Bump version to 0.6.0 (from 0.5.0) for release

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
README Downloads: where to get it first, then builds with Windows before macOS (#512 )
2026-10-15 19:56:55 -04:00 · 2026-10-08 10:01:57 -04:00 · 2026-10-08 10:01:10 -04:00 · 2026-10-08 10:00:34 -04:00 · 2026-10-08 20:37:13 +07:00 · 2026-10-08 20:36:43 +07:00
38 changed files with 1022 additions and 108 deletions
@@ -54,4 +54,13 @@ jobs:
          desktop-file-validate packaging/linux/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.desktop
          sed -e 's/@VERSION@/0.0.0/' -e 's/@DATE@/2026-01-01/' packaging/linux/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.metainfo.xml.in >"$RUNNER_TEMP/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.metainfo.xml"
          appstreamcli validate --no-net --explain "$RUNNER_TEMP/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.metainfo.xml"
-          python3 -c "import yaml; m = yaml.safe_load(open('packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.yml')); assert m['id'] == 'ai.storyteller.vectorcraft' and m['command'] == 'vectorcraft'"
+          python3 - <<'EOF'
+          import yaml
+          src = yaml.safe_load(open("packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.yml"))
+          bundle = yaml.safe_load(open("packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml"))
+          for m in (src, bundle):
+              assert m["id"] == "ai.storyteller.vectorcraft" and m["command"] == "vectorcraft", m["id"]
+          for key in ("runtime", "runtime-version", "sdk", "finish-args"):
+              assert src[key] == bundle[key], f"Flatpak manifests disagree on {key}: {src[key]} vs {bundle[key]}"
+          print("Flatpak manifests ok")
+          EOF
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Release pipeline: every push to `release` builds signed installers for every platform and
 # creates or updates the draft GitHub Release "VectorCraft v<version>". See docs/releasing.md.
 #
-# All jobs run in the `release` environment (restricted to the `release` branch), which holds
-# the signing secrets. Every secret is optional: missing ones produce unsigned artifacts and a
-# warning, never a failed build.
+# Jobs that sign (macOS, Windows) and the job that creates the release run in the `release`
+# environment (restricted to the `release` branch), which holds the signing secrets. Every secret
+# is optional: missing ones produce unsigned artifacts and a warning, never a failed build. The
+# other jobs sign nothing and get no environment, so a `workflow_dispatch` on any branch is a dry
+# run: they build and upload artifacts, the signed jobs are refused, and no release is drafted.
 name: Release

 on:
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
  version:
    name: version
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: release
+    # No `environment: release`: no secrets here.
    outputs:
      version: ${{ steps.v.outputs.version }}
      date: ${{ steps.v.outputs.date }}
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
    # The oldest GitHub-hosted image, so the binaries only need glibc >= 2.35 (Ubuntu 22.04+,
    # Debian 12+, Fedora 36+, RHEL 10). See docs/releasing.md.
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
-    environment: release
+    # No `environment: release`: Linux packages are not signed (checksums in SHA256SUMS.txt).
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
            libxkbcommon-dev libwayland-dev libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxi-dev libgl1-mesa-dev \
-            desktop-file-utils appstream python3-yaml
+            desktop-file-utils appstream python3-yaml zsync
          curl -fsSL -o "$RUNNER_TEMP/nfpm.deb" \
            "https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/releases/download/v${NFPM_VERSION}/nfpm_${NFPM_VERSION}_${{ matrix.deb }}.deb"
          sudo dpkg -i "$RUNNER_TEMP/nfpm.deb"
@@ -225,6 +227,12 @@ jobs:
          for appimage in dist/release/*.AppImage; do
            chmod +x "$appimage"
            APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 "$appimage" --version
+            # Update information is embedded, and the .zsync for delta updates sits beside it.
+            # No APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN here: with it the runtime passes --appimage-* flags on
+            # to the app instead of answering them itself.
+            "$appimage" --appimage-updateinformation \
+              | grep -F "gh-releases-zsync|${GITHUB_REPOSITORY%%/*}|${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}|latest|vectorcraft-*-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}.AppImage.zsync"
+            test -s "$appimage.zsync"
          done
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
@@ -232,13 +240,52 @@ jobs:
          path: dist/release/*
          if-no-files-found: error

+  flatpak:
+    name: Flatpak ${{ matrix.arch }}
+    needs: [version, linux]
+    # Repackages the Linux job's tarball (the same binaries as the AppImage/deb/rpm); no Rust
+    # build here. 24.04 for a newer flatpak-builder (1.4) than 22.04 ships.
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    # No `environment: release`: this job signs nothing, so it gets no release secrets.
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - { arch: x86_64, runner: ubuntu-24.04 }
+          - { arch: aarch64, runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm }
+    env:
+      VECTORCRAFT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
+      VECTORCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: dist/linux
+      - name: Install flatpak-builder
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          # librsvg2-common: the SVG pixbuf loader. flatpak-builder runs the host's
+          # `appstreamcli compose`, which renders the scalable icon and fails without it.
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends flatpak flatpak-builder librsvg2-common
+          # Ubuntu 24.04's AppArmor blocks the unprivileged user namespaces bubblewrap needs.
+          sudo sysctl -w kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0
+      - name: Build the Flatpak bundle
+        run: packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh "dist/linux/vectorcraft-$VECTORCRAFT_VERSION-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz"
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-flatpak-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: dist/release/*.flatpak
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
  freebsd:
    name: FreeBSD x86_64
    needs: version
-    # GitHub has no FreeBSD runners: build in a FreeBSD 14.3 VM (same image as freebsd.yml).
+    # GitHub has no FreeBSD runners: build in a FreeBSD 14.3 VM (same image and packages as
+    # freebsd.yml).
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 150
-    environment: release
+    # No `environment: release`: this job signs nothing, so it gets no release secrets.
    env:
      VECTORCRAFT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
      VECTORCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
@@ -262,6 +309,7 @@ jobs:
        with:
          release: "14.3"
          usesh: true
+          cpu: 4
          mem: 12288
          # Passed through by name; never templated into the script.
          envs: "VECTORCRAFT_VERSION VECTORCRAFT_BUILD_DATE VECTORCRAFT_BUILD_SHA"
@@ -276,6 +324,8 @@ jobs:
            export CRAFT_FONTS_DIR="$PWD/craft-fonts" CRAFT_FONTS_REQUIRED=1
            export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/var/tmp/vectorcraft-target CARGO_BUILD_JOBS=4
            bash packaging/freebsd/package.sh
+            tar -tzf dist/release/vectorcraft-*-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz \
+              | grep -E '/bin/vectorcraft$|/bin/vectorcraft-cli$|/share/applications/ai\.storyteller\.vectorcraft\.desktop$'
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: release-freebsd
@@ -286,7 +336,7 @@ jobs:
    name: Web (wasm)
    needs: version
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: release
+    # No `environment: release`: no secrets here.
    env:
      VECTORCRAFT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
      VECTORCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
@@ -327,7 +377,9 @@ jobs:

  release:
    name: Draft GitHub Release
-    needs: [version, macos, windows, linux, freebsd, web]
+    # Needs the signed jobs, so a branch dry run (where the environment refuses them) never
+    # drafts a release.
+    needs: [version, macos, windows, linux, flatpak, freebsd, web]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: release
    permissions:
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Generated-in-code art is original and has no file to list. This covers the defau
 | `assets/app-icon/vectorcraft.icns` | Project owner (ArtCraft team) | Original artwork drawn in ArtCraft for VectorCraft, vectorised and rendered by `packaging/icons.sh` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 (`assets/app-icon/LICENSE.txt`) | App icon (engraved dragon) |
 | `assets/app-icon/vectorcraft.ico` | Project owner (ArtCraft team) | Original artwork drawn in ArtCraft for VectorCraft, vectorised and rendered by `packaging/icons.sh` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 (`assets/app-icon/LICENSE.txt`) | App icon (engraved dragon) |
 | `assets/app-icon/vectorcraft.svg` | Project owner (ArtCraft team) | Original artwork drawn in ArtCraft for VectorCraft, vectorised and rendered by `packaging/icons.sh` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 (`assets/app-icon/LICENSE.txt`) | App icon (engraved dragon) |
+| `packaging/macos/dmg/background.svg` | Xus Badia (contributed in #493) | Original artwork for VectorCraft's DMG window; links the app icon `assets/app-icon/vectorcraft-small.svg` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 (licensed by the contributor under the project licence) | DMG background source. Text in Inter and JetBrains Mono (OFL-1.1, `assets/fonts`), not embedded; paper grain generated by an SVG `feTurbulence` filter |
+| `packaging/macos/dmg/background.tiff` | Xus Badia (contributed in #493) | Rendered from `packaging/macos/dmg/background.svg` by `packaging/macos/dmg/generate.py` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | 1x + 2x DMG background; includes the app icon (see its rows), text rendered from OFL-1.1 fonts and LittleCMS's built-in sRGB profile ("No copyright, use freely") |
+| `packaging/macos/dmg/DS_Store` | Xus Badia (layout, #493) | Written by `packaging/macos/dmg/generate.py` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Finder view settings for the DMG (window, icon size and positions, background alias); no machine data |
 | `assets/fonts/Inter-Medium.ttf` | Rasmus Andersson / The Inter Project Authors | https://github.com/rsms/inter | OFL-1.1 (`assets/fonts/OFL-Inter.txt`) | Open-source typeface, not product iconography or artwork |
 | `assets/fonts/Inter-Regular.ttf` | Rasmus Andersson / The Inter Project Authors | https://github.com/rsms/inter | OFL-1.1 (`assets/fonts/OFL-Inter.txt`) | Open-source typeface, not product iconography or artwork |
 | `assets/fonts/Inter-SemiBold.ttf` | Rasmus Andersson / The Inter Project Authors | https://github.com/rsms/inter | OFL-1.1 (`assets/fonts/OFL-Inter.txt`) | Open-source typeface, not product iconography or artwork |
@@ -4297,7 +4297,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "arboard",
 "block2 0.6.2",
@@ -4321,7 +4321,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-brush"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
 "serde",
@@ -4333,7 +4333,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-cad"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4349,7 +4349,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-cli"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "serde_json",
 "vectorcraft-color",
@@ -4365,7 +4365,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-color"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
 "moxcms",
@@ -4377,7 +4377,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-doc"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "jpeg-encoder",
@@ -4394,7 +4394,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-effects"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
 "serde_json",
@@ -4408,7 +4408,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-engine"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "flate2",
 "image",
@@ -4440,7 +4440,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-eps"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "flate2",
 "image",
@@ -4458,7 +4458,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-format"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "flate2",
 "proptest",
@@ -4472,7 +4472,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-geom"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
 "proptest",
@@ -4484,7 +4484,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-mcp"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "log",
@@ -4503,7 +4503,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-metafile"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4517,7 +4517,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-pathops"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
 "linesweeper",
@@ -4529,7 +4529,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-pdf"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "aes",
 "flate2",
@@ -4558,7 +4558,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-plugins"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
@@ -4572,7 +4572,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-render"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "flate2",
 "gif",
@@ -4597,7 +4597,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-svg"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "flate2",
 "image",
@@ -4621,7 +4621,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-testkit"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4638,7 +4638,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-text"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "harfrust 0.13.3",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4656,7 +4656,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-tools"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4671,7 +4671,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-trace"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4684,7 +4684,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-ui-egui"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "egui",
 "egui_extras",
@@ -4713,7 +4713,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-web"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "eframe",
 "egui",
@@ -5816,7 +5816,7 @@ checksum = "9440ea3e5aeabb0ac63af70daf835274065238cdd0cec83418f417eae38bacee"

 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "serde_json",
 ]
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ members = ["crates/*", "apps/*", "xtask"]
 default-members = ["crates/*", "apps/vectorcraft", "apps/vectorcraft-cli", "xtask"]

 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.95"
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
  <a href="#why-vectorcraft">Why VectorCraft</a> ·
  <a href="#quick-start">Quick start</a> ·
  <a href="#status">Status</a> ·
+  <a href="#downloads">Downloads</a> ·
  <a href="#the-crafting-apps">The Crafting Apps</a> ·
  <a href="#license-and-credits">License</a>
 </p>
@@ -216,6 +217,51 @@ Agent and contributor rules (clean-room, the asset policy, no panics in shipped
 explains how VectorCraft avoids crashing, and [`docs/releasing.md`](docs/releasing.md) how releases are built,
 signed and published. Every bundled asset is listed with its licence in [`ASSETS.md`](ASSETS.md).

+## Downloads
+
+**New to VectorCraft?** Download it from the [VectorCraft page on getartcraft.com](https://getartcraft.com/apps/vectorcraft). That's the easiest way to install it.
+
+**Want a specific build or format?** On GitHub, the [latest release](https://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft/releases/latest) has every build listed below, and [all releases](https://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft/releases) has earlier versions and their notes. `<ver>` in the file names is the version number, and `SHA256SUMS.txt` lists a checksum for every file.
+
+### Windows
+
+| Build | Installer | Portable |
+|---|---|---|
+| x64 (64-bit Intel/AMD) | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-x64.msi` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-x64-portable.zip` |
+| arm64 (Snapdragon and other ARM PCs) | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-arm64.msi` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-arm64-portable.zip` |
+| x86 (32-bit) | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-x86.msi` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-x86-portable.zip` |
+
+Installers and executables are code-signed.
+
+### macOS
+
+| Build | File | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| App, universal (Apple silicon + Intel) | `vectorcraft-<ver>-macos-universal.dmg` | Signed and notarized |
+| Command-line tool, universal | `vectorcraft-cli-<ver>-macos-universal.zip` | Signed and notarized |
+
+### Linux
+
+| Format | x86_64 | aarch64 (ARM64) | Notes |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| AppImage | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.AppImage` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.AppImage` | Runs anywhere; updates itself with [AppImageUpdate](https://github.com/AppImageCommunity/AppImageUpdate) (`.zsync` files) |
+| Flatpak | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.flatpak` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.flatpak` | Sandboxed; `flatpak install --user <file>` |
+| Debian/Ubuntu | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.deb` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.deb` | |
+| Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.rpm` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.rpm` | |
+| Tarball | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.tar.gz` | Unpack anywhere |
+
+### FreeBSD
+
+| Build | File |
+|---|---|
+| x86_64 | `vectorcraft-<ver>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz` |
+
+### Web (WebAssembly)
+
+| Build | File | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| Static site | `vectorcraft-web-<ver>.zip` | Runs in a modern browser; host it on any static server |
+
 ## The Crafting Apps

 VectorCraft is one of the **Crafting Apps**: free, open-source creative tools from the
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ VectorCraft is a clean-room, open-source, pure-Rust reimplementation of the Adob

 This file tracks **how far we are and what's left**. Time estimates are wall-clock hours of continuous Claude Opus 5.5 agent work (including builds and the CI gate), given both for **one agent** and for **4–6 parallel agents** on disjoint crates. They are counted from the remaining work (see [Parity estimate](#parity-estimate)), calibrated against measured throughput, and updated as work lands.

