- Loosely couple Node.js / Electron code to Canvas module, and treat its absence like a headless web worker context in the browser (#1103).
- Prevent
Path#getStrokeBounds(matrix)from accidentally modifying segments (#1102). - Compatibility with JSPM (#1104).
- Get published version to work correctly in Bower again.
- Correct a few issues with documentation and NPM publishing that slipped
through in the
0.10.0release.
This is a huge release for Paper.js as we aim for a version 1.0.0 release
later this year. As of this version, all notable changes are documented in the
change-log following common CHANGELOG conventions.
Paper.js now also adheres to Semantic Versioning.
There are many items in the changelog (and many more items not in the changelog) so here a high-level overview to frame the long list of changes:
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Boolean operations have been improved and overhauled for reliability and efficiency. These include the path functions to unite, intersect, subtract, exclude, and divide with another path.
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There was a large amount of work implementing test coverage under QUnit.
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Mouse and key handling has been re-engineered and extended to work with view. Many outstanding bugs have been fixed with mouse and key handling.
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Many SVG-handling enhancements and bug-fixes, including handling browser- specific interpretations of the SVG standard, have been added.
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There are API name changes for more consistency as well as some required by changes in the EcmaScript 6 standard (e.g.,
Symbol→SymbolDefinition). -
Even though it is not new, since version
0.9.22Paper.js no longer resizes the canvas to match the view. The canvas must be resized independently.
Thank you all for using Paper.js, submitting bugs and ideas, and all those that contribute to the code.
- Significant overhaul and improvements of boolean path operations
PathItem#unite(),#subtract(),#intersect(),#exclude(),#divide():- Improve handling of self-intersecting paths and non-zero fill-rules.
- Handle operations on identical paths.
- Improve handling of near-collinear lines.
- Handle self-intersecting paths that merely "touch" themselves.
- Handle situations where all encountered intersections are part of overlaps.
- Methods that accepted a
timeparameter or boolean second parameter causing the argument to be interpreted as curve-time instead of offset are now separate functions with distinct names (#563):Curve#getNormalAt(time, true)→#getNormalAtTime(true)Curve#divide()→#divideAt(offset)/#divideAtTime(time)Curve#split()→#splitAt(offset)/#splitAtTime(time)Curve#getParameterAt(offset)→#getTimeAt(offset)Curve#getParameterOf(point)→getTimeOf(point)Curve#getPointAt(time, true)→#getPointAtTime(time)Curve#getTangentAt(time, true)→#getTangenttTime(time)Curve#getNormalAt(time, true)→#getNormalAtTime(time)Curve#getCurvatureAt(time, true)→#getCurvatureAtTime(time)CurveLocation#parameter→#timePath#split(offset/location)→#splitAt(offset/location)
- Significant improvement of reliability of bezier fat-line clipping code in
PathItem#getIntersections()and#getCrossings(). PathItem#smooth()now accepts anoptions.typestring specifying which smoothing algorithm to use:'asymmetric'(default),'continuous','catmull-rom', and'geometric'(#338).PathItem#flatten(): argument has been changed fromtolerance(maximum allowed distance between points) toflatness(maximum allowed error) (#618).- Update internal Acorn JavaScript parser to
0.5.0, the last small version. - Transition to Gulp based build process.
- Update QUnit to
1.20.0. - Update to JSDOM
8.3.0, to benefit from integrated image and canvas support. - Complete refactoring of keyboard event handling to increase reliably when handling special keys.
- Complete refactoring of mouse-event handling on item and view, to better
handle event propagation, default behavior and
Item#removeOn()calls. - Simplify and streamline the mouse-handling code on
Tool(#595). - Mouse handlers can to return
falseto callevent.stop(), stopping event propagation and prevent the default browser behavior. event.preventDefault()is called by default after any handled mouse mouse events, except'mousemove', and only on a'mousedown'event if the view or tool respond to'mouseup'.- Switch to the new HTML5 Page Visibility API when detecting invisible documents and canvases.
- Rename
#windingRuleto#fillRuleonItemandStyle. - Do not replace existing named child reference on
Item#childrenwith new one when the name is identical. - Limit the effects of
#strokeScalingtoPathItemandShape(#721). - Throw an exception if arguments to
#smooth()are segments or curves from incorrect paths. - Rename
Matrix#concatenate()to#append()andpreConcatenate()to#prepend(). - Make
Matrix#shiftless()and#orNullIfIdentity()internal functions. - De-bounce internal
View#update()calls to minimize the number of times a canvas is redrawn (#830, #925). Symbolnow clashes with ES6 definition of Symbol and has been changed (#770):Symbol→SymbolDefinitionPlacedSymbol→SymbolItemSymbol#definition→SymbolDefinition#itemPlacedSymbol#symbol→SymbolItem#definition
- Don't serialize deprecated
Style#fontproperty. - Don't serialize text-styles in non-text items (#934).
