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docs/file-format-parity.md

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 # File format parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-07 · **Change:** minor (`.ai` and EPS type from the text document keeps its tab stops; it keeps auto leading and hyphenation options, and may show more of the file's last lines in an area frame; `.ai` and EPS import: Art brushes in the older form of their objects come into the Brushes panel; EPS import: gradients drawn as abutting strips come in as one gradient, without seams; EPS import: composite fonts draw their Type 42 glyphs; SVG import: filter and mask regions clip, #5876, #5875; SVG import: Gaussian blurs keep `color-interpolation-filters`, #5877; PDF and `.ai` export: objects' URLs as links, #5785; SVG import: `color-interpolation="linearRGB"` gradients, #5878; `.ai` import: paths with a Calligraphic brush open brushed, #372) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-07 · **Change:** minor (EPS import: sampled functions interpolate between their samples; `.ai` and EPS type from the text document keeps its tab stops; it keeps auto leading and hyphenation options, and may show more of the file's last lines in an area frame; `.ai` and EPS import: Art brushes in the older form of their objects come into the Brushes panel; EPS import: gradients drawn as abutting strips come in as one gradient, without seams; EPS import: composite fonts draw their Type 42 glyphs; SVG import: filter and mask regions clip, #5876, #5875; SVG import: Gaussian blurs keep `color-interpolation-filters`, #5877; PDF and `.ai` export: objects' URLs as links, #5785; SVG import: `color-interpolation="linearRGB"` gradients, #5878; `.ai` import: paths with a Calligraphic brush open brushed, #372) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 Every format Illustrator opens, places, saves or exports, against VectorCraft's format table (`FORMATS`,
 `OPEN_EXTS`, `PLACE_EXTS` in `crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/formats.rs`). Illustrator's list comes from its public
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Names in the editing data that aren't UTF-8 (layers, objects, artboards, colors,
 | Illustrator template `.ait` | open, save | yes | PDF-compatible only, from Save as Template (`.vctemplate` stays its default) | New from Template opens a saved `.ait` untitled with its layers and art (`tests_pdfedit.rs`) |
 | Illustrator `.ai` | open, save | yes (PDF-compatible + editing-data structure with template layers and ruler guides, File Info) | PDF-compatible, or legacy version 7 (layers and groups) | see above; no real-file corpus |
 | PDF | open, place, save | yes (layers, masks, editable text, security, overprint, File Info from the XMP packet and the document information dictionary; Crop To › Trim takes the bleed box as the document's bleed) | yes (presets, PDF/X-1a/3/4, layers, marks and bleed, ICC, fast web view, 1.3+; objects' URLs as link annotations, not in PDF/X) | fuzzed import; shared guarded writer and windowed reader ([pdf-backend.md](pdf-backend.md)), metadata, incomplete-content and dependency-source regressions; PDF text opens where the file draws it, glyph by glyph (#722: kerning or none, spacing per character, text rise as baseline shift, vertical writing, justified text boxes); alpha soft masks drawn as images import with the mask (#1551); a clip only counts as covering the page when its shape does (#1542); a PDF another app copied pastes as editable vector art (#1499); letter-spaced type on a path keeps its length and its glyph-by-glyph stroke comes in as one text object (#1586, #1585); a crafted name tree with shared nodes no longer takes exponential time on open (#1781); fonts named with hyphens (`Noto-Sans-Bold`) or with a composite font's CMap (`Name-Identity-H`) find the installed family; invisible text (rendering mode 3: a scanned page's recognized text) opens as type with no fill or stroke and saves back as invisible, searchable text (#2675); PDF/X-1a and X-3 flattening in a CMYK document keeps CMYK inks where it rasterizes (#2160) |
-| EPS | open, place, save | yes (own PostScript L3 interpreter, Illustrator EPS editing data structure) | yes (L2/L3, TIFF previews) | CID-keyed CJK type not read; #505; images encoded with `CCITTFaxDecode` (ITU-T T.4 Group 3 and T.6 Group 4, with `K`, `Columns`, `Rows`, `EndOfBlock`, `EndOfLine`, `EncodedByteAlign` and `BlackIs1`) draw, and damaged data keeps the rows decoded before its first damaged row; Type 42 (TrueType) fonts set type at its size (#1553); composite (Type 0) fonts with the 8/8 mapping, as PDF-to-PostScript converters write two-byte fonts, draw a Type 42 descendant's glyphs from the TrueType outlines it carries and set other descendants' characters as type at the composite font's size (other mappings and CID-keyed fonts are still set as type in the font of their name); a clip only counts as covering the page when its shape does (#1542); an EPS another app copied pastes as editable vector art (`clipboard.importEps`, #1499); a stitched shading keeps its hard colour changes on import (#1654); a gradient the page paints as a row of abutting one-colour strips (as Level 2 writers draw smooth shades) imports as one linear gradient, without the seams the strips leave when each is drawn alone; CMYK images, CMYK JPEGs included, keep their ink amounts on import, as from PDF, and the pixels a `MaskColor` or `ImageType 3` mask hides become a grayscale opacity mask; ruzstd 0.9.1 for compressed editing data (#1807, RUSTSEC-2026-0344) |
+| EPS | open, place, save | yes (own PostScript L3 interpreter, Illustrator EPS editing data structure) | yes (L2/L3, TIFF previews) | CID-keyed CJK type not read; #505; images encoded with `CCITTFaxDecode` (ITU-T T.4 Group 3 and T.6 Group 4, with `K`, `Columns`, `Rows`, `EndOfBlock`, `EndOfLine`, `EncodedByteAlign` and `BlackIs1`) draw, and damaged data keeps the rows decoded before its first damaged row; Type 42 (TrueType) fonts set type at its size (#1553); composite (Type 0) fonts with the 8/8 mapping, as PDF-to-PostScript converters write two-byte fonts, draw a Type 42 descendant's glyphs from the TrueType outlines it carries and set other descendants' characters as type at the composite font's size (other mappings and CID-keyed fonts are still set as type in the font of their name); a clip only counts as covering the page when its shape does (#1542); an EPS another app copied pastes as editable vector art (`clipboard.importEps`, #1499); a stitched shading keeps its hard colour changes on import (#1654); sampled functions (type 0) interpolate between their samples, multilinearly or by cubics with `Order 3`, and a sampled axial or radial gradient has a stop at each sample; a gradient the page paints as a row of abutting one-colour strips (as Level 2 writers draw smooth shades) imports as one linear gradient, without the seams the strips leave when each is drawn alone; CMYK images, CMYK JPEGs included, keep their ink amounts on import, as from PDF, and the pixels a `MaskColor` or `ImageType 3` mask hides become a grayscale opacity mask; ruzstd 0.9.1 for compressed editing data (#1807, RUSTSEC-2026-0344) |
 | PostScript `.ps` | open, place | yes (the EPS reader reads its first page; `.epsf` files open and place as EPS) | via Print to PostScript | `tests_epsimport.rs` |
 | SVG / SVGZ | open, place, save | yes | yes (SVG Options, Preserve Editing, symbols, filters, rich text) | strongest format; tests in `crates/svg/tests`; text on a path follows basic shapes as their SVG 2 equivalent paths (#1527); CSS transforms and the `font` shorthand (#1565), percentage lengths in symbols (#1596), Inkscape flowed text as area type (#1568) and Inkscape pages as artboards (#1601) import; an unsupported filter is named in its warning (#1598); an artboard exported on its own (Export As with Use Artboards, Export for Screens, Asset Export) has the artboard's name as `<title>`, Save the document's (#3544); attributes in other applications' XML namespaces (`plotter:pen="2"`) kept on their objects from import to export, as `data-*` attributes are (`crates/svg/tests/it/foreign_attributes.rs`); simple shapes export as `<rect>`, `<circle>`, `<ellipse>`, `<line>`, `<polygon>` and `<polyline>` where they draw the same as the path (#4652, `crates/svg/tests/it/basic_shapes.rs`) |
 | DXF | open, export | yes | yes (R12–2018) | R13–2018 closed SPLINE flags and control-point closure on import verified (#1299); circular cubic paths export as native CIRCLE/ARC where stroke semantics permit; R12 weighted strokes remain POLYLINE while non-circular curves keep the existing fallback (`crates/cad/src/tests.rs`); [Autodesk group 70](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2024/ENU/AutoCAD-DXF/files/GUID-E1F884F8-AA90-4864-A215-3182D47A9C74.htm). DXF 2000–2018 LAYOUT objects write the paper image origin as 148/149 (was a stray 158), the shade plot codes (2004+) and the model type flag, and the plot style placeholder carries no subclass marker (#3085; structure test `r2000_and_later_files_have_the_structure_cad_apps_require`, checked with ezdxf's audit; not yet confirmed in Autodesk Fusion). CNC preset and VCarve QA remain open |
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 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-11-07 | minor | EPS import: a sampled function (type 0) of two or more inputs took the nearest sample, so a function-based shading (type 1) over one came in as flat blocks; it is now interpolated between its samples (multilinearly), and with `Order 3` by cubics through them (Catmull-Rom, kept in the function's range), as the PostScript Language Reference (3rd ed., §3.10.1, type 0 functions) defines. An axial or radial shading whose function is a linearly interpolated sampled function of one input has a stop at each sample, not 33 evenly spaced ones. Tests `sampled_functions_interpolate_linearly_or_by_cubics`, `mesh_and_function_shadings_become_gradient_meshes`; a 2 × 2 function-based shading is 1.2% from Ghostscript's render (it was 45.9%); scores unchanged |
 | 2026-11-07 | minor | EPS and `.ai` type from the text document keeps its paragraphs' tab stops (positions and alignments; leaders aren't read), at most 1,024 a paragraph and 2^20 a story, past which the default stops apply with a warning. A user's `.ai` (used locally, not committed) whose price lists came in on the default stops now lays them out as its page has them (its type 0.8% from its page, from 1.5%; what differs is hyphenation in Hungarian and type in a font that isn't installed). Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-07 | minor | EPS and `.ai` type from the text document: auto leading stays auto at the paragraph's share (it was the first two lines' distance for every line, so 10 pt lines under a 15 pt heading came in 18 pt apart), the paragraph's hyphenation options are read, and area type of one frame whose last lines the file sets in too short a frame for them here may get a frame taller by its lines' deepest descent plus 0.05 pt, when that shows more of them. A user's `.ai` (used locally, not committed) whose type differed from its page by 6.6%, so that it opened from its PDF part, now opens from its layers (4.9%; type with tab stops in right-aligned paragraphs still differs, a separate issue) (#6137). Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-06 | minor | EPS and `.ai` editing data: a path or compound path whose art style stacks several fills and strokes (solid colours and gradients, each with its own visibility, opacity and blend mode, under effects any object takes) comes in as itself with that appearance instead of its drawn look. Each gradient must be its own swatch, placed as the drawn look places it; a stack that repeats a swatch, or whose look doesn't paint its gradients, keeps the drawn look, as do fills and strokes with effects of their own. |

