Merge pull request #7380 from ncic/pencil-cursors

Pencil: shows where a stroke continues, connects and closes

docs/mcp.md

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 # VectorCraft MCP server
 
-> **Last updated:** 2026-11-13 · **Change:** Snap to Point with Smart Guides off draws no Smart Guides labels or lines, #7250; no response-shape change. Previously: Envelopes: a top object's side whose pieces are all one curve split at anchors follows that curve's parameter (#7097); existing response shapes retained.
+> **Last updated:** 2026-11-14 · **Change:** Pencil continuation, straight-line and closing cursors; scores and estimates unchanged; no response-shape change. Previously: Snap to Point with Smart Guides off draws no Smart Guides labels or lines, #7250; no response-shape change. Previously: Envelopes: a top object's side whose pieces are all one curve split at anchors follows that curve's parameter (#7097); existing response shapes retained.
 
 `vectorcraft-cli mcp` runs a [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server on stdio
 (newline-delimited JSON-RPC 2.0; see [Protocol](#protocol) for version negotiation). Agents use it to
@@ -3224,8 +3224,12 @@ already walks Image Trace. Short agent entry points:
   is rejected with an error. The Pencil and the Paintbrush give Fidelity in screen pixels, 0.01 to 100 px, and send it
   divided by the zoom (0.0313 to 640) and kept within that range, so a stroke is fitted at the same tolerance on screen
   at every zoom. A stroke
-  that continues a path (`extend`) closes it when it ends within four times the Fidelity of the path's other end, at
-  least 6 pt and at most 400 pt. The Blob Brush's `path.blob` Fidelity stays in points, 0.01 to 100 pt.
+  that continues a path (`extend`) closes it when `closed` is true: the Pencil and the Paintbrush send it when the
+  stroke ends within Close Paths When Ends Are Within of the path's other end (the cursor shows the closing ring there),
+  a straight Pencil line too, or with Alt held at the release. The stroke's end then joins the other end when it is
+  within four times the Fidelity of it (at least 6 pt and at most 400 pt), and a straight segment closes the path from
+  farther away. Without `closed`, the stroke closes the path when it ends within that four-times-Fidelity distance. The
+  Blob Brush's `path.blob` Fidelity stays in points, 0.01 to 100 pt.
 - Variables: `variable.list`, `variable.define {name, kind: text|visibility|image|graph}`, `variable.bind {variable, ids?}`,
   `variable.makeTextDynamic`, `variable.makeVisibilityDynamic`, `variable.makeImageDynamic`, `variable.makeGraphDynamic`
   (`variable.bind` and `variable.makeTextDynamic` refuse type that already has another text variable and name it),
@@ -11842,6 +11846,7 @@ the error text. The interactive fallback applies only to ordinary File > Save, n
 
 | Date | Change |
 |---|---|
+| 2026-11-13 | `path.freehand`: `closed`, when given, decides whether a stroke that continues a path (`extend`) closes it; the Pencil and the Paintbrush send it by Close Paths When Ends Are Within. |
 | 2026-11-13 | Snap to Point with Smart Guides off draws no Smart Guides labels or lines (#7250). |
 | 2026-11-13 | Envelopes: a top object's side whose pieces are all one curve split at anchors follows that curve's parameter (#7097). |
 | 2026-11-11 | Document READ_ONLY_LOCATION for saves (#6146); no response-shape change. |