-_Last updated: 2026-10-08 (after M4.14–M4.98, M8.1–M8.20, M14.4–M14.7, the MCP prompts, resource templates, completions and logging, the 2026-10-07 issue fixes, the Layers panel rework and the 2026-10-08 community contributions: Pen and shape-tool modifiers, path editing, Layers, Artboards, Swatches/Brushes and dialogs, Japanese composition and PDF text, Hebrew/Arabic type, interface languages (Spanish among them), the font menu, saved selections, MCP and EPS, the missing-font export warning (#319), open paths in the Shape Builder (#374), PDF/`.ai` import keeping strokes live and hidden and nested layers (#372), per-corner Live Corners (#381), SVG type opening at the size it draws at (#396), the Wayland clipboard with copied-file paste (#398), ruler guides that can be selected, moved and deleted (#414), two batches of Preferences options that were stored but unused (#394), skeleton reads with `document.find` for large documents over MCP (#416) and anchors dragged with Direct Selection snapping to points, segments and smart guides, clipped SVG layers opening as clipping layers (#420), PDF/`.ai` layers read on pages of tens of millions of operators (#419), Document Color Mode putting RGB greys on the black plate on request and converting pattern tiles (#421) and movable dialogs with Offset Path's Joins dropdown (#423) and numeric fields scrubbed by dragging their label (#400), stroke weight presets in the stroke unit (#426), the Appearance panel's Opacity popup (#430), type on a path brackets, flip and Type on a Path Options that keep the type in place (#429), Layers rows dragged with a ghost and dropped on the trash or New Layer (#435), tool flyouts opening on a right or corner press (#436), tool flyouts torn off into floating toolbars (#437), the Shape Builder's erase mode deleting edges too (#439), installed fonts registered outside the font folders and fonts installed while the app runs listed in the font menus (#443), alike circular corners on rectangles that aren't square (#442), tool cursors as OS cursors so the pointer no longer trails over the canvas (#444), artboards copied and pasted with their art (#446), guides dragged out of the rulers snapping to the art's side midpoints and the artboards, artboard guides (#451), the toolbar's double arrow and Window › Toolbars › Double Column switching between one and two columns in any window height (#455), the Smart Guides display options and Snapping Tolerance (#394), Font Size and Leading combo boxes with preset lists in the Character and Properties panels and the Control bar (#458), screenshots pasted from the clipboard on macOS, Windows and the web (#457), the Properties panel's Fill and Stroke matching the Control bar's, Illustrator's Window menu panel keys (Shift+F7 for Align…) and Alt-wheel zoom whatever the wheel preference (Discord feedback), the point/area type widget (Discord feedback), groups in legacy Illustrator .ai files (Discord feedback), a rotating desktop log file (#465), image controls in the Control bar and Properties panel: Image Trace with its presets, Mask, Crop Image, Embed/Unembed, and an Image Trace object's preset, Expand and Release (Discord feedback), the Pen working as the Anchor Point tool with Alt held over a selected path's handles and anchors, and anchor buttons that convert, connect and cut paths at the selected anchors (Discord feedback), Japanese hanging punctuation (burasagari, #463), Escape leaving Presentation Mode with no screen mode saved across restarts, documents dropped on the desktop app opening as tabs of their own and a note that an `.ai` file's art off its artboards isn't in the part read (#472), Add/Delete Anchor Point tool icons drawn from the Pen tool's (#479), EPS files from Illustrator 2026, Inkscape/cairo, matplotlib, CorelDRAW, Affinity, LibreOffice and Ghostscript opening as vectors, and a preview that stands in saying why (Discord feedback, #466, #469, #474), chords with modifiers recorded in Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts (#487), Type Object Selection by Path Only (#394), Anti-aliased Artwork (#394), Show Pixel Grid (#394), pen and touch taps pressed and lifted within one frame clicking where they tapped and the Linux/Wayland pen-tablet workaround (#491), bounding-box resizes landing on the other objects' anchors and centres with labels, and the Rotate, Scale, Shear and Reflect tools snapping their drags (#482), Shift-drag marquees that toggle the objects or anchors they reach and a Lasso whose Alt subtraction keeps the rest of the selection (#483), the mouse wheel stepping the focused numeric field, the dialogs' and preferences' drag values made such fields (#485); see [Honest assessment](#honest-assessment-2026-10-05))._
+_Last updated: 2026-10-08 (after M4.14–M4.98, M8.1–M8.20, M14.4–M14.7, the MCP prompts, resource templates, completions and logging, the 2026-10-07 issue fixes, the Layers panel rework and the 2026-10-08 community contributions: Pen and shape-tool modifiers, path editing, Layers, Artboards, Swatches/Brushes and dialogs, Japanese composition and PDF text, Hebrew/Arabic type, interface languages (Spanish among them), the font menu, saved selections, MCP and EPS, the missing-font export warning (#319), open paths in the Shape Builder (#374), PDF/`.ai` import keeping strokes live and hidden and nested layers (#372), per-corner Live Corners (#381), SVG type opening at the size it draws at (#396), the Wayland clipboard with copied-file paste (#398), ruler guides that can be selected, moved and deleted (#414), two batches of Preferences options that were stored but unused (#394), skeleton reads with `document.find` for large documents over MCP (#416) and anchors dragged with Direct Selection snapping to points, segments and smart guides, clipped SVG layers opening as clipping layers (#420), PDF/`.ai` layers read on pages of tens of millions of operators (#419), Document Color Mode putting RGB greys on the black plate on request and converting pattern tiles (#421) and movable dialogs with Offset Path's Joins dropdown (#423) and numeric fields scrubbed by dragging their label (#400), stroke weight presets in the stroke unit (#426), the Appearance panel's Opacity popup (#430), type on a path brackets, flip and Type on a Path Options that keep the type in place (#429), Layers rows dragged with a ghost and dropped on the trash or New Layer (#435), tool flyouts opening on a right or corner press (#436), tool flyouts torn off into floating toolbars (#437), the Shape Builder's erase mode deleting edges too (#439), installed fonts registered outside the font folders and fonts installed while the app runs listed in the font menus (#443), alike circular corners on rectangles that aren't square (#442), tool cursors as OS cursors so the pointer no longer trails over the canvas (#444), artboards copied and pasted with their art (#446), guides dragged out of the rulers snapping to the art's side midpoints and the artboards, artboard guides (#451), the toolbar's double arrow and Window › Toolbars › Double Column switching between one and two columns in any window height (#455), the Smart Guides display options and Snapping Tolerance (#394), Font Size and Leading combo boxes with preset lists in the Character and Properties panels and the Control bar (#458), screenshots pasted from the clipboard on macOS, Windows and the web (#457), the Properties panel's Fill and Stroke matching the Control bar's, Illustrator's Window menu panel keys (Shift+F7 for Align…) and Alt-wheel zoom whatever the wheel preference (Discord feedback), the point/area type widget (Discord feedback), groups in legacy Illustrator .ai files (Discord feedback), a rotating desktop log file (#465), image controls in the Control bar and Properties panel: Image Trace with its presets, Mask, Crop Image, Embed/Unembed, and an Image Trace object's preset, Expand and Release (Discord feedback), the Pen working as the Anchor Point tool with Alt held over a selected path's handles and anchors, and anchor buttons that convert, connect and cut paths at the selected anchors (Discord feedback), Japanese hanging punctuation (burasagari, #463), Escape leaving Presentation Mode with no screen mode saved across restarts, documents dropped on the desktop app opening as tabs of their own and a note that an `.ai` file's art off its artboards isn't in the part read (#472), Add/Delete Anchor Point tool icons drawn from the Pen tool's (#479), EPS files from Illustrator 2026, Inkscape/cairo, matplotlib, CorelDRAW, Affinity, LibreOffice and Ghostscript opening as vectors, and a preview that stands in saying why (Discord feedback, #466, #469, #474), chords with modifiers recorded in Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts (#487), Type Object Selection by Path Only (#394), Anti-aliased Artwork (#394), Show Pixel Grid (#394), pen and touch taps pressed and lifted within one frame clicking where they tapped and the Linux/Wayland pen-tablet workaround (#491), bounding-box resizes landing on the other objects' anchors and centres with labels, and the Rotate, Scale, Shear and Reflect tools snapping their drags (#482), Shift-drag marquees that toggle the objects or anchors they reach and a Lasso whose Alt subtraction keeps the rest of the selection (#483), the mouse wheel stepping the focused numeric field, the dialogs' and preferences' drag values made such fields (#485), Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open (#394), Numbers Without Units Are Points (#394), Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels (#394), the Contextual Task Bar moved by its handle and its More Options menu pinning and resetting its position, a designed macOS DMG window (#493); see [Honest assessment](#honest-assessment-2026-10-05)Line truncated

 ## Where we are

@@ -97,15 +97,16 @@ grade by behaviour against `plan/illustrator/`, not by whether a menu item exist
 - **UI:** Illustrator 2026 layout restyled to measured values:
  - Medium Dark theme, categorized and Advanced toolbars (a tool group's flyout opens on a right press, a long press or a press on its corner triangle), 35 pt document tabs, 33 pt panel tabs.
  - Hint bar, contextual task bar, 19 dock panels with ≡ menus.
+  - The contextual task bar's handle drags it anywhere on the canvas (kept whole on it as the window resizes); unpinned it keeps that offset as it follows the selection, and its More Options menu hides it, pins its position across selection changes (`window.taskBar.pin`), resets it under the selection (`window.taskBar.reset`) and shows the Properties panel. As in Illustrator the position isn't kept across launches. Not done: the bar's tool-specific variants (only the selection tools show it).
  - Tool flyouts tear off: dragging or clicking the tear-off bar on a flyout's right side (or releasing the long press over it) floats its group as a strip of tool buttons, moved by the same bar and put back in the toolbar by the × at its top (`window.floatTools`). While a group floats, the presses that would open its flyout raise the strip instead. Floating strips are kept with the preferences and in user workspaces. Not done: turning a strip vertical, docking it.
  - The dock's double arrow collapses Properties, Layers and Libraries to icons at the top of the icon column, popping out like the other icon panels, and expands them again (`window.collapseDock`, kept with the preferences and in saved workspaces). The icon column's own arrow (expanding the icon panels into a full column) is not done.
  - Localised UI: menus (in-window and native), panels, dialogs, toolbar and Preferences read from per-language catalogs (`crates/ui-egui/src/i18n`, see `docs/development.md`); Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Simplified Chinese (mainland), Japanese and Spanish ship complete, and Czech and Brazilian Portuguese cover every menu label (and more), with system-locale detection on macOS, Windows, Linux and the web (the browser's languages, or `?lang=`), a VectorCraft ▸ Language menu and a Language preference. Names are never translated (fonts and their styles, layers, artboards, saved presets, user libraries, custom workspaces, recent files, plug-ins).
  - Native macOS menu bar, vector tool cursors, a ⌘K command palette, middle-button panning with any tool.
-  - macOS: Finder opens every format File › Open reads with VectorCraft (double-click, Open With, a drop on the Dock icon, `open -a`), at launch or while it runs; the release and `cargo xtask bundle` apps share one `Info.plist` that declares those document types, owning only VectorCraft's own formats.
+  - macOS: Finder opens every format File › Open reads with VectorCraft (double-click, Open With, a drop on the Dock icon, `open -a`), at launch or while it runs; the release and `cargo xtask bundle` apps share one `Info.plist` that declares those document types, owning only VectorCraft's own formats. The DMG opens on a designed Finder window, VectorCraft.app beside the `Applications` link over a background with the app icon (#493).
  - A canvas context menu: right-click selects the object under the pointer and lists what applies to the selection (Undo/Redo, clipboard, group, isolation, join, Remove Anchor Points when anchors are selected, masks, compound paths, guides, Transform, Arrange, Select, Export Selection), or the view commands on empty canvas.
  - Save / Don't Save / Cancel before closing or quitting with unsaved documents (tabs, Close, Close All, Quit, window close).
  - Four brightness themes, persistent preferences.
-  - Preferences that act (#394, in part): Show Tool Tips, Double Click To Isolate, Zoom with Mouse Wheel (the wheel zooms about the pointer, Shift-wheel scrolls up and down, Cmd/Ctrl-wheel sideways; Alt/Option-wheel and a trackpad pinch zoom about the pointer either way), Use Precise Cursors; Selection & Anchor Display › Tolerance (objects, anchors and handles), Object Selection by Path Only, Command Click to Select Objects Behind (cycling down the stack), Zoom to Selection, anchor Size, Highlight anchors on mouse over; Type › Number of Recent Fonts (up to 15); Guides & Grid › guide and grid Color and Style (lines or dots) and Grids In Back. Then Snap to Point (its distance, for moves, drawn points and reference points), Move Locked and Hidden Artwork with Artboard, Enable Rubber Band for the Pen and Curvature tools, Handles style, Show handles when multiple anchors are selected, Hide Corner Widget for angles greater than; General › Transform Pattern Tiles (the transforms' and dialogs' Transform Patterns) and Select Same Tint %; Type › Size/Leading, Tracking and Baseline Shift increments (`type.step`, Cmd+Shift+. and Cmd+Shift+, for the size, the Type tool's Alt+arrows), Enable Missing Glyph Protection and Fill New Type Objects With Placeholder Text. Then Smart Guides › Color, Alignment Guides, Anchor/Path Labels, Measurement Labels, Transform Tools, Object Highlighting (with Smart Guides on) and Snapping Tolerance (4 px by default, for every smart guide snap). Then Type › Type Object Selection by Path Only (type is picked on the baseline of any of its lines, area type's frame or the path of type on a path, no longer anywhere in its bounds; the Type tools and the Eyedropper still take a click among the characters). Then General › Anti-aliased Artwork (off, the canvas draws the art with hard edges). Then Guides & Grid › Show Pixel Grid (Above 600% Zoom), a line at every document pixel over the art in Pixel Preview, turning with a rotated view as the document grid now does too. They reach agents too (`prefs.set`, then `pointer_gesture` or `press_key`; `ui.wheel` on the control channel). About 35 stored options still do nothing yet (the rest of #394: Auto Size New Area Type, Show Font Names in English, Highlight Alternate Glyphs, Construction and Spacing Guides, performance, devices…).
+  - Preferences that act (#394, in part): Show Tool Tips, Double Click To Isolate, Zoom with Mouse Wheel (the wheel zooms about the pointer, Shift-wheel scrolls up and down, Cmd/Ctrl-wheel sideways; Alt/Option-wheel and a trackpad pinch zoom about the pointer either way), Use Precise Cursors; Selection & Anchor Display › Tolerance (objects, anchors and handles), Object Selection by Path Only, Command Click to Select Objects Behind (cycling down the stack), Zoom to Selection, anchor Size, Highlight anchors on mouse over; Type › Number of Recent Fonts (up to 15); Guides & Grid › guide and grid Color and Style (lines or dots) and Grids In Back. Then Snap to Point (its distance, for moves, drawn points and reference points), Move Locked and Hidden Artwork with Artboard, Enable Rubber Band for the Pen and Curvature tools, Handles style, Show handles when multiple anchors are selected, Hide Corner Widget for angles greater than; General › Transform Pattern Tiles (the transforms' and dialogs' Transform Patterns) and Select Same Tint %; Type › Size/Leading, Tracking and Baseline Shift increments (`type.step`, Cmd+Shift+. and Cmd+Shift+, for the size, the Type tool's Alt+arrows), Enable Missing Glyph Protection and Fill New Type Objects With Placeholder Text. Then Smart Guides › Color, Alignment Guides, Anchor/Path Labels, Measurement Labels, Transform Tools, Object Highlighting (with Smart Guides on) and Snapping Tolerance (4 px by default, for every smart guide snap). Then Type › Type Object Selection by Path Only (type is picked on the baseline of any of its lines, area type's frame or the path of type on a path, no longer anywhere in its bounds; the Type tools and the Eyedropper still take a click among the characters). Then General › Anti-aliased Artwork (off, the canvas draws the art with hard edges). Then Guides & Grid › Show Pixel Grid (Above 600% Zoom), a line at every document pixel over the art in Pixel Preview, turning with a rotated view as the document grid now does too. Then General › Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open (off, closing the last document leaves an empty window; the Home button still opens the screen). Then Units › Numbers Without Units Are Points (on by default: a number typed with no unit into a field in picas is read in points, a typed unit still wins; dimmed unless a unit is Picas). Then User Interface › Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels (off by default: on, a click away from a panel popped out of the icon column puts it away). They reach agents too (`prefs.set`, then `pointer_gesture` or `press_key`; `ui.wheel` on the control channel). About 32 stored options still do nothing yet (the rest of #394: Auto Size New Area Type, Show Font Names in English, Highlight Alternate Glyphs, Construction and Spacing Guides, performance, devices…).
  - Dialogs move by dragging their heading (the band down from the top edge, as a title bar), stay on screen and keep where they were moved for the session; the form dialogs' choices are dropdowns (Offset Path's Joins, Average's and Shear's and Reflect's axis), and Offset Path lists Offset, Joins, Miter Limit and previews (#423).
  - Dialogs open with their first field focused and its value selected: type a value and press Enter (Move, Rotate, Scale…). Number fields in panels, the Control bar and dialogs (preferences too) step with Up/Down, or with the mouse wheel over the focused field (#485: a notch a step; the panel under it then stays put, and an unfocused field leaves the wheel to scrolling) (Shift: ten, Ctrl/Cmd: a tenth of their unit), applied at once.
  - Scrubby labels (#400, beyond Illustrator, as in Photoshop): dragging a numeric field's label left or right (the ↔ cursor shows over it) steps the value one unit every 2 points (Shift: ten, Ctrl/Cmd: a tenth; counts stay whole), in the field's unit and within its limits, applied live as the art follows; the whole drag is one undo step and Escape puts the value back. A click on the label focuses the field; the text box itself never scrubs, and a field with no label doesn't. Text labels before a field (Transform, Properties, Control bar, Stroke, Transparency, form rows in dialogs) and the Character and Paragraph panels' icons act as labels. Preferences › General › Scrub Numeric Fields by Dragging (on by default) turns it off.
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ about 1–1.5 agent-hours each, so the other rows (estimated on the older scale)
 | Export for Screens, Asset Export, slices, Save for Web | 3 | 85% | polish only (all four are done) | 2–4 |
 | Print, colour management, separations, flattener | 3 | 80% | print preview fidelity (flattener presets in PDF and print, overprint in PDF and composite print, Print dialog, presets, PostScript, marks, separations, Print Tiling, print overprint/flattener/bitmap options and printer profile are done) | 1–2 |
 | Automation | 3 | 60% | Variables (data merge), scripting surface, batch | 8–12 |
-| UI chrome (panels, contextual Properties, workspaces, prefs) | 6 | 78% | Variables, SVG Interactivity, Properties per context, Consolidate All Windows, context menus beyond the canvas (Links, Asset Export, CSS Properties, Attributes and the canvas context menu are done), about 35 Preferences options stored but not yet acted on (#394: Construction and Spacing Guides, Auto Size New Area Type, Show Font Names in English, Highlight Alternate Glyphs, performance, devices…) | 14–22 |
+| UI chrome (panels, contextual Properties, workspaces, prefs) | 6 | 78% | Variables, SVG Interactivity, Properties per context, Consolidate All Windows, context menus beyond the canvas (Links, Asset Export, CSS Properties, Attributes and the canvas context menu are done), about 32 Preferences options stored but not yet acted on (#394: Construction and Spacing Guides, Auto Size New Area Type, Show Font Names in English, Highlight Alternate Glyphs, performance, devices…) | 14–22 |
 | Libraries, Links, Package | 2 | 50% | a local Libraries panel (no cloud by design); Links and Package are done | 5–8 |
 | **Feature parity** | **103** | **~75%** | | **~210–330** |
 | Interaction-fidelity pass (side by side with Illustrator: every tool modifier, cursor, dialog, Properties context) | | | | 60–90 |
@@ -397,6 +397,8 @@ pub struct Prefs {
    pub units_stroke: String,
    pub units_type: String,
    pub units_asian_type: String,
+    /// Numbers Without Units Are Points: a number typed with no unit into a length field in picas
+    /// is read in points (on by default; the reference app dims it unless a unit is Picas).
    pub numbers_without_units_are_points: bool,
    pub identify_objects_by: String,
    // Guides & Grid
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! The document canvas: rendering, rulers, navigation, pointer routing to tools and on-canvas
 //! selection visuals (bounding box, anchors, handles, smart-guide style labels).

