Snap

6.5.0

• New Features:
  • warning about "unsaved changes" when opening or creating a new project
  • visual indication of unsaved changes in the IDE's project label
  • automatic backup of unsaved changes to localstore, option to restore in the file menu until the first change in the new project
• Notable Changes:
  • 25% speed-up for reporters, WARP and TURBO
  • up to 40x speed-up for "new costume from list" reporter primitive
  • re-enabled reporter drops in "key _ pressed?" input slot
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed a bug in hyperblocks
  • fixed keyboard formula entry for subtraction
• Documentation Updates:
  • new Manual for v6.5, thanks, Brian!
  • added unsavedChanges() method and documentation to the Snap! API
• Translation Updates:
  • German
  • Catalan, thanks, Joan!
  • Russian, thanks, Pavel!

6.4.1

• Documentation Updates:
  • new Manual for v6.4, thanks, Brian!
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed zebra coloring for imported scripts

6.4.0

• New Features:
  • ray casting: new "ray length" option in the "relation TO object" primitive
  • hyperdyadic MIN and MAX primitives reachable via "relabel"
  • hyperdyadic less / great than or equals primitives reachable via "relabel"
  • hyperdyadic ATAN2 primitive reachable via "relabel"
  • new SIGN function in arithmetic dropdown
• Notable Changes:
  • searching for blocks and keyboard entry now includes the contents of dropdown menus
  • disabled dropping reporters into certain dropdowns (monadic functions, types, costume attributees, graphic effects, layers, audio attributes, pen attributes, dates, relation, keys, video attributes)
  • changed VIDEO _ ON _ reporter primitive to be hyper-monadic (second slot)
  • hyperized OBJECT reporter primitive in sensing
• Notable Fixes:
  • keep internal linked-list organization intact for hyperblocks
  • improved SVG loading in Firefox, thanks, Joan!
  • prevent browser override for ctrl+o gesture
  • fixed layout issue when importing a sprite in presentation mode
• Translation Updates:
  • Spanish, thanks, Joan!
  • Catalan, thanks, Joan!
  • Tamil, thanks, Barthdry!
  • German

6.3.7

• Notable Changes:
  • added "loadProjectXML" method to the api
  • hyperized "atrribute OF sprite" reporter primitive in the sensing category
  • show the common attributes for sprites in the OF-dropdown by default
  • hyperized "color/sprite AT location" reporter primitive
  • hyperized "VIDEO _ ON _" reporter primitive
• Documentation Updates:
  • API update for "loadProjectXML"
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed display of inherited sprite-local variables
• Translation Updates:
  • Greek, thanks, HM100!

6.3.6

• Notable Changes:
  • changed determining "neighbors" from rectangular to circular perimeter
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed a loading bug for projects with watchers on SVG costumes
  • fixed stretching SVG costumes with fixed aspect ratios in Firefox
  • only report neighbors that are visible
• Translation Updates:
  • Italian, thanks, Stefano!
  • Spanish, thanks, Joan!

6.3.5

• Notable Fixes:
  • support exported SVGs to be edited in Inkscape

6.3.4

• Notable Changes:
  • added "postMessage" mechanism to the api for communicating with Snap! inside an iFrame, thanks, Bernat!
• Documentation Updates:
  • API update for "postMessage", thanks, Bernat!
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed updating cells showing sprites or costumes inside list watchers
  • fixed a project loading bug (for watchers showing costumes)

6.3.3

• Notable Changes:
  • added type assertion for numerical value in CHANGE VARIABLE BY NUM block, thanks, Eckart, for the suggestion
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed a costume fitting issue, thanks, Joan!
  • fixed keyboard formula input for "power of", "neg", "lg" and "id"
  • fixed repositioning sprite after "editRotationPointOnly"
• Translation Updates:
  • Spanish, thanks, Joan!

