Merge pull request #1837 from storytold/docs/progress-1014a

Docs: ROADMAP 2026-10-14 adds #1558–#1808 and Image Trace #1647, #1657; guide position in the Transform panel is a convenience

docs/effects-parity.md

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 # Effects parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (raster effects after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size, #1536; score unchanged; 3D and Materials on outlined type and other shapes of many small curves, #1481; Twist 0° to 360°, #1524; twisted walls keep their faces, #1525; score unchanged; 3D and Materials: Inflate takes Twist, Taper and Cap; score unchanged; 3D and Materials: Perspective as the documented 0°–160° angle; 3D and Materials: the documented light settings) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-14 · **Change:** minor (Roughen's Smooth turn-backs, #1643; Scribble per region, #1648; score unchanged; Warp Arc bends in the object's proportions, #1578; Zig Zag ridges evenly spaced, #1558; effect parameters checked, #1592; score unchanged; raster effects after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size, #1536; score unchanged; 3D and Materials on outlined type and other shapes of many small curves, #1481; Twist 0° to 360°, #1524; twisted walls keep their faces, #1525; score unchanged; 3D and Materials: Inflate takes Twist, Taper and Cap; score unchanged; 3D and Materials: Perspective as the documented 0°–160° angle; 3D and Materials: the documented light settings) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 Every entry of Illustrator's Effect menu, by its public feature name, against VectorCraft's effects catalogue
 (`effect_catalog()` in `crates/effects/src/lib.rs`) and the Effect menu built from it
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ Part of [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md); open work is in [gaps.md](
 |---|---|---:|---|
 | Convert to Shape | Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse | 3/3 | — |
 | Crop Marks | Crop Marks | 1/1 | — |
-| Distort & Transform | Free Distort, Pucker & Bloat, Roughen, Transform, Tweak, Twist, Zig Zag | 7/7 | Transform's Transform Objects/Patterns and Scale Strokes & Effects options, invisible Reflect checkboxes (#885) |
+| Distort & Transform | Free Distort, Pucker & Bloat, Roughen, Transform, Tweak, Twist, Zig Zag | 7/7 | Transform's Transform Objects/Patterns and Scale Strokes & Effects options, invisible Reflect checkboxes (#885); Zig Zag's ridges are evenly spaced along each segment (#1558); Roughen with Smooth keeps turn-backs smooth instead of cusps that draw as spikes (#1646) |
 | Path | Offset Path, Outline Object, Outline Stroke | 2/3 | Outline Object |
 | Pathfinder | Add, Intersect, Exclude, Subtract, Minus Back, Divide, Trim, Merge, Crop, Outline, Hard Mix, Soft Mix, Trap | 10/13 | Hard Mix, Soft Mix, Trap |
 | Rasterize | Rasterize… (as a live effect) | 0/1 | the live effect (Object › Rasterize exists) |
-| Stylize | Drop Shadow, Feather, Inner Glow, Outer Glow, Round Corners, Scribble | 6/6 | — |
+| Stylize | Drop Shadow, Feather, Inner Glow, Outer Glow, Round Corners, Scribble | 6/6 | Scribble draws one zig-zag per region, with no lines across holes and notches (#1651) |
 | SVG Filters | Apply SVG Filter… and the filter list | 0/1 | the whole submenu (SVG filters on import round-trip already) |
-| Warp | Arc, Arc Lower, Arc Upper, Arch, Bulge, Shell Lower, Shell Upper, Flag, Wave, Fish, Rise, Fisheye, Inflate, Squeeze, Twist | 15/15 | warp point editing in envelopes |
+| Warp | Arc, Arc Lower, Arc Upper, Arch, Bulge, Shell Lower, Shell Upper, Flag, Wave, Fish, Rise, Fisheye, Inflate, Squeeze, Twist | 15/15 | warp point editing in envelopes; Arc is a circular arc in the object's own proportions (#1578) |
 
