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    • Mac app

    61.2

    This update fixes a couple of bugs that could lead to a crash when selecting certain layers or Artboards.

    Download Sketch 61.2

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    61.1

    This update fixes a number of bugs and restores preview images for any groups you’ve created for Text Styles in the Components Panel and Popover.

    Fixes (8)

    • Fixes a bug where the color popover could get cut off when Sketch was positioned slightly off screen.
    • You should now see preview images for any groups you’ve created for text styles in the Components Panel and Popover.
    • Fixes an issue where the Documents window might not refresh when you switched from “Get Started” to “Recent Documents”.
    • Fixes a bug where deleting a point would select the next point in a path but the selected point wouldn’t actually be editable.
    • Fixes a crash that could occur when using ⌘Z to undo edits while working with multiple gradient fills.
    • Fixes a crash that could occur if you selected Refresh Data from the Data menu on an image fill.
    • Fixes a crash that could occur when editing text overrides.
    • Fixes a bug that stopped you from selecting vector points by pressing ⌘A or choosing Edit > Select > Select All.
    Download Sketch 61.1

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    61

    Improved Text Styles in the Components Panel and Popover

    We’re working hard to respond to your feedback on the new Components Panel and Popover and with this release, we’ve brought back a full preview of Text Styles. You’ll now see the Text Style name rendered in the style itself, along with some additional information like size and alignment.

    Improvements (8)

    • We’ve given performance a bit of a boost with this release, particularly when it comes to navigating around large documents.
    • When you open a Cloud document from the Documents window, you’ll now see its download progress on the thumbnail you’ve just clicked on, instead of in a popup. Because let’s face it, we’d all like fewer popups in the world.
    • If you were ever unlucky enough to run into a “file doesn’t exist” error when trying to reopen a Cloud document, first of all, we’re sorry about that. Secondly, we’ve been working hard to reduce the chance of you ever seeing it again. Finally, if you do see it again, the error message should now be far more helpful.
    • We’ve improved the appearance of resize handles in the middle of layers so they look sharper, even on non-Retina displays.
    • For developers, we’ve added support for Smart Layout and Variable Fonts to our JavaScript API. We’ve also updated the developer documentation to match, so you can get more details by clicking on either of those links.
    • For all you fans of super-organised Libraries, you can now create a group with just a single Component in it. Simply right-click on it in the Components Panel and choose “Group” from the contextual menu.
    • You can now copy a link to a Cloud document by right-clicking on its thumbnail in the Documents window and choosing “Copy Link”. In other words, you no longer have to open a Cloud document in Sketch or in the browser to share its URL.
    • You can now select Round to Pixel from the Arrange menu when any selection you make includes layers on sub-pixels.

    Fixes (11)

    • Fixes a bug where the Documents window would refresh all its contents and not remember the selection position if you reopened it or switched back to it after focusing on another window.
    • Fixes a bug where Symbols in Cloud Library documents were inserted as Library Symbols, rather than displaying them as local Symbols.
    • Fixes a bug where selection hairlines appeared over the top of point handles in the vector editor. This didn’t affect how anything worked, but it looked messy, so we’ve tidied it up.
    • Fixes a crash that could occur when you imported password-protected PDF files.
    • Fixes a bug where editing bitmaps in a Symbol master wouldn’t always show the updates correctly in overridden instances of that Symbol.
    • Fixes a crash that could occur when using the color picker on macOS Catalina.
    • Fixes a bug where pressing the down arrow key after you’d searched for something in the Typefaces popover would dismiss it, instead of highlighting the first result.
    • Fixes a crash that could occur if you attempted to apply Data to a combined shape.
    • Fixes a bug where choosing Edit Styles… in the Inspector wouldn’t always show the correct information in the Components Panel.
    • Fixes a bug where the Artboard popover would sometimes get a little shy and hide itself slightly off the side of the screen.
    • Fixes a crash that could occur if you attempted to pick colors from external displays while another app was in Fullscreen mode on that display.
    Download Sketch 61

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    60.1

    Components Panel and Popover Improvements

    Thank you so much for the feedback you’ve given us on the Components Panel. We’re listening and we’re working hard to make things better. More updates and improvements are coming in the next few weeks. This update brings back folder preview images (based on the topmost Component in the group) and fixes a couple of bugs that meant you couldn’t always expand Libraries in the Components Panel or groups in search results.