-use egui::{Color32, CornerRadius, Pos2, Sense, Shape, Stroke, StrokeKind, Ui, pos2, vec2};
+use egui::{Color32, CornerRadius, Pos2, Sense, Shape, Stroke, StrokeKind, Ui, Vec2, pos2, vec2};
 use serde_json::json;
 use vectorcraft_doc::{Node, NodeKind, Unit};
 use vectorcraft_geom::{Affine, BezPath, PathEl, Point, Rect};
@@ -158,10 +158,15 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
    if app.ui.home.is_some_and(|k| k != crate::menus::home_key(app)) {
        app.ui.home = None;
    }
-    if app.session.active().is_none() || app.ui.home.is_some() {
+    if crate::menus::home_showing(app) {
        home(app, ui, full);
        return;
    }
+    if app.session.active().is_none() {
+        // No document and Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open off: an empty window.
+        ui.painter().rect_filled(full, 0.0, t.panel_darker);
+        return;
+    }
    let rect = if app.ui.view.rulers && app.ui.screen_mode < 3 { egui::Rect::from_min_max(full.min + vec2(RULER, RULER), full.max) } else { full };
    app.canvas_rect = Some(rect);
    let fitted = app.view().is_some_and(|v| v.fitted);
@@ -1572,7 +1577,7 @@ fn draw_overlays(p: &egui::Painter, xf: &Xf, overlays: &[Overlay], t: &Tokens, l
    }
 }

-/// The Home screen shown when no document is open.
+/// The Home screen (`app.home`; with no document open, unless its preference is off).
 fn home(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui, rect: egui::Rect) {
    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
    ui.painter().rect_filled(rect, 0.0, t.panel_darker);
@@ -1624,7 +1629,20 @@ fn upload(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, img: &vectorcraft_rende
    }
 }

+/// The Contextual Task Bar's area.
+fn task_bar_id() -> egui::Id {
+    egui::Id::new("task-bar")
+}
+
+/// Where the Contextual Task Bar was last drawn (none while it isn't shown).
+pub(crate) fn task_bar_rect(ctx: &egui::Context) -> Option<egui::Rect> {
+    let id = task_bar_id();
+    ctx.memory(|m| m.areas().is_visible(&egui::LayerId::new(egui::Order::Middle, id)).then(|| m.area_rect(id)).flatten())
+}
+
 /// The Contextual Task Bar: a floating pill under the selection with the most likely next actions.
+/// Its handle drags it anywhere on the canvas; unpinned it keeps that offset as it follows the
+/// selection, pinned it stays put ([`crate::state::TaskBarPlace`]).
 fn task_bar(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui, xf: &Xf) {
    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
    let Some(st) = app.session.active() else { return };
@@ -1657,12 +1675,36 @@ fn task_bar(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui, xf: &Xf) {
    }
    items.push((tl!("Duplicate"), "copy", "edit.duplicate"));
    let fill = first.as_ref().map(|f| f.appearance.fill_paint()).unwrap_or_default();
+    let doc = st.uid;
    let anchor = xf.to_screen(Point::new(b.center().x, b.y1));
    let est_w = 118.0 + items.iter().map(|(l, _, _)| l.len() as f32 * 7.2 + 44.0).sum::<f32>();
-    let x = (anchor.x - est_w / 2.0).clamp(xf.rect.left() + 8.0, (xf.rect.right() - est_w - 8.0).max(xf.rect.left() + 8.0));
-    let y = (anchor.y + 28.0).min(xf.rect.bottom() - 56.0);
-    let mut run: Option<String> = None;
-    egui::Area::new(egui::Id::new("task-bar")).order(egui::Order::Middle).fixed_pos(pos2(x, y)).show(ui.ctx(), |ui| {
+    // Its place under the selection, then where the handle moved it, kept on the canvas (with the
+    // bar's size last frame, the estimate before it first shows).
+    let under = pos2(anchor.x - est_w / 2.0, anchor.y + 28.0);
+    let id = task_bar_id();
+    let size = egui::AreaState::load(ui.ctx(), id).and_then(|s| s.size).unwrap_or(vec2(est_w, 44.0));
+    let bounds = xf.rect.shrink(8.0);
+    let keep_in = |p: Pos2| p.clamp(bounds.min, (bounds.max - size).max(bounds.min));
+    let place = &mut app.ui.task_bar_place;
+    // Just unpinned: follow the selection from the pinned spot.
+    if !place.pinned
+        && let Some(at) = place.pin_at.take()
+    {
+        place.offset = Some((doc, xf.rect.min + at - under));
+    }
+    let pos = keep_in(match place.pin_at {
+        Some(at) => xf.rect.min + at,
+        None => under + place.offset.filter(|(d, _)| *d == doc).map_or(Vec2::ZERO, |(_, o)| o),
+    });
+    place.shown_at = Some(pos - xf.rect.min);
+    // Pinned before it ever showed: hold it here.
+    if place.pinned && place.pin_at.is_none() {
+        place.pin_at = place.shown_at;
+    }
+    let pinned = place.pinned;
+    let mut moved = Vec2::ZERO;
+    let mut run: Option<(&str, serde_json::Value)> = None;
+    egui::Area::new(id).order(egui::Order::Middle).fixed_pos(pos).show(ui.ctx(), |ui| {
        egui::Frame::NONE
            .fill(t.panel)
            .stroke(Stroke::new(1.0, t.tool_active))
@@ -1672,8 +1714,15 @@ fn task_bar(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui, xf: &Xf) {
            .show(ui, |ui| {
                ui.horizontal(|ui| {
                    ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing.x = 6.0;
-                    let (g, _) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(4.0, 28.0), Sense::hover());
-                    ui.painter().rect_filled(g.shrink2(vec2(0.5, 4.0)), CornerRadius::same(2), t.button_border);
+                    let (g, grip) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(4.0, 28.0), Sense::drag());
+                    let active = grip.hovered() || grip.dragged();
+                    ui.painter().rect_filled(g.shrink2(vec2(0.5, 4.0)), CornerRadius::same(2), if active { t.text_dim } else { t.button_border });
+                    if grip.dragged() {
+                        ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(egui::CursorIcon::Grabbing);
+                        moved = grip.drag_delta();
+                    } else if grip.hovered() {
+                        ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(egui::CursorIcon::Grab);
+                    }
                    for (label, icon, cmd) in &items {
                        let galley = ui.painter().layout_no_wrap(label.to_string(), egui::FontId::proportional(13.0), t.text_strong);
                        let (r, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(galley.size().x + 38.0, 30.0), Sense::click());
@@ -1684,7 +1733,7 @@ fn task_bar(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui, xf: &Xf) {
                        crate::icons::paint(ui, icon, egui::Rect::from_min_size(r.min + vec2(8.0, 7.0), vec2(16.0, 16.0)), t.icon);
                        ui.painter().galley(pos2(r.left() + 30.0, r.center().y - galley.size().y / 2.0), galley, t.text_strong);
                        if resp.clicked() {
-                            run = Some(cmd.to_string());
+                            run = Some((*cmd, json!({})));
                        }
                    }
                    let (r, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(26.0, 30.0), Sense::click());
@@ -1700,16 +1749,41 @@ fn task_bar(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui, xf: &Xf) {
                        app.ui.open_panel = Some("swatches".into());
                    }
                    if widgets::icon_button(ui, "lock", tl!("Lock (⌘2)"), false, 30.0).clicked() {
-                        run = Some("object.lock".into());
-                    }
-                    if widgets::icon_button(ui, "ellipsis", tl!("Hide Contextual Task Bar"), false, 30.0).clicked() {
-                        run = Some("window.taskBar".into());
+                        run = Some(("object.lock", json!({})));
                    }
+                    let more = widgets::icon_button(ui, "ellipsis", tl!("More Options"), false, 30.0);
+                    egui::Popup::menu(&more).show(|ui| {
+                        ui.set_min_width(170.0);
+                        let bar = [
+                            (tl!("Hide Bar"), "window.taskBar", false),
+                            (tl!("Pin Bar Position"), "window.taskBar.pin", pinned),
+                            (tl!("Reset Bar Position"), "window.taskBar.reset", false),
+                        ];
+                        for (label, cmd, checked) in bar {
+                            if widgets::menu_item(ui, label, true, checked) {
+                                run = Some((cmd, json!({})));
+                            }
+                        }
+                        ui.separator();
+                        if widgets::menu_item(ui, tl!("Show Properties Panel"), true, false) {
+                            run = Some(("window.panel", json!({"panel": "properties"})));
+                        }
+                    });
                });
            });
    });
-    if let Some(c) = run {
-        crate::menus::invoke(app, &c, json!({}));
+    if moved != Vec2::ZERO {
+        let to = keep_in(pos + moved);
+        let place = &mut app.ui.task_bar_place;
+        if place.pinned {
+            place.pin_at = Some(to - xf.rect.min);
+        } else {
+            place.offset = Some((doc, to - under));
+        }
+        ui.ctx().request_repaint();
+    }
+    if let Some((c, p)) = run {
+        crate::menus::invoke(app, c, p);
    }
 }

