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UI and interaction parity

Last reviewed: 2026-10-10 · Last updated: 2026-10-13 · Change: minor (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, how far an arrow key nudges. This checklist is the work list for the interaction-fidelity pass (gaps.md G1). Part of target-app-parity.md.

How it is measured: from the tool state machines' own documentation and tests (crates/tools/src/*.rs, crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs, shortcuts.rs, the tests_* files) against Illustrator's public documentation (helpx tool pages and the keyboard-shortcut reference). Never against the running app: the clean-room rule forbids launching or measuring Illustrator, so there has been no side-by-side session. Every "done" below is "behaves as the documentation describes", which is weaker than "a power user can't tell". Status: done (documented behaviour implemented and tested), partial, missing.

Summary

Area % Remaining (h) Kind
Pen, Curvature and anchor tools 85% 6–10 estimated
Direct Selection, handles and anchors 85% 5–8 estimated
Smart guides and snapping 70% 8–12 estimated
Transform handles, bounding box, Free Transform 80% 5–8 estimated
Nudging, numeric entry, precision, units 85% 3–5 estimated
Modifier keys and temporary tools 80% 5–8 estimated
Keyboard shortcuts (default set) 70% 6–10 estimated
Cursors 75% 3–5 estimated
Panels, Control bar, Properties, context menus 70% 15–25 estimated
Look and feel (layout, theme, metrics) 80% 5–10 measured once against public screenshots on 2026-10-02; panels added since not re-measured
Accessibility (screen reader, keyboard-only canvas) 20% 15–25 estimated: AccessKit on by default for egui widgets; canvas and custom panels not described, never tested with a screen reader
UI/UX overall ~55% ~70–110 (overlaps the feature areas) estimated

The overall figure is lower than the rows because what users notice first (small differences across many tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.

Pen, Curvature and anchor tools

Behaviour (Illustrator, public docs) Status Notes
Click: corner anchor; drag: smooth anchor with symmetric handles done pen.rs
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
Click the first anchor to close; the drag shapes the closing curve done
Click the last anchor to retract its outgoing handle; drag from it to pull a new one done
Alt over a handle, anchor or segment acts as the Anchor Point tool done
Cmd/Ctrl lends the last-used selection tool done the path being drawn continues afterwards
Click an open path's end to continue it; click another path's end to join done #776
Rubber Band preview done Preferences option
Auto Add/Delete on a selected path; Shift or the preference disables it done
Pen cursors (new path ×, continue /, close o, add +, delete −, convert ^) partial vector cursors exist; not every state verified
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
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
Smooth tool smooths only the stretch of path under the drag done #1512
Simplify (slider, auto, corner angle threshold) partial Tolerance, default-on Preview and original/new point counts (#1272); slider, auto-simplify, corner-angle UI and Show Original remain missing

Direct Selection, anchors and handles

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
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
Drag by an anchor of a path selected whole moves the whole path; Alt-drag by an anchor or a segment copies it, Alt toggles the copy during the drag, and the copy snaps by the anchor pressed, onto the original too done #1104
Handles shown are the handles that drag; tolerance from Selection & Anchor Display done #494
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
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)
"Magnetic" moves of selected anchors with a modifier (#955 request) missing not an Illustrator feature as documented; under discussion
Coinciding anchors of overlapping objects: the selected object's anchor is taken, also under another object done #1508

Smart guides and snapping

Behaviour Status Notes
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
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
Snapping tolerance preference done
Snap to Point, Snap to Grid, Snap to Pixel; Pixel Preview done
Snap to Glyph missing menu stub
Tangent and perpendicular snapping for line endpoints (new in 30.0) missing
Snapping panel/popover consolidating the snap options (30.0) missing
Customisable rotation snap angle (#973) missing Illustrator: Constrain Angle and construction angles only
Ruler guides: drag out, select, move, delete, lock, Make/Release Guides done #414, #451
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)
Alt swaps a ruler guide's orientation while dragging missing
Global/artboard ruler mode switch and video rulers missing menu stubs; custom document origin is done (#1212)

