intersect Smart Guides for drawn points and dragged anchors, #1602 in part; a ruler guide's position in the Transform panel, #1597 in part; Symbol Options before New Symbol, #1560; tool flyout widths, #1616; Pathfinder Trim, Merge and Crop strokes, #1570; scores unchanged; G1/M11: Artboard deletion and history selection normalization; history regressions and full workspace CI pass; scores and hours unchanged; Width Point Edit: Shift-double-click enables adjoining adjustment; plain double-click keeps it off; scores and hours unchanged; per-corner radius fields with a link toggle, split from #1594; Join merges anchors lying on one another, #1533; correction: Average and Join with a corner or smooth choice is missing, not done; guide objects take the guide colour and style and Lock Guides, #1534; Keyboard Shortcuts lists commands outside the menus, #1539; round corners next to curves and the Smooth tool's reach, #1512; Make Compound Path on a group, #1537; dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers stay in Preview in Outline view, #1486; Direct Selection takes the selected object's anchor where anchors coincide, #1508; Tabs panel stop drags, #1458; Split Into Grid dialog, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder panel on a group, #1450; value fields: readable selection, #1465 in part, and a focused field follows its value, #1457; scores unchanged; Transform dialogs have a live Preview and step with the arrow keys, #1412; transform tools, dialogs and Move act on direct-selected anchors, #1408; the bounding box hides during a corner drag, #1229; scores unchanged; dialogs focus their first field on every open, #1367, and a first field that starts greyed out once it is enabled, #1395; scores unchanged; Rectangular Grid and Polar Grid click dialogs take the skew, frame, compound path and Fill Grid options, #1377 in part, score unchanged; Live Corners: a Direct Selection click on a widget selects its corner, #1239; custom ruler origin, #1212; Artboard tool clicks fit the topmost editable object in one undo step (#1227); scores unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; Simplify preview/counts and valid rewritten-path selection (#1272); parity remains partial; Texture-effect drag redraws optimized (#1257); idle Windows interaction still unverified; scores unchanged; Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); scores unchanged; Direct Selection: no-op anchor Align preserves Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); Eyedropper cursor distinguished from precise crosshair (#1269); scores unchanged; Eyedropper can read visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); scores unchanged; Direct Selection: independent segment picks and Delete (#1278); scores unchanged; Adding paint to an unpainted zero-width stroke restores the 1 pt default (#1253); scores unchanged; macOS save sheets offer a Format menu, #866; Attributes fill-rule controls edit the compound when a member is selected, #1197; a marquee needs to touch a path, not just lie inside its fill, #1103; earlier: Live Corners round corners between curved sides, #1144) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-14 · **Change:** minor (open-path anchor Delete keeps surviving runs separate; estimates unchanged; Artboard tab-switch follow-up historically validated on `a0671777`; scores and hours unchanged; Artboard clean active-tab close/Delete follow-up validated 2026-10-15; Curvature curve geometry, #1236 in part; Width-point finite-arithmetic follow-up validated; scores and hours unchanged; Image Trace adjustment discovery; later 2026-10-14 merges: macOS save sheet Format menu back to missing, #1855, #866 reopened; anchor X/Y/W/H in the Transform panel, Properties and Control bar, #1824; Snap to Grid over Snap to Pixel, #1816; toolbar labels, columns and the All Tools drawer, #1751; Actions panel selection, #1629 in part; scores unchanged; 2026-10-14 merges: anchor Align and Distribute, #1636; Delete on closed paths and whole objects, #1674; selection inside isolation, #1666; Escape in a Direct Selection drag and while typing, #1743, #1686; Pen clicks under 3 px, #1663; [ and ] on more tools, #1661 in part; fields commit on click away, #1787; command search keys, #1757; a guide's position in the Transform panel is a convenience with no parity claim, #1659; scores unchanged; intersect Smart Guides for drawn points and dragged anchors, #1602 in part; a ruler guide's position in the Transform panel, #1597 in part; Symbol Options before New Symbol, #1560; tool flyout widths, #1616; Pathfinder Trim, Merge and Crop strokes, #1570; scores unchanged; G1/M11: Artboard deletion and history selection normalization; history regressions and full workspace CI pass; scores and hours unchanged; Width Point Edit: Shift-double-click enables adjoining adjustment; plain double-click keeps it off; scores and hours unchanged; per-corner radius fields with a link toggle, split from #1594; Join merges anchors lying on one another, #1533; correction: Average and Join with a corner or smooth choice is missing, not done; guide objects take the guide colour and style and Lock Guides, #1534; Keyboard Shortcuts lists commands outside the menus, #1539; round corners next to curves and the Smooth tool's reach, #1512; Make Compound Path on a group, #1537; dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers stay in Preview in Outline view, #1486; Direct Selection takes the selected object's anchor where anchors coincide, #1508; Tabs panel stop drags, #1458; Split Into Grid dialog, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder panel on a group, #1450; value fields: readable selection, #1465 in part, and a focused