@@ -2812,4 +2886,83 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(doc.selection.objects, vec![vectorcraft_doc::NodeId(id)]);
        assert_eq!(doc.doc.art_bounds(), before, "the tap moved nothing");
    }
+
+    /// The Contextual Task Bar's handle drags it: unpinned it keeps that offset as it follows the
+    /// selection, pinned it stays put when the selection changes, unpinned again it follows from
+    /// there, and Reset Bar Position puts it back under the selection. It never leaves the canvas,
+    /// also when the window shrinks.
+    #[test]
+    fn the_task_bar_is_dragged_by_its_handle_pinned_and_reset() {
+        let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());
+        app.session.execute("file.new", &json!({"width": 400, "height": 300})).unwrap();
+        let mut square =
+            |x: f64, y: f64| app.session.execute("shape.rectangle", &json!({"x": x, "y": y, "width": 40, "height": 40})).unwrap()["id"].clone();
+        let (a, b) = (square(120.0, 40.0), square(220.0, 150.0));
+        app.select_tool("selection");
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        let bar = || task_bar_rect(&ctx).expect("the task bar shows");
+        let select = |app: &mut VectorcraftApp, id: &serde_json::Value| {
+            app.session.execute("select.set", &json!({"ids": [id]})).unwrap();
+            frame(app, &ctx, vec![]);
+            frame(app, &ctx, vec![]);
+            bar().min
+        };
+        let button = |pos, pressed| egui::Event::PointerButton { pos, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: Default::default() };
+        let drag = |app: &mut VectorcraftApp, by: Vec2| {
+            let grip = pos2(bar().left() + 11.0, bar().center().y);
+            frame(app, &ctx, vec![egui::Event::PointerMoved(grip)]);
+            frame(app, &ctx, vec![button(grip, true)]);
+            frame(app, &ctx, vec![egui::Event::PointerMoved(grip + by)]);
+            frame(app, &ctx, vec![button(grip + by, false)]);
+            frame(app, &ctx, vec![]);
+            bar().min
+        };
+        let near = |p: Pos2, q: Pos2| assert!((p - q).length() < 1.5, "{p:?} is not at {q:?}");
+        let (under_a, under_b) = (select(&mut app, &a), select(&mut app, &b));
+        assert!(under_b.y > under_a.y + 100.0, "each bar sits under its selection");
+
+        // Dragged unpinned: it keeps its offset from the selection.
+        select(&mut app, &a);
+        let by = vec2(40.0, -30.0);
+        near(drag(&mut app, by), under_a + by);
+        near(select(&mut app, &b), under_b + by);
+        assert!(!app.ui.task_bar_place.pinned);
+
+        // Pinned: it stays where it is across selection changes, and the handle still moves it.
+        assert_eq!(app.run("window.taskBar.pin", json!({})).unwrap(), json!(true));
+        assert_eq!(crate::menus::checked(&app, "window.taskBar.pin", &json!({})), Some(true));
+        near(select(&mut app, &a), under_b + by);
+        let spot = drag(&mut app, vec2(-20.0, 10.0));
+        near(spot, under_b + by + vec2(-20.0, 10.0));
+        near(select(&mut app, &b), spot);
+
+        // Unpinned: it follows the selection from where it is, kept on the canvas.
+        assert_eq!(app.run("window.taskBar.pin", json!({"pinned": false})).unwrap(), json!(false));
+        near(select(&mut app, &a), spot);
+        let canvas = app.canvas_rect.unwrap();
+        let last = canvas.max - vec2(8.0, 8.0) - bar().size();
+        near(select(&mut app, &b), (under_b + (spot - under_a)).min(last));
+        assert!(app.run("window.taskBar.pin", json!({"pinned": "yes"})).is_err());
+
+        // Kept on the canvas: dragged far off, then pinned in the corner of a shrinking window.
+        near(drag(&mut app, vec2(-2000.0, -2000.0)), canvas.min + vec2(8.0, 8.0));
+        app.run("window.taskBar.pin", json!({"pinned": true})).unwrap();
+        drag(&mut app, vec2(2000.0, 2000.0));
+        near(bar().max, canvas.max - vec2(8.0, 8.0));
+        let small = egui::RawInput { screen_rect: Some(egui::Rect::from_min_size(Pos2::ZERO, vec2(640.0, 480.0))), ..Default::default() };
+        for _ in 0..2 {
+            let mut out = ctx.run_ui(small.clone(), |ui| show(&mut app, ui));
+            out.textures_delta.clear();
+        }
+        let canvas = app.canvas_rect.unwrap();
+        assert!(canvas.width() < 700.0, "the canvas shrank: {canvas:?}");
+        near(bar().max, canvas.max - vec2(8.0, 8.0));
+
+        // Reset: back under the selection, unpinned.
+        frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+        app.run("window.taskBar.reset", json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert!(!app.ui.task_bar_place.pinned);
+        near(select(&mut app, &a), under_a);
+        near(select(&mut app, &b), under_b);
+    }
 }
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn app_bar(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
            let (r, _) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(22.0, 22.0), Sense::hover());
            crate::brand::paint_mark(ui, r);
            ui.add_space(4.0);
-            let on_home = app.ui.home.is_some() || app.session.active().is_none();
+            let on_home = menus::home_showing(app);
            if widgets::icon_button(ui, "house", tl!("Home"), on_home, 24.0).clicked() {
                app.run("app.home", json!({})).ok();
            }
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ pub fn inspect(app: &VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Value {
        "ui": serde_json::to_value(&app.ui).unwrap_or_default(),
        // Not saved with the UI state, so not in `ui`: 0 normal … 3 Presentation Mode.
        "screenMode": app.ui.screen_mode,
+        // The Contextual Task Bar: pinned (not saved either) and where it shows.
+        "taskBar": {
+            "pinned": app.ui.task_bar_place.pinned,
+            "rect": crate::canvas::task_bar_rect(ctx).map(|r| json!([r.left(), r.top(), r.width(), r.height()])),
+        },
        "view": app.view().map(|v| serde_json::to_value(v).unwrap_or_default()),
        "canvasRect": app.canvas_rect.map(|c| json!([c.left(), c.top(), c.width(), c.height()])),
        "window": [r.width(), r.height()],
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ use crate::theme::{self, Tokens};
 /// should start with [`heading`] (or [`drag_band`]) so the window can be moved.
 pub(crate) fn show<R>(ctx: &egui::Context, title: &str, id: Id, nudge: f32, margin: i8, add: impl FnOnce(&mut egui::Ui) -> R) -> Option<R> {
    let t = Tokens::get(ctx);
-    egui::Area::new(Id::new("modal-dim")).order(egui::Order::Middle).fixed_pos(egui::Pos2::ZERO).show(ctx, |ui| {
+    let dim = backdrop();
+    egui::Area::new(dim.id).order(dim.order).fixed_pos(egui::Pos2::ZERO).show(ctx, |ui| {
        // Modal, but the canvas isn't dimmed so previews stay readable (as in the reference app).
        ui.allocate_rect(ctx.content_rect(), egui::Sense::click());
    });
@@ -28,6 +29,12 @@ pub(crate) fn show<R>(ctx: &egui::Context, title: &str, id: Id, nudge: f32, marg
        .and_then(|r| r.inner)
 }

+/// The layer of the backdrop behind a modal dialog window, which takes the clicks the rest of
+/// the app would get.
+pub(crate) fn backdrop() -> egui::LayerId {
+    egui::LayerId::new(egui::Order::Middle, Id::new("modal-dim"))
+}
+
 /// The dialog's heading, which also moves the window ([`drag_band`]).
 pub(crate) fn heading(ui: &mut egui::Ui, text: &str) {
    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
@@ -227,6 +227,19 @@ pub fn floating_panel(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
            });
        });
    });
+    // User Interface › Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels (#394): a press away from the flyout puts it
+    // away, on the canvas or a docked panel. Not one on the icon column (its icons swap or close the
+    // flyout themselves, on release), nor one on a foreground layer (the flyout itself, a dialog, a palette) or a modal dialog's
+    // backdrop, nor one that closes a popup (a panel menu, a dropdown the flyout opened).
+    if open && app.session.prefs.auto_collapse_icon_panels && !egui::Popup::is_any_open(ctx) {
+        let away = |p: egui::Pos2| {
+            !(column..=column + ICON_COL).contains(&p.x)
+                && ctx.layer_id_at(p).is_none_or(|l| l.order != egui::Order::Foreground && l != crate::dialogs::modal::backdrop())
+        };
+        if ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_pressed().then(|| i.pointer.interact_pos()).flatten()).is_some_and(away) {
+            open = false;
+        }
+    }
    if !open {
        app.ui.open_panel = None;
    }
@@ -319,6 +332,7 @@ mod tests {
                .run_ui(input, |ui| {
                    show(app, ui);
                    floating_panel(app, ui.ctx());
+                    crate::dialogs::show(app, ui.ctx());
                })
                .textures_delta
                .clear();
@@ -416,6 +430,53 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(rect.height() > 450.0 && rect.bottom() <= SCREEN.y, "Properties flyout {rect:?}");
    }

+    /// User Interface › Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels (#394): on, a click away from a popped-out
+    /// panel puts it away; off (the default), the panel stays until its » or its icon.
+    #[test]
+    fn auto_collapse_puts_a_flyout_away_on_a_click_elsewhere() {
+        let mut h = Harness::new();
+        h.app.run("window.collapseDock", json!({"collapsed": true})).unwrap();
+        h.settle();
+        let (properties, layers) = (h.icons()[0], h.icons()[1]);
+        let away = egui::pos2(300.0, 500.0);
+        h.click(layers.center());
+        assert_eq!(h.app.ui.open_panel.as_deref(), Some("layers"));
+        h.click(away);
+        assert_eq!(h.app.ui.open_panel.as_deref(), Some("layers"), "off: a click elsewhere leaves it");
+        h.app.session.execute("prefs.set", &json!({"key": "autoCollapseIconPanels", "value": true})).unwrap();
+        h.click(away);
+        assert_eq!(h.app.ui.open_panel, None, "on: a click elsewhere puts it away");
+        h.click(layers.center());
+        assert_eq!(h.app.ui.open_panel.as_deref(), Some("layers"), "its icon still pops it out");
+        let rect = h.ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(egui::Id::new("icon-panel"))).unwrap();
+        h.click(egui::pos2(rect.center().x, rect.top() + 13.0 + 26.0 + 10.0));
+        assert_eq!(h.app.ui.open_panel.as_deref(), Some("layers"), "a click inside keeps it");
+        // The icons still swap the flyout and put it away.
+        h.click(properties.center());
+        assert_eq!(h.app.ui.open_panel.as_deref(), Some("properties"), "another icon swaps it");
+        h.click(properties.center());
+        assert_eq!(h.app.ui.open_panel, None, "the same icon puts it away");
+        // A dialog (one a panel menu opens, say): a click in it or on its backdrop keeps the panel.
+        h.click(layers.center());
+        h.app.ui.dialog = Some(crate::state::Dialog::new("move", json!({"dx": "0 pt", "dy": "0 pt"})));
+        h.settle();
+        let dialog = h.ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(egui::Id::new(("dialog", "move")))).expect("the Move dialog");
+        h.click(dialog.left_top() + vec2(20.0, 30.0));
+        assert_eq!(h.app.ui.open_panel.as_deref(), Some("layers"), "a click in the dialog keeps it");
+        h.click(egui::pos2(dialog.left() - 40.0, dialog.center().y));
+        assert_eq!(h.app.ui.open_panel.as_deref(), Some("layers"), "a click on the backdrop keeps it");
+        h.app.ui.dialog = None;
+        // The dock expanded: a click in its panel group puts a popped-out icon panel away too.
+        h.app.run("window.collapseDock", json!({"collapsed": false})).unwrap();
+        h.settle();
+        let icon = h.icons()[0];
+        h.click(icon.center());
+        let open = h.app.ui.open_panel.clone();
+        assert!(open.is_some(), "an icon panel pops out beside the expanded dock");
+        h.click(egui::pos2(SCREEN.x - 100.0, 300.0));
+        assert_eq!(h.app.ui.open_panel, None, "a click in the docked group puts {open:?} away");
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn the_collapse_command_sets_or_toggles_the_dock() {
        let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());
@@ -490,6 +490,8 @@
 	Manage Workspaces…	Spravovat pracovní prostory…
 	Control	Ovládací panel
 	Contextual Task Bar	Kontextový panel úloh
+	Pin Bar Position	Připnout polohu panelu
+	Reset Bar Position	Obnovit polohu panelu
 	Tools	Nástroje
 	Toolbars	Panely nástrojů
 	Advanced	Rozšířený
@@ -435,6 +435,8 @@
 	Construction Guides	Guías de construcción
 	Contextual Alternates	Alternativas contextuales
 	Contextual Task Bar	Barra de tareas contextual
+	Pin Bar Position	Fijar posición de la barra
+	Reset Bar Position	Restablecer posición de la barra
 	Contrast	Contraste
 	Control	Control
 	Convert	Convertir
@@ -1089,7 +1091,9 @@
 	Hide Artboards	Ocultar mesas de trabajo
 	Hide Bounding Box	Ocultar cuadro delimitador
 	Hide Code	Ocultar código
-	Hide Contextual Task Bar	Ocultar barra de tareas contextual
+	Hide Bar	Ocultar barra
+	More Options	Más opciones
+	Show Properties Panel	Mostrar panel Propiedades
 	Hide Corner Widget	Ocultar widget de esquina
 	Hide Corner Widget for angles greater than	Ocultar widget de esquina para ángulos mayores que
 	Hide Edges	Ocultar bordes
@@ -3213,7 +3217,6 @@ axis	Both	Ambos
@msg	choose a folder to export to	elige una carpeta a la que exportar
@msg	choose a location for the package	elige una ubicación para el paquete
@msg	clipboard is empty	el portapapeles está vacío
-@msg	collapsed must be true or false	collapsed debe ser true o false
@msg	colorTable.{what}: `{h}` is not a colour such as "#ff8800"	colorTable.{what}: `{h}` no es un color como "#ff8800"
@msg	colorTable.{what}: at most {MAX_TABLE} colours	colorTable.{what}: como máximo {MAX_TABLE} colores
@msg	command `{0}` is not available right now: {1}	el comando `{0}` no está disponible ahora: {1}
@@ -3568,7 +3571,5 @@ axis	Both	Ambos
@msg	The graphics were lost and couldn't be restarted.	Se perdieron los gráficos y no se pudieron reiniciar.
@msg	Your unsaved changes are kept in this browser: reload the page to get them back.	Tus cambios sin guardar se conservan en este navegador: vuelve a cargar la página para recuperarlos.
@msg	Reload the page to go on (changes not saved yet may be lost).	Vuelve a cargar la página para continuar (los cambios que aún no se guardaron podrían perderse).
-@msg	floating must be true or false	floating debe ser true o false
@msg	tool (a tool id) is required	se requiere tool (un id de herramienta)
@msg	{tool} isn't in a toolbar group of several tools	{tool} no está en un grupo de la barra de herramientas con varias herramientas
-@msg	double must be true or false	double debe ser true o false
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@
 	Manage Workspaces…	ワークスペースを管理…
 	Control	コントロール
 	Contextual Task Bar	コンテキストタスクバー
+	Pin Bar Position	バーの位置を固定
+	Reset Bar Position	バーの位置をリセット
 	Tools	ツール
 	Toolbars	ツールバー
 	Advanced	詳細
@@ -1372,7 +1374,9 @@
 	Height:	高さ:
 	Help › Search Commands…	ヘルプ › コマンドを検索…
 	Hide Code	コードを隠す
-	Hide Contextual Task Bar	コンテキストタスクバーを隠す
+	Hide Bar	バーを隠す
+	More Options	その他のオプション
+	Show Properties Panel	プロパティパネルを表示
 	Hide Corner Widget for angles greater than	次の角度より大きい場合はコーナーウィジェットを隠す
 	Hide Note	メモを隠す
 	Hide Options	オプションを隠す
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@
 	Construction Guides	Guias de Construção
 	Contextual Alternates	Variantes Contextuais
 	Contextual Task Bar	Barra de Tarefas Contextual
+	Pin Bar Position	Fixar Posição da Barra
+	Reset Bar Position	Redefinir Posição da Barra
 	Control	Controle
 	Convert	Converter
 	Convert All Spot Colors to Process	Converter Todas as Cores Spot em Processo
@@ -1006,7 +1008,9 @@
 	Hide Artboards	Ocultar Mesas de Trabalho
 	Hide Bounding Box	Ocultar Caixa Delimitadora
 	Hide Code	Ocultar Código
-	Hide Contextual Task Bar	Ocultar Barra de Tarefas Contextual
+	Hide Bar	Ocultar Barra
+	More Options	Mais Opções
+	Show Properties Panel	Mostrar Painel Propriedades
 	Hide Corner Widget	Ocultar Widget de Canto
 	Hide Corner Widget for angles greater than	Ocultar Widget de Canto para ângulos maiores que
 	Hide Edges	Ocultar Bordas
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@
 	Construction Guides	构造参考线
 	Contextual Alternates	上下文替代
 	Contextual Task Bar	上下文任务栏
+	Pin Bar Position	固定任务栏位置
+	Reset Bar Position	重置任务栏位置
 	Contrast	对比
 	Control	控制栏
 	Convert	转换
@@ -1080,7 +1082,9 @@
 	Hide Artboards	隐藏画板
 	Hide Bounding Box	隐藏定界框
 	Hide Code	隐藏代码
-	Hide Contextual Task Bar	隐藏快捷工作列
+	Hide Bar	隐藏任务栏
+	More Options	更多选项
+	Show Properties Panel	显示属性面板
 	Hide Corner Widget	隐藏角控件
 	Hide Corner Widget for angles greater than	角度大于此值时隐藏圆角控件
 	Hide Edges	隐藏边缘
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@
 	Construction Guides	建構參考線
 	Contextual Alternates	前後關聯替代字
 	Contextual Task Bar	快捷工作列
+	Pin Bar Position	釘選工作列位置
+	Reset Bar Position	重設工作列位置
 	Contrast	對比
 	Control	控制
 	Convert	轉換
@@ -1106,7 +1108,9 @@
 	Hide Artboards	隱藏工作區域
 	Hide Bounding Box	隱藏邊框
 	Hide Code	隱藏程式碼
-	Hide Contextual Task Bar	隱藏快捷工作列
+	Hide Bar	隱藏工作列
+	More Options	更多選項
+	Show Properties Panel	顯示內容面板
 	Hide Corner Widget	隱藏轉角 Widget
 	Hide Corner Widget for angles greater than	角度大於以下數值時隱藏轉角 Widget
 	Hide Edges	隱藏邊緣
@@ -216,6 +216,13 @@ pub const UI_COMMANDS: &[(&str, &str, &str, &str)] = &[
        "{tool: id, floating?: bool} float the toolbar group holding `tool` (in the current Basic or Advanced layout) as its own strip of tool buttons (true), put it back in the toolbar (false) or toggle (omitted), as dragging or clicking a flyout's tear-off bar and the strip's × do; returns the new state",
    ),
    ("window.taskBar", "Contextual Task Bar", "", "{}"),
+    (
+        "window.taskBar.pin",
+        "Pin Bar Position",
+        "",
+        "{pinned?: bool} keep the Contextual Task Bar where it is instead of following the selection (true), let it follow the selection again from where it is (false) or toggle (omitted), as the bar's More Options menu does; returns the new state",
+    ),
+    ("window.taskBar.reset", "Reset Bar Position", "", "{} unpin the Contextual Task Bar and put it back under the selection"),
    ("window.dock", "Panels", "Tab", "{} show/hide all panels"),
    ("window.panel", "Show Panel", "", "{panel: id} e.g. layers, swatches, stroke (case-insensitive; display labels like \"Layers\" work too)"),
    (
@@ -770,6 +777,15 @@ fn normalize_panel(input: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
    crate::state::all_panels().find(|(id, label)| name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(id) || name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(label)).map(|(id, _)| id)
 }