6.3.2

• Notable Changes:
  • added meaningful defaults to blocks in the palette that didn't already have them
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed a costume-shrinkWrap edge case bug, thanks, Brian, for reporting it!
  • fixed dynamic costume-inheritance for PASTE and CUT
  • fixed being unable to place the cursor at the end of a multi-line text

6.3.1

• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed PASTE and CUT for the stage

6.3.0

• New Features:
  • new gesture: holding the shift-key when dragging extracts a single command from a stack of blocks
  • new "extract" single command block context menu option
  • new CUT FROM command in the pen category
  • added "pie chart" option to PLOT command in the frequency distribution analysis library
  • added getProjectXML() method to the API
  • new noCloud flag that disables cloud access, thanks, Bernat
• Notable Changes:
  • security: pause generic WHEN hat blocks when loading a project or importing a sprite until the user clicks the green flag or un-pauses the red stop sign, unless opening it with #present:&noRun
• Documentation Updates:
  • API update
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed a translation bug for zero-value menu selection entries
  • wait until all assets have loaded before auto-triggering the green-flag event
  • don't show some development-only blocks as search results
  • fixed "rename costume" dialog title to distinguish between costumes and backgrounds
• Translation Updates:
  • Russian, thanks, Pavel!
  • German
  • French, thanks, Jeremy!

6.2.4

• Documentation Updates:
  • Reference manual update
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed showing message senders if there are comments in scripts
• Translation Updates:
  • Russian, thanks, Pavel!

6.2.3

• Notable Fixes:
  • disabled "result pic" option for custom block definitions
• Translation Updates:
  • Greek, thanks, HM100!

6.2.2

• New Features:
  • new "add comment" option in the block context menu, thanks, Rob Fidler!
  • new "settings" button in the input slot dialog
  • added "bar / lines" option for plotting charts in the "frequency distribution analysis" library
  • enabled "result pic" for command scripts containing a "report" block
• Notable Changes:
  • made (hidden) "Blurred shadows" setting persistent, use to get rid of "red bar" artifacts on old laptops using Chrome
  • specifying alpha values is now optional for generating pixels in bitmaps (costumes), none means the pixel is solid
  • attribute selection in the SET block are now prefixed with "my"
  • assume stage dimensions for "SWITCH TO COSTUME" with list if current costume dimensions don't fit
  • new "48 kHz" option in the "sampling rate" dropdown
  • increased area / sensitivity for collapsing variadic input slots, esp. on mobile devices
• Notable Fixes:
  • "append" block now shows up when searching for it
  • disable blurred shadows inside input slots if the hidden "blurred shadows" setting is turned off, use this setting on old laptops displaying "red bars" in Chrome
• Translation Updates:
  • Greek, thanks, HM100!
  • German

6.2.1

• New Features:
  • added "get value from key" reporter to database library, thanks, Brian!
• Notable Changes:
  • updated reference manual for v6.2, thanks, Brian!
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed translatability of certain drop-downs such as "point in direction _"
• Translation Updates:
  • Turkish, thanks, Turgut!
  • Italian, thanks, Stefano!

• New Features:
  • show message senders and receivers from the blocks context menu
  • "export block definition" including dependencies
  • hyperized "distance/direction to _" reporter primitive
  • new "Database" library operating on localstore
• Notable Changes:
  • swapped version number and "Build Your Own Blocks" in page title
• Notable Fixes:
  • changing the type of a custom block from reporter to command in the block editor changes the prototype instead of adding another one
  • deleting project notes in the "save" dialog now also deletes them in the saved project
  • items in list-boxes such as the project list are no longer auto-translated
  • fixed a redo issue
  • fixed a rare race condition when loading projects
• Translation Updates:
  • Catalan, thanks, Joan!
  • Norwegian, thanks, Olav!
  • German

v6.1..4 patch:

• fixed "green flag" symbol size for embedded proects (for real ^^)

v6..1.3 patch

6.1.3:

• Notable Changes:
  • exporting pictures of (semi-) faded blocks now includes the cropped solid background color
  • "to lowercase" reporter now also in Strings library, thanks, Brian!
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed restoring ringed inputs when relabelling and compiling HOFs
  • added viewport, thanks, Radman!
  • fixed "green flag" symbol size for community website, thanks, Bernat!
• Translation Updates:
  • Catalan, thanks, Joan!
  • Portuguese, thanks, Manuel!

patch:

• fixed variable scope for ASK/TELL

v6.1.1 patch:

• rolled back scope binding change