Transform handles, bounding box, Free Transform

Behaviour Status Notes
Moving a rounded rectangle with Craquelure at high DPI partial Distance searches optimized; moved-viewport pixels unchanged for three texture effects; texture_drag_perf probe available. Idle Windows mouse-drag QA remains (#1257)
Bounding-box handles: Shift proportional, Alt from centre, rotate outside the corners done
Rotated objects keep a rotated bounding box and their angle; Reset Bounding Box done
Free Transform, Scale and Reflect along a rotated box missing
Free Transform widget: constrain, free distort, perspective distort; the key-held variants done
Transform tools: click sets the reference point (snaps to anchors/centres), Alt-click opens the dialog, Alt-release copies done with anchors selected with Direct Selection, the tools, the dialogs and Move transform those anchors alone, about the centre of their box by default (#1408; the default point and whole-object copies are our choices)
Move, Rotate, Scale, Reflect and Shear dialogs: live Preview; Up/Down step angles and percentages by 1, Shift by 10 done #1412; Preview starts off (our choice: the public documentation gives no default); OK is one undo step and Transform Again repeats it
Transform Again, Transform Each, Scale Strokes & Effects, Scale Corners done
Transform Objects beside Transform Patterns in the Move, Rotate, Scale, Reflect and Shear dialogs and Transform Each; Reflect across an angle done #1448, #1460; off, only the pattern tiles transform; the checkboxes are always enabled (our choice); the link that keeps Transform Each's two scales equal is missing (not documented)
Split Into Grid dialog: number, height or width, gutter and total for rows and columns, Add Guides, Preview done #1462; opens at the selection's size; several paths become one grid painted as the topmost one; a typed height or width keeps the gutter and changes the total (our choice)
Reference point locator (nine squares) in Control bar and Transform panel done

Nudging, numeric entry and precision

Behaviour Status Notes
Arrow keys nudge by Keyboard Increment (0.001–1296 pt); Shift ×10; Alt copies done
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
Units: pt, pc, in, mm, cm, px, ft-in, m, yd, ft; General/Stroke/Type units done units preference reverting to points on SVG output reported (#864)
Field precision: 3 decimals for steps; values kept as f64 done
Scrubby labels (beyond Illustrator) done #400
Dialogs open with the first field focused and selected; Enter confirms done on every open, not only the first (#1367); a first field that starts greyed out takes the focus once enabled (#1395)
Value fields: selected text readable in every brightness; a focused field follows its value when a slider or preview changes it partial #1490 (part of #1465: the wheel over a hovered, unfocused field still scrolls the panel), #1457
Sliders in dialogs and popups (Save for Web, raster export options, Preferences, the opacity popup) show their rail, filled up to the handle done #1483
Rectangular Grid and Polar Grid click dialogs: size, divider counts with a skew slider each, Use Outside Rectangle As Frame / Create Compound Path From Ellipses, Fill Grid; kept as the tool's options, used by drags too partial #1377. The options are the documented ones; how far a skew percentage moves the dividers and which way the radial skew turns are our own choice (the public documentation gives neither), and the reference point locator and a double-click on the tool are missing

Modifier keys and temporary tools

Behaviour Status Notes
Space: Hand; Cmd+Space / Cmd+Alt+Space: zoom in/out; middle button pans done
Cmd/Ctrl: last-used selection tool; Cmd+Alt: Group Selection inside Direct Selection partial
Eyedropper reads visible sources while their layer/object is locked or outside isolation done Ordinary/Shift/Shift+Alt and gradient-stop reads preserve the source and selection; Alt reverse remains editable-only; hidden art stays excluded (eyedropper_sources.rs, #1251)
Add a visible stroke after drawing with inherited None/zero-width paint done Paint and Swap Fill/Stroke restore the existing 1 pt default; positive widths and painted zero widths stay as set; Undo/Redo and targeted appearance items tested (stroke_visibility.rs, #1253)
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.
Shift-click selects several artboards (Artboard tool, Artboards panel); they move, Alt-copy and delete together done artboard.move/artboard.delete indices (#1139)
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
Every tool's modifiers checked against the shortcut reference missing this is the fidelity pass

Keyboard shortcuts

~110 distinct modified shortcuts on menu commands plus single-key tool shortcuts for the default toolbar (crates/tools/src/catalog.rs), a shortcut editor with chords, and saved sets. Not yet diffed item by item 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).