+/// An optional `{key?: bool}` param: none when it is omitted or null (the commands then toggle).
+fn opt_bool(p: &Value, key: &str) -> Result<Option<bool>, String> {
+    match p.get(key) {
+        None | Some(Value::Null) => Ok(None),
+        Some(Value::Bool(b)) => Ok(Some(*b)),
+        Some(_) => Err(format!("`{key}` must be true or false")),
+    }
+}
+
 /// Handle a UI command. `None` = not a UI command (the engine handles it).
 pub fn run_ui_command(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<Result<Value, String>> {
    if id == "app.language" {
@@ -994,25 +1010,38 @@ pub fn run_ui_command(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<R
        }
        "window.control" => flag(&mut app.ui.control_bar),
        "window.toolbar" => flag(&mut app.ui.toolbar),
-        "window.toolbarColumns" => {
-            app.ui.toolbar_double = match p.get("double") {
-                None | Some(Value::Null) => !app.ui.toolbar_double,
-                Some(Value::Bool(b)) => *b,
-                Some(_) => return Some(Err("double must be true or false".into())),
-            };
-            Ok(json!(app.ui.toolbar_double))
-        }
+        "window.toolbarColumns" => opt_bool(p, "double").map(|on| {
+            let on = on.unwrap_or(!app.ui.toolbar_double);
+            app.ui.toolbar_double = on;
+            json!(on)
+        }),
        "window.toolbarAdvanced" => flag(&mut app.ui.toolbar_advanced),
        "window.floatTools" => {
-            let floating = match p.get("floating") {
-                None | Some(Value::Null) => None,
-                Some(Value::Bool(b)) => Some(*b),
-                Some(_) => return Some(Err("floating must be true or false".into())),
+            let floating = match opt_bool(p, "floating") {
+                Ok(on) => on,
+                Err(e) => return Some(Err(e)),
            };
            let Some(tool) = s("tool") else { return Some(Err("tool (a tool id) is required".into())) };
            crate::toolbar::float_group(app, &tool, floating).map(Value::Bool)
        }
        "window.taskBar" => flag(&mut app.ui.task_bar),
+        "window.taskBar.pin" => {
+            let place = &mut app.ui.task_bar_place;
+            opt_bool(p, "pinned").map(|pinned| {
+                let pinned = pinned.unwrap_or(!place.pinned);
+                // Pinning holds the bar where it shows; unpinning lets it follow the selection from
+                // there (the bar turns its pinned spot into an offset when it is next drawn).
+                if pinned && !place.pinned {
+                    place.pin_at = place.shown_at;
+                }
+                place.pinned = pinned;
+                json!(pinned)
+            })
+        }
+        "window.taskBar.reset" => {
+            app.ui.task_bar_place = Default::default();
+            Ok(Value::Null)
+        }
        "window.dock" => {
            let on = !(app.ui.dock && app.ui.toolbar);
            app.ui.dock = on;
@@ -1020,15 +1049,11 @@ pub fn run_ui_command(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<R
            app.ui.control_bar = on;
            Ok(json!(on))
        }
-        "window.collapseDock" => {
-            let collapsed = match p.get("collapsed") {
-                None | Some(Value::Null) => !app.ui.dock_collapsed,
-                Some(Value::Bool(b)) => *b,
-                Some(_) => return Some(Err("collapsed must be true or false".into())),
-            };
+        "window.collapseDock" => opt_bool(p, "collapsed").map(|collapsed| {
+            let collapsed = collapsed.unwrap_or(!app.ui.dock_collapsed);
            crate::dock::set_collapsed(app, collapsed);
-            Ok(json!(collapsed))
-        }
+            json!(collapsed)
+        }),
        "window.panel" => {
            let raw = s("panel").unwrap_or_default();
            // Canonical id (case-insensitive; display labels work too), then the
@@ -1340,6 +1365,7 @@ pub fn checked(app: &VectorcraftApp, id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<bool> {
            app.ui.floating_flyouts.iter().any(|f| f.tools.iter().any(|id| id == tool))
        }
        "window.taskBar" => app.ui.task_bar,
+        "window.taskBar.pin" => app.ui.task_bar_place.pinned,
        "window.panel" => {
            let panel = p.get("panel").and_then(Value::as_str).unwrap_or("");
            let canonical = normalize_panel(panel);
@@ -2672,6 +2698,13 @@ pub(crate) fn home_key(app: &VectorcraftApp) -> (Option<u64>, usize) {
    (app.session.active().map(|d| d.uid), app.session.documents().len())
 }

+/// Whether the Home screen is up: chosen with the Home button (`app.home`), or no document is open
+/// and Preferences › General › Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open is on (#394). Off,
+/// an app with no document shows an empty window, and the Home button still opens the screen.
+pub(crate) fn home_showing(app: &VectorcraftApp) -> bool {
+    app.ui.home.is_some() || (app.session.active().is_none() && app.session.prefs.show_home_screen)
+}
+
 fn label_of(it: &Item) -> &'static str {
    match it {
        Item::Cmd(l, _, _) => l,
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct Applied {
    threads: i32,
    tool_tips: bool,
    scrub: bool,
+    bare_points: bool,
 }

 /// Per frame: push UI-side preferences into egui / the renderer when they change.
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ pub fn apply_runtime(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
        threads: p.render_threads,
        tool_tips: p.show_tool_tips,
        scrub: p.scrub_numeric_fields,
+        bare_points: p.numbers_without_units_are_points,
    };
    let id = egui::Id::new("dc-applied-prefs");
    let prev: Option<Applied> = ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<Option<Applied>>(id)).flatten();
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ pub fn apply_runtime(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
        let delay = if want.tool_tips { egui::style::Interaction::default().tooltip_delay } else { f32::INFINITY };
        ctx.global_style_mut(|s| s.interaction.tooltip_delay = delay);
        crate::scrub::set_enabled(ctx, want.scrub);
+        crate::widgets::set_bare_numbers_are_points(ctx, want.bare_points);
        if want.white_canvas {
            let mut t = Tokens::get(ctx);
            t.pasteboard = egui::Color32::WHITE;
@@ -231,6 +234,11 @@ fn category_fields(ui: &mut egui::Ui, d: &mut Dialog, cat: &str) {
        first = false;
        let v = d.fields.get(sp.key).cloned().unwrap_or(Value::Null);
        match sp.kind {
+            // Units › Numbers Without Units Are Points only tells points from picas: dimmed
+            // unless a unit is Picas.
+            PrefKind::Bool if sp.key == "numbersWithoutUnitsArePoints" => {
+                ui.add_enabled_ui(picas_in_use(d), |ui| bool_row(ui, d, sp.key, sp.label));
+            }
            PrefKind::Bool => bool_row(ui, d, sp.key, sp.label),
            PrefKind::Num { min, max, unit } => {
                labeled(ui, sp.label, |ui| {
@@ -319,6 +327,11 @@ fn category_fields(ui: &mut egui::Ui, d: &mut Dialog, cat: &str) {
    }
 }

+/// Is one of the dialog's Units (General, Stroke, Type, East Asian Type) Picas?
+fn picas_in_use(d: &Dialog) -> bool {
+    ["unitsGeneral", "unitsStroke", "unitsType", "unitsAsianType"].iter().any(|k| d.str(k) == vectorcraft_doc::Unit::Picas.key())
+}
+
 fn bool_row(ui: &mut egui::Ui, d: &mut Dialog, key: &str, label: &str) {
    let mut b = d.bool(key);
    if ui.checkbox(&mut b, tl!(label)).changed() {
@@ -473,6 +486,34 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(saved["engine_prefs"]["gpuPreference"], json!("highPerformance"));
    }

+    /// Units › Numbers Without Units Are Points (#394): the preference reaches the fields when it
+    /// changes, and its checkbox is dimmed unless a unit is Picas.
+    #[test]
+    fn numbers_without_units_are_points_reaches_the_fields_and_dims_without_picas() {
+        let mut a = app();
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        crate::theme::install_fonts(&ctx);
+        let frame = |a: &mut VectorcraftApp| {
+            let mut out = ctx.run_ui(egui::RawInput::default(), |ui| {
+                apply_runtime(a, ui.ctx());
+                show(a, ui.ctx());
+            });
+            out.textures_delta.clear();
+        };
+        let read = |ctx: &egui::Context| widgets::typed_unit(ctx, vectorcraft_doc::Unit::Picas);
+        frame(&mut a);
+        assert_eq!(read(&ctx), vectorcraft_doc::Unit::Points, "on by default");
+        a.run("prefs.set", json!({"key": "numbersWithoutUnitsArePoints", "value": false})).unwrap();
+        frame(&mut a);
+        assert_eq!(read(&ctx), vectorcraft_doc::Unit::Picas, "off");
+        // The checkbox: dimmed with every unit in points, enabled once a unit is Picas.
+        open(&mut a, Some("Units"));
+        let d = a.ui.dialog.as_mut().unwrap();
+        assert!(!picas_in_use(d), "dimmed in points");
+        d.fields.insert("unitsStroke".into(), json!("picas"));
+        assert!(picas_in_use(d), "enabled with a unit in picas");
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn every_category_renders_fields() {
        for c in PREF_CATEGORIES {
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ pub struct UiState {
    pub toolbar_advanced: bool,
    #[serde(default = "yes")]
    pub task_bar: bool,
+    /// Where the Contextual Task Bar was dragged or pinned. Not saved, as in Illustrator: the bar
+    /// starts under the selection at every launch.
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    pub task_bar_place: TaskBarPlace,
    /// Last tool shown in each toolbar slot (keyed by the slot's first tool id).
    #[serde(default)]
    pub slot_tool: std::collections::BTreeMap<String, String>,
@@ -389,6 +393,24 @@ pub struct FloatingFlyout {
    pub pos: [f32; 2],
 }

+/// Where the Contextual Task Bar sits once its handle has moved it (`window.taskBar.pin`,
+/// `window.taskBar.reset`).
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
+pub struct TaskBarPlace {
+    /// More Options › Pin Bar Position: the bar stays where it is instead of following the selection.
+    pub pinned: bool,
+    /// Where a pinned bar's top-left corner sits from the canvas's top-left (none when it was
+    /// pinned before it ever showed, until it is drawn). Unpinning leaves it for the next frame
+    /// to turn into `offset`.
+    pub pin_at: Option<egui::Vec2>,
+    /// Where the bar was last drawn, from the canvas's top-left: where pinning holds it.
+    pub shown_at: Option<egui::Vec2>,
+    /// How far an unpinned bar was dragged from its place under the selection, which it keeps while
+    /// it follows the selection, and the document (`DocState::uid`) it was moved in: in another
+    /// document the bar starts under the selection again.
+    pub offset: Option<(u64, egui::Vec2)>,
+}
+
 impl UiState {
    /// Clear transient state after loading saved preferences.
    pub fn sanitized(mut self) -> Self {
@@ -427,6 +449,7 @@ impl Default for UiState {
            toolbar_double: false,
            toolbar_advanced: false,
            task_bar: true,
+            task_bar_place: TaskBarPlace::default(),
            slot_tool: Default::default(),
            floating_flyouts: vec![],
            status_bar: true,
@@ -39,6 +39,49 @@ fn home_shows_over_open_documents_until_a_document_is_chosen() {
    assert!(app.ui.home.is_none());
 }

+/// Draw one canvas frame; whether it drew any text (the Home screen's labels; an empty window
+/// draws none).
+fn draws_text(app: &mut VectorcraftApp) -> bool {
+    fn has_text(s: &egui::Shape) -> bool {
+        match s {
+            egui::Shape::Text(_) => true,
+            egui::Shape::Vec(v) => v.iter().any(has_text),
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+    app.canvas_rect = None;
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    crate::theme::install_fonts(&ctx);
+    let raw = egui::RawInput { screen_rect: Some(egui::Rect::from_min_size(egui::Pos2::ZERO, egui::vec2(800.0, 600.0))), ..Default::default() };
+    let mut out = ctx.run_ui(raw, |ui| canvas::show(app, ui));
+    out.textures_delta.clear();
+    out.shapes.iter().any(|c| has_text(&c.shape))
+}
+
+/// General › Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open (#394): off, an app with no document
+/// shows an empty window instead of the Home screen, and the Home button still opens it.
+#[test]
+fn home_screen_without_documents_follows_its_preference() {
+    let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(vectorcraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+    assert!(app.session.active().is_none());
+    assert!(draws_text(&mut app), "Home with no document open (the default)");
+    assert!(crate::menus::home_showing(&app));
+    app.session.execute("prefs.set", &json!({"key": "showHomeScreen", "value": false})).unwrap();
+    assert!(!draws_text(&mut app), "off: an empty window");
+    assert!(!shows_document(&mut app));
+    assert!(!crate::menus::home_showing(&app), "the Home button isn't lit");
+    app.run("app.home", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert!(draws_text(&mut app), "the Home button still shows the Home screen");
+    app.run("file.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert!(shows_document(&mut app));
+    assert!(app.ui.home.is_none());
+    app.run("file.close", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert!(app.session.active().is_none());
+    assert!(!draws_text(&mut app), "closing the last document leaves the window empty");
+    app.session.execute("prefs.set", &json!({"key": "showHomeScreen", "value": true})).unwrap();
+    assert!(draws_text(&mut app), "on again: Home");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn cmd_n_opens_the_new_document_dialog() {
    assert_eq!(crate::shortcut_editor::command_for_key("Cmd+N"), Some("file.newDialog"));
@@ -132,6 +132,31 @@ fn plain_fields_do_math_with_their_suffix() {
    assert_eq!(f.frame(vec![enter()], &draw), Some(90.0));
 }