- Changed argument
parametertotimefor Postscript-style drawing commands. Item#clone(): optional argument is now an options object with defaults{insert: true, deep: true}.insertcontrols whether the clone is inserted into the project anddeepcontrols whether the item's children are cloned. The previous boolean optional argument is still interpreted as theinsertoption (#941).Matrixproperties#band#chave been reversed to match common standard.#importSVG(): improve handling of style inheritance for nested<defs>.- Move
PaperScript#execute()URL argument intooptions.url(#902). - PaperScript: Only translate
==toequals() calls forPoint,SizeandColor` (#1043).
- Use unified code-base for browsers, Node.js, Electron, and anything in-between, and enable npm install for browser use (#739).
- Start using automatic code testing and deployment of prebuilt versions through Travis CI.
- Reach JSHint compliance and include regular linting in Travis CI tests.
- Use QUnit tests for leaked globals.
- Define code format standards in .editorconfig file
- Add support for running without a canvas for Web Workers, Node.js (#561, #582, #634).
- Add support for all common mouse events to
View. - Add support for
'keydown'and'keyup'events toView(#896). - Add
View#requestUpdate()function to minimize number of actual canvas redraw. - Add
View#matrixto allow matrix transformation to be accessed and modified directly on the view (#832). - Multiple additions to SVG export (
#exportSVG()):- Support
{ precision: value }option. - Support
#fillRulethrough the SVGfill-ruleattribute. - Support
#blendModethrough the CSSmix-blend-modeattribute.
- Support
- Various additions to
#getItems()onProjectandItem:- Add support for
{ recursive: false }as a way to prevent iterating over all children of children. - Add support for
{ match: function() {} }, so the match function can be passed in combination with other options.
- Add support for
- Add
Item#copyAttributes()andItem#copyContent(), and use them inItem#clone(). - Add optional
insertboolean argument toPath#toShape(),Shape#toPath(),Item#rasterize(). Default is to insert, set tofalseto prevent the created item from being inserted into the scene graph. - Add visual item comparison to QUnit, through rasterization and Resemble.js diffing.
- Add many unit tests for known edge cases in boolean operations and curve intersections.
- Add
Project#addLayer()andProject#insertLayer()(#903). - Layers may now be given names and be accessed through
project.layers[name](#491). - Add
Matrix#prepended()and#appended()to return copies of the modified matrix. Shape#hitTest(): Add boolean optionoptions.stroke(#911).- Insert version number into docs.
- Support
Raster#onLoad()events onRaster#setImage()now (#924). - Add
Raster#onError()event support (#849). - Allow the control of automatic updating of the canvas through
View#autoUpdate(default:true)(#921). - Set
1pxdefaultstrokeWidthfor SVG imports to fix IE/Edge default (#467). ImportSVG()passes imported SVG data toonLoadcallback as second parameter.- Add
#interpolateforSegment,Path, andCompoundPath(#624). - Implement
CompoundPath#flatten(),#simplify(),#smooth()(#727). - Implement
#hitTestAll()to return all items that were hit (#536). #importSVG()implementsoption.onErrorcallback (#969).settings.insertItemscontrols whether newly created items are inserted or not (default:true).- Add
#importSVG()option.insert(default:true) to control insertion (#763). - Add new options to
#exportSVG()to control output bounds and transformation matrix (#972). - Allow
Item#positionto be selected viaItem#position.selected(#980). - Add
toleranceargument toPath#join(path, tolerance). - Add
Curve#getOffsetAtTime(time), as the reverse ofCurve#getTimeAt(offset). - Add
Raster#loadedto reflect the loading state of its image.
- Fix calculations of
Item#strokeBoundsfor all possible combinations ofItem#strokeScalingandItem#applyMatrixforPath,ShapeandSymbolItem, along with correct handling of such strokes in Item#hitTest() (#697, #856, #1014). - Make new code-base unified for Node.js/browser work with module bundlers like Webpack (#986).
- Improve hit-testing and
#contains()checks on path with horizontal lines (#819). - Improve reliability of
Path#getInteriorPoint()in rare edge-cases. - Handle non-reversible matrices in
Item#hitTest()(#617). - Fix various issues with adding and removing of segments in paths (#815).
- Support bubbling up of
doubleclickevents onGroup(#834). - Fix wrong
#keyvalues in key-events that do not match character (#881). - Fix keyboard event handling of control and meta keyboard sequences and special character handling (#860).
- Handle incorrect mouse event on
ctrl-alt-delkey sequence on Chrome/Windows (#800). - Do not rasterize items if the resulting raster will be empty (#828).
