We're excited to bring you another major update to Xara Cloud, with a brand new add panel within the document editor, new replace context menus, further improvements to selection and transforms and more bug fixes! Here's a quick overview of this update:
New Add Panel
We want to make it easier and faster for you to produce good looking content, so we've improved the Add Panel and moved it permanently onto the left side of the screen. This will allow you to quickly insert any of our content or your team's assets into your document.
To add something from this new panel, simply click on any of the main categories to show the sub categories within. Here, you'll see a brief collection of the more popular designs that you can quickly insert, either by dragging and dropping or clicking on them directly. To see all designs within a sub-category, click on "All".
You'll also notice the two buttons at the bottom as well - Assets and Upload. These options will let you insert your team's assets and content from your local computer with ease
Right hand properties panel
The properties panel on the right has also been updated with a new style. We've updated the options, font, spacing, icons and much more to make it easier to read and clearer to understand what each option does what.
Replace context menu
Replacing the content within a template with your own just got easier! We've introduced the replace context menu when clicking on an image or icon, making it faster than ever to customize your documents.
Fixes and Improvements
File Picker
Fixed an issue where the location column was shown when browsing through a cloud drive
Fixed an issue where templates would occasionally not load within Safari
Fixed an error where a blank screen would show when attempting to open a file that is not found
Teams and Themes
Fixed an issue where pressing enter wouldn't progress the team creation form
Fixed an issue which allowed a theme name to be blank
Fixed an issue which caused document GIFS to be served insecurely
Fixed an error when uploading Futura Thin Italic font to your team
Improved error handling of corrupted or malformed fonts
Improved error handling when a browser plugin blocks Google reCAPTCHA from working
Fixed an crash when progressing forward through the theme editor
Fixed an error when clicking on 'Notify Administrator' when attempting to execute an unauthorized action
SmartShapes
Fixed a crash when entering the caret into a table cell after adding new rows or columns
Document Editor
Fixed a selection behavior issue when attempting to move a text frame within a group
Improved selection bounds and snapping behavior for SmartShapes
Fixed an issue which caused text to be un-selectable after zooming in
Fixed an alignment issue with avatar icon
Fixed an issue where page layouts wouldn't show after cancelling a save dialog
Fixed a crash when interacting with the page properties whilst loading a PDF document
Fixed an issue which caused folder location to be reset after inserting an image from a cloud drive
Fixed a crash when clicking on home whilst a file is opening
Updated name of text panels when selected in document editor
Fixed an issue which caused the tooltip to stay visible on status bar
Fixed an issue which caused selection bounds to appear off the page when searching text
Improved error message when entering too many characters in a stock image search
Fixed an issue which caused the windows explorer to open twice when performing a local file upload
Fixed an issue which caused the sidebar handle to disappear
Fixed an issue which caused previously loaded templates to show in add page panel
Fixed an issue which caused text panels to shrink in size when text is added
Fixed an error when editing text within a text panel
Fixed an error when editing a bullet list in a presentation document
Fixed an issue which caused the Paste context menu to appear on text panel move or resize