 Document Raster Effects Settings exists. When the 64 million pixel cap on an effect image lowers
 its resolution, PDF export warns once per object with the requested and the lowest achieved ppi
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ Revolve caps, 3D Classic, Turntable, 3D export) is 25–45 h.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-14 | minor | Roughen with Smooth keeps turn-backs smooth instead of making cusps that draw as spikes (#1646, #1643); Scribble draws one zig-zag per region, with no lines across holes and notches; convex shapes are unchanged (#1651, #1648); scores unchanged (estimated) |
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Zig Zag spaces its ridges evenly along each segment, so lines and curves get a regular wave in Corner and Smooth (#1558); Warp › Arc (the effect and Envelope › Make with Warp) bends in the object's real proportions: a circular arc with concentric edges and no fold-over at 100%, so Arc on art that isn't square draws differently from before (#1581, fixes #1578); `effect.apply` and `effect.setParams` give an error for a misspelt or wrongly typed effect parameter instead of running the effect with its default (#1623, #1592); scores unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | 3D lighting takes the documented Intensity, Rotation, Height, Softness and Ambient Light (to 200 %), and a light behind the object; earlier lights read as the same ([three-d.md](three-d.md#lighting)); 3D stays ~25%, 25–45 h |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | 3D Perspective is the documented 0°–160° angle, earlier strengths read as the same view ([three-d.md](three-d.md#perspective)); 3D stays ~25%, 25–45 h |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Raster effects (blur, shadow, glow, grain) drawn after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size (#1541, fixes #1536); scores unchanged (estimated) |

docs/hardware-parity.md

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 # Hardware parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (a window surface larger than 8192 px keeps working, #1459 in part; Linux Display Server preference opens the window through XWayland, #1151) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-14 · **Change:** minor (tool cursors painted into the window on Wayland, #1652, not run on Linux; borderless title-bar window on Windows, #1758, awaiting confirmation; a window surface larger than 8192 px keeps working, #1459 in part; Linux Display Server preference opens the window through XWayland, #1151) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 What hardware Illustrator uses, per platform, against VectorCraft. Illustrator's side is from its public
 documentation (GPU Performance, touch workspace, pen pressure pages); ours from the code
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on huge documents. Pen input is pressure-only and Windows-first.
 | Pen eraser end | yes | no | no | no | no | missing |
 | Touch gestures (pinch zoom, two-finger pan, rotate view, Touch workspace) | yes (Windows touch, Surface) | trackpad pinch and scroll | pinch, pan; two-finger tap undo, three-finger redo (#585) | same where winit reports touch | same | partial: touch workspace and rotate gesture missing, 3–5 h |
 | Trackpad (smooth scroll, pinch) | yes | yes | precision touchpads | yes | yes | done |
-| HiDPI / Retina, per-monitor scale | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | done; a window dragged between monitors of different scale can still grow on Windows (#1459, open) |
+| HiDPI / Retina, per-monitor scale | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | done; a window dragged between monitors of different scale can still grow on Windows (#1459, open); the custom title bar's window on Windows stays truly borderless so the pointer lines up with what is drawn (#1791, #1758; awaiting the reporter's confirmation) |
 | Multiple monitors: panels and document windows on another screen | yes | no (one OS window) | no | no | — | missing: 6–10 h (with multiple windows, gap G7) |
 | Display colour profile (proof and display through the monitor's ICC) | yes | no | no | no | — | missing: 3–5 h |
 | 3D GPU rendering (Materials, ray tracing) | yes | — | — | — | — | blocked on 3D (gap G3) |
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ on huge documents. Pen input is pressure-only and Windows-first.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-14 | minor | Tool cursors are painted into the window on Wayland (#1652; not run on Linux, #1645 stays open until confirmed); On Windows the custom title bar's window stays truly borderless, so the pointer lines up with what is drawn on systems where the hidden caption offset it (#1791, #1758; awaiting the reporter's confirmation); neither is confirmed on the hardware that reported it, so nothing is marked done |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | A window whose surface is larger than 8192 px (stretched over several monitors, or grown by a drag between monitors of different scale) is configured up to the graphics adapter's limit instead of closing the app (#1495, part of #1459); the window growing during that drag on Windows is still open; not reproduced on a mixed-scale setup |
 | 2026-10-11 | minor | Preferences › Performance › Linux Display Server › X11 (XWayland) opens the window through XWayland on a Wayland session, where pens and dropped files reach the app (#1151); score unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-10 | major | First checklist from the canvas, touch and graphics code and the open hardware issues |