    Download Sketch 60.1

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    60

    Improved Cloud Libraries

    Under the Libraries tab in Preferences, you’ll now see all the Libraries that belong to your team(s) on Sketch Cloud, as well as any in your personal workspace. There’s also a handy install button right by each one, meaning you no longer have to head to the browser to add a Library.

    New Components Panel

    The new Components Panel and Components Popover bring Symbols, Text Styles and Layer Styles together in a single place where you can search, sort and filter for what you need, then drag and drop directly onto the Canvas. Now there’s no need for endless menus and naming schemes to sort Symbols into folders, you can do it all from the Components Panel. Better still, both the Components Panel and Popover let you quickly search to find the exact Symbol or style you need, from your document or Libraries, faster than you can say, “Where did we save that modal again?”

    Improvements (6)

    • We’ve given the Documents window a bit of a tidy and moved the New Document button back next to your document previews. As a bonus, if you click the New Document thumbnail while you’re viewing a specific project, we’ll pre-fill that project name when you go to save your document for the first time.
    • We all change our minds from time to time, so we’ve introduced the ability to rename Cloud documents from the Mac app. Just choose File > Rename whenever inspiration for a new name strikes.
    • You can now copy SVG code from slices as well as regular layers by choosing Edit > Copy > Copy as SVG code.
    • If you’ve ever found yourself feeling sad because you can’t enter math operations in the Scale Layers sheet, then feel sad no longer! We’ve made it possible to use all of your favorite math operators to save you having to calculate those new dimensions elsewhere. We’ve also removed px from the end of the Width and Height fields to keep things consistent with similar fields in the Inspector.
    • If you enable the Scale down images to fit Artboards preference, we’ll now perfectly place big bitmaps right in the centre of your Artboards and scale them down to fit (so long as that bitmap was bigger than the Artboard to begin with, of course).
    • Continuing our Libraries theme, Components that belong to local Libraries will automatically relink themselves if you upload that Library to Cloud and share it via Sketch for Teams. All you need to do is make sure you’ve enabled that new Cloud Library in Sketch’s preferences and deleted any local copies you have. We’ll handle the rest and make the Symbols and Styles in your documents stay linked up.

    Fixes (17)

    • Fixed a bug where leaving the Documents window open for a while and then trying to open a document would result in a cryptic “This file is not a database” message. Your files were always safe, but now they should open without a hitch.
    • Fixed a bug where thumbnails in the Documents window would load slowly or fail to load at all, especially on slower internet connections.
    • Fixed a bug where you wouldn’t get a notification and could lose changes if you lost your internet connection while a document was uploading to Cloud after you quit Sketch or closed that document.
    • Fixed a bug where flattening a selection to bitmap would mistakenly include an Artboard’s background in the result.
    • Fixed a bug where Symbols with Smart Layout that were resized, and nested within another Symbol, would appear at their original size when you inserted the Symbol they were nested in onto the Canvas.
    • Fixed a bug that would cause a Symbol’s layers to shift unexpectedly when you inserted an instance or detached from a Symbol.
    • Fixed a bug which meant you couldn’t enter edit mode for a text layer if you were already in edit mode with another text layer.
    • Fixed a bug where dragging a Symbol instance into a Symbol master would cause Sketch to hang.
    • Fixed a bug where text in edit mode wouldn’t immediately change if you selected an OpenType feature.
    • Fixed a bug where open paths would unexpectedly close when you flattened them.
    • Fixed a crash that could occur if you pressed Enter on your keyboard to confirm and submit on the Rotate Copies sheet.
    • Fixed a bug where layer constraints you applied within a group would continue to affect layers you moved outside of that group.
    • Fixed a bug that meant text layers wouldn’t render correctly when they were rotated and contained missing fonts.
    • Fixed a bug where previews of Symbol instances with overrides that featured missing fonts wouldn’t save or display correctly. In some cases, the missing font preview might not be positioned perfectly (especially for overridden, centered text), but we’re working on a fix for this, too.
    • Fixed a bug where unlocking a layer would make its resizing handles disappear until you deselected and reselected it. We’ve fixed that to save you a few clicks.
    • Fixed a bug where titles in the Variable Font Options popover could appear cut off if you’d set your scrollbar preferences to Always in System Preferences and the popover itself wasn’t fully on the screen.
    • Fixed a bug where centered text within a Symbol using a Horizontal and Centered Layout might end up off-center if you resized its parent instance on the Canvas.
    Download Sketch 60