docs/gaps.md

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 # Gaps
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-08 · **Change:** minor (floating tab groups collapse into the side icon rail and opened rail panels fold back into it, #5925 in part; G9: EPS gradients drawn as abutting strips import as one gradient, without seams; Tools stays beside the canvas with left-side panels; new gradients follow document color mode; Selection QoL: marquee modes and visible feedback, #5313; Indian-language hyphenation review and license allowlist, #4947; opening a slow file shows a progress window, part of #5930; Hindi catalog and contributor loanword preferences; agent wording pass complete; wider native proofreading welcome; an image zoomed in on is separated, colorized or proofed only where it shows (#4155); scores and estimates unchanged; a document's first frame renders on the render worker, so opening a heavy file no longer freezes the window; scores and estimates unchanged; large images in CMYK documents are shrunk before they are separated into ink planes (#4155); scores and estimates unchanged; `.ai` paths with a Calligraphic brush open brushed, with the 6D Art Pen's channels, and Windows reads the pen's tilt and barrel rotation, #372; scores and estimates unchanged; Compound Shapes add-on, beyond Illustrator; scores and estimates unchanged; Contour add-on, beyond Illustrator; scores and estimates unchanged; a slow first frame is waited for instead of restarting without the graphics adapter, and the menu bar no longer waits for the installed fonts' scan; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-09 · **Change:** minor (floating tab groups collapse into the side icon rail and opened rail panels fold back into it, #5925 in part; G9: EPS gradients drawn as abutting strips import as one gradient, without seams; Tools stays beside the canvas with left-side panels; new gradients follow document color mode; Selection QoL: marquee modes and visible feedback, #5313; #3380 deletion-only review follow-up: independent survivors keep gradient placement, owned subpaths avoid discarded copies, and contracts/status/evidence are clarified; endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged; Indian-language hyphenation review and license allowlist, #4947; opening a slow file shows a progress window, part of #5930; Hindi catalog and contributor loanword preferences; agent wording pass complete; wider native proofreading welcome; an image zoomed in on is separated, colorized or proofed only where it shows (#4155); scores and estimates unchanged; a document's first frame renders on the render worker, so opening a heavy file no longer freezes the window; scores and estimates unchanged; large images in CMYK documents are shrunk before they are separated into ink planes (#4155); scores and estimates unchanged; `.ai` paths with a Calligraphic brush open brushed, with the 6D Art Pen's channels, and Windows reads the pen's tilt and barrel rotation, #372; scores and estimates unchanged; Compound Shapes add-on, beyond Illustrator; scores and estimates unchanged; Contour add-on, beyond Illustrator; scores and estimates unchanged; a slow first frame is waited for instead of restarting without the graphics adapter, and the menu bar no longer waits for the installed fonts' scan; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 ## Feature submission evidence
 
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Artboard Options forwards the active Artboard tool's Scale Artwork with Artboard
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-11-08 | minor | #3380, deletion only: preserve gradient placement and exact surviving geometry; consume owned subpaths with a shared original-node snapshot; consolidate status/evidence and document command/helper contracts. Compound behavior and the existing M2 status entry are retained. Endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged. |
+| 2026-11-07 | minor | #3380 (deletion only): independent surviving path objects; transformed appearance, stacking, selection, cubic handles and Undo/Redo covered by `delete_path_pieces`; compound semantics retained. Endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-06 | minor | G9: EPS import reads gradients a page paints as abutting strips as one linear gradient each (no seams); an Illustrator EPS whose page drew them that way keeps its layers. Estimate unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-03 | minor | Docked Tools stays between left-side panels and the canvas; redocking accepts canvas and window edges. Requested layout choice; scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-02 | minor | Selection QoL: saved marquee modes, screen drag direction with a 3 px dead zone, and translated mode/E feedback (#5313); VectorCraft addition, scores and estimates unchanged. |
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 ## G11 Correctness bugs in core tools
 
+- **Done, deletion only (#3380):** deleting anchors or segments that disconnect an ordinary contour creates independent selected path objects, preserving appearance, baked transforms, sibling order and one-step Undo/Redo. Existing multi-subpath paths and compound members stay intact. A second Delete removes all selected survivors. Bounds-fitted gradients keep their original placement on the new objects; already placed gradients stay unchanged. Segment endpoint highlighting remains open; broader G11 scope, scores and estimates are unchanged. Evidence: `crates/engine/tests/it/delete_path_pieces.rs` and the Delete/Backspace frame regression in `crates/ui-egui/src/tests/removeanchors.rs`.
+
 - **Live trace result bounds and selection highlights exclude the retained bitmap except in source-image views:** `live_trace_result_bounds_exclude_the_retained_bitmap_at_any_angle` checks every TraceView, geometric and visual bounds and rotated result bounds. `live_trace_selection_highlight_excludes_the_retained_source_rectangle` checks result highlights and the existing ordinary-group policy. Shared editing-child traversal also preserves Shaper handling. Broader scope and estimates unchanged.
 