docs/localization-parity.md

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 # Localization parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (Polish: 4,510 rows counted in the catalog (the row said 4,492), #1498; French: 423 strings added since the catalog was measured and 188 entries reworded, #1511; Hungarian: one message in the informal address, #1474; scores and estimates unchanged; Vietnamese catalog added, complete under the tests; 12-language score 63% → 71%; Czech: 128 strings added since the catalog was completed are translated, #1461; scores and estimates unchanged; Korean catalog added, complete under the tests; 12-language score 54% → 63%; Hungarian catalog added; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (Polish: the rows added by the maintainers confirmed by the Polish translator, #1614; tool flyouts fit their translated names, #1616; scores and estimates unchanged; Polish: 4,510 rows counted in the catalog (the row said 4,492), #1498; French: 423 strings added since the catalog was measured and 188 entries reworded, #1511; Hungarian: one message in the informal address, #1474; scores and estimates unchanged; Vietnamese catalog added, complete under the tests; 12-language score 63% → 71%; Czech: 128 strings added since the catalog was completed are translated, #1461; scores and estimates unchanged; Korean catalog added, complete under the tests; 12-language score 54% → 63%; Hungarian catalog added; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 Per-language status of VectorCraft's interface. How the catalogs work and how to add a language:
 [`development.md` › Localisation](development.md#localisation). Part of
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ font for the web build.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | The Polish translator confirmed the Polish rows the maintainers had added after the catalog was written (#1614); Tool flyouts are as wide as their longest translated name and shortcut need, so names no longer run into shortcuts in Spanish and other languages (#1650, fixes #1616); scores and estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Polish (`pl`, #1498): the row count is corrected to the 4,510 rows in `pl.tsv` (it said 4,492), 654 of them `@msg` rows; AI-drafted, native review pending; scores and estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | French: the 423 strings added since the catalog was last complete are translated, and 188 entries are reworded to the feature names French users know (#1511); Hungarian: one message uses the informal address like the rest of the interface (#1474); the entry counts in the tables are the earlier measurements; native review still pending; scores and estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | Vietnamese (`vi`) catalog added, complete under the tests (menus, literals, messages; one plural form); 12-language score 63% → 71%, hours 60–100 → 55–90 |

docs/type-parity.md

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 # Type parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (Character Styles New/Redefine capture the first selected character at run boundaries and end prior typing before capture; boundary and typing-history input tests and full workspace CI pass; scores and hours unchanged; Character styles retain explicit Auto leading, propagate resets and preserve local leading overrides; scores and hours unchanged; Linux font folders from fontconfig, #1529; commands and MCP `add_text` report area type that does not fit its frame, #1471; Tabs panel stop drags, #1458; Fit Headline in a frame one line tall, #1444; frames and paths beyond a billion points hold no text, #1451; scores unchanged; missing glyphs are looked for again after a font rescan, #1376; scores unchanged; Full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; scores unchanged; Middle Eastern digit types: Character panel menu › Digits, `{digits}`; the font menu's script filter lists Thai fonts; Thai, Lao, Khmer and Myanmar lines break between words; the caret steps over whole clusters such as Thai consonants with their marks; Thai typed in a font without Thai falls back to a font made for Thai; earlier: Proportional Metrics in vertical type, `vpal`, #966) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-14 · **Change:** minor (Escape while typing ends the edit, #1686; Select › Same on type, #1737; `justify` when creating point type, #1748; scores unchanged; OpenType stylistic sets, alternates, figure styles, superscript and subscript as character features, #1607; a wide word in non-rectangular area type moves down, #1615; scores unchanged; Character Styles New/Redefine capture the first selected character at run boundaries and end prior typing before capture; boundary and typing-history input tests and full workspace CI pass; scores and hours unchanged; Character styles retain explicit Auto leading, propagate resets and preserve local leading overrides; scores and hours unchanged; Linux font folders from fontconfig, #1529; commands and MCP `add_text` report area type that does not fit its frame, #1471; Tabs panel stop drags, #1458; Fit Headline in a frame one line tall, #1444; frames and paths beyond a billion points hold no text, #1451; scores unchanged; missing glyphs are looked for again after a font rescan, #1376; scores unchanged; Full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; scores unchanged; Middle Eastern digit types: Character panel menu › Digits, `{digits}`; the font menu's script filter lists Thai fonts; Thai, Lao, Khmer and Myanmar lines break between words; the caret steps over whole clusters such as Thai consonants with their marks; Thai typed in a font without Thai falls back to a font made for Thai; earlier: Proportional Metrics in vertical type, `vpal`, #966) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 Type is Illustrator's largest single area by use (weight 13 of 105 across "Type core" and "Type advanced" in
 [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md)). This checklist lists the features one by one. Status is from the
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ against Illustrator's public documentation; **estimated** unless noted.
 