docs/ui-parity.md

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 # UI and interaction parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-13 · **Change:** minor (Graphic Styles list fills a taller panel, #2992; scores and estimates unchanged; previously: library panels' lists fill a taller panel, #2992; scores and estimates unchanged; previously: Swatches list fills a taller panel, #1638; scores and estimates unchanged; previously: icon-strip flyouts also resize from the top edge and the canvas-side top corner, keeping the moved top in workspaces (storytold/craft-libs#1094); scores and estimates unchanged; previously: macOS: the canvas cursor stays after the pointer moves, #6362; scores and estimates unchanged; previously minor: Remove Background in the Contextual Task Bar, Properties › Quick Actions and the Control bar; previously minor: Ruler origin: the corner drag snaps as a drawn point does; previously minor: Live Paint Bucket fills faces crossed in one drag (#6373); previously: #6404: transform-aware Eyedropper character copying; scores and estimates unchanged; previously: Outline view: images and gradient meshes are picked on what Outline draws, so a click inside them reaches the path behind, #6437; previously minor: a middle-click on a document tab closes it, #6506; previously minor: Blob Brush: a round tip's preview is the outline of the area it adds, round at both ends, as the stroke it commits (#4343); scores and estimates unchanged; previously:; ruler double-click adds a guide at the pointer, #5239; G5: Inventory Icons built-in symbol library (four built-ins); previously minor: files that record no units open in Preferences › Units › General, #5820; previously minor: interim macOS cursor delivery, #2292; native validation pending; scores and estimates unchanged; Control bar › Snapping includes the existing Snap to Glyph and Alignment Guides toggles (#6164); scores and estimates unchanged; 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)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-13 · **Change:** minor (Pencil continuation, straight-line and closing cursors; scores and estimates unchanged; previously: Graphic Styles list fills a taller panel, #2992; scores and estimates unchanged; previously: library panels' lists fill a taller panel, #2992; scores and estimates unchanged; previously: Swatches list fills a taller panel, #1638; scores and estimates unchanged; previously: icon-strip flyouts also resize from the top edge and the canvas-side top corner, keeping the moved top in workspaces (storytold/craft-libs#1094); scores and estimates unchanged; previously: macOS: the canvas cursor stays after the pointer moves, #6362; scores and estimates unchanged; previously minor: Remove Background in the Contextual Task Bar, Properties › Quick Actions and the Control bar; previously minor: Ruler origin: the corner drag snaps as a drawn point does; previously minor: Live Paint Bucket fills faces crossed in one drag (#6373); previously: #6404: transform-aware Eyedropper character copying; scores and estimates unchanged; previously: Outline view: images and gradient meshes are picked on what Outline draws, so a click inside them reaches the path behind, #6437; previously minor: a middle-click on a document tab closes it, #6506; previously minor: Blob Brush: a round tip's preview is the outline of the area it adds, round at both ends, as the stroke it commits (#4343); scores and estimates unchanged; previously:; ruler double-click adds a guide at the pointer, #5239; G5: Inventory Icons built-in symbol library (four built-ins); previously minor: files that record no units open in Preferences › Units › General, #5820; previously minor: interim macOS cursor delivery, #2292; native validation pending; scores and estimates unchanged; Control bar › Snapping includes the existing Snap to Glyph and Alignment Guides toggles (#6164); scores and estimates unchanged; 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)
 >
 > Vector Halftone preview update (2026-11-10): temporary dot selection marks are hidden, and the bounding box stays available (#6369).
 >
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Artboard Options forwards the active Artboard tool's Scale Artwork with Artboard
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
 | 2026-11-14 | minor | Layers panel: right-clicking a layer/group/object row shows a context menu with Options…, Duplicate, Delete, Lock/Hide Others, Locate Object, and Collect for Export — matching standard desktop layer panel conventions. Scores unchanged. |
+| 2026-11-13 | minor | Pencil cursors: the continuation cursor (a short rising line) shows over an open end of a selected path before any press, freehand too, and while a continuing stroke nears another selected path's open end it connects to; the straight-line cursor is a short level line; a continued path, a straight line too, shows the closing cursor and closes within Close Paths When Ends Are Within of its other end, and with Alt at the release. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-13 | minor | Graphic Styles: in a panel made taller the list fills the space above the footer instead of stopping at 220 pt (#2992; `the_list_fills_a_tall_panel_above_its_footer` in `crates/ui-egui/src/panels/graphic_styles.rs`). Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-13 | minor | Library panels (swatch, Color Book, brush, symbol and graphic style libraries): in a panel made taller the list fills the space above the footer instead of scrolling inside 220 or 280 pt (#2992; `the_list_fills_a_tall_panel_above_its_footer` in `crates/ui-egui/src/panels/library_panel/tests.rs`). Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-13 | minor | Swatches: in a panel made taller the swatch list fills the space above the footer instead of scrolling inside 150 or 200 pt (#1638). Scores unchanged. |