 - **Implemented, Windows native canvas and regression checks passed in PR #2643 (#2544):** Anchor Point edits selected blend spine points and handles with path-compatible selection/stacking, handle visibility and 45-degree constraints; #2425 perpendicular segment reshaping is preserved. Broader G11 scope and estimates unchanged.

docs/mcp.md

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 schema, defaults). An object filter runs on the selected paths and compound paths with `plugin.run {id, params}` (one
 undo step; it may change, delete or add objects, and the result is selected). A filter whose manifest lists `inputs`
 (`type`, `image`, `symbolInstance`; `inputs` in its `plugin.list` entry) also lists `doc.read` in its `permissions`, so
-installing it needs a person's approval. It is also given the selected objects of those kinds to read, with at most 16 MiB of
-pixels and 16 MiB of type runs over one run (later ones come with `pixelsOmitted` or `truncated`). Every object counts
-toward the input's half of the plug-in's memory cap, ids, bounds, transforms and names included: pixels and runs that
-don't fit come the same way, and an object whose other fields don't fit makes `plugin.run` return a memory-budget error
-naming the object and its size, with nothing changed. A path or compound path that doesn't fit makes it return the
+installing it needs a person's approval. It is also given the selected objects of those kinds to read, in paint order from the
+bottom, with at most 16 MiB of pixels and 16 MiB of type runs over one run (an object that doesn't fit what the objects
+before it left comes with `pixelsOmitted` or `truncated`; an image that reaches the decoder counts toward the pixels
+even when decoding fails). Every object counts toward the input's half of the plug-in's memory cap, ids, bounds,
+transforms and names included: pixels and runs that don't fit come the same way, and an object whose other fields don't
+fit makes `plugin.run` return a memory-budget error naming the object and its size, with nothing changed. A path or compound path that doesn't fit makes it return the
 memory-budget error `the selection is too large to hand over`, and more than 100,000 of these objects make it return
 an object-budget error. Its output returns
 each of them as `{"id": …}` or exactly as given, otherwise `plugin.run` returns an error naming the object and the

docs/plugins.md

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 - An image (`"image"`): `pixelSize` is its width and height in pixels; `colorMode` is `"rgb"`, `"cmyk"`, `"gray"` or
   `"unknown"`, read from the image itself. An embedded image whose pixels take at most 1 MiB in base64 (443 × 443
   pixels fit) has them in `pixelsBase64`: straight RGBA, 8 bits a channel, row by row from the top, and
-  `pixelsOmitted: false`. A CMYK image's pixels are its inks through the working CMYK profile. The pixels of all the
-  images in one input take at most 16 MiB in base64. A larger image, one whose pixels don't fit what the images before
+  `pixelsOmitted: false`. A CMYK image's pixels are its inks through the working CMYK profile, as sRGB. The pixels of
+  all the images in one input take at most 16 MiB in base64, and an image the host starts to decode takes its size
+  from those 16 MiB even when decoding fails. A larger image, one whose pixels don't fit what the images before
   it in paint order left, and a linked image (`linked: true`) have
   `pixelsOmitted: true` and no pixels; the host checks an image's size before it decodes the image. An image of any
   size also has `pixelsOmitted: true` when its data is missing from the document, when its width or height is 0, when
-  its data cannot be decoded (or needs more than 64 MiB of decoder memory, or is a TIFF the host rejects as too
-  large), or when the dimensions in its data differ from `pixelSize`. A plug-in checks `pixelsOmitted` before it
-  reads `pixelsBase64`, which is present only when `pixelsOmitted` is `false`. The host never
+  its data cannot be decoded (including a non-CMYK image whose decoder enforces the host's 64 MiB memory limit and
+  needs more, and a TIFF the host rejects as too large), or when the dimensions in its data differ from `pixelSize`.
+  A plug-in checks `pixelsOmitted` before it reads `pixelsBase64`, which is present only when `pixelsOmitted` is `false`. The host never
   reads a linked image's file for a filter and never gives its path.
 - A symbol instance (`"symbolInstance"`): `symbolId` is the name of the symbol it shows, with `missing: true` when the
   document has no symbol of that name. `overrides` is `{}`.

docs/roadmap.md

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 # Roadmap: milestones and what's next
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-09 · **Change:** minor (floating tab groups collapse into the side icon rail and opened rail panels fold back into it, #5925 in part; M4/M7: `.ai`/EPS type keeps its tab stops, and right-aligned lines with tabs lay out as the file's page, #6147; M4/M7: `.ai`/EPS type from the text document lays its lines out closer to the file's page, within limits, #6137; numeric fields step on wheel hover without taking keyboard focus, #5949) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-09 · **Change:** minor (floating tab groups collapse into the side icon rail and opened rail panels fold back into it, #5925 in part; M4/M7: `.ai`/EPS type keeps its tab stops, and right-aligned lines with tabs lay out as the file's page, #6147; M4/M7: `.ai`/EPS type from the text document lays its lines out closer to the file's page, within limits, #6137; numeric fields step on wheel hover without taking keyboard focus, #5949; Character Styles panel: a double-click on a style's row opens its Character Style Options; the dialog keeps a fixed width and scrolls its sections, so its buttons stay on screen; Selection QoL: marquee modes and visible feedback, #5313; SVG CSS classes survive export and repeated import in all four styling modes (#2480); current-main integration retains event attributes and scripts; #3380 deletion-only review follow-up: independent survivors keep gradient placement, owned subpaths avoid discarded copies, and contracts/status/evidence are clarified; endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged; Indian-language hyphenation review and license allowlist, #4947; Hindi catalog and contributor loanword preferences; full wording review in progress; Effect dialogs: a colour swatch beside a hex colour opens the Color Picker, #5365; shape tools move the selection from its centre point and turn it from the zone outside a box corner, #5477; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 ## Feature submission evidence
 