 | Feature | Status | Notes |
 |---|---|---|
-| Point, area and type-on-a-path type; vertical variants | done / partial | vertical point, area and path type have initial support |
+| Point, area and type-on-a-path type; vertical variants | done / partial | vertical point, area and path type have initial support; in a non-rectangular area a word too wide for the top lines moves down to the first line that holds it (#1615); Escape while typing ends the edit, keeps the type selected and switches to the Selection tool (#1802); `text.create` and `text.createInPath` take `justify` (#1752) |
 | Area Type Options (rows, columns, inset, first baseline, Auto Size, Shrink Text to Fit) | done | the commands that make or restyle type say when it does not fit its frame; MCP `add_text` takes Auto Size and Shrink Text to Fit (#1471) |
 | Threaded text, Fit Headline, Text Wrap | done | Fit Headline sees wrapping in a frame one line tall (#1444) |
 | Type on a Path effects and options; brackets | done | #429 |
 | Character and Paragraph panels, styles with overrides | done | Character-style Auto-leading resets, partial definitions, local leading overrides, override markers, Undo/Redo and native serialization have regression coverage; differing paragraph alignments leave the shared alignment buttons unselected (headless regressions, full integration CI and visual review pass); mixed-value display for other paragraph fields remains missing |
 | Character size and horizontal scale after object/group scaling | done | #1034: fields and setters compensate the stored affine; point size follows the transformed em-height axis, not the glyph ink bounds. Range edits, keyboard increments, leading and baseline shift use document points; rotation, reflection and shear remain editable. |
 | Preserve font sizes while scaling a group | missing | Separate enhancement; scaling still scales text with the other artwork. |
-| OpenType panel, Glyphs panel, alternates | done | Highlight Alternate Glyphs preference unused (#394) |
+| OpenType panel, Glyphs panel, alternates | done | Highlight Alternate Glyphs preference unused (#394); stylistic sets ss01–ss20, stylistic and titling alternates, proportional and lining figures, superscript and subscript are character-style features (`text.setStyle {features}`, #1607) |
 | Font menu: samples, live preview, filters, favourites; font matching by any name; Find Font | done | #339; script filter: Japanese, Latin, Thai; the font scan on Linux also reads the folders fontconfig's configuration lists, such as TeX fonts under `/usr/share/texmf/fonts` (#1548, fixes #1529; not verified on Linux) |
 | Missing glyphs set in an installed font made for their script (Thai, Lao, Khmer, Myanmar first; then any font that has them) | done | Thai: Leelawadee UI, Tahoma, Thonburi, Sukhumvit Set, Noto Sans Thai, TLWG |
 | Full font-name matching (OpenType name ID 4) | done | #1258: loaded/cataloged faces and Missing Fonts searches; localized names and variable default faces; Windows font-service QA pending |
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ Character Styles menu New/Redefine and footer New capture the first selected cha
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-14 | minor | Escape while typing ends the edit, keeps the type selected and switches to the Selection tool (#1802, #1686, #1656); Select › Same matches type on its characters' fill and stroke (#1746, #1737); `text.create`, `text.createInPath` and the MCP `add_text` tool take `justify`, so point type can be centred on or end at its point (#1752, #1748); scores and hours unchanged |
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Area type in a non-rectangular shape moves a word too wide for the top lines down to the first line that holds it instead of breaking it (#1617, fixes #1615); Stylistic sets (ss01–ss20), stylistic and titling alternates, proportional and lining figures, and superscript and subscript glyphs can be turned on as OpenType features of a character style (`text.setStyle {features}`), and the OpenType panel keeps them (#1611, fixes #1607); scores and hours unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Paragraph/Properties alignment buttons show mixed alignment without changing range commands; headless regressions, full integration CI and visual review pass; other mixed paragraph fields, scores and hours unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | The font scan on Linux also reads the folders fontconfig's configuration lists, such as TeX fonts under `/usr/share/texmf/fonts` (#1548, fixes #1529; not verified on Linux); scores and hours unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Character Styles range capture samples the first selected character at run boundaries and closes prior typing; boundary and typing-history input tests and full workspace CI pass; lifecycle and range controls retained; scores and hours unchanged |