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    59.1

    This release fixes a bug where text layers could appear gradually lighter each time you edited them, and a graphical glitch that could occur on Macs with NVIDIA graphics. On macOS 10.14.4 and higher, your Mac’s hardware will need to support Metal in order to run Sketch 59 and higher.

    Download Sketch 59.1

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    59

    Better OpenType features support

    We’ve heard your requests for better OpenType features support and today we’re bringing them to the Text menu. You’ll find a full set of OpenType features for the font you’ve selected under Text > OpenType Features in the Menu Bar. Simply select your text, enable the features you need, and unlock even better typography in Sketch.

    Variable fonts support

    Along with better OpenType features support, this update also brings support for variable font options like weight, width, slant, optical size and more. If you’re using an OpenType font with variable options, you’ll be able to adjust these using the Variable Font Options popover in the Inspector.

    Improvements (9)

    • We’ve improved how things work when you drag layers out of an Artboard. They’ll no longer stay arranged within their previous Artboard in the Layer List.
    • We’ve improved the behaviour around Smart Distribute spacing handles, so when you click on a handle, we won’t adjust the spacing until you start dragging to avoid any unwanted changes.
    • To help you get to grips with the new Smart Layout features we launched in version 58, we’ve added a new tutorial template. You can find it under the Templates tab in the documents window.
    • We’ve tidied up Smart Distribute reordering handles so they no longer show if your selection is so small that they interfere with their surrounding resizing handles.
    • With the introduction of Smart Layout, we’ve removed the behaviour that would occur if you placed a small layer less than 20px from a text layer to have it move along when overrides changed the text layer’s size. You can achieve the same result with even more control using Smart Layout instead.
    • For developers, we’ve added a new sketchtool detach command that creates a self-contained Sketch document from any document using Symbols and Shared Styles.
    • We’ve introduced a new API that gives plugin developers even more power when it comes to responding to document changes. The new onDocumentChange handler lets plugins listen for new layers being added, existing layers being deleted or rearranged within the layer list, as well as layer attribute changes such as fill and border styles or Symbol override values. Check out the sample plugin to see how it works.
    • If you’re exporting two-point lines as SVGs, they’ll now export as <line> elements instead of as paths.
    • We’ve given the typeface picker in the Inspector a fresher look and made previews more legible. And if you select a text layer and open it up, it now scrolls to show you the selected typeface right in the middle of the list.

    Fixes (12)

    • Fixed a bug where Color Adjust settings would be enabled in the Inspector any time you imported bitmaps. Now you’ll only see these settings when you enable them.
    • Fixed a crash that could occur if you flattened combined shapes that featured multiple open paths.
    • Fixed a bug that meant you’d see the wrong Text Style in some cases when you were editing an override on the Canvas.
    • Fixed a bug where highlights for text overrides on the Canvas wouldn’t always update to fit their text when the Symbol they involved used Smart Layout settings.
    • Fixed a bug where previews of text overrides that used a missing font wouldn’t display correctly in exports and uploads to Cloud.
    • Fixed a crash that could occur on macOS Catalina 10.15 for Macs with NVIDIA graphics.
    • Fixed a bug that meant some files took too long to open and caused Sketch to hang or not respond.
    • Fixed a bug where some color presets might not show up if you hadn’t changed the default preset name.
    • Fixed a bug where some custom shortcuts would not work until you used the option from the main menu first.
    • Fixed a bug where setting an override to none in a vertical Smart Layout would shrink the overall width to 0.
    • Fixed a bug where text styles wouldn’t look right if you opened a document in macOS High Sierra that was last saved on macOS Catalina.
    • Fixed a bug where moving a shape up and out of a group (or Artboard) would unexpectedly create a combined shape that looked like the layer was hidden or repositioned. Now that layer should move to its new place in the Layer List as you’d expect it to.
    Download Sketch 59