+/// Preferences › Units › Numbers Without Units Are Points (#394): on (the default), a number typed
+/// with no unit into a field in picas is read in points; a typed unit still wins (`2p6`, `1in`);
+/// off, it is in picas. A field in any other unit reads it in its unit either way.
+#[test]
+fn bare_numbers_in_picas_fields_are_points_when_the_preference_says_so() {
+    let mut f = Field::new();
+    let typed = |f: &mut Field, u: Unit, text: &str| {
+        let pt = Cell::new(u.to_pt(4.0));
+        let draw = |ui: &mut egui::Ui| widgets::num_field(ui, "f", Some(pt.get()), u, 80.0).inspect(|&v| pt.set(v));
+        f.frame(vec![], &draw);
+        f.frame(f.click(1), &draw);
+        f.frame(vec![Event::Text(text.into())], &draw);
+        f.frame(vec![enter()], &draw)
+    };
+    let (pc, mm) = (Unit::Picas, Unit::Millimeters);
+    assert_eq!(typed(&mut f, pc, "12"), Some(12.0), "on by default: points in a picas field");
+    assert_eq!(typed(&mut f, pc, "2p6"), Some(30.0), "picas and points as typed");
+    assert_eq!(typed(&mut f, pc, "1in"), Some(72.0), "a typed unit wins");
+    assert_eq!(typed(&mut f, pc, "10+5"), Some(15.0), "arithmetic in points too");
+    assert_eq!(typed(&mut f, mm, "12"), Some(mm.to_pt(12.0)), "a millimetre field keeps millimetres");
+    widgets::set_bare_numbers_are_points(&f.ctx, false);
+    assert_eq!(typed(&mut f, pc, "12"), Some(pc.to_pt(12.0)), "off: picas");
+    assert_eq!(typed(&mut f, mm, "12"), Some(mm.to_pt(12.0)));
+}
+
 /// ↑/↓ step a focused numeric field by one of its unit (Shift: ten, Ctrl/Cmd: a tenth) and apply it
 /// at once, the new value selected so typing replaces it; an unfocused field leaves the arrows to
 /// the canvas (nudge).
@@ -146,8 +146,24 @@ pub fn dim_name(ui: &mut Ui, text: &str) -> Response {
    ui.label(egui::RichText::new(text).color(t.text).size(12.5))
 }

+/// Preferences › Units › Numbers Without Units Are Points (#394; on until set): the app sets it
+/// when the preference changes (`prefs_dialog::apply_runtime`), the length fields read it.
+pub(crate) fn set_bare_numbers_are_points(ctx: &egui::Context, on: bool) {
+    ctx.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(egui::Id::new("bare_numbers_are_points"), on));
+}
+
+/// The unit a number typed with no unit into a field in `unit` is read in: `unit`, or for a field
+/// in picas points with Numbers Without Units Are Points on (where `12` could be either). A typed
+/// unit (`12 mm`, `2p6`, `1in`) always wins.
+pub(crate) fn typed_unit(ctx: &egui::Context, unit: Unit) -> Unit {
+    let bare_points = ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<bool>(egui::Id::new("bare_numbers_are_points"))).unwrap_or(true);
+    if bare_points && unit == Unit::Picas { Unit::Points } else { unit }
+}
+
 /// A recessed numeric field showing `value` (points) in `unit`. Returns the new value (points)
-/// when the user commits (Enter / focus loss). Supports unit suffixes and arithmetic.
+/// when the user commits (Enter / focus loss). Supports unit suffixes and arithmetic; a number
+/// without a unit is in `unit` ([`typed_unit`]: in points in a picas field with Numbers Without
+/// Units Are Points on).
 pub fn num_field(ui: &mut Ui, id: impl std::hash::Hash + std::fmt::Debug, value: Option<f64>, unit: Unit, width: f32) -> Option<f64> {
    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
    let id = ui.id().with(id);
@@ -182,11 +198,12 @@ pub fn num_field(ui: &mut Ui, id: impl std::hash::Hash + std::fmt::Debug, value:
        .inner;
    select_all_on_focus(ui, &resp, &buf);
    // ↑/↓ and the wheel step in the field's unit; a drag on its label scrubs it.
-    let stepped = step_value(ui, &resp, &mut buf, |b| Some(unit.from_pt(unit.parse(b)?)), |v| unit.format(unit.to_pt(v)));
+    let read = typed_unit(ui.ctx(), unit);
+    let stepped = step_value(ui, &resp, &mut buf, |b| Some(unit.from_pt(read.parse(b)?)), |v| unit.format(unit.to_pt(v)));
    let scrubbed = scrub::field(ui, id, rect, &buf, value.map(|v| unit.from_pt(v)), STEP_DECIMALS);
    let commit = resp.lost_focus() && buf != shown;
    ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(id, buf.clone()));
-    if commit { unit.parse(&buf) } else { stepped.or(scrubbed).map(|v| unit.to_pt(v)) }
+    if commit { read.parse(&buf) } else { stepped.or(scrubbed).map(|v| unit.to_pt(v)) }
 }

 /// The places a stepped value in a unit field keeps (no 12.300000001).
@@ -1319,7 +1336,7 @@ pub fn opt_field(ui: &mut Ui, id: impl std::hash::Hash + std::fmt::Debug, value:
    ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(id, buf.clone()));
    if resp.lost_focus() && buf != shown {
        let s = buf.trim();
-        if s.is_empty() { Some(None) } else { unit.parse(s).map(Some) }
+        if s.is_empty() { Some(None) } else { typed_unit(ui.ctx(), unit).parse(s).map(Some) }
    } else {
        stepped.or(scrubbed).map(|v| Some(unit.to_pt(v)))
    }
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ so only enable it while you use it. Transport: `apps/vectorcraft/src/control_ser
 | `engine.execute` | `{command, params}` | run any engine or UI command (see `engine.commands`) |
 | `engine.commands` | | every command with label, shortcut, params doc, enablement |
 | `document.inspect` | `{depth?, childLimit?}` | layer tree, selection, history, paint defaults; the options slice the layer tree as `document.node {summary: true}` does |
-| `ui.inspect` | | tool, UI state, `screenMode` (0 normal, 1 full screen with menu bar, 2 full screen, 3 Presentation Mode), view, canvas rect, window size, perf, background saves and exports still running |
+| `ui.inspect` | | tool, UI state, `screenMode` (0 normal, 1 full screen with menu bar, 2 full screen, 3 Presentation Mode), `taskBar` (`pinned`, and `rect` `[x, y, w, h]` while the Contextual Task Bar shows), view, canvas rect, window size, perf, background saves and exports still running |
 | `ui.menu.list` / `ui.menu.invoke` | `{command, params}` | the full menu tree / invoke an item |
 | `ui.contextMenu.list` | | the canvas context menu for the current selection, flattened like `ui.menu.list` (`path` holds its submenus). `ui.click {x, y, button: "right"}` on the canvas opens it, after selecting the object there unless it is already selected |
 | `ui.tool.select` / `ui.tool.list` | `{tool}` | |
@@ -205,6 +205,15 @@ that open its flyout raise the strip instead. The strips (`ui.floating_flyouts`
 and the strip's top-left corner) are saved with the preferences and in user workspaces; the built-in workspaces
 float none.

+The Contextual Task Bar: its handle (the grip at its left end) drags it anywhere on the canvas, which always holds
+it whole, also when the window shrinks. Unpinned, the bar keeps that offset as it follows the selection, until
+another document becomes active. Its More Options (…) menu has Hide Bar (`window.taskBar`); Pin Bar Position
+(`window.taskBar.pin {pinned?}`, omitted toggles, checked while pinned), which holds the bar where it is across
+selection changes (the handle still moves it) and, turned off, lets it follow the selection again from there; Reset
+Bar Position (`window.taskBar.reset`), which unpins it and puts it back under the selection; and Show Properties
+Panel. As in Illustrator, neither the position nor the pin is saved: each launch starts with the bar under the
+selection.
+
 Flatten Transparency: `ui.flattenTransparencyDialog` opens the `flattenTransparency` dialog for the selection
 (fields `preset`: a preset name, setting it loads that preset's options; the option keys of
 `object.flattenTransparency`: `balance` 0–100, `lineArtPpi` and `gradientPpi` 1–2400, `textToOutlines`,
@@ -1190,9 +1190,11 @@ wheel zooms about the pointer, Shift-wheel scrolls up and down, Cmd/Ctrl-wheel s
 default: in View › Pixel Preview at 600% zoom and above, a line at every document pixel over the art),
 `recentFontsCount`, `antiAliasedArtwork` (on by default; off, the canvas draws the art with hard edges — a pixel is
 painted when the art covers at least half of it — while raster effects and pattern tiles stay smooth; exports keep
-their own Anti-aliasing option) and
+their own Anti-aliasing option),
 `scrubNumericFields` (on: a horizontal drag on a numeric field's label steps the field, one undo step per drag; the
-control channel's `ui.drag` scrubs).
+control channel's `ui.drag` scrubs), `showHomeScreen` (on by default: the Home screen while no document is open;
+off, an empty window, and the Home button or `app.home` still shows the screen) and `autoCollapseIconPanels` (off by
+default: on, a click away from a panel popped out of the icon column puts it away).

 The Smart Guides preferences (Preferences › Smart Guides) apply to `pointer_gesture` with Smart Guides on (the
 default view) and to the mouse; they change what the tools show and how far a target pulls, never where a snapped
@@ -1325,6 +1327,10 @@ three: General (rulers, positions and sizes, the Info panel, dialog distances, c
 (`document.inspect` → `units`): `document.setUnits {units}` (Document Setup) sets it for that document, and
 `prefs.set {key: "unitsGeneral", value}` sets it for the active document too (one undo step) and is the units
 `file.new` starts in when it gets no `units`. Stroke and Type are the preferences `unitsStroke` and `unitsType`.
+`numbersWithoutUnitsArePoints` (on by default) makes the desktop app's length fields in picas read a number typed
+with no unit in points (`12` is 12 pt, `2p6` and `1p` stay picas, `12 mm` millimetres); off, it is in picas. Fields in
+other units read it in their unit either way, and the Preferences dialog dims the option unless a unit is Picas.
+Command params are in points either way.
 `prefs.list` marks the length preferences (`keyboardIncrement`, `cornerRadius`, `pasteOffset`, `gridlineEvery`,
 `typeSizeIncrement`, `baselineShiftIncrement`) with `measure: "general"|"type"`; they are kept in points and also take
 a string with a unit. Unit names: `Points`, `Picas`, `Inches`, `Millimeters`, `Centimeters`, `Pixels`, `Feet & Inches`,
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Releasing VectorCraft

 Every push to the `release` branch runs `.github/workflows/release.yml`. The workflow builds
-installers for macOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD, plus the web build, and creates or updates a
+installers for macOS, Windows, Linux (including Flatpak bundles) and FreeBSD, plus the web build, and creates or updates a
 **draft** GitHub Release named `VectorCraft v<version>`. Nobody sees a draft until a maintainer
 publishes it.

@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ Once the draft is published, the workflow refuses to touch that version again: b

 **Test runs:** *Actions › Release › Run workflow* runs the whole pipeline by hand. The optional
 `version` input (such as `0.4.0-rc.1`) overrides `Cargo.toml` for that run only; each build job
-applies it with `cargo xtask version set` before building. The jobs run in the `release`
-environment, which only the `release` branch can use, so pick that branch in the dialog.
+applies it with `cargo xtask version set` before building. The signing jobs (macOS, Windows) and
+the draft-release job run in the `release` environment, which only the `release` branch can use, so
+pick that branch for a full run. Run on any other branch, it is a dry run: the Linux, Flatpak,
+FreeBSD and web jobs build and upload their artifacts, the environment refuses the signing jobs,
+and no draft release is created.

 ## What gets built

@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ environment, which only the `release` branch can use, so pick that branch in the
 | Windows on ARM64 | `vectorcraft-<v>-windows-arm64.msi`, `vectorcraft-<v>-windows-arm64-portable.zip` | `windows-latest` (cross-compiled) |
 | Linux x86_64 | `vectorcraft-<v>-linux-x86_64.{AppImage,deb,rpm,tar.gz}` | `ubuntu-22.04` |
 | Linux aarch64 | `vectorcraft-<v>-linux-aarch64.{AppImage,deb,rpm,tar.gz}` | `ubuntu-22.04-arm` |
+| Linux AppImage updates | `vectorcraft-<v>-linux-{x86_64,aarch64}.AppImage.zsync` | with the AppImages |
+| Flatpak x86_64, aarch64 | `vectorcraft-<v>-linux-{x86_64,aarch64}.flatpak` | `ubuntu-24.04`, `ubuntu-24.04-arm` (repackages the Linux tarball) |
 | FreeBSD 14 x86_64 | `vectorcraft-<v>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz` | a FreeBSD 14.3 VM on `ubuntu-latest` |
 | Web | `vectorcraft-web-<v>.zip`, a static site (see [`packaging/web/README.md`](../packaging/web/README.md)) | `ubuntu-latest` |

@@ -80,7 +85,9 @@ The rules are in craftrules `standards/fonts.md`, the build option in
 - **Notarization:** the app is zipped and sent with `xcrun notarytool submit --wait`, then the
  ticket is stapled and checked with `stapler validate` and `spctl`. The app goes on a DMG
  (`hdiutil makehybrid` and `convert`, with an `Applications` link to drag onto), which is signed,
-  notarized and stapled too.
+  notarized and stapled too. Its Finder window (background, icon size and positions) comes from
+  [`packaging/macos/dmg/`](../packaging/macos/dmg/README.md), and its volume is named `VectorCraft`
+  without the version, which the window's background needs; the DMG file name keeps the version.
 - **CLI:** the universal `vectorcraft-cli` is signed the same way, zipped, and the zip is
  notarized. A bare executable can't hold a stapled ticket, so Gatekeeper looks the CLI's ticket up
  online the first time a downloaded copy runs.
@@ -130,9 +137,21 @@ glibc 2.35 or newer: Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, Fedora 36+ and RHEL 10. Moving t
 image raises that floor, so do it deliberately. After packaging, the job prints the `.deb`'s
 metadata and contents, runs `ldd` on the binary and runs each AppImage with `--version`.

-`packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.yml` is a Flatpak manifest ready for a
-Flathub submission (its header says how to build it). The release doesn't build a Flatpak; the
-workflows only check the manifest's id.
+**AppImage updates.** Each AppImage embeds the update information
+`gh-releases-zsync|storytold|vectorcraft|latest|vectorcraft-*-linux-<arch>.AppImage.zsync`
+(appimagetool `-u`), and `package.sh` writes the matching `.zsync` beside it when `zsyncmake` (the
+`zsync` package) is installed. [AppImageUpdate](https://github.com/AppImageCommunity/AppImageUpdate)
+and AppImageLauncher then download only the changed blocks from the newest published,
+non-pre-release release. The job checks both are there.
+
+**Flatpak.** The `flatpak` jobs (x86_64 on `ubuntu-24.04`, aarch64 on `ubuntu-24.04-arm`) take the
+Linux job's tarball and repackage it with `packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh` and
+`packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml` into a single-file bundle
+(`flatpak install --user vectorcraft-<v>-linux-<arch>.flatpak`), then install it and run
+`vectorcraft-cli --version` in the sandbox. No Rust build happens there, so the bundle carries the
+same binaries as the AppImage. `packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.yml` is the
+from-source manifest for a Flathub submission (its header says how to build it); packaging-lint
+keeps the runtime and sandbox permissions of the two manifests identical.

 ### FreeBSD

@@ -157,8 +176,9 @@ the job fails and asks for a version bump (`cargo xtask version set`).