docs/ui-parity.md

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 # UI and interaction parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (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 (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,
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Behaviour (Illustrator, public docs) | Status | Notes |
 |---|---|---|
 | Click: corner anchor; drag: smooth anchor with symmetric handles | done | `pen.rs` |
+| A press that moves under 3 screen pixels is a click (a corner without handles) | done | #1663 |
 | Shift constrains segments and handles to 45° | done | Illustrator's Constrain Angle preference is honoured (`constrainAngle`) |
 | Alt mid-drag splits the handles (only the outgoing follows) | done | keeps the curve already shaped |
 | Space mid-drag repositions the anchor, handles and all | done | |
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Each anchor snaps to Smart Guides and construction angles | done | `DrawSnap` |
 | Curvature tool: click/drag points, double-click or Alt-click for a corner, temporary Direct Selection, point conversion | partial | circular point markers without direction handles or duplicate markers, Anchor Size and Hide Edges regression-tested (#1236, in part); existing-path interpolation request and modifiers requested in #975 remain |
 | Add/Delete/Anchor Point tools; Anchor Point tool drags segments to reshape | done | |
-| Pencil: Fidelity, Keep selected, Alt to Smooth, edit selected paths, close by proximity | partial | Keep selected and Alt to Smooth are missing |
+| Pencil: Fidelity, Keep selected, Alt to Smooth, edit selected paths, close by proximity | partial | Keep selected and Alt to Smooth are missing; a filled Pencil path keeps a stroke of None (#1804, part of #1679) |
 | Join tool scrubbing, Average, Join | done | Join merges the direct-selected anchors lying on one another along a path, as after Average, into one (#1533) |
 | Average and Join in one step, with a corner or smooth choice for the joined anchor | missing | `path.join` and `path.average` are separate commands, and Join has no corner/smooth choice; [gap 1](gaps.md) |
 | Smooth tool smooths only the stretch of path under the drag | done | #1512 |
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Behaviour | Status | Notes |
 |---|---|---|
 | Click/Shift-click anchors; marquee toggles with Shift | done | #483 |
-| Align selected anchors to their bounds or the artboard; repeating an alignment that moves nothing keeps Undo, Redo and saved state | done | #1180 follow-up; engine regressions include rounding-only moves and unchanged handles |
+| Align selected anchors to their bounds or the artboard; repeating an alignment that moves nothing keeps Undo, Redo and saved state | done | #1180 follow-up; engine regressions include rounding-only moves and unchanged handles; #1641 (fixes #1636): Align and Distribute act on the anchors selected with Direct Selection, the points of one path aligning to each other and Distribute spacing them |
+| Align selected anchors to a key anchor | missing | #1636 |
 | A marquee selects the objects whose paths it touches (anchors or segments): drawn inside a filled shape, over a background, it leaves that shape (Preview and Outline) | done | #1103 |
 | Click a segment independently of its endpoint anchors; only its direction handles show | done | #1278: hollow endpoint squares, selected edge emphasized; headless egui checked |
 | Drag a curved segment to bend it, a straight one to move its anchors | done | |
@@ -73,7 +75,9 @@ 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 |
+| 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 |
+| 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) |
 | Corners between curved sides (#1144), Relative rounding | partial | Relative rounding missing |
 | Isolation mode by double-click (groups and single objects), breadcrumbs, Esc to exit | done | Single paths, compound paths, images, meshes and placed files isolate too ([helpx: Isolate objects](https://helpx.adobe.com/africa/illustrator/desktop/manage-objects/select-objects/isolate-objects.html)) |
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 |---|---|---|
 | Snap to anchors, centres, edges, artboards, bleed and ruler guides with magenta lines | done | `guides.rs` kinds: Anchor, Center, Edge, Artboard, Bleed, Guide |
 | Anchor/Path labels ("anchor", "center", "path", "align") | done | |
-| "intersect" label and snapping to path intersections | missing | |
+| "intersect" label and snapping to path intersections | partial | #1658 (part of #1602): a point drawn with the Pen, the shape tools or the other drawing tools and an anchor dragged with Direct Selection snap to where paths and ruler guides cross; a moved selection's own anchors and the Width tool don't |
 | Construction guides at preference angles while drawing | done | #506 |
 | Measurement labels while drawing, moving and resizing | partial | sizes and offsets; angle and distance readouts while drawing missing |
 | Spacing guides (equal distances) | partial | for moves (#394); not for resizing or drawing |
@@ -100,6 +104,8 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Ruler origin: corner drag with preview, double-click reset to the active artboard, relative X/Y fields, native save/reopen | done | #1212; `document.setRulerOrigin`, `document.resetRulerOrigin`; geometry and command coordinates stay absolute |
 | Ruler guides as Layers rows: shown, hidden, locked and deleted with their layer; rows dragged to another layer | done | `guide.setLayer`; guides from older files go on a layer |
 | Objects made into guides: drawn in the guide colour and style of Preferences; Lock Guides locks them too (no select, move or delete); a dragged selection snaps to ruler guides with Smart Guides on | done | #1534 (#1543, #1583) |
+| A selected ruler guide's X or Y in the Transform panel; typing a value moves it | not scored | #1659 (part of #1597); several guides move together; not in Properties or the Control bar. Not established by the documentation we could find: the help pages on guides, rulers and the Transform, Control and Properties panels (read again on 2026-10-14) don't describe it, and the one public statement is a user's [community answer](https://community.adobe.com/questions-652/adding-a-new-custom-guide-785586), which is not documentation. Kept as a convenience pending the owner's decision; no parity claim |
+| Alt swaps a ruler guide's orientation while dragging | missing | |
 | Alt swaps a new ruler guide's orientation while dragging | done | Both rulers; preview, snapping and final placement follow the current modifier; existing-guide Alt-copy is unchanged. |
 | Global/artboard ruler mode switch and video rulers | missing | menu stubs; custom document origin is done (#1212) |
 