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ M7 type: Touch Type moves a right-to-left character along its line and up from i
 | 2026-11-07 | minor | M4/M7: `.ai`/EPS type from the text document keeps its paragraphs' tab stops, and right-aligned area type sets the text after a line's last tab against the right edge, the text before it at its stops from the left edge (#6147). Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-07 | minor | M4/M7: `.ai`/EPS type from the text document keeps auto leading at the paragraph's share, the paragraph's hyphenation options and may show more of the last lines the file sets in an area frame of its own, when growing the frame by its lines' deepest descent plus 0.05 pt shows them, and a line a soft return ends is justified as a wrapped line is (#6137); a user's `.ai` that opened from its PDF part now opens from its layers. Limits: frames grow only for area type of one frame, horizontal, by its lines' deepest descent plus 0.05 pt; type in a font that isn't installed, and hyphenation in a language that isn't imported, still lay out differently. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-08 | minor | Character Styles panel: a double-click on a user style's row opens its Character Style Options (`ui.charStyleOptions`); the dialog keeps a fixed width and scrolls its sections in a shorter window, so OK and Cancel stay on screen. Tests `panels::text_styles::tests::double_clicking_a_character_style_row_opens_its_options` and `dialogs::char_style_options::tests::the_sections_scroll_in_a_window_shorter_than_the_general_list`. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
+| 2026-11-08 | minor | #3380, deletion only: preserve gradient placement and exact surviving geometry; consume owned subpaths with a shared original-node snapshot; consolidate status/evidence and document command/helper contracts. Compound behavior and the existing M2 status entry are retained. Endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged. |
+| 2026-11-07 | minor | #3380 (deletion only): independent surviving path objects; transformed appearance, stacking, selection, cubic handles and Undo/Redo covered by `delete_path_pieces`; compound semantics retained. Endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-02 | minor | Selection QoL: saved marquee modes, screen drag direction with a 3 px dead zone, and translated mode/E feedback (#5313); VectorCraft addition, scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-07 | minor | Indian-language hyphenation (#4947): eleven MIT-licensed pattern sets, with grapheme and shaping-cluster protection in both composers and existing paragraph limits. Assamese and Sanskrit are selectable; Sanskrit automatic patterns remain pending an allowlisted source. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-05 | minor | Effect dialogs: a colour swatch beside a hex colour field follows typed values, and a double-click opens the Color Picker over the dialog, whose OK fills the field (#5365); scores and estimates unchanged. |
@@ -129,10 +131,8 @@ native wording review, layout checks and a web Devanagari font remain. [Notes](l
 |---|---|---|---|
 | M0 | Skeleton + vertical slice | ✅ done | — |
 | M1 | Selection, transform, layers, MCP (common command tools, strict keys, session resources and version-aware result hints) | ✅ mostly done (document-tab artwork drag with lossless resource transfer and one target Undo; malformed MCP app replies discard the connection without replay, #1761; bounded control socket waits and connection-slot recovery, #1726; bounded synthetic control input, #1709; no-op anchor Align keeps Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); transform reference point snaps to anchors/centres; rotated objects keep a rotated bounding box and their angle; Free Transform, Scale and Reflect along a rotated box pending; the Transform fields take one Tab each, the W/H link after them) | 4–6 |
-| M2 | Drawing tools + smart guides | ✅ mostly done (Polygon/Star exact-size count persistence, with repeated-drag, tool-switch and Cancel regression coverage; Curvature point markers without direction handles (#1236, in part); Direct Selection segment click/Delete preserves neighboring edges, #1278; Flare, Reshape, Live Corners widget dragging and per-corner radii and kinds landed, on any path's corners; Shaper rough-shape recognition and orientation steps, the remaining Pen modifier nuances; Shaper Groups with editable sources and separate fill/stroke edits landed; custom ruler origin with drag preview, active-artboard reset, relative X/Y fields and native round-trip (#1212); construction widget/refinements pending); a shape just drawn moves by its centre point and turns from the zone outside a corner with its tool still active (#5477); Tangent and straight-segment perpendicular snapping use saved Smart Guides Geometric Guides preferences and Control bar quick access (#2537); no View submenu; Copy and Cut with the Pen or Curvature tool take the anchors a Cmd/Ctrl-lent Direct Selection picked (#6123) | 12–18 |
-| M2 | Drawing tools + smart guides | ✅ mostly done (Polygon/Star exact-size count persistence, with repeated-drag, tool-switch and Cancel regression coverage; Curvature point markers without direction handles (#1236, in part); Direct Selection segment click/Delete preserves neighboring edges, #1278; Flare, Reshape, Live Corners widget dragging and per-corner radii and kinds landed, on any path's corners; Shaper rough-shape recognition and orientation steps, the remaining Pen modifier nuances; Shaper Groups with editable sources and separate fill/stroke edits landed; custom ruler origin with drag preview, active-artboard reset, relative X/Y fields and native round-trip (#1212); construction widget/refinements pending); Tangent and straight-segment perpendicular snapping use saved Smart Guides Geometric Guides preferences and Control bar quick access (#2537); no View submenu | 12–18 |
+| M2 | Drawing tools + smart guides | ✅ mostly done (#3380 deletion creates independent selected path pieces and keeps bounds-fitted gradients in place; endpoint highlighting remains open; Polygon/Star exact-size count persistence, with repeated-drag, tool-switch and Cancel regression coverage; Curvature point markers without direction handles (#1236, in part); Direct Selection segment click/Delete preserves neighboring edges, #1278; Flare, Reshape, Live Corners widget dragging and per-corner radii and kinds landed, on any path's corners; Shaper rough-shape recognition and orientation steps, the remaining Pen modifier nuances; Shaper Groups with editable sources and separate fill/stroke edits landed; custom ruler origin with drag preview, active-artboard reset, relative X/Y fields and native round-trip (#1212); construction widget/refinements pending); a shape just drawn moves by its centre point and turns from the zone outside a corner with its tool still active (#5477); Tangent and straight-segment perpendicular snapping use saved Smart Guides Geometric Guides preferences and Control bar quick access (#2537); no View submenu; Copy and Cut with the Pen or Curvature tool take the anchors a Cmd/Ctrl-lent Direct Selection picked (#6123) | 12–18 |
 | M3 | Paint & appearance (swatches, color, gradient, stroke, appearance, transparency, styles) | ✅ done (M3.7–M3.98): swatches, groups, libraries, tints, Lab spots and Registration; Eyedropper styles highlighted text only (atomic transparency rejection); Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); Color Picker, Color panel, Color Guide, Color Themes, Edit Colors and Recolor Artwork (screen-bounded Edit chip list, #3416); gradients that follow every transform, the annotator, linked stops, freeform gradients, focal points, gradients on strokes and Expand; visible strokes when paint is added to inherited None/zero-width art (#1253); stroke geometry, arrowheads, dashes fitted to corners, stroke on type, width profiles and the Width tool (Shift-double-click enables adjoining adjustment in Width Point Edit; finite-arithmetic follow-up regressions and full CI passed ([Validation evidence](target-app-parity.md#evidence-what-ships-today-by-area))), Scale Strokes and preview bounds; Appearance targeting, container appearance, target circles, Expand Appearance; knockout, isolation, blend accuracy, CMYK blending, overprint, Attributes, masks and clipping, Flatten Transparency; graphic styles, links and libraries; CSS library export preserves fractional linear and radial gradient stop positions. Left: freeform gradients in SVG/PDF, mixed spot/process gradients in SVG and PDF gradients mixing a spot color with RGB or Lab stops export as stops or process colors; PDF export writes dithered gradient fills with spot stops, and Perceptual spot gradients with RGB or Lab stops other than white or more than 4,096 stops on their curve, as images in process colors; confirm the Scale Strokes & Effects default; Recolor model selection is available through the engine and MCP only (#2520); the dialog retains its existing controls | 4–8 |
-| M2 | Drawing tools + smart guides | ✅ mostly done (Curvature point markers without direction handles (#1236, in part); Direct Selection segment click/Delete preserves neighboring edges, #1278; Flare, Reshape, Live Corners widget dragging and per-corner radii and kinds landed, on any path's corners; Shaper rough-shape recognition and orientation steps, the remaining Pen modifier nuances; Shaper Groups with editable sources and separate fill/stroke edits landed; custom ruler origin with drag preview, active-artboard reset, relative X/Y fields and native round-trip (#1212); construction widget/refinements pending) | 12–18 |
 | M4 | Files (native, SVG, PDF, raster, Export for Screens, clipboard interop) | `.ai`/EPS type from the text document keeps its paragraphs' tab stops (#6147); `.ai`/EPS type from the text document keeps auto leading per line, its hyphenation options, and may show more of the last lines the file sets in an area frame of its own, when growing the frame by its lines' deepest descent plus 0.05 pt shows them (#6137); ✅ done (M4.14–M4.98 on 2026-10-05): Save As/Save a Copy/Revert/templates, Data Recovery and background save, SVG import and export fidelity (units, text, symbols, filters, SVGZ, Preserve Editing, SVG Options), shared guarded PDF writer and windowed reader ([pdf-backend.md](pdf-backend.md)), PDF import (colours, layers, masks, editable text, security) and export (presets, marks, bleed, ICC and output intent, raster effects, subset fonts, PDF/X-1a, X-3 and X-4, PDF layers, overprint, page thumbnails, fast web view, PDF 1.3), Place and Links, Package, EPS and DXF in and out (EPS legacy mesh corners, vector opacity masks and raster page comparison verified; closed SPLINE flags round-trip and circular paths export as native CIRCLE/ARC, #1299), EMF/WMF, TIFF/BMP/Targa/PSD/GIF/PNG-8 export, Print and print presets, slices, Save for Web, TIFF in Export for Screens and Asset Export, clipboard flavours, File Info; AF.1–AF.4 add Affinity import (native layers, artboards, vectors, text and images from Affinity 1–3 files; the embedded preview only as a warned fallback; AF.4 expands current `.af` fixtures and every-board round-trip validation); EPS Save and Save As keep an opened EPS as EPS with its page frame and complete editable VectorCraft document (2026-10-26; G9 import fidelity unchanged). Left: DWG (use DXF), PSD placement as layers, overprint read back from PDF, Affinity export, polish; SVG CSS classes survive export and repeated import in all four styling modes (#2480); current-main integration retains event attributes and scripts; SVG CSS classes survive export and repeated import in all four styling modes (#2480); current-main integration retains event attributes and scripts | 3–6 (existing scope; Affinity export unestimated) |
 | M3 | Paint & appearance (swatches, color, gradient, stroke, appearance, transparency, styles) | ✅ done (M3.7–M3.98): swatches, groups, libraries, tints, Lab spots and Registration; Eyedropper styles highlighted text only (atomic transparency rejection); Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); Color Picker, Color panel, Color Guide, Color Themes, Edit Colors and Recolor Artwork (screen-bounded Edit chip list, #3416); gradients that follow every transform, the annotator, linked stops, freeform gradients, focal points, gradients on strokes and Expand; visible strokes when paint is added to inherited None/zero-width art (#1253); stroke geometry, arrowheads, dashes fitted to corners, stroke on type, width profiles and the Width tool (Shift-double-click enables adjoining adjustment in Width Point Edit), Scale Strokes and preview bounds; Appearance targeting, container appearance, target circles, Expand Appearance; knockout, isolation, blend accuracy, CMYK blending, overprint, Attributes, masks and clipping, Flatten Transparency; graphic styles, links and libraries; CSS library export preserves fractional linear and radial gradient stop positions. Left: freeform gradients in SVG/PDF, mixed spot/process gradients in SVG and PDF gradients mixing a spot color with RGB or Lab stops export as stops or process colors; PDF export writes dithered gradient fills with spot stops, and Perceptual spot gradients with RGB or Lab stops other than white or more than 4,096 stops on their curve, as images in process colors; confirm the Scale Strokes & Effects default | 4–8 |
 | M5 | Performance | 🟡 background render + caches + MT done; `vectorcraft-cli bench` and `vectorcraft-cli perf` (budget suite); opaque solid-fill knockout paths draw once in hard-edge/supersampled raster export, with analytical-AA compositing unchanged; file format v2 opens 3× faster (50k paths: 722 → 244 ms); raster effects (glows, shadows, blur, feather) no longer force the whole frame single-threaded (filtered offscreen per effect, verified equal to the single-threaded reference); Craquelure/Mosaic Tiles/Stained Glass distance searches optimized with pixel-invariance checks and the `texture_drag_perf` probe (#1257); effect-heavy demos need a clean-machine benchmark; dirty-region rendering, GPU backend spike pending | 15–25 |