 ## Secrets

-All jobs run in the `release` environment, which only the `release` branch can use and which holds
-the signing secrets. Every secret is optional: a missing one produces unsigned artifacts and a
+The jobs that sign (macOS, Windows) and the draft-release job run in the `release` environment,
+which only the `release` branch can use and which holds the signing secrets. The other jobs get no
+secrets. Every secret is optional: a missing one produces unsigned artifacts and a
 warning, never a failed build.

 | Secret | Used for |
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Repackage a VectorCraft Linux tarball as a single-file Flatpak bundle:
+#
+#   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.flatpak
+#
+# Usage: packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh [--no-test] [TARBALL]
+#
+# TARBALL defaults to $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.tar.gz from package.sh. The bundle
+# is built for the host architecture (x86_64 or aarch64), which must match the tarball's.
+# Needs flatpak, flatpak-builder and the SVG pixbuf loader (librsvg2-common) for the host's
+# `appstreamcli compose`; the freedesktop runtime and SDK named in the manifest are
+# installed per-user from Flathub. Unless --no-test, the bundle is then installed per-user and
+# `vectorcraft-cli --version` is run inside the sandbox as a smoke test.
+# Manifest: packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml.
+set -euo pipefail
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
+. "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../env.sh"
+HERE="$ROOT/packaging/linux"
+APP_ID=ai.storyteller.vectorcraft
+FLATHUB=https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
+
+TEST=1
+TARBALL=""
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --no-test) TEST=0; shift ;;
+    -h | --help) sed -n '2,14p' "$0"; exit 0 ;;
+    -*) echo "unknown argument: $1" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+    *) TARBALL="$1"; shift ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+ARCH="$(uname -m)"
+case "$ARCH" in
+  x86_64) ;;
+  aarch64 | arm64) ARCH=aarch64 ;;
+  *) echo "unsupported architecture $ARCH" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+esac
+BASENAME="vectorcraft-$VERSION-linux-$ARCH"
+TARBALL="${TARBALL:-$DIST/$BASENAME.tar.gz}"
+[ -f "$TARBALL" ] || { echo "error: $TARBALL not found (run packaging/linux/package.sh --formats tar first)" >&2; exit 1; }
+for tool in flatpak flatpak-builder; do
+  command -v "$tool" >/dev/null || { echo "error: $tool not found (apt install flatpak flatpak-builder librsvg2-common)" >&2; exit 1; }
+done
+
+echo "==> VectorCraft $VERSION Flatpak bundle for $ARCH from $(basename "$TARBALL")"
+
+WORK="$CARGO_TARGET_DIR/flatpak-bundle"
+rm -rf "$WORK"
+mkdir -p "$WORK/stage"
+tar -xzf "$TARBALL" -C "$WORK/stage" --strip-components=1
+[ -x "$WORK/stage/bin/vectorcraft" ] || { echo "error: $TARBALL has no bin/vectorcraft" >&2; exit 1; }
+cp "$HERE/flatpak/$APP_ID.bundle.yml" "$WORK/$APP_ID.yml"
+
+flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub "$FLATHUB"
+# --disable-rofiles-fuse: no FUSE in containers and CI runners.
+flatpak-builder --user --install-deps-from=flathub --disable-rofiles-fuse --force-clean \
+  --default-branch=stable --repo="$WORK/repo" --state-dir="$WORK/state" "$WORK/build" "$WORK/$APP_ID.yml"
+
+OUT="$DIST/$BASENAME.flatpak"
+# --runtime-repo lets `flatpak install` fetch the freedesktop runtime from Flathub if missing.
+flatpak build-bundle --runtime-repo="$FLATHUB" "$WORK/repo" "$OUT" "$APP_ID" stable
+echo "wrote $OUT"
+
+if [ "$TEST" = 1 ]; then
+  flatpak install --user -y --noninteractive --reinstall "$OUT"
+  flatpak info --user "$APP_ID"
+  flatpak run --command=vectorcraft-cli "$APP_ID" --version
+  flatpak run --command=sh "$APP_ID" -c 'ls /app/share/applications /app/share/metainfo /app/share/mime/packages /app/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps'
+fi
+echo "==> done"
+ls -lh "$OUT"
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Flatpak manifest for the single-file bundle attached to every GitHub release
+# (vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.flatpak). Build it with packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh.
+#
+# It repackages the release's own Linux tarball (vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.tar.gz,
+# built on Ubuntu 22.04 by package.sh) instead of compiling Rust inside flatpak-builder: no
+# network and no vendored crate sources during the build, a few seconds instead of 20+ minutes,
+# and byte-for-byte the same binaries as the AppImage/deb/rpm. The script unpacks the tarball
+# into `stage/` next to a copy of this file. The binaries need glibc >= 2.35 and load X11,
+# Wayland, xkbcommon and Vulkan at runtime; the freedesktop runtime has all of them, and the
+# GPU driver comes from its org.freedesktop.Platform.GL extension.
+#
+# ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.yml (same directory) is the from-source manifest for Flathub. Keep
+# runtime, runtime-version, sdk and finish-args identical in both (packaging-lint checks this).
+id: ai.storyteller.vectorcraft
+runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
+runtime-version: '25.08'
+sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk
+command: vectorcraft
+finish-args:
+  # X11 shared memory (MIT-SHM). Without it the X11 fallback is slow or fails.
+  - --share=ipc
+  # Display: Wayland first; X11 only when no Wayland compositor is running.
+  - --socket=wayland
+  - --socket=fallback-x11
+  # GPU access for the wgpu renderer (Vulkan, or GL as a fallback).
+  - --device=dri
+  # Open/Save dialogs use the file-chooser portal (rfd), and drag-and-drop uses the document
+  # portal, so broad filesystem access isn't needed. Pictures is granted for opening files by
+  # path from the command line.
+  - --filesystem=xdg-pictures
+  # Deliberately not granted: network (the optional --control server listens on 127.0.0.1 in
+  # the sandbox; `flatpak override --user --share=network ai.storyteller.vectorcraft` exposes it
+  # to host agents) and home/host filesystem access.
+modules:
+  - name: vectorcraft
+    buildsystem: simple
+    build-commands:
+      - install -Dm755 bin/vectorcraft /app/bin/vectorcraft
+      - install -Dm755 bin/vectorcraft-cli /app/bin/vectorcraft-cli
+      - install -Dm644 share/applications/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.desktop /app/share/applications/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.desktop
+      - install -Dm644 share/mime/packages/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.xml /app/share/mime/packages/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.xml
+      # Already has the release's version and date substituted by package.sh.
+      - install -Dm644 share/metainfo/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.metainfo.xml /app/share/metainfo/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.metainfo.xml
+      - mkdir -p /app/share/icons /app/share/doc && cp -R share/icons/hicolor /app/share/icons/ && cp -R share/doc/vectorcraft /app/share/doc/
+    sources:
+      - type: dir
+        path: stage
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #   flatpak run ai.storyteller.vectorcraft
 #
 # For Flathub, replace the `dir` source with a `git` source pinned to a release tag and commit.
+# Release bundles (.flatpak on GitHub Releases) use ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml instead.
 id: ai.storyteller.vectorcraft
 runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
 runtime-version: '25.08'
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ sdk-extensions:
  - org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.rust-stable
 command: vectorcraft
 finish-args:
+  # Keep identical to ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml (the release bundle); comments there.
  - --share=ipc
  - --socket=wayland
  - --socket=fallback-x11
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Build and package VectorCraft for Linux (<arch> is x86_64 or aarch64):
 #
 #   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.AppImage  any distro with glibc >= the build host's
+#   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.AppImage.zsync  delta updates (needs zsyncmake)
 #   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.deb       Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS, ...
 #   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.rpm       Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL, ...
 #   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.tar.gz    plain FHS-style tree (bin/, share/)
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@
 #
 # Needs: cargo; nfpm for deb/rpm (https://nfpm.goreleaser.com); appimagetool for the AppImage
 # (downloaded into $CARGO_TARGET_DIR if missing). Build on an old distro (CI: Ubuntu 22.04,
-# glibc 2.35) so the binaries run on newer ones. Optional: desktop-file-validate, appstreamcli.
+# glibc 2.35) so the binaries run on newer ones. Optional: desktop-file-validate, appstreamcli,
+# zsyncmake (the zsync package) for the AppImage's .zsync.
 set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck source=../env.sh
 . "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../env.sh"
@@ -108,11 +110,29 @@ if has appimage; then
      chmod +x "$TOOL"
    fi
  fi
-  OUT="$DIST/$BASENAME.AppImage"
+  # Absolute, because appimagetool runs in $DIST below (CARGO_TARGET_DIR or APPIMAGETOOL may be
+  # relative, e.g. target/agent-<name>).
+  OUT="$(cd "$DIST" && pwd)/$BASENAME.AppImage"
+  APPDIR="$(cd "$APPDIR" && pwd)"
+  TOOL="$(cd "$(dirname "$TOOL")" && pwd)/$(basename "$TOOL")"
+  # A .zsync left by an earlier run would hide a missing zsyncmake and describe another file.
+  rm -f "$OUT.zsync"
+  # Update information: AppImageUpdate, AppImageLauncher and the like read it from the file and
+  # fetch only the blocks that changed in a newer release, through the .zsync published next to
+  # each AppImage on GitHub Releases. `latest` is the newest published release that is not a
+  # pre-release. A fork's builds point at its own releases through GITHUB_REPOSITORY.
+  REPO="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-storytold/vectorcraft}"
+  UPDATE_INFO="gh-releases-zsync|${REPO%%/*}|${REPO#*/}|latest|vectorcraft-*-linux-$ARCH.AppImage.zsync"
  # Extract-and-run: works without FUSE (containers, CI). The output embeds the static runtime,
-  # so users don't need libfuse2 either.
-  ARCH="$ARCH" APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 "$TOOL" --no-appstream "$APPDIR" "$OUT"
+  # so users don't need libfuse2 either. With zsyncmake on the host (CI installs the zsync
+  # package) appimagetool also writes the .zsync, into its working directory, hence the cd.
+  (cd "$DIST" && ARCH="$ARCH" APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 "$TOOL" --no-appstream -u "$UPDATE_INFO" "$APPDIR" "$OUT")
  echo "wrote $OUT"
+  if [ -s "$OUT.zsync" ]; then
+    echo "wrote $OUT.zsync"
+  else
+    warn "zsyncmake not found, so $OUT.zsync was not written; AppImage delta updates need it"
+  fi
 fi