field follows its value, #1457; scores unchanged; Transform dialogs have a live Preview and step with the arrow keys, #1412; transform tools, dialogs and Move act on direct-selected anchors, #1408; the bounding box hides during a corner drag, #1229; scores unchanged; dialogs focus their first field on every open, #1367, and a first field that starts greyed out once it is enabled, #1395; scores unchanged; Rectangular Grid and Polar Grid click dialogs take the skew, frame, compound path and Fill Grid options, #1377 in part, score unchanged; Live Corners: a Direct Selection click on a widget selects its corner, #1239; custom ruler origin, #1212; Artboard tool clicks fit the topmost editable object in one undo step (#1227); scores unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; Simplify preview/counts and valid rewritten-path selection (#1272); parity remains partial; Texture-effect drag redraws optimized (#1257); idle Windows interaction still unverified; scores unchanged; Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); scores unchanged; Direct Selection: no-op anchor Align preserves Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); Eyedropper cursor distinguished from precise crosshair (#1269); scores unchanged; Eyedropper can read visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); scores unchanged; Direct Selection: independent segment picks and Delete (#1278); scores unchanged; Adding paint to an unpainted zero-width stroke restores the 1 pt default (#1253); scores unchanged; macOS save sheets offer a Format menu, #866; Attributes fill-rule controls edit the compound when a member is selected, #1197; a marquee needs to touch a path, not just lie inside its fill, #1103; earlier: Live Corners round corners between curved sides, #1144) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 How VectorCraft's tools, handles, snapping and panels behave next to Illustrator's. A vector illustrator's
 trust is in the details: where a handle lands, what Shift and Alt do mid-drag, what a smart guide snaps to,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Drag a handle with Shift (45° about its anchor), Alt (move one handle alone) | done | handles snap to smart guides |
 | Show handles when multiple anchors are selected; Highlight anchors on mouse over; anchor and handle size | done | Preferences › Selection & Anchor Display |
 | Convert selected anchors to corner/smooth from the Control bar and Properties | done | |
-| Cut path at selected anchors, Remove Anchor Points, Delete removes segments | done | #1278: segment Delete preserves neighboring edges and endpoint anchors; a second Delete removes the remainder; explicit anchor Delete retains its behavior; #1674: Delete removes every selected anchor of a closed path and objects selected whole along with them, and keeps the remainder selected |
+| Cut path at selected anchors, Remove Anchor Points, Delete removes segments | done | Open-path anchor Delete removes adjoining segments without bridging the gap; targeted core and full-frame Delete/Backspace regressions pass for survivor selection and Undo/Redo. Explicit Remove Anchor Points keeps its reconnect/refit behavior; #1278: segment Delete preserves neighboring edges and endpoint anchors; a second Delete removes the remainder; explicit anchor Delete retains its behavior; #1674: Delete removes every selected anchor of a closed path and objects selected whole along with them, and keeps the remainder selected |
 | Direct Selection and Group Selection pick only inside the isolated object in isolation mode | done | #1666 |
 | Escape cancels a Direct Selection drag | done | #1803 (#1743) |
 | Live Corners widgets (radius readout, Alt-click cycles kind, double-click the Corners dialog) | done | a Direct Selection click on a widget selects its corner (#1239); a press-and-drag on a widget of a path selected whole still rounds every corner (#908), and adding widgets to the selection by Shift-click (#1232) is missing; the bounding box hides while a widget is dragged with the Selection tool (#1229); a round corner next to a curved side curves smoothly instead of sticking out of the shape (#1512) |
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ re-measure of the panels added since. Slider rails show on Medium Dark (#1808, #
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-14 | minor | G11: open-path anchor Delete leaves separate surviving runs; dedicated Remove Anchors remains connected. Keyboard and history regression coverage added; scores and hours unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | Curvature: the Curvature tool's curve: each stretch of three points follows the circle through them (handles along its tangent, chord/(3·cos²(α/2)) long, shorter in a turn tighter than 30°), and the ends of an open path curve in, so uneven spacing neither overshoots nor loops; the rubber band, dragged, inserted and converted points use the same rule; the Pencil's fitting unchanged (#1236, in part); scores unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | Quick Image Trace presets reveal the adjustment panel with Advanced open; Properties reopens it. Sliders keep their preset row until release so the re-trace is committed. UI regressions added; scores and remaining estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | The macOS save sheet's Format menu goes back to missing: #1855 withdrew it to restore saving (#866 reopened). Rows added for the X/Y/W/H of direct-selected anchors (#1839, fixes #1824), the toolbar and All Tools drawer (#1751) and the Actions panel selection (#1853, part of #1629); the snapping row notes Snap to Grid over Snap to Pixel (#1840). Scores unchanged (estimated) |