Panels, Control bar, Properties, context menus

Behaviour Status Notes
~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
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
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)
Blend panel (30.7) missing Blend Options dialog exists
SVG Interactivity, Retype, Comments, Version History panels missing the last two are cloud features (out of scope)
Workspaces (save, reset, switch) done
DXF export/import preserves intended curve closure done #1299; R13–2018 closed SPLINE bit set/read; an open curve ending at its start stays open; knots and control points unchanged; native CIRCLE/ARC export and CNC preset remain pending
macOS save sheet: choose the format from a menu done #866; apps/vectorcraft/src/mac_save_format.rs; current suffix selects the initial format, changing it updates the filename; native SVG save and cancel after changing to PDF checked
Preferences: every option acts partial ~16 stored but unused (#394)
Tabs panel: a stop drags from where the press landed, a stop just added included done #1458
Outline view keeps template layers in Preview, dimmed done #1486; a picture placed to be traced stays visible under the outlines

Look and feel

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.

Revision history

Date Change Summary
2026-10-13 minor Join merges the selected anchor points that lie on one another, as after Average, into one anchor (#1582, fixes #1533); correction: "Join with corner/smooth choice" was listed as done, but path.join and path.average are separate commands and Join has no such choice, so Average and Join in one step with that choice is its own row, missing; the Smooth tool smooths only the stretch of path under the drag and a round corner next to a curved side curves smoothly instead of sticking out of the shape (#1547, fixes #1512); Lock Guides also locks the objects made into guides: they can't be selected, moved or deleted (#1543); they are drawn in the guide colour and style of Preferences, and a dragged selection snaps to ruler guides with Smart Guides on (#1583, fixes #1534); Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts lists Edit › Duplicate and the other commands that are in no menu but run without parameters (panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcuts (#1549, #1580, fixes #1539); Make Compound Path on a group (such as outlined type) keeps the paint of its backmost path instead of drawing nothing, and compound paths joined into one keep their holes (#1537); scores unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-13 minor Sliders in Save for Web, the raster export options, Preferences and the opacity popup show their rail (#1506, fixes #1483); a template layer stays in Preview, dimmed, in Outline view (#1505, fixes #1486); Direct Selection takes the selected object's anchor where anchors of overlapping objects coincide (#1509, fixes #1508); a tab stop in the Tabs panel drags from where the press landed (#1487, fixes #1458); scores unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-13 minor Split Into Grid has its row and column sizes, gutters, totals, Add Guides and Preview (#1488, fixes #1462); Transform Objects in the Transform dialogs and Transform Each, and Reflect across an angle (#1494, fixes #1448 and #1460); the Pathfinder panel works on a group selected alone and its greyed-out buttons say what they need (#1493, for #1450); selected text in value fields is white or black on the highlight (#1490, part of #1465); a focused field follows its value when a slider or preview changes it (#1497, fixes #1457); an Alt-drag copies once per drag (#1464); scores unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-12 minor Transform dialogs (Move, Rotate, Scale, Reflect, Shear) preview on the canvas and step their angles and percentages with the arrow keys (#1428, fixes #1412); the transform tools, dialogs and Move act on anchors selected with Direct Selection (#1427, fixes #1408); the bounding box hides during a corner drag with the Selection tool (#1402, fixes #1229); a picture pastes when blank text sits beside it on the clipboard (#1404); scores unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-12 minor Dialogs opened from a menu take the keyboard focus every time they open (#1367); a first field that starts greyed out takes it once enabled (#1395); art flush with an artboard within a rounding error moves, copies and scales with it (#1375, from #1295); scores and hours unchanged
