v0.11.0 (2022-02-17)

Excalidraw API

Features

• Add onLinkOpen prop which will be triggered when clicked on element hyperlink if present #4694.

• Support updating library using updateScene API #4546.

• Introduced primary colors to the app. The colors can be overriden. Check readme on how to do so #4387.

• exportToBlob now automatically sets appState.exportBackground to true if exporting to image/jpeg MIME type (to ensure that alpha channel is not compressed to black color) #4342.

  BREAKING CHANGE

  Remove getElementMap util #4306.

• Changes to exportToCanvas util function #4321:

  • Add maxWidthOrHeight?: number attribute.
  • scale returned from getDimensions() is now optional (default to 1).

• Image support added for host PR

  General notes:

  • File data are encoded as DataURLs (base64) for portability reasons.

  ExcalidrawAPI:

  • added getFiles() to get current BinaryFiles (Record<FileId, BinaryFileData>). It may contain files that aren't referenced by any element, so if you're persisting the files to a storage, you should compare them against stored elements.

  Excalidraw app props:

  • added generateIdForFile(file: File) optional prop so you can generate your own ids for added files.
  • onChange(elements, appState, files) prop callback is now passed BinaryFiles as third argument.
  • onPaste(data, event) data prop should contain data.files (BinaryFiles) if the elements pasted are referencing new files.
  • initialData object now supports additional files (BinaryFiles) attribute.

  Other notes:

  • .excalidraw files may now contain top-level files key in format of Record<FileId, BinaryFileData> when exporting any (image) elements.
  • Changes were made to various export utilities exported from the package so that they take files, you can refer to the docs for the same.

• Export isLinearElement and getNonDeletedElements #4072.

• Support renderTopRightUI in mobile UI #4065.

• Export THEME constant from the package so host can use this when passing the theme #4055.

  BREAKING CHANGE

  The Appearance type is now removed and renamed to Theme so Theme type needs to be used.

Fixes

• Reset unmounted state on the component once component mounts to fix the mounting/unmounting repeatedly when used with useEffect #4682.
• Panning the canvas using mousewheel-drag and space-drag now prevents the browser from scrolling the container/page #4489.
• Scope drag and drop events to Excalidraw container to prevent overriding host application drag and drop events #4445.

Build

• Release preview package @excalidraw/excalidraw-preview when triggered via comment

 @excalibot trigger release

#4750.

• Added an example to test and develop the package locally using yarn start #4488

• Remove file-loader so font assets are not duplicated by webpack and use webpack asset modules for font generation #4380.

• We're now compiling to es2017 target. Notably, async/await is not compiled down to generators. #4341.

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Excalidraw Library

This section lists the updates made to the excalidraw library and will not affect the integration.

Features

• Show group/group and link action in mobile #4795

• Support background fill for freedraw shapes #4610

• Keep selected tool on canvas reset #4728

• Make whole element clickable in view mode when it has hyperlink #4735

• Allow any precision when zooming #4730

• Throttle pointermove events per framerate #4727

• Support hyperlinks 🔥 #4620

• Added penMode for palm rejection #4657

• Support unbinding bound text #4686

• Sync local storage state across tabs when out of sync #4545

• Support contextMenuLabel to be of function type to support dynmaic labels #4654

• Support decreasing/increasing fontSize via keyboard #4553

• Link to new LP for excalidraw plus #4549

• Update stroke color of bounded text along with container #4541

• Hints and shortcuts help around deep selection #4502

• Support updating text properties by clicking on container #4499

• Bind text to shapes when pressing enter and support sticky notes 🎉 #4343

• Change boundElementIds → boundElements #4404

• Support selecting multiple points when editing line #4373

• Horizontally center toolbar menu commit link

• Add support for rounded corners in diamond #4369

• Allow zooming up to 3000% #4358

• Stop discarding precision when rendering #4357

• Support Image binding #4347

• Add element.updated #4070

• Compress shareLink data when uploading to json server #4225

• Supply version param when installing libraries #4305

• Log FS abortError to console #4279

• Add validation for website and remove validation for library item name #4269

• Allow publishing libraries from UI #4115

• Create confirm dialog to use instead of window.confirm #4256

• Allow letters in IDs for storing files in backend #4224

• Remove support for V1 unencrypted backend #4189

• Use separate backend for local storage #4187

• Add hint around canvas panning #4159

• Stop using production services for development #4113

• Add triangle arrowhead #4024

• Add rewrite to webex landing page #4102

• Switch collab server #4092

• Use dialog component for clear canvas instead of window confirm #4075

Fixes

• Rename --color-primary-chubb to --color-primary-contrast-offset and fallback to primary color if not present #4803

• Add commits directly pushed to master in changelog #4798

• Don't bump element version when adding files data [#4794](https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw/pull...

v0.10.0

Excalidraw API

Fixes

• onPaste prop should return false to prevent the native excalidraw paste action #3974.

  BREAKING CHANGE

  • Earlier the paste action was prevented when the prop onPaste returned true, but now it should return false to prevent the paste action. This was done to make it semantically more correct and intuitive.