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    58

    Introducing Smart Layout

    With Smart Layout, we’re making Symbols more powerful and supercharging your workflow when it comes to using them in your designs. With it, you can set a direction for Symbols to resize when you change their overrides, while keeping the spacing between different layers in that Symbol consistent. Better still, you can set different Smart Layout settings for Nested Symbols and even groups within Symbols. It’s incredibly powerful and we can’t wait to see how it’ll improve your workflow.

    Improvements (2)

    • We’ve made the Welcome Window better, bigger, cleaner and more snappy. You can browse your Cloud documents by Project in a new sidebar on the left, and we’ve given thumbnails plenty more space so you can see more of your documents without scrolling.
    • Along with browsing Projects in the Welcome Window, you’ll now have the option to pick a Project when you save a new Cloud document for the first time.

    Fixes (12)

    • Fixed a bug where Sketch would believe you were offline and not allow you to upload new Cloud documents after you put your Mac to sleep or temporarily disconnected from the internet.
    • Fixed a bug where text overrides might reset or clear themselves if you clicked in and out of a text override field in the Inspector.
    • Fixed a bug where Symbol instances on your Canvas would not pick up changes you made to a text layer in that Symbol’s master.
    • Fixed a bug where you might see the Canvas flash if you switch from a different app to Sketch when it’s in full screen mode.
    • Fixed a crash that could occur if you created a particularly big grid.
    • Fixed a bug where resizing multiple layers with a small width or height but large distance between them would cause either their height or width to increase unexpectedly.
    • Fixed a bug where performing a Union operation on straight lines would make the combined shape disappear.
    • Fixed a bug where an artboard you hovered over wouldn’t highlight when if you were in Prototyping mode.
    • Fixed a bug where your Show Layer Selection preference would reset itself when you restart Sketch.
    • Fixed a bug that could result in Sketch failing to respond (hanging) in a few different situations. If you’ve been in touch about Sketch being unresponsive, this one is for you.
    • Fixed a few different bugs related to how nested overrides highlight when you select them on the Canvas. If you’d selected a nested override and couldn’t see it highlighted on the Canvas properly, you’ll be pleased to know this update puts that right.
    • Fixed a bug that could cause performance issues and slow things down if you selected certain Symbol masters with complex overrides.
    Download Sketch 58

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    57.1

    This update fixes a bug where selections on the Canvas could appear offset from your cursor, a crash that could occur when switching between Layer Styles with certain names, and a crash that could occur in documents with certain Boolean Operations.

    Download Sketch 57.1

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    57

    Reorder layers in a Smart Distribute selection

    If you’ve selected multiple layers with even spacing between them, you can grab and drag the center of one of those layers to change its position within that selection. The surrounding layers will reorder themselves and snap into place to make way for the one you’re moving. The best part is, it even works with Artboards, so you can keep your documents looking neat and tidy.

    Better Boolean Operations

    We’ve done a lot of work to improve the way we handle Boolean Operations. If you’ve run into any Boolean Ops bugs or odd behaviours in the past, there’s a good chance we’ve fixed it here.

    Improvements (6)

    • If you use the arrow keys on your keyboard with the Rotate tool to adjust a layer, we’ll now hide the selection handles and show the right values in the Inspector.
    • Sometimes it’s difficult to distinguish between solid and gradient presets in the Color Popover, so we’ve given them their own headings to make it easier to find what you need.
    • You can now paste rich text from the Clipboard directly into the Canvas by choosing Paste as Rich Text in the Edit menu. Previously, we only enabled this in text editing mode, but now it’s always there.
    • We’ve changed a few arrangement shortcuts. Send Backward is now ⌘ [ and Bring Forward is ⌘ ]. Send to Back is now ⌘ ⌥ [ and Bring to Front is ⌘ ⌥ ]. If you’d like to use the old shortcut or something totally different, you can create custom keyboard shortcuts in System Preferences.
    • We’ve made it easier to work with very large grids. Scrolling around them, moving them and changing colors should all feel faster and smoother.
    • You can now set a default layer style from the Layer menu in vector editing mode if you’ve selected a single path or shape group.