@@ -124,6 +130,7 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Behaviour | Status | Notes |
 |---|---|---|
 | Arrow keys nudge by Keyboard Increment (0.001–1296 pt); Shift ×10; Alt copies | done | |
+| Fields commit what was typed on a click away or a move to another field, as Enter does; Escape discards it | done | #1787 |
 | Number fields: Up/Down step, Shift ×10, Cmd/Ctrl ÷10, wheel over a focused field | done | Shift+arrow in the Stroke weight field doesn't step by 10 (#991) |
 | Arithmetic in fields (`+ - * /`) and unit suffixes (`3 mm`, `1in`, `2p6`) | done | `Unit::parse`; mixed units in one expression not verified |
 | Numeric fields: focus click selects the whole value; dragging selects from the pressed character | partial | #1326; select-all waits for click release; px/pt/plain/optional fields, both directions and replacement text tested; native API input, 17 px partial replacement, Undo/Redo, saved-file round trip and screenshots verified; Tab, double-click, arrows and wheel preserved; short movements still classified as clicks can select all and remain open |
@@ -148,15 +155,16 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Alt-drag duplicates (objects, artboards with their art) | done | |
 | Document Setup → Edit Artboards applies valid settings, closes the dialog and activates the Artboard tool | done | Pointer-click tests cover successful handoff, invalid settings, OK, Cancel and Undo in `dialogs/document_setup.rs`. |
 | Escape leaves Artboard editing for Selection; during a drag it first cancels the gesture | done | Headless egui key events cover idle Escape, active-drag cancellation and a subsequent Escape in `tests_distortkeys.rs`. |
+| Escape while typing ends the edit, keeps the type selected and switches to the Selection tool | done | #1802 (#1686, #1656) |
+| Shift-click selects several artboards (Artboard tool, Artboards panel); they move, Alt-copy and delete together | done | `artboard.move`/`artboard.delete` `indices` (#1139); panel menu, trash and Properties share selected-set deletion; all-selected retains artboard 1 and a single board cannot be deleted, with pointer-event and Undo/Redo coverage |
 | Artboard Delete/Backspace delete selected boards while protecting artwork, the last board and active drags | done | Headless shortcut regressions in `tests_distortkeys.rs` cover retaining the original first board when all are selected, single-board protection, artwork, saved state and Undo/Redo; the navigator follows the tool’s surviving board through repeated deletion and history changes. |
 | Artboard navigator synchronizes the active tool selection before deletion | done | Actual status-bar Next → Delete/Backspace and Next → Properties Delete regressions in `chrome.rs` cover surviving board records, preserved artwork and Undo/Redo; other tools keep object selection and history. |
 | Artboard history prunes removed indices while preserving valid multiselection and tool options | tested | Headless pointer/key tests in `panels/properties.rs` cover panel New → Undo → Delete/Backspace/Properties, Duplicate → Undo → Delete, partial pruning and valid multiselection. They check surviving board records, artwork, object selection, Move/Scale Artwork options, saved state and Undo/Redo. Full workspace CI passes. |
-| Shift-click selects several artboards (Artboard tool, Artboards panel); they move, Alt-copy and delete together | done | `artboard.move`/`artboard.delete` `indices` (#1139); panel menu, trash and Properties share selected-set deletion; all-selected retains artboard 1 and a single board cannot be deleted, with pointer-event and Undo/Redo coverage |
 | Click an object with the Artboard tool to create an artboard fitted to its visible bounds | done | Topmost editable object or group; drag and modified clicks retain their meaning; one undo step (`artboard_click.rs`, #1227) |
 | Shape tools: Shift constrains, Alt from centre, Space moves while dragging, arrows change sides/points/rows | done | |
 | Tool double-click opens its options | done | |
 | Per-platform mapping (Cmd ↔ Ctrl, Option ↔ Alt) | done | |
-| Eyedropper cursor; Use Precise Cursors | partial | original pipette at the sampling tip, distinct from the precise crosshair at five DPI scales (#1269); OS cursor display and Caps Lock unverified |
+| Eyedropper cursor; Use Precise Cursors | partial | original pipette at the sampling tip, distinct from the precise crosshair at five DPI scales (#1269); OS cursor display and Caps Lock unverified; a Precise Cursors command toggles the preference and can take a shortcut (#1663); cursors are painted into the window on Wayland (#1652, not run on Linux) |
 | Every tool's modifiers checked against the shortcut reference | missing | this is the fidelity pass |
 