- Fix SVG serialization in JSDOM
7.0.0and newer (#821). - Correctly handle gradients in SVG import on Firefox (#666).
- Consistently interpret curves as straight or not-straight (#838).
- Switch blendMode to 'lighter' in Candy Crash example for better performance (#453).
- Don't block touch actions when using paper in JavaScript mode (#686).
- Convert touch event coordinates to project coordinates (#633).
- Fix exceptions when a top-level layer is selected.
- Don't allow layers to turn up in hit-tests (#608).
- Maintain
Raster#sourcecorrectly on Node.js (#914). - Boolean operations correctly handle open
Pathitems withinCompoundPath(#912). - Don't modify an array of child items passed to
CompoundPath#insertChildren()when it is a child items array of aCompoundPath. - Correctly handle
#strokeScalinginShapehit-tests (#697). - Support clip-masks in hit-testing (#671).
- Fix incorrect
#hitTest()and#contains()cases (#819, #884). - Update documentation to note appropriate use for
#simplify()(#920). #importSVG()now supports percentage dimensions andgradientUnits="objectBoundingBox". (#954, #650).Groupitems with clip-masks now calculate correct bounding boxes (#956).- Calling
event.stopPropagation()in'mousedown'handler no longer prevents'mousedrag'events (#952). - Draw
Itemshadows when#shadowBluris zero (#955). - Fixes for web site examples (#967).
- Prevent
Itembounds from permanently collapsing to 0 when applying non- invertible transformations (#558). - Scaling shadows now works correctly with browser- and view-zoom (#831).
Path#arcTo()correctly handles zero sizes.#importSVG()handlesonLoadandonErrorcallbacks for string inputs that load external resources (#827).#importJSON()and#exportJSON()now handle non-Itemobjects correctly (#392).#exportSVG()now exports empty paths if used as a clip-mask.#importJSON()no longer generates callstack exceeded exceptions (#764).- Fix problems with group selection structures after
Group#importJSON()(#785). - Fix an issue in
Item#importJSON()where#parentisnullwhen calling it on existing, already inserted items (#1041). - Correct issue when using paper-core in Node.js (#975).
- Fix
event.deltaon mousedrag events (#981). - Improve handling of XML attribute namespaces for IE's XMLSerializer() (#984).
- Make sure
Item#removeChildren()fully removes children (#991). - Improve handling of event propagation on
ViewandItem(#995). #importSVG(): Improve handling of viewBox.- Make sure all named item lookup structures are kept in sync (#1009).
- Convert absolute local gradient URLs to relative ones (#1001).
- Fix TypeError in
Path#unite()(#1000). - Allow the selection of a
Pathitem's bounds without selecting the segments (#769). - Fix wrong indices in
Item#insertChildren(), when inserting children that were previously inserted in the same parent (#1015). - Add capability to
PathItem#closePath()to handle imprecise SVG data due to rounding (#1045). - Improve reliability of fat-line clipping for curves that are very similar (#904).
- Improve precision of
Numerical.solveQuadratic()andNumerical.solveCubic()for edge-cases (#1085).
-
Canvas attributes "resize" and "data-paper-resize" no longer cause paper to resize the canvas when the viewport size changes; Additional CSS styles are required since
0.9.22, e.g.:/* Scale canvas with resize attribute to full size */ canvas[resize] { width: 100%; height: 100%; }
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Legacy
Colorconstructors (removed in0.9.25):GrayColor,RgbColor,HsbColor,HslColor, andGradientColor. These have been replaced with corresponding forms of theColorconstructor. -
Undocumented function
Project#addChild()that added a layer to a project. It is replaced byProject#addLayer()andProject#insertLayer().
#windingRuleonItemandStyle→#fillRuleCurve#getNormalAt(time, true)→#getNormalAtTime(true)Curve#divide()→#divideAt(offset)/#divideAtTime(time)Curve#split()→#splitAt(offset)/#splitAtTime(time)Curve#getParameterAt(offset)→#getTimeAt(offset)Curve#getParameterOf(point)→getTimeOf(point)Curve#getPointAt(time, true)→#getPointAtTime(time)Curve#getTangentAt(time, true)→#getTangenttTime(time)Curve#getNormalAt(time, true)→#getNormalAtTime(time)Curve#getCurvatureAt(time, true)→#getCurvatureAtTime(time)CurveLocation#parameter→#timePath#split(offset/location)→#splitAt(offset/location)Symbol→SymbolDefinitionPlacedSymbol→SymbolItemSymbol#definition→SymbolDefinition#itemPlacedSymbol#symbol→SymbolItem#definitionProject#symbols→#symbolDefinitionsMatrix#concatenate→#appendMatrix#preConcatenate→#prependMatrix#chain→#appendedGradientStop#rampPoint→#offset