Release Notes 2.0

Released December 31st, 2021

This is a major new release of Pinta, which has now been ported to GTK 3 and .NET 6! A huge thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release: @cameronwhite, @jpobst, @darkdragon-001, @thekolian1996, and @iangzh.

Thanks to everyone who contributed translations, filed bugs, made packages, and everything else!

New Features / Improvements

• Ported to GTK3 and .NET 6
  • Many changes to the appearance of standard GTK widgets and dialogs (e.g. the color picker and file dialogs). GTK3 themes should also now be supported.
  • Improved support for high-DPI displays.
  • The platform-native file dialogs are now used (#1909807, #1909664).
  • A GTK version of 3.24.21 or higher is recommended. Earlier versions have a bug with changing the file filter in the Save As dialog (#1909807).
  • On macOS, the menu now appears in the global menu bar instead of the application window.
  • Changed the text tool to use the standard GTK font chooser widget (#1311873, #1866653, #890589)
  • Changed several tools to use spin buttons rather than editable combo boxes for e.g. selecting brush sizes (#1186516).
  • The Open Recent menu item was deprecated in GTK3 and has been removed, but similar functionality is available in the file dialog’s Recent section.
  • Support for add-ins has been removed, but may return in a future release (#1918039).
  • The Windows and macOS installers now bundle all necessary dependencies. Separately installing GTK and .NET / Mono is no longer required.
• Added a status bar widget containing the position / selection information, zoom, and the color palette (#154)
• Changed the tool palette to be a single column (#155)
• Added recently used colors to the color palette widget (#154)
• Tools now save their settings for the next time Pinta is opened (#178).
• The primary and secondary palette colors are now saved in the application settings (#171).
• The canvas can now be panned by clicking and dragging with the middle mouse button (#176, #419).
• On macOS, keyboard shortcuts now use Command instead of Ctrl.
• The macOS installers are now signed and notarized.

Changes

• The Paste Into New Image action no longer creates several unnecessary history items (#170).
• Performance improvements for the paint bucket and magic wand tools (#159).
• Performance improvements for the selection tools when interactively adjusting the selection.
• Removed the Images pad, which is obsolete now that tabs are used (#153).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several Unicode-related issues in the text tool (#1422445).
• Fixed issue on macOS where Pinta could launch in the wrong language (#1900310).
• Improved the UX of the Close and Save As confirmation dialogs (#1909576, #1909688).
• Fixed a bug where the Pan tool did not work if scrolling could only occur in the Y direction (#1909910).
• Fixed issues where the zoom level was not maintained when resizing an image (#1889673).
• Fixed an issue where opening a file URI from the command line did not work (#1908806).
• Fixed an issue where hiding a layer could leave the selection still visible (#1907987).
• Fixed issues with the text tool and certain input methods (#200, #1350349).
• Fixed an issue where the text tool’s font settings were incorrect after undo operations (#201, #1910495).
• Fixed the Copy Merged action’s behaviour for non-rectangular selections (#1363388).

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