Build

• Enable jsx transform in webpack #4049

Docs

• Correct exportToBackend in README to onExportToBackend #3952

Excalidraw Library

This section lists the updates made to the excalidraw library and will not affect the integration.

Features

• Improve freedraw shape #3984

• Make color ARIA labels better #3871

• Add origin trial tokens #3853

• Re-order zoom buttons #3837

• Add undo/redo buttons & tweak footer #3832

• Resave to png/svg with metadata if you loaded your scene from a png/svg file #3645

Fixes

• Abstract and fix legacy fs #4032

• Context menu positioning #4025

• Added alert for bad encryption key #3998

• OnPaste should return false to prevent paste action #3974

• Help-icon now visible on Safari #3939

• Permanent zoom mode #3931

• Undo/redo buttons gap in Safari #3836

• Prevent gradual canvas misalignment #3833

• Color picker shortcuts not working when elements selected #3817

v0.9.0 (2021-07-10)

Excalidraw API

Features

• restore(data, localAppState, localElements) and restoreElements(elements, localElements) now take localElements argument which will be used to ensure existing elements' versions are used and incremented. This fixes an issue where importing the same file would resolve to elements with older versions, potentially causing issues when reconciling #3797.

  BREAKING CHANGE

  • localElements argument is mandatory (can be null/undefined) if using TypeScript.

• Support appState.exportEmbedScene attribute in exportToSvg which allows to embed the scene data #3777.

  BREAKING CHANGE

  • The attribute metadata is now removed as metadata was only used to embed scene data which is now supported with the appState.exportEmbedScene attribute.
  • exportToSvg now resolves to a promise which resolves to svg of the exported drawing.

• Expose loadLibraryFromBlob, loadFromBlob, and getFreeDrawSvgPath #3764.

• Expose FONT_FAMILY so that consumer can use when passing initialData.appState.currentItemFontFamily #3710.

• Added prop autoFocus to focus the excalidraw component on page load when enabled, defaults to false #3691.

  Note: Earlier Excalidraw component was focussed by default on page load, you need to enable autoFocus prop to retain the same behaviour.

• Added prop UIOptions.canvasActions.export.renderCustomUI to support Custom UI rendering inside export dialog #3666.

• Added prop UIOptions.canvasActions.saveAsImage to show/hide the Save as image button in the canvas actions. Defauls to true hence the Save as Image button is rendered #3662.

• Export dialog can be customised with UiOptions.canvasActions.export #3658.

  Also, UIOptions is now memoized to avoid unnecessary rerenders.

  BREAKING CHANGE

  • UIOptions.canvasActions.saveAsScene is now renamed to UiOptions.canvasActions.export.saveFileToDisk. Defaults to true hence the save file to disk button is rendered inside the export dialog.
  • exportToBackend is now renamed to UIOptions.canvasActions.export.exportToBackend. If this prop is not passed, the shareable-link button will not be rendered, same as before.

Fixes

• Use excalidraw Id in elements so every element has unique id #3696.

Refactor

• BREAKING CHANGE

  • Rename UIOptions.canvasActions.saveScene to UIOptions.canvasActions.saveToActiveFile#3657.
  • Removed shouldAddWatermark: boolean attribute from options for export APIs #3639.
  • Removed appState.shouldAddWatermark so in case you were passing shouldAddWatermark in initialData.AppState it will not work anymore.

Excalidraw Library

This section lists the updates made to the excalidraw library and will not affect the integration.

Features

• Switch to selection tool on library item insert #3773

• Show active file name when saving to current file #3733

• Add hint around text editing #3708

• Change library icon to be more clear #3583

• Pass current theme when installing libraries #3701

• Update virgil font #3692

• Support exporting json to excalidraw plus #3678

• Save exportScale in AppState #3580

• Add shortcuts for stroke and background color picker #3318

• Exporting redesign #3613

• Auto-position tooltip and suport overflowing container #3631

• Auto release @excalidraw/excalidraw-next on every change #3614

• Allow inner-drag-selecting with cmd/ctrl #3603

Fixes

• view mode cursor adjustments #3809.

• Pass next release to updatePackageVersion & replace ## unreleased with new version #3806

• Include deleted elements when passing to restore #3802

• Import React before using jsx #3804

• Ensure s and g shortcuts work on no selection #3800

• Keep binding for attached arrows after changing text #3754

• Deselect elements on viewMode toggle #3741

• Allow pointer events for disable zen mode button #3743

• Use rgba instead of shorthand alpha #3688

• Color pickers not opening on mobile #3676

• On contextMenu, use selected element regardless of z-index #3668

• SelectedGroupIds not being stored in history #3630

• Overscroll on touch devices #3663

• Small UI issues around image export dialog #3642

• Normalize linear element points on restore #3633

• Disable pointer-events on footer-center container #3629

Refactor

• Delete React SyntheticEvent persist #3700

• Code clean up #3681

Performance

• Improve arrow head sizing #3480

Build

• Add release script to update relevant files and commit for next release #3805

• Add script to update changelog before a stable release #3784

• Add script to update readme before stable release #3781