docs/target-app-parity.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Parity with Adobe Illustrator
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-09 · **Change:** minor (floating tab groups collapse into the side icon rail and opened rail panels fold back into it, #5925 in part; `.ai`/EPS type keeps its tab stops, and right-aligned lines with tabs lay out as the file's page, #6147; `.ai`/EPS type from the text document lays its lines out closer to the file's page, within limits, #6137; `.ai` and EPS import: older Art brush objects read; numeric fields step on wheel hover without taking keyboard focus, and a panel wheel turn cannot seed a canvas zoom glide, #5949) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; public release notes through 30.7, August 2026)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-09 · **Change:** minor (floating tab groups collapse into the side icon rail and opened rail panels fold back into it, #5925 in part; `.ai`/EPS type keeps its tab stops, and right-aligned lines with tabs lay out as the file's page, #6147; `.ai`/EPS type from the text document lays its lines out closer to the file's page, within limits, #6137; `.ai` and EPS import: older Art brush objects read; numeric fields step on wheel hover without taking keyboard focus, and a panel wheel turn cannot seed a canvas zoom glide, #5949; Character Styles panel: a double-click on a style's row opens its Character Style Options; the dialog keeps a fixed width and scrolls its sections, so its buttons stay on screen; Tools stays beside the canvas with left-side panels; new gradients follow document color mode; Selection QoL: marquee modes and visible feedback, #5313; SVG CSS classes survive export and repeated import in all four styling modes (#2480); current-main integration retains event attributes and scripts; #3380 deletion-only review follow-up: independent survivors keep gradient placement, owned subpaths avoid discarded copies, and contracts/status/evidence are clarified; endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged; the canvas keeps selection outlines and anchors between frames; Indian-language hyphenation review and license allowlist, #4947; Stroke gradients: an arrowhead aligned to the tip is painted to the corners of its base, #5964; Drop Shadow and glow dialogs: spinner arrows, #5367, #5368; Stroke Weight Up and Down shortcuts, #5797; Hindi catalog and contributor loanword preferences; full wording review in progress; Properties in Edit Artboards: a Transform section with the reference point above the Artboards section, #5219; the Control bar's Stroke: and Opacity: links scrub their fields, #4088; an image zoomed in on is separated, colorized or proofed only where it shows (#4155); a document's first frame renders on the render worker, so opening a heavy file no longer freezes the window, #4155; Control bar Paragraph section with type selected, #5372; translating unchanged type reuses its glyph and character-stroke outlines; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; public release notes through 30.7, August 2026; Units › East Asian Type acts, with Q and Ha units; scores unchanged)
 
 ## Feature submission evidence
 
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Artboard Options forwards the active Artboard tool's Scale Artwork with Artboard
 | 2026-11-07 | minor | File formats and Type core (#6147): `.ai`/EPS type keeps its paragraphs' tab stops (positions and alignments; leaders aren't read; at most 1,024 a paragraph and 2^20 a story), and right-aligned area type sets the text after a line's last tab against the right edge, the text before it at its stops; centred and justified lines are aligned as a whole as before; evidence added. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-07 | minor | File formats and Type core (#6137): `.ai`/EPS type from the text document keeps auto leading per line, its hyphenation options, may show more of the last lines the file sets in an area frame of its own, when growing the frame by its lines' deepest descent plus 0.05 pt shows them, and a line a soft return ends is justified; evidence added. Limits: frames grow only for area type of one frame, horizontal, by its lines' deepest descent plus 0.05 pt; type in a font that isn't installed, and hyphenation in a language that isn't imported, still lay out differently. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-08 | minor | Style panels: a double-click on a user character style's row opens its Character Style Options (`ui.charStyleOptions`), and on a paragraph style's row its Paragraph Style Options (rename); the Character Style Options dialog keeps a fixed width and scrolls its sections in a shorter window, so OK and Cancel stay on screen. Tests `panels::text_styles::tests::double_clicking_a_character_style_row_opens_its_options` and `dialogs::char_style_options::tests::the_sections_scroll_in_a_window_shorter_than_the_general_list`. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
+| 2026-11-08 | minor | #3380, deletion only: preserve gradient placement and exact surviving geometry; consume owned subpaths with a shared original-node snapshot; consolidate status/evidence and document command/helper contracts. Compound behavior and the existing M2 status entry are retained. Endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged. |
+| 2026-11-07 | minor | #3380 (deletion only): independent surviving path objects; transformed appearance, stacking, selection, cubic handles and Undo/Redo covered by `delete_path_pieces`; compound semantics retained. Endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-07 | minor | Pen and Curvature tool with Cmd/Ctrl held: Edit › Copy and Cut take the anchors and segments the lent Direct Selection picked, not the whole path; with the Pen's own last anchor selected Copy still takes the whole path (#6123); scores and estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-11-07 | minor | Live Corners: with Direct Selection, while every corner of a path is selected (the path selected whole), a Shift-click on a corner widget picks that corner alone, as the first click of "click one widget, then Shift-click the others" does, instead of deselecting it and hiding its widget (#5188). The other corners' widgets then hide: a Shift-click on another corner's anchor adds that corner and shows its widget, and a Shift-click on a showing widget deselects its corner. Adding a corner by Shift-clicking its widget while it is hidden stays open (#1232). Test: `corners::tests::a_shift_click_on_a_widget_of_a_whole_path_picks_its_corner`. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-07 | minor | Live Corners: with Direct Selection, while every corner of a path is selected (the path selected whole), a Shift-click on a corner widget picks that corner alone, as the first click of "click one widget, then Shift-click the others" does, instead of deselecting it and hiding its widget (#5188). Once some corners are picked, Shift-click still adds or removes one. Test: `corners::tests::a_shift_click_on_a_widget_of_a_whole_path_picks_its_corner`. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ dominate; 3D, graphs and automation are specialist). They sum to 105. Feature de
 