    Fixes (14)

    • Fixed a bug where you might see the wrong cursor if you hover over Inspector labels with your language set as Chinese.
    • Fixed a bug where the Layer List would scroll to the top if you hit Undo in a document with a long list of layers.
    • Fixed a bug where Smart Distribute handles could look squashed if you launched Sketch on a Retina display then moved the document to a non-Retina display.
    • Fixed a bug where you wouldn’t see a proper preview of your work in Quick Look in the Finder.
    • Fixed a bug where where you couldn’t insert an image by selecting one from your Photos Library in the Finder sheet. This might mean we’ll ask for permission to access your photos if you haven’t granted it already.
    • Fixed a crash that could occur if you tried to apply an Outer Border to certain paths.
    • Fixed a bug where an Artboard might lose its preset if you converted it into a Symbol.
    • Fixed a bug where a landscape Artboard might unexpectedly switch to portrait if you held shift and dragged to resize it.
    • Fixed a bug where images might not be properly included as part of a group if that image overlapped with a nearby Artboard.
    • Fixed a bug where inserting a line while holding shift wouldn’t always respect pixel rounding.
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when you try to print or adjust your print settings.
    • Fixed a bug where pressing Control and Option keys at the same time wouldn’t correctly show the distance between a text layer’s baseline and another text layer’s cap height.
    • Fixed a bug where a Cloud Library update would fail because of an incorrect version/compatibility number. We’ll also be clearer in telling you when a Library is incompatible.
    • Fixed a bug where you couldn’t set any border position other than inner as part of a default layer style.
    Download Sketch 57

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    56.3

    Improvements and Fixes

    This update improves the experience of registering the app with a Sketch Account and fixes some issues with Cloud documents that could lead to you losing local changes.

    Download Sketch 56.3

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    56.1

    Improvements and Fixes

    This update includes a few small improvements to Cloud documents, restores macOS Auto Save, and fixes a crash that could occur while editing certain text overrides on the Canvas.

    Fixes (1)

    • Fixed a bug where a new Cloud document you created from a template wouldn’t upload the first time you save it.
    Download Sketch 56.1

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    • Mac app

    56.2

    Bug Fixes

    This update fixes a bug that meant you might not be able to select and use the Insert menu from the menu bar.

    Download Sketch 56.2

    Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13.4) or newer

    • Mac app

    56

    Edit text overrides on the Canvas

    We’ve made it easier to work with text overrides by adding the option to edit them directly on the Canvas. Simply double-click on text in any Symbol instance and start typing. Stay on the Canvas, stay in the moment and speed up your workflow.

    Smart Distribute Upgrades

    You can now use Smart Distribute to control the spacing in grids. You can easily adjust the vertical spacing between rows of layers, as well as the horizontal spacing between each layer in a row. We’ve also introduced a new ‘Tidy’ button to the Inspector. It quickly aligns a selection of multiple layers into a neat grid, making it even easier to create and manage complex layouts.

    Save your documents to Sketch Cloud

    There’s a new option to save documents to Sketch Cloud by default in Preferences. If you choose this, you’ll still have the option to save local documents via a separate menu item and shortcut. You’ll also be able see and open your Cloud documents from the Welcome Window.