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Blend spine Anchor Point conversion and handle editing (#2544) | implemented | symmetric handles, independent drag/retraction, visible-handle policy and selection/stacking covered by tool and engine regressions; Windows native canvas checks and screenshots reviewed in PR #2643 |
 | Several blend spine points picked and dragged together (#5285) | done | with Direct Selection, Shift-click picks more points of a selected blend's spine or takes one away, as on a path; dragging any picked point moves them all, and the key objects on them, in one undo step (`object.blend.spine.moveAnchor {with}`); a marquee doesn't pick spine points yet |
 | Add/Delete/Anchor Point tools; Anchor Point tool drags segments to reshape | done | #2267: a click on a handle end retracts that handle and leaves the anchor a corner with the other one; Shift held at the press on an anchor moves it, handles and all (Shift kept down: at 45° steps) instead of pulling out handles |
-| Pencil: Fidelity, Keep selected, Alt to Smooth, edit selected paths, close by proximity | done | Fidelity is in screen pixels, the same at any zoom, and goes down to 0.01 px in the dialog and the tool, which sends `path.freehand` the value in points at the current zoom (#5729; the Smooth tool keeps 0.05 pt); its slider runs across the Tool Options row on a logarithmic rail from 0.01 to 20 px, the field shows hundredths, and the slider's and the field's arrow keys step hundredths up to 0.1 px, tenths up to 1 px and whole pixels above (Shift ×10) (#3328); Alt key toggles to Smooth Tool (#2001); Shift held at the press draws a straight line at 45° steps from the Constrain Angle, and Alt held at the press (with Alt key toggles to Smooth Tool off) a straight line at any angle (#3799), with a straight-line cursor while Shift or Alt is held before the press, and a path-continuation cursor over an end of a selected open path, where the line continues the path; Edit Selected Paths continues a selected path from an end and, from a stroke that starts and ends on a selected path, redraws the section between (the shorter way round a closed path, #2850); with Keep selected (Pencil and Paintbrush, on by default) on, a stroke selects the path it draws or continues and replaces the earlier selection, and off a new stroke leaves nothing selected, the earlier selection included, while a continued or redrawn path is deselected and the rest of the selection stays; a filled Pencil path keeps a stroke of None (#1804, part of #1679); while a freehand stroke is drawn back to within Close Paths When Ends Are Within of its start, the Pencil and the Paintbrush show the closing cursor, and a release there closes the path; a Pencil stroke from an end of one selected open path to an end of another connects the two into one path |
+| Pencil: Fidelity, Keep selected, Alt to Smooth, edit selected paths, close by proximity | done | Fidelity is in screen pixels, the same at any zoom, and goes down to 0.01 px in the dialog and the tool, which sends `path.freehand` the value in points at the current zoom (#5729; the Smooth tool keeps 0.05 pt); its slider runs across the Tool Options row on a logarithmic rail from 0.01 to 20 px, the field shows hundredths, and the slider's and the field's arrow keys step hundredths up to 0.1 px, tenths up to 1 px and whole pixels above (Shift ×10) (#3328); Alt key toggles to Smooth Tool (#2001); Shift held at the press draws a straight line at 45° steps from the Constrain Angle, and Alt held at the press (with Alt key toggles to Smooth Tool off) a straight line at any angle (#3799), with a straight-line cursor (a short level line) while Shift or Alt is held before the press, and a path-continuation cursor (a short rising line) over an end of a selected open path, where the stroke continues the path, freehand or straight, and while a continuing stroke ends near an open end of another selected path it connects to; Edit Selected Paths continues a selected path from an end and, from a stroke that starts and ends on a selected path, redraws the section between (the shorter way round a closed path, #2850); with Keep selected (Pencil and Paintbrush, on by default) on, a stroke selects the path it draws or continues and replaces the earlier selection, and off a new stroke leaves nothing selected, the earlier selection included, while a continued or redrawn path is deselected and the rest of the selection stays; a filled Pencil path keeps a stroke of None (#1804, part of #1679); while a freehand stroke is drawn back to within Close Paths When Ends Are Within of its start, or a stroke continuing a selected path (a straight line too) to within it of that path's other end, the Pencil and the Paintbrush show the closing cursor, and a release there closes the path; a Pencil stroke from an end of one selected open path to an end of another connects the two into one path |
 | Drop Shadow, Outer Glow and Inner Glow: Opacity, the offsets, Blur and Darkness have spinner arrows that step by one (a unit for distances), repeat when held and stop at the fields' ends (#5367, #5368) | done | dialogs::effect test drop_shadow_and_outer_glow_fields_have_spinner_arrows; other effect dialogs' number fields still have none |
 | Effect dialogs' colour fields: a swatch beside the hex follows typed values, and a double-click opens the Color Picker over the dialog, whose OK fills it and Cancel comes back unchanged (#5365) | done | dialogs::effect tests outer_glow_colour_swatch_opens_the_color_picker and drop_shadow_colour_swatch_opens_the_color_picker (Drop Shadow's Color, #5364); the picker previews nothing itself, the effect dialog previews the returned colour |
 | Join tool scrubbing, Average, Join | done | Join merges the direct-selected anchors lying on one another along a path, as after Average, into one (#1533); the Join tool trims two crossing open paths whose overhanging ends it scrubs over and joins them at the crossing, instead of drawing a segment between their ends (#5844) |