 | Area | Weight | Done | Main gaps | One agent (h) | Kind |
 |---|---:|---:|---|---:|---|
-| Selection, transform & align tools | 6 | 85% | Direct Selection segment click/Delete corrected (#1278); open-path anchor Delete keeps gaps; Select › Start Global Edit finds the paths, compound paths and symbol instances of the selected object's shape (Appearance, Size and artboard options) and gives an edit of one to all of them in proportion, as one undo step (#3521), and on a group the groups like it, an edit inside one reaching the same object in the others (#4939), and a Shift-click on a highlighted match leaves it out; the Align panel menu's Align to Glyph Bounds › Point Text and Area Text measure type by its glyphs' ink for Align and Distribute (#4231); remaining: Free Transform/Scale/Reflect along a rotated box, Global Edit of rotated copies, transform nuances (no-op anchor Align history regression-tested, #1180 follow-up) | 4–6 | estimated; Global Edit regression-tested (`crates/engine/src/tests/globaledit.rs`; Quick Action, menu label and Escape in `panels::properties::tests::start_global_edit_quick_action_and_escape`) |
+| Selection, transform & align tools | 6 | 85% | Direct Selection segment click/Delete corrected (#1278); deletion splits an ordinary contour into selected sibling objects with bounds-fitted gradients kept in place (#3380, deletion only; `crates/engine/tests/it/delete_path_pieces.rs`); open-path anchor Delete keeps gaps; Select › Start Global Edit finds the paths, compound paths and symbol instances of the selected object's shape (Appearance, Size and artboard options) and gives an edit of one to all of them in proportion, as one undo step (#3521), and on a group the groups like it, an edit inside one reaching the same object in the others (#4939), and a Shift-click on a highlighted match leaves it out; the Align panel menu's Align to Glyph Bounds › Point Text and Area Text measure type by its glyphs' ink for Align and Distribute (#4231); remaining: Free Transform/Scale/Reflect along a rotated box, Global Edit of rotated copies, transform nuances (no-op anchor Align history regression-tested, #1180 follow-up) | 4–6 | estimated; Global Edit regression-tested (`crates/engine/src/tests/globaledit.rs`; Quick Action, menu label and Escape in `panels::properties::tests::start_global_edit_quick_action_and_escape`) |
 | Drawing tools (Pen, Curvature, Pencil, shapes, Shaper) | 7 | 85% | Shaper construction widget, Pencil/Pen nuances, Blob Brush options, Touch Type, Dimension tool; see [ui-parity.md](ui-parity.md) | 8–13 | estimated; Curvature point display regression-tested (#1236, in part); Polygon/Star exact-size count persistence regression-covered; Live Corners' Relative rounding done (#3091), score unchanged; Copy and Cut with the Pen or Curvature tool take the anchors a Cmd/Ctrl-lent Direct Selection picked (#6123), score and hours unchanged |
 | Path operations, Pathfinder, Shape Builder, Live Paint | 5 | 80% | Shape Builder on the reporter's file (#937: art past 4,096 segments is cut by lines again; unconfirmed on the file itself); gap detection shares Live Paint’s finder, with a 72 pt custom cap and the existing options; Live Paint Gap Options | 4–8 | estimated; Shape Builder Gap Detection shares Live Paint’s spatial gap finder and temporary merge bridges (#2526); Custom is capped at 72 pt in the existing options dialog (lowered from 86%: open issues); compound attributes regression-tested (#1197); single-result source names survive SVG export/import (#1293), with [SVG ID semantics](https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2/struct.html#IDAttribute) and original-shape tests; Simplify component selection and preview regression-tested (#1272); Simplify of a Direct Selection part of a path regression-tested (`tests/simplify_part.rs`); Divide open-cutting-path geometry and appearance regression-tested (#1307); the Shape Builder's edge-source grid is bounded in memory and files a segment once per cell (`planar.rs` test `rect_index_holds_a_bounded_number_of_references`); live compound shapes (Make, Alt-click, member Shape Modes, Release, Expand, saved and exported) regression-tested (#4522) |
 | Colour, swatches, gradients, patterns, mesh, recolor | 7 | 92% | 30.0's gradient additions are done (dither, perceptual blending, presets); freeform gradients in SVG/PDF, mixed spot/process gradients in SVG, PDF gradients mixing a spot color with RGB or Lab stops, and dithered spot gradient fills and Perceptual spot gradients with RGB or Lab stops other than white or more than 4,096 stops on their curve, which PDF export writes as images in process colors | 4–7 | estimated; Recolor model selection is available through the engine and MCP (#2520), and the dialog's color sliders (HSB, RGB, CMYK, Lab, Tint for a spot color) edit the selected row's new color in its mode, and the Edit tab's Global Adjust sliders (Saturation, Brightness, Temperature, Luminosity, -100% to 100%) change every recolored color at once (lowered from 96%: target moved); unpainted zero-width stroke restoration fixed (#1253), score and hours unchanged; Eyedropper source reads regression-tested (#1251); screen-bounded Recolor Edit chip list (#3416), score and hours unchanged |
@@ -539,6 +541,7 @@ since 2026-10-01.
 
 ## Evidence: what ships today, by area
 
+- **Selection — disconnected path deletion (#3380, deletion only):** Clear/Delete and Cut turn surviving disconnected pieces of an ordinary contour into independent selected sibling objects. The first keeps its ID; all keep appearance, baked transforms and stacking order. `deletion_split_preserves_gradient_placement` compares rendered survivors with the original paint space and checks linear/radial fill/stroke vectors, already placed gradients and atomic Undo/Redo; connected remainders keep automatic fitting. Existing multi-subpath paths and explicit compound members retain their semantics. Original synthetic regressions in `crates/engine/tests/it/delete_path_pieces.rs` cover styled/transformed rectangles, cubic handles, compound preservation and atomic Undo/Redo; `crates/ui-egui/src/tests/removeanchors.rs` covers real-frame Delete/Backspace and a second Delete removing all survivors. Segment endpoint highlighting remains open. Scores and hours unchanged.
 - **Panel collapse controls (#5925, in part):** The small » in a floating tab-group header moves that group into the side icon rail, reusing the existing rail or creating one. An opened rail panel has the same control to fold its flyout back into the rail, including after a tab switch. Both controls preserve the tab group and its menu; other floating groups and full-width docked headers stay as they were. Pointer regressions in `crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking/tests.rs` cover grouped tabs, reopening, separate groups, a missing rail, the menu and flyout closure after switching tabs; `native_tests.rs` covers the native-window click and removal of the empty palette. Scores and estimates unchanged.
 