 "$STAGE/usr/bin/vectorcraft-cli" --version
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# macOS DMG window
+
+What Finder shows when the DMG opens: a 660 × 400 pt background with the app icon and the
+`Applications` link side by side. `package.sh` copies these files into the image; nothing here is
+generated at build time, so the DMG still builds with `hdiutil makehybrid` (no mounted device, no
+Finder scripting on CI).
+
+| File | What |
+|---|---|
+| `background.svg` | Source of the background: the app icon (`assets/app-icon/vectorcraft-small.svg`, linked, not copied) cropped as a cover on the VectorCraft colour field (`#e8573f`), Ink and Paper, Inter and JetBrains Mono (from `assets/fonts`, not embedded). |
+| `background.tiff` | The background at 1x (660 × 400 px, 72 dpi) and 2x (1320 × 800 px, 144 dpi) in one HiDPI TIFF (Deflate, sRGB). Goes to `.background/background.tiff`. |
+| `DS_Store` | Finder's view settings for the volume: window size, icon size 128, VectorCraft.app at (326, 205), `Applications` at (574, 205), and the background. Goes to `.DS_Store`. |
+| `generate.py` | Writes `background.tiff` and `DS_Store` from the SVG and the layout above. |
+
+## Rules
+
+- **The volume name has no version** (`VectorCraft`, not `VectorCraft <version>`). `.DS_Store` points at the
+  background through an alias that includes the volume name, so a versioned name loses the
+  background. The DMG file name still carries the version.
+- **Finder draws the icon labels in black in light and dark mode** when a window has a background,
+  so the area under both icons stays light (Paper).
+- **Nothing goes inside the icon boxes:** artwork keeps 10 pt clear of each 128 pt icon box and of
+  the label strip under it.
+
+## Regenerate
+
+Edit `background.svg` (or the layout constants in `generate.py`), then run, on any OS:
+
+```sh
+pip install 'pillow>=12' ds_store==1.3.3 mac_alias==2.2.3
+python3 packaging/macos/dmg/generate.py   # needs resvg on PATH, as packaging/icons.sh
+```
+
+It renders the SVG with resvg using only the fonts in `assets/fonts`, so the pixels are the same
+on every machine, and writes `DS_Store` from scratch: the background alias holds the volume name
+and `/.background/background.tiff`, nothing from the machine that ran it. The window is 660 × 432
+with Finder's 32 pt title bar; the content area is 660 × 400.
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="660" height="400" viewBox="0 0 660 400">
+<defs><clipPath id="panel"><rect width="232" height="400"/></clipPath><filter id="grain" x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="100%">
+  <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.9" numOctaves="2" seed="7"/>
+  <feColorMatrix values="0 0 0 0 0.04  0 0 0 0 0.04  0 0 0 0 0.05  0.5 0 0 0 -0.225"/>
+</filter></defs>
+
+<rect width="660" height="400" fill="#efe9dc"/><rect width="660" height="400" filter="url(#grain)"/>
+<g clip-path="url(#panel)"><rect width="232" height="400" fill="#e8573f"/><g transform="translate(-62.5,-31.0) scale(1.05)"><image href="../../../assets/app-icon/vectorcraft-small.svg" width="512" height="512"/></g></g>
+<line x1="232.5" y1="0" x2="232.5" y2="400" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="1.2"/>
+<line x1="236.5" y1="0" x2="236.5" y2="400" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="0.5"/>
+<text x="266" y="72" font-family="Inter" font-weight="600" font-size="30" letter-spacing="-0.5" fill="#0b0b0c">VectorCraft</text>
+<line x1="267" y1="88.5" x2="624" y2="88.5" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="0.6"/>
+<path d="M271.5,81.5 L276,88.5 L271.5,95.5 L267,88.5 Z" fill="#e8573f"/>
+<text x="267" y="112" font-family="JetBrains Mono" font-size="9" fill="#0b0b0c" fill-opacity="0.7">Path · 2 anchors · 2 pt stroke</text>
+<path d="M412,213 C438,169 452,237 482,205" fill="none" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="2"/><rect x="408.5" y="209.5" width="7" height="7" fill="#efe9dc" stroke="#e8573f" stroke-width="1.4"/><path d="M494.8,201.9 L484.3,211.9 L480.5,199.5 Z" fill="#0b0b0c"/>
+<line x1="267" y1="335.5" x2="624" y2="335.5" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="0.6"/>
+<text x="267" y="358" font-family="Inter" font-weight="500" font-size="11" letter-spacing="1.5"
+      fill="#0b0b0c" fill-opacity="0.65">DRAG ONTO APPLICATIONS TO INSTALL</text>
+
+</svg>
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Regenerate background.tiff and DS_Store for the macOS DMG window (see README.md here).
+
+Needs resvg on PATH (as packaging/icons.sh) and:
+    pip install 'pillow>=12' ds_store==1.3.3 mac_alias==2.2.3
+
+Runs on any OS, no Mac needed. Both outputs come from this script alone, so they carry nothing
+from the machine that made them: no local paths, user or disk names, dates or volume UUIDs.
+
+    python3 packaging/macos/dmg/generate.py
+"""
+
+import datetime
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+from ds_store import DSStore
+from mac_alias import Alias, TargetInfo, VolumeInfo
+from PIL import Image, ImageCms
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+FONTS = os.path.join(HERE, "..", "..", "..", "assets", "fonts")
+
+# Keep in sync with package.sh (volume name) and README.md (layout).
+VOLUME = "VectorCraft"
+WIDTH, HEIGHT = 660, 400  # window content, pt; the background's 1x size
+TITLE_BAR = 32
+ICON_SIZE = 128
+ICONS = {"VectorCraft.app": (326, 205), "Applications": (574, 205)}
+# A fixed date for the alias and the colour profile. Finder never matches it against the image
+# (each build is a new volume): it finds the background by volume name and path.
+FIXED_DATE = datetime.datetime(2026, 10, 8, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
+
+
+def render(svg, width, out):
+    # Only the repo's fonts (Inter, JetBrains Mono), so every machine draws the same pixels.
+    subprocess.run(
+        ["resvg", "--skip-system-fonts", "--use-fonts-dir", FONTS, "-w", str(width), svg, out],
+        check=True,
+    )
+    with Image.open(out) as im:
+        return im.convert("RGB")
+
+
+def srgb_profile():
+    # LittleCMS's built-in sRGB ("No copyright, use freely"), with its creation date fixed.
+    icc = bytearray(ImageCms.ImageCmsProfile(ImageCms.createProfile("sRGB")).tobytes())
+    d = FIXED_DATE
+    icc[24:36] = b"".join(v.to_bytes(2, "big") for v in (d.year, d.month, d.day, 0, 0, 0))
+    if icc[84:100] != bytes(16):
+        sys.exit("error: the sRGB profile has an ID; recompute it after fixing the date")
+    return bytes(icc)
+
+
+def write_tiff(svg, out):
+    """1x (72 dpi) and 2x (144 dpi) in one TIFF, as `tiffutil -cathidpicheck` writes them."""
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+        one, two = (render(svg, WIDTH * s, os.path.join(tmp, f"{s}x.png")) for s in (1, 2))
+    two.encoderinfo = {"dpi": (144, 144)}  # the rest as the first page
+    # Opaque RGB, Deflate without a predictor: the paper grain is noise, which a predictor inflates.
+    one.save(
+        out,
+        "TIFF",
+        save_all=True,
+        append_images=[two],
+        compression="tiff_adobe_deflate",  # brand-ok: Pillow's name for TIFF compression 8 (Deflate)
+        dpi=(72, 72),
+        icc_profile=srgb_profile(),
+    )
+    with Image.open(out) as im:
+        im.seek(1)
+        if im.info.get("dpi") != (144, 144):
+            sys.exit("error: the 2x page isn't 144 dpi (needs Pillow 12 or later)")
+
+
+def background_alias():
+    # What Finder stores for /.background/background.tiff on the volume, minus anything about the
+    # machine (dmgbuild writes the same kind of alias from a mounted image). Disk type 5 (ejectable),
+    # the volume flags and the folder/file ids (25, 26) are what Finder wrote on a test image; the ids
+    # are only hints, as the volume's creation date.
+    volume = VolumeInfo(VOLUME, FIXED_DATE, b"H+", 5, 0x0D02, b"\0\0")
+    volume.posix_path = f"/Volumes/{VOLUME}"
+    target = TargetInfo(0, "background.tiff", 25, 26, FIXED_DATE, b"\0\0\0\0", b"\0\0\0\0")
+    target.folder_name = ".background"
+    target.cnid_path = [25]
+    target.carbon_path = f"{VOLUME}:.background:\0background.tiff"
+    target.posix_path = "/.background/background.tiff"
+    return Alias(volume=volume, target=target).to_bytes()
+
+
+def write_ds_store(out):
+    if os.path.exists(out):
+        os.remove(out)
+    with DSStore.open(out, "w+") as d:
+        d["."]["bwsp"] = {
+            "ShowStatusBar": False,
+            "ShowToolbar": False,
+            "ShowTabView": False,
+            "ContainerShowSidebar": False,
+            "ShowSidebar": False,
+            "WindowBounds": f"{{{{200, 528}}, {{{WIDTH}, {HEIGHT + TITLE_BAR}}}}}",
+        }
+        d["."]["icvp"] = {
+            "viewOptionsVersion": 1,
+            "backgroundType": 2,
+            "backgroundImageAlias": background_alias(),
+            "backgroundColorRed": 1.0,
+            "backgroundColorGreen": 1.0,
+            "backgroundColorBlue": 1.0,
+            "gridOffsetX": 0.0,
+            "gridOffsetY": 0.0,
+            "gridSpacing": 100.0,
+            "arrangeBy": "none",
+            "showIconPreview": True,
+            "showItemInfo": False,
+            "labelOnBottom": True,
+            "textSize": 16.0,
+            "iconSize": float(ICON_SIZE),
+        }
+        d["."]["vSrn"] = ("long", 1)
+        for name, pos in ICONS.items():
+            d[name]["Iloc"] = pos
+
+
+def main():
+    if not shutil.which("resvg"):
+        sys.exit("error: resvg not found (brew install resvg / cargo install resvg)")
+    write_tiff(os.path.join(HERE, "background.svg"), os.path.join(HERE, "background.tiff"))
+    write_ds_store(os.path.join(HERE, "DS_Store"))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
@@ -131,10 +131,15 @@ STAGE="$WORK/dmg"
 mkdir -p "$STAGE"
 ditto "$APP" "$STAGE/VectorCraft.app"
 ln -s /Applications "$STAGE/Applications"
+# Finder window layout: background, icon size and positions (packaging/macos/dmg/README.md).
+mkdir -p "$STAGE/.background"
+cp "$HERE/dmg/background.tiff" "$STAGE/.background/background.tiff"
+cp "$HERE/dmg/DS_Store" "$STAGE/.DS_Store"
 rm -f "$DMG" "$WORK/raw.dmg"
 # makehybrid + convert builds the image without attaching a device, unlike `create -srcfolder`,
 # which is flaky on CI runners ("Resource busy") and hangs in sandboxed sessions.
-hdiutil makehybrid -hfs -hfs-volume-name "VectorCraft $VERSION" -hfs-openfolder "$STAGE" -o "$WORK/raw.dmg" "$STAGE"
+# The volume name has no version: .DS_Store finds the background through an alias that includes it.
+hdiutil makehybrid -hfs -hfs-volume-name "VectorCraft" -hfs-openfolder "$STAGE" -o "$WORK/raw.dmg" "$STAGE"
 hdiutil convert "$WORK/raw.dmg" -format UDZO -imagekey zlib-level=9 -o "$DMG"
 rm -f "$WORK/raw.dmg"
 sign "$DMG"
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Brandon ThomasandClaude Opus 5.5	f12188ad15	Bump version to 0.6.0 (from 0.5.0) for release Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>	2026-10-08 10:01:57 -04:00
Brandon Thomas Brandon Thomas Claude Opus 5.5	90bc58ef24	README Downloads: where to get it first, then builds with Windows before macOS (#512 ) Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>	2026-10-08 10:01:10 -04:00
Brandon Thomas Claude Opus 5.5 Brandon Thomas	73bf92b5a9	Release: Flatpak bundles, AppImage zsync updates, README Downloads (#500 ) * Release: Flatpak x86_64/aarch64 bundles, AppImage zsync updates, README Downloads - New `flatpak` matrix job (ubuntu-24.04 and ubuntu-24.04-arm) repackages each Linux tarball into vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-<arch>.flatpak via packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh and the new ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml; packaging-lint keeps its runtime and finish-args identical to the from-source Flathub manifest. - AppImages embed gh-releases-zsync update information and ship a .zsync beside them; the Linux job checks both. - Jobs that sign nothing (version, linux, flatpak, freebsd, web) leave the `release` environment, so a branch workflow_dispatch is a dry run; the draft-release job still needs the signed macOS/Windows jobs. - README: a Downloads section listing every build; docs/releasing.md updated. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]> * Release: read AppImage update info without extract-and-run With APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 the runtime forwards --appimage-updateinformation to the app, which then tries to open a window and fails on the headless runner. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>	2026-10-08 10:00:34 -04:00
BFlat	de4f836f4d	Merge pull request #493 from XusBadia/dmg-background macOS DMG: branded window background and icon layout	2026-10-08 20:37:13 +07:00
bflatasticandClaude Opus 5.5	d0a99faf1e	macOS DMG: generate DS_Store and TIFF from a script, attribute the assets (review of #493 ) - packaging/macos/dmg/generate.py writes background.tiff and DS_Store on any OS (resvg with the repo's fonts; ds_store and mac_alias, as dmgbuild uses). Both are byte-reproducible and carry nothing from the machine that made them. - DS_Store: same window, icon size, positions and background alias as before, without the bookmark (pBBk/pBB0) and the alias's disk-image record, which held the author's boot volume UUID and name, its creation date and temporary paths. - background.tiff: the same pixels as before (checked), now opaque RGB with Deflate (1.8 MB to 1.0 MB) and LittleCMS's built-in sRGB profile instead of an HP profile with no open licence; no file names or software tags. - background.svg: drop an unused pattern and the xlink namespace (renders the same). - ASSETS.md rows for the three files; README, docs/releasing.md (volume name) and ROADMAP. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>	2026-10-08 20:36:43 +07:00
Xus BadiaandClaude Opus 5.5	884df22408	macOS DMG: branded window background and icon layout The DMG opened as a plain Finder window. It now shows the app icon's figure on the VectorCraft colour, with VectorCraft.app and the Applications link side by side. - packaging/macos/dmg/: background (SVG source, 1x + 2x HiDPI TIFF) and the Finder view settings (DS_Store: window, icon size 128, positions, background). - package.sh copies them into the staging folder. The image is still built with hdiutil makehybrid: no mounted device and no Finder scripting on CI. - The volume name drops the version: .DS_Store finds the background through an alias that includes the volume name. The DMG file name keeps the version. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>	2026-10-08 20:36:40 +07:00
BFlat	d3625f0b70	Merge pull request #499 from storytold/feat/task-bar-drag Contextual Task Bar: drag it by its handle, pin and reset its position	2026-10-08 20:35:17 +07:00
BFlat	5abffd7622	Merge pull request #488 from wstock/feat/issue-394-auto-collapse Part of #394: Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels	2026-10-08 20:34:23 +07:00
BFlat	b5ffeeab57	Merge pull request #486 from wstock/feat/issue-394-bare-numbers-points Part of #394: Numbers Without Units Are Points	2026-10-08 20:33:53 +07:00
BFlat	94d888a010	Merge pull request #484 from wstock/feat/issue-394-home-screen Part of #394: Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open	2026-10-08 20:33:25 +07:00
BFlat	6641ffd225	Merge pull request #497 from storytold/fix/issue-485 Fix #485: the mouse wheel steps the focused numeric field	2026-10-08 20:33:03 +07:00
BFlat	810085ae56	Merge pull request #492 from storytold/fix/issue-483 Fix #483: Shift-drag marquees toggle the selection; the Lasso's Alt keeps the rest	2026-10-08 20:32:40 +07:00
BFlat	bd9c32d384	Merge pull request #490 from storytold/fix/issue-482 Fix #482: Smart Guides land resize handles on anchors and snap the transform tools' drags	2026-10-08 20:32:22 +07:00
bflatasticandClaude Opus 5.5	d11daabdc7	Contextual Task Bar: drag it by its handle, pin and reset its position The grip at the bar's left end now drags the bar anywhere on the canvas (grab cursor), which always holds it whole, also when the window shrinks. Unpinned, the bar keeps that offset as it follows the selection (in the document it was moved in); the "…" button opens a More Options menu with Hide Bar, Pin Bar Position (checked while pinned: the bar stays where it is across selection changes and the handle still moves it; unpinned it follows the selection again from there), Reset Bar Position (unpinned, back under the selection) and Show Properties Panel, as in Illustrator. As there, the position and the pin last for the session only. - UI commands window.taskBar.pin {pinned?} and window.taskBar.reset, so the control channel and MCP reach them; ui.inspect reports taskBar {pinned, rect}. - One opt_bool helper reads the {key?: bool} params of the toggling window commands (toolbarColumns, floatTools, collapseDock, taskBar.pin). - New strings in ja, es, zh-hans, zh-hant, pt-br and cs; the dropped "Hide Contextual Task Bar" tooltip and per-key es messages removed. - Headless egui test: dragging the grip moves the bar, the offset follows the selection, pin holds it across selection changes and a shrinking window, unpin follows from there, reset restores. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>	2026-10-08 20:23:15 +07:00
bflatasticandClaude Opus 5.5	d728c47e6f	Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels: dialogs keep the panel, the dock doesn't (review of #488 ) - A press inside a dialog the popped-out panel opened (Swatch Options from its menu, say), or on a modal dialog's backdrop, put the panel away under the dialog. The press now counts as away only when it lands on no foreground layer (the flyout itself, dialogs, palettes) and not on the modal backdrop (`dialogs::modal::backdrop`), as the popovers decide a click elsewhere. - A press in the expanded dock's panel group left the flyout open: only the icon column is spared now (its icons swap or close the flyout themselves), so a click in another docked panel puts it away, as a click anywhere else in the workspace does in the reference app. - The test covers a click in a dialog, on its backdrop and in the docked group. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>	2026-10-08 20:22:15 +07:00
wstockandClaude Fable 5.1	948f696f52	Part of #394 : Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels Preferences › User Interface › Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels was stored and never read: a panel popped out of the icon column stayed until its » or its icon. On, a press away from the flyout now puts it away. A press on the icon column is left to the icons (they swap or close the flyout on release, so acting on the press would reopen the one being closed), and a press in a popup the flyout opened (a panel menu, a dropdown) keeps it. Off by default, as in Illustrator. Developed with AI assistance (Claude Code); reviewed and tested locally. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <[email protected]>	2026-10-08 20:22:14 +07:00
bflatasticandClaude Opus 5.5	077e4f34ec	Numbers Without Units Are Points: picas fields, on by default (review of #486 ) The option tells points from picas, where a bare `12` could be either: the reference app dims it unless a unit is Picas, and it starts on. A number typed with no unit into a field in picas is now read in points with it on (the default again, as before #486), and in picas with it off; fields in any other unit read it in their unit either way, as there. The Preferences dialog dims the checkbox unless one of the Units is Picas. The fields learn the preference when it changes, through `prefs_dialog::apply_runtime` as Scrub Numeric Fields does, rather than from a write into the egui context every frame. Tests for picas and other fields, the wiring and the dimming; docs/mcp.md and ROADMAP say so. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>	2026-10-08 20:22:11 +07:00
wstockandClaude Fable 5.1	b1aac0cc1b	Part of #394 : Numbers Without Units Are Points Preferences › Units › Numbers Without Units Are Points was stored and never read. On, a number typed with no unit into any length field (`num_field`, `opt_field`, and so the spin fields built on them) is read in points whatever the field's unit; a typed unit (`12 mm`, `1in`) still wins, and the field keeps showing its value in its own unit. The app sets the frame's rule from the preference in `logic`, the fields read it through the egui context (`widgets::typed_unit`), so none of the 45 callers change. The default flips from true to false, which is Illustrator's default and the behaviour the fields had while the option was unread. Developed with AI assistance (Claude Code); reviewed and tested locally. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <[email protected]>	2026-10-08 20:22:10 +07:00
wstockandClaude Fable 5.1	f1935596ef	Part of #394 : Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open Preferences › General › Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open was stored and never read: the Home screen always replaced the canvas while no document was open. Off, the window is now empty while no document is open (as when Illustrator's option is off), and the Home button (`app.home`) still shows the screen; closing the last document returns to the empty window. `menus::home_showing` is the one place that decides, for the canvas and the Home button's lit state. Developed with AI assistance (Claude Code); reviewed and tested locally. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <[email protected]>	2026-10-08 20:21:42 +07:00