 ## Keyboard shortcuts
@@ -166,23 +174,29 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 against Illustrator's published default shortcut list; estimated ~70% of it. Remaining: the panel shortcuts,
 the type shortcuts (tracking/kerning/leading/baseline steps with Alt/Shift), and selection shortcuts in the
 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).
+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).
 
 ## Panels, Control bar, Properties, context menus
 
 | Behaviour | Status | Notes |
 |---|---|---|
+| Command search: Up and Down move through the results, Enter runs the highlighted one | done | #1798 (#1757) |
+| Pathfinder panel: a group selected alone counts its nested shapes, so an expanded stroked object keeps the Shape Modes enabled | done | #1642 (#1635) |
+| Object › Expand on radial, grid and mirror repeats makes groups of their instances | done | #1765 (#1756) |
+| Select › Same matches type on its characters' fill and stroke | done | #1746 (#1737) |
 | ~40 panels with ≡ menus; dock, icon column, collapse, tabs | done | 51 panel modules incl. tests |
 | Panels float inside the window, stack, dock back | done | #495 |
 | Floating groups stack into sets; sets dock as extra dock columns (a multi-column dock); groups drop anywhere in a set or column, or onto its tabs; a column taller than the window scrolls | done | `window.panel.float {below, above}`, `window.panel.dock {column}` |
 | Panels outside the app window (another monitor) | missing | single OS window |
-| Edit Toolbar (•••): the All Tools drawer opens beside the toolbar by its button (Escape or a click outside closes it), dims the tools already in the toolbar; while it is open, tools drag from it onto the toolbar (between two tools, or onto one to join its group), from the toolbar into it, and within the toolbar; each toolbar keeps its edits | done | #1018; `window.editToolbar`, `toolbar.addTool`/`removeTool`/`reset`; the drawer's Reset (Illustrator has it in a drawer menu); dragging a toolbar button moves the tool it shows, not its whole group; New/Manage Toolbars missing |
+| Edit Toolbar (•••): the All Tools drawer opens beside the toolbar by its button (Escape or a click outside closes it), dims the tools already in the toolbar; while it is open, tools drag from it onto the toolbar (between two tools, or onto one to join its group), from the toolbar into it, and within the toolbar; each toolbar keeps its edits | done | #1018; `window.editToolbar`, `toolbar.addTool`/`removeTool`/`reset`; the drawer's Reset (Illustrator has it in a drawer menu); dragging a toolbar button moves the tool it shows, not its whole group; New/Manage Toolbars missing; tool flyouts are as wide as their longest translated name and shortcut need (#1616) |
 | Properties panel per context (every selection type's Quick Actions) | partial | |
 | Contextual task bar | done | |
 | Control bar with Transform and Stroke popovers | done | |
 | Pathfinder shape results keep their source names and SVG IDs | done | #1293; Minus Front keeps the back name, Minus Back the front name; Unite/Intersect/Exclude use the backmost named input; compound output carries it once; geometry and paint unchanged |
 | Attributes fill-rule controls with a compound member selected | done | Edits the compound's rule; direction still edits only the member; rendered-hole and Undo/Redo regression tests (#1197) |
 | Make Compound Path on a group (such as outlined type) keeps its backmost path's paint; compound paths joined into one keep their holes | done | #1537 |
+| Symbols panel: New Symbol opens Symbol Options (Name) before making the symbol; Alt-click skips it | partial | #1560 (#1566); the dialog has Name only: export type, static or dynamic, registration and 9-slice settings missing |
+| Pathfinder Trim, Merge and Crop remove strokes; Merge joins same-fill objects whatever their strokes | done | #1570 (#1572) |
 | 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) |
@@ -200,12 +214,14 @@ panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcut
 Medium Dark theme and four brightness levels, the categorized and Advanced toolbars, 35 pt document tabs,
 33 pt panel tabs, hint bar, contextual task bar and native macOS menus, restyled to values measured from
 public screenshots on 2026-10-02 (~75–80% then). Missing: a System theme that follows the OS (#825), a
-re-measure of the panels added since.
+re-measure of the panels added since. Slider rails show on Medium Dark (#1808, #1662).
 