 - 3D lighting presets: `crates/effects/src/lighting_presets.rs`, `crates/engine/src/cmd/effectcmd/lighting_presets_tests.rs` and the pointer tests in `crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/revolve/tests.rs` cover recognition, atomic targeting, native round trips, preview, Cancel, reset and Undo.
@@ -1580,7 +1583,7 @@ Moved from the ROADMAP's "Shipped so far" on 2026-10-10. Update it when a featur
 - **Safe Mode for plug-ins (G17):** `vectorcraft --safe-mode` and `vectorcraft-cli --safe-mode <subcommand>` start without plug-ins. When a launch stopped while a plug-in was loading or drawing its first live effect, the next launch names that plug-in, without saying it caused the stop, and offers Disable and Continue, Start Normally or Start in Safe Mode. Help › Safe Mode lists the disabled plug-ins with Enable on Re-launch, which takes effect at the next launch, and the app bar and the window title show Safe Mode. The help page (https://web.archive.org/web/20210601162814/https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/illustrator_reference.pdf, pages 65 to 69) describes the same choice between diagnosing and starting normally, a Safe Mode with the problem item off and the rest of the app working, and turning the item back on at the next launch. In Safe Mode no plug-in loads or runs, and a live-effect plug-in draws its object's geometry unchanged while the object keeps the effect, which the Appearance panel marks "(Safe Mode)" with the plug-in's id in its tooltip and `effect.list` marks `skipped`; Expand Appearance refuses such an object. The web build keeps no plug-ins between page loads and has no marker. Each desktop launch with preferences keeps a marker in the `Launch` folder next to them; `vectorcraft-cli` and a desktop launch without preferences keep none, so a stop there leads to no choice at the next launch. Disabled plug-ins are listed in `Plug-ins/disabled.json`. `plugin.safeMode` reports Safe Mode and the disabled plug-ins, and `plugin.setEnabled` changes the list. Regressions: `crates/plugins/src/safe_mode.rs`, `crates/plugins/tests/safe_mode.rs`, `crates/engine/tests/plugin_safe_mode.rs`, `crates/ui-egui/tests/safe_mode.rs`. Scores and hours unchanged.
 - **Plug-in instruction budget at a bulk memory instruction:** a run that pauses where one slice of its instruction budget ends keeps the instructions the slice still held. A `memory.fill` or `memory.copy` that the slice can't pay for in full runs on the next slice, so a run whose budget covers its work finishes; a run ends with `Limit("instruction budget")` only when the instructions it has left can't pay for the next instruction. Regressions: `crates/plugins/tests/abi.rs`. Scores and hours unchanged.
 - **Plug-in permissions (G17):** a manifest may list `permissions` (`doc.read`, `doc.write`, `state`, `effect.render`, `export.write`; the first three follow storytold/photocraft#662) and an `api` level; without the list a plug-in gets what its kind implies and installs as before. Install Plug-in… and File › Open show the name, id, version, file SHA-256 and each permission in plain words, with control and bidirectional characters escaped, and install nothing on Cancel; for a plug-in that lists permissions, `plugin.install` needs `grant` and folders install it only when it is granted. The grant is kept with the module's hash, a module asking for more asks again, and a filter run refuses output its permissions don't allow. Regressions: `crates/plugins/src/permissions.rs`, `crates/plugins/src/manifest.rs`, `crates/engine/src/tests/plugins.rs`, `crates/engine/tests/plugin_fuzz.rs`, `crates/ui-egui/src/tests/plugins.rs`. Scores and hours unchanged.
-- **Filter plug-ins read type, images and symbol instances (G17, #4333):** a filter at plug-in API level 2 lists `inputs` (`type`, `image`, `symbolInstance`) with `doc.read` in its `permissions`, so installing it asks for approval, and is also given the selected objects of those kinds, read only: type with its runs, character and paragraph attributes (no text past 256 KiB or 4,096 runs or paragraphs, or 16 MiB of runs over the input), images with their size, color mode and, when embedded and at most 1 MiB in base64 (16 MiB over the input), their RGBA pixels (a CMYK image's through the working CMYK profile; never a linked file's), and symbol instances with their symbol and transform. Every object counts toward the input's half of the memory cap; one whose fields besides its pixels and runs don't fit fails the run naming it and its size, a path or compound path that doesn't fit fails it too, and so do more than 100,000 of these objects. Its output returns each as `{id}` or exactly as given; any change or omission is refused before the document changes. Filters without `inputs` get the same input as before, except that compound paths that clip a clip group and paths inside a group that clips one are left out for every filter. Regressions: `crates/plugins/src/objects/tests.rs`, `crates/plugins/src/manifest.rs`, `crates/engine/src/tests/plugins.rs`, `crates/engine/tests/plugin_fuzz.rs`. Scores and hours unchanged.
+- **Filter plug-ins read type, images and symbol instances (G17, #4333):** a filter at plug-in API level 2 lists `inputs` (`type`, `image`, `symbolInstance`) with `doc.read` in its `permissions`, so installing it asks for approval, and is also given the selected objects of those kinds, read only: type with its runs, character and paragraph attributes (no text past 256 KiB or 4,096 runs or paragraphs, or 16 MiB of runs over the input), images with their size, color mode and, when embedded and at most 1 MiB in base64 (16 MiB over the input), their RGBA pixels (a CMYK image's through the working CMYK profile; never a linked file's), and symbol instances with their symbol and transform. The objects come in paint order from the bottom, and an image that reaches the decoder counts toward the 16 MiB of pixels even when decoding fails. Every object counts toward the input's half of the memory cap; one whose fields besides its pixels and runs don't fit fails the run naming it and its size, a path or compound path that doesn't fit fails it too, and so do more than 100,000 of these objects. Its output returns each as `{id}` or exactly as given; any change or omission is refused before the document changes. Filters without `inputs` get the same input as before, except that compound paths that clip a clip group and paths inside a group that clips one are left out for every filter. Regressions: `crates/plugins/src/objects/tests.rs`, `crates/plugins/src/manifest.rs`, `crates/engine/src/tests/plugins.rs`, `crates/engine/tests/plugin_fuzz.rs`. Scores and hours unchanged.
 - **Plug-in grants cover one module (G17):** a grant counts only for the module with the id and SHA-256 it records. A module that lists permissions and has other bytes under the same id needs a new approval, even with the same permissions: `plugin.inspect` reports `needsApproval`, `plugin.install` refuses it without `grant`, Install Plug-in… and File › Open ask again, and the plug-in store and plug-in folders skip it. A module with a missing or empty permissions list needs no grant; without the list, it gets its kind's implied permissions. A grant with a malformed hash covers nothing. Regressions: `crates/plugins/src/permissions.rs`, `crates/engine/src/tests/plugins.rs`, `crates/ui-egui/src/tests/plugins.rs`. Scores and hours unchanged.
 - **Plug-in approval needs a person (G17):** a plug-in's permissions and heavy budget are approved in a dialog that only a person can confirm: the control channel, MCP and injected input are refused, and `plugin.install` takes `grant` or `allowHeavy` only with that approval. `vectorcraft-cli mcp` and `run` refuse them unless started with `--allow-plugin-grants`. Regressions: `crates/engine/src/tests/plugins.rs`, `crates/ui-egui/src/tests/automation.rs`, `apps/vectorcraft-cli/tests/it/cli.rs`. Scores and hours unchanged.
 - **Plug-in commands (G17):** a filter or live effect may declare up to 32 `commands` (`{id, label, params?}`); each is the command `plugin.<id>.<command>` while the plug-in is installed, in a submenu named after the plug-in under Object › Plug-ins (Effect › Plug-ins for a live effect) whatever menu the manifest names, with its label escaped. Commands are recorded in actions, listed in Keyboard Shortcuts for the user to give a shortcut, and run through `run` and MCP with their parameters checked first (a command with parameters opens a dialog from its menu item or shortcut). A run uses the plug-in's permissions (a live effect with commands may also hold `doc.write` and `state`, and gets them without a `permissions` list), is one undo step named after the command, and on failure (a trap or an exhausted instruction budget) leaves the document and the undo history as they were with an error naming the plug-in and the command. For a command and for `plugin.run`, an `ids` that is not a list of object ids is an error rather than the selection. A malformed entry is refused by name when the module is installed. Regressions: `crates/plugins/src/manifest.rs`, `crates/plugins/src/permissions.rs`, `crates/engine/src/tests/plugins.rs`, `crates/engine/tests/plugin_fuzz.rs`, `crates/ui-egui/src/tests/plugins.rs`. Scores and hours unchanged.