2026-10-12 minor Rectangular Grid and Polar Grid tool options (skew, frame, compound path, Fill Grid; #1377, in part): a skew slider under each divider count, kept as tool options and used by drags; the skew curve is our own; score unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-12 minor Live Corners: a Direct Selection click on a widget selects its corner, Shift-click toggles it (#1239); #908 and #1232 stay open; score unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-12 minor Custom ruler origin (#1212): corner drag previews and sets it; double-click resets to the active artboard; X/Y fields use it and native files keep it; scores unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-12 minor Artboard tool clicks fit the topmost editable object in one undo step (#1227); scores unchanged
2026-10-12 minor Pathfinder single-result booleans preserve source names and SVG IDs (#1293); paint-order, grouped/compound sources, unchanged geometry/appearance and Undo/Redo regression tests; scores and estimates unchanged
2026-10-12 minor DXF reads control-point SPLINE closure (#1299 follow-up after #1320); open curves stay open and curves retained; rational/non-rational import and export versions regression-tested; scores/hours unchanged
2026-10-12 minor Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged
2026-10-12 minor Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged
2026-10-12 minor Simplify previews and shows original/new point counts; refits/subdivisions select changed paths whole (#1272); auto/slider/corner-angle UI and Show Original remain partial
2026-10-12 minor Texture-effect drag redraws optimized (#1257); idle Windows interaction still unverified; scores unchanged
2026-10-12 minor Curvature: circular point markers, no direction handles or duplicate points; existing-path interpolation and #975 remain separate (#1236, in part); scores unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-12 minor Direct Selection: repeating anchor Align and rounding-only Align leave Undo, Redo and saved state intact (#1180 follow-up); scores unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-12 minor Eyedropper: original pipette at the sampling tip; precise setting and DPI checked (#1269); OS visual QA and Caps Lock unverified; scores unchanged
2026-10-12 minor Eyedropper can read visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); scores unchanged
2026-10-12 minor Direct Selection: segment click/display and Delete preserve neighboring edges (#1278); pointer/egui/native checks, OS visual QA pending; score unchanged
2026-10-12 minor Adding paint to an unpainted zero-width stroke restores the 1 pt default (#1253); scores unchanged
2026-10-12 minor macOS native save sheets gain a localised Format menu (#866); filename regression tests and an actual SVG save, PDF selection and cancellation verified; scores unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-12 minor Attributes: directly selected compound members read and change the compound fill rule; path direction stays member-local (#1197); score unchanged
2026-10-12 minor Pathfinder Divide: open cutting lines split filled paths with one Undo (#1307); scores and hours unchanged
2026-10-12 minor Numeric entry: click-to-focus selection waits for release so text drags keep their start (#1326, in part); keyboard focus, double-click, arrows and wheel preserved; scores and hours unchanged; short movements below the click threshold remain open
2026-10-12 minor Double Click To Isolate: the Selection tool also isolates a single path, compound path, image, mesh or placed file; only it is hit, marqueed and selected inside; scores and hours unchanged
2026-10-11 minor A marquee inside a filled shape no longer selects it: only touching its path does (#1103); score unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-11 minor Live Corners: corners between curved sides round too, the curve trimmed to what the cut leaves (#1144); score unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-11 minor Artboards: Shift-click selects several, which move, copy and delete together (#1139); score unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-11 minor Edit Toolbar opens the All Tools drawer beside the toolbar instead of a centred dialog, dims the tools the toolbar holds, and edits the toolbar by drag and drop while it is open (#1018); score unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-11 minor Direct Selection: dragging a path selected whole by an anchor moves it whole; Alt-drag copies by an anchor too, toggles during the drag and snaps onto the original (#1104); score unchanged (estimated)
2026-10-10 major First checklist, built from the tool sources and tests against Illustrator 2026's public documentation