 ## Revision history
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-14 | minor | Align and Distribute act on the anchor points selected with Direct Selection: the points of one path align to each other, not to the artboard, and Distribute spaces them (#1641, fixes #1636; aligning to a key anchor is still missing); Delete removes every selected anchor of a closed path (it used to remove the wrong ones), removes objects selected whole along with the selected anchors of others, and keeps the remainder selected so a second Delete removes it (#1674); In isolation mode Direct Selection and Group Selection pick only inside the isolated object (#1666); Escape cancels a Direct Selection drag (#1803, #1743); Escape while typing ends the edit, keeps the type selected and switches to the Selection tool (#1802, #1686, #1656); A filled Pencil path keeps a stroke of None (#1804, part of #1679); With the Pen, a press that moves under 3 screen pixels is a click (a corner without handles), and a Precise Cursors command toggles the existing preference and can take a shortcut (#1663); The [ and ] keys reach the Blob Brush, the Eraser and the Symbolism tools in the app (#1734, part of #1661); In the Pathfinder panel a group selected alone counts its nested shapes, so an expanded stroked object keeps the Shape Modes enabled (#1642, #1635); Object › Expand turns radial, grid and mirror repeats into groups of their instances (#1765, #1756); Select › Same matches type on its characters' fill and stroke (#1746, #1737); Fields commit what was typed when you click away or move to another field, as Enter does; Escape still discards it (#1787); Up and Down move through the command search results and Enter runs the highlighted one (#1798, #1757); Slider rails show on Medium Dark (#1808, #1662); On Windows the custom title bar's window stays truly borderless, so the pointer lines up with what is drawn on systems where the hidden caption offset it (#1791, #1758; awaiting the reporter's confirmation); Tool cursors are painted into the window on Wayland (#1652; not run on Linux, #1645 stays open until confirmed); the guide-position row (#1659) is now "not scored": the documentation found doesn't establish it, and it is kept as a convenience pending the owner's decision; scores unchanged |
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Pathfinder's Trim, Merge and Crop remove the objects' strokes, and Merge joins same-fill objects whatever their strokes were, as the public Pathfinder page describes (#1572, fixes #1570); Offset Path with an inset larger than the shapes says the offset leaves nothing, instead of asking to select paths (#1591, fixes #1590); The Symbols panel's New Symbol opens Symbol Options to name the symbol first, and Alt-click skips it (#1566, fixes #1560); Tool flyouts are as wide as their longest translated name and shortcut need, so names no longer run into shortcuts in Spanish and other languages (#1650, fixes #1616); Smart Guides: a point drawn with the Pen or a shape tool, and an anchor dragged with Direct Selection, snaps to where paths and ruler guides cross, labelled "intersect" (#1658, part of #1602; a moved selection's own anchors don't); The Transform panel shows a selected ruler guide's X or Y, and typing a value moves it (#1659, part of #1597). This is not established by the documentation we could find: the public help pages on guides, rulers and the Transform, Control and Properties panels (read again on 2026-10-14) describe selecting and dragging unlocked guides and the panels' X and Y for a selection, not a guide's position in a panel, and the one public statement of it is a user's [community answer](https://community.adobe.com/questions-652/adding-a-new-custom-guide-785586), which is not documentation. It is kept as a convenience pending the owner's decision, with no parity claim and nothing counted towards a score; Select Behind (Ctrl/Cmd-click) tests each object once, so a deep stack of overlapping objects no longer slows it; same objects in the same order (#1571); Commands that take `ids` run on the objects given with nothing selected, over MCP, the control channel and the CLI too (#1577, fixes #1575); scores unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | G1/M11: Artboard panel deletion, protected deletion keys and navigator/tool synchronization before and after deletion; history normalization preserves valid multiselection; history regressions and full workspace CI pass; scores and hours unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Alt during a drag from either ruler swaps the new guide's orientation ([public shortcut reference](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html)); tool and egui event tests cover preview, snapping, release coordinates, cancellation and one-step Undo/Redo; scores unchanged (estimated). |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | G1: create width points through Width Point Edit with optional adjoining adjustment; command/pointer/history regressions and full CI passed; dialog layout reviewed; scores and hours unchanged |