docs/ui-parity.md

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 # UI and interaction parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-09 · **Change:** minor (floating tab groups collapse into the side icon rail and opened rail panels fold back into it, #5925 in part; numeric fields step on wheel hover without taking keyboard focus, #5949) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; Units › East Asian Type acts, with Q and Ha units; scores unchanged)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-09 · **Change:** minor (floating tab groups collapse into the side icon rail and opened rail panels fold back into it, #5925 in part; numeric fields step on wheel hover without taking keyboard focus, #5949; Character Styles panel: a double-click on a style's row opens its Character Style Options; the dialog keeps a fixed width and scrolls its sections, so its buttons stay on screen; Selection QoL: marquee modes and visible feedback, #5313; #3380 deletion-only review follow-up: independent survivors keep gradient placement, owned subpaths avoid discarded copies, and contracts/status/evidence are clarified; endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged; Drop Shadow and glow dialogs: spinner arrows, #5367, #5368; Stroke Weight Up and Down shortcuts, #5797; Layers: Rename (`ui.rename`) opens the name field of the selected layer, group or object, #5324; Properties in Edit Artboards: Transform section above the Artboards section, #5219; scrubby labels: the Control bar's Stroke: and Opacity: links and the Properties panel's Stroke link scrub their fields, #4088; Properties: Quick Actions has Repeat Options for one selected repeat, #5181; Direct Selection: Shift-click picks several blend spine points, which drag together, #5285; Direct Selection: Cmd/Ctrl held lends the Selection tool and shows its bounding box, #3901; Join tool trims two crossing open paths and joins them at the crossing, #5844; Control bar: Paragraph: link and Align left/center/right while type is selected, #5372; shape tools: a press on the selection's centre point moves it and one in the rotate zone outside a box corner turns it, #5477; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; Units › East Asian Type acts, with Q and Ha units; scores unchanged)
 
 ## Feature submission evidence
 
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 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
 | 2026-11-08 | minor | Style panels: a double-click on a user character style's row opens its Character Style Options (`ui.charStyleOptions`), and on a paragraph style's row its Paragraph Style Options (rename); the Character Style Options dialog keeps a fixed width and scrolls its sections in a shorter window, so OK and Cancel stay on screen. Tests `panels::text_styles::tests::double_clicking_a_character_style_row_opens_its_options` and `dialogs::char_style_options::tests::the_sections_scroll_in_a_window_shorter_than_the_general_list`. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
+| 2026-11-08 | minor | #3380, deletion only: preserve gradient placement and exact surviving geometry; consume owned subpaths with a shared original-node snapshot; consolidate status/evidence and document command/helper contracts. Compound behavior and the existing M2 status entry are retained. Endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged. |
+| 2026-11-07 | minor | #3380 (deletion only): independent surviving path objects; transformed appearance, stacking, selection, cubic handles and Undo/Redo covered by `delete_path_pieces`; compound semantics retained. Endpoint highlighting remains open; scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-02 | minor | Selection QoL: saved marquee modes, screen drag direction with a 3 px dead zone, and translated mode/E feedback (#5313); VectorCraft addition, scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-30 | minor | Home screen: welcome, New / Open and Community are centred and the large Discord button uses the theme accent, part of #4684; scores and estimates unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-11-06 | minor | Snap to Grid: a straight segment dragged with Direct Selection lands its anchors on the grid, not the pressed point (#3835); scores and estimates unchanged |
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 
 | Behaviour | Status | Notes |
 |---|---|---|
+| Deleting segments or anchors that disconnect an ordinary path creates independent selected objects | done | #3380, deletion only: first piece retains its ID, styles and transforms carry over in sibling order, bounds-fitted gradients keep their original placement, and one Undo restores the original. Existing multi-subpath paths and compound members stay intact. `delete_path_pieces` covers transformed/styled rectangles, cubic handles and Undo/Redo. Endpoint highlighting remains open. |
 | Click/Shift-click anchors; marquee toggles with Shift | done | #483 |
 | Align selected anchors to their bounds or the artboard; repeating an alignment that moves nothing keeps Undo, Redo and saved state | done | #1180 follow-up; engine regressions include rounding-only moves and unchanged handles; #1641 (fixes #1636): Align and Distribute act on the anchors selected with Direct Selection, the points of one path aligning to each other and Distribute spacing them |
 | Align selected anchors to a key anchor | missing | #1636 |
@@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Drag a handle with Shift (45° about its anchor), Alt (move one handle alone) | done | handles snap to smart guides; handle and anchor drags no longer stall when the pointer leaves and re-enters the window, and a move in the release's frame lands (#834) |
 | Show handles when multiple anchors are selected; Highlight anchors on mouse over; anchor and handle size | done | Preferences › Selection & Anchor Display |
 | Convert selected anchors to corner/smooth from the Control bar and Properties | done | |
-| Cut path at selected anchors, Remove Anchor Points, Delete removes segments | done | Open-path anchor Delete removes adjoining segments without bridging the gap; targeted core and full-frame Delete/Backspace regressions pass for survivor selection and Undo/Redo. Explicit Remove Anchor Points keeps its reconnect/refit behavior; #1278: segment Delete preserves neighboring edges and endpoint anchors; a second Delete removes the remainder; explicit anchor Delete retains its behavior; #1674: Delete removes every selected anchor of a closed path and objects selected whole along with them, and keeps the remainder selected; #2241: Remove Anchor Points then selects the next anchor along the path (the one before at an open end), so it can be run again without picking each anchor |
+| Cut path at selected anchors, Remove Anchor Points, Delete removes segments | done | Open-path anchor Delete removes adjoining segments without bridging the gap; #3380 (deletion only): disconnected survivors of an ordinary contour become independent selected sibling objects, while multi-subpath paths and compound members stay intact; targeted core and full-frame Delete/Backspace regressions pass for survivor selection and Undo/Redo. Explicit Remove Anchor Points keeps its reconnect/refit behavior; #1278: segment Delete preserves neighboring edges and endpoint anchors; a second Delete removes all selected surviving objects; explicit anchor Delete retains its behavior; #1674: Delete removes every selected anchor of a closed path and objects selected whole along with them, and keeps the surviving objects selected; #2241: Remove Anchor Points then selects the next anchor along the path (the one before at an open end), so it can be run again without picking each anchor |
 | Direct Selection and Group Selection pick only inside the isolated object in isolation mode | done | #1666 |
 | Group Selection picks one path of a compound path (the outer shape or a hole) and moves it on its own; a second click adds the compound path | done | #2441; Shift-click on a selected member deselects it on release |
 | Direct Selection, Group Selection and the Selection tool take a clipping path (a clip group's, or a layer's clipping mask) on its outline, within the selection tolerance, even where the art it clips lies over its edge | done | `HitOptions::clip_outlines`; Select Behind lists the same; the eyedropper and the tools that act on what is drawn take the art |