    Improvements (7)

    • Say hello to some new faces in our Data plugin. There are 102 new people to include in your designs.
    • You can now choose whether a text layer will auto resize horizontally or vertically to fit its content right from the Inspector.
    • We’ve moved a few things around in Preferences to clean up the General tab. Nothing’s missing, it just has a new home in one of the other tabs now.
    • We’ve added a new Select All in Artboard command to the Edit menu so you can quickly grab all of the layers on any Artboard you’ve selected. We’ve also given the different Select All commands their own sub-menu.
    • Measurements between layers should look a little cleaner when you zoom out. We’re removing the least relevant ones if they overlap to keep things easy to read.
    • Menus in the Inspector are now a little wider, so if you’ve got Symbol with long names, it should be easier to pick the one you want.
    • Along with the big upgrades, we’ve given Smart Distribute a boost with three handy improvements. It now works with vertical lines, supports negative spacing (so layers can overlap), and using it on layers inside a group is now as simple as clicking on the group itself.

    Known Issues (1)

    • macOS Auto Save may not behave as expected and you won’t be able to access document versions via the Revert To menu. We’re currently working on a fix for this.

    Fixes (18)

    • Fixed a crash that could occur when you try and drag-to-select with the Magic Wand tool.
    • Fixed a bug where the correct type weight wouldn’t appear for fonts with same name.
    • Fixed a bug in the Pages and Layer Lists where selections wouldn’t highlight correctly when connected to an external display.
    • Fixed a bug where resizing multiple layers in a rotated group could cause them to resize disproportionately.
    • Fixed a bug where gradient fills could unexpectedly change if you re-size two or more layers with them.
    • Fixed a bug where a selection of layers across groups would snap to unexpected guides.
    • Fixed a bug where a Symbol master could try and snap itself to its instance as you resize it, if they’re on the same page.
    • Fixed a bug where values in the Inspector would sometimes show fixed spacing, even when the spacing between a selection of multiple layers was mixed.
    • Fixed a bug where Smart Distribute wouldn’t work reliably with rotated layers.
    • Fixed a bug where some spaces between layers wouldn’t be treated as uniform in Smart Distribute.
    • Fixed a bug where copying and pasting a Symbol instance would also duplicate its master.
    • Fixed a bug where group bounds and selection handles would not update when scaling a group.
    • Fixed a bug where layers could be moved up and out of an Artboard if no longer positioned over the Artboard after resizing via the Inspector.
    • Fixed a bug where multiple layers in a rotated group wouldn’t resize correctly.
    • Fixed a bug where the bounds of a parent group wouldn’t always update when you distribute the layers in it.
    • Fixed a bug where the background color for Symbol masters would always be shown in previews of Symbol instances even if you’d set it to not be included in instances.
    • Fixed a bug where fills for shapes with a semi-transparent outer borders could expand outside its bounds.
    • Fixed a bug where a Symbol’s master or instance might lose its aspect ratio when you resize it.
    Download Sketch 56

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    • Mac app

    55.2

    Bug Fixes

    This update introduces Nudging to Smart Distribute and fixes a few different bugs relating to Data and Boolean Ops.

    Improvements (1)

    • Holding Shift and dragging the Smart Distribute handles for a selection of layers on the Canvas will now snap based on your Nudging settings

    Fixes (4)

    • Fixed a bug where the Data option in the contextual menu was missing when you selected a group
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when you open the Missing Fonts sheet in certain documents
    • Fixed a bug where paths opened with the Scissors tool would not render with a Center Border
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking Return to Instance right after adjusting a Gradient Fill on some Symbol Masters
    Download Sketch 55.2

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    • Mac app

    55.1

    Bug Fixes

    This update includes a variety of improvements, including fixes for bugs with snapping, and resolves an issue where Text Style overrides could be repositioned unexpectedly in the Canvas.

    Fixes (8)

    • Fixed a bug that prevented Data from being refreshed for selected groups
    • Fixed a bug that would cause certain Text Style overrides to shift position unexpectedly
    • Fixed a bug where Smart Guides wouldn’t be shown if Shift was pressed while already dragging layers in the Canvas
    • Fixed a bug where Shift-dragging layers wouldn’t always snap them exactly to the expected axis
    • Fixed a bug where hidden layers could be snapped to while moving or resizing other layers
    • Fixed a bug where group bounds wouldn’t update after adjusting the Spacing value for grouped layers
    • Fixed a rare bug where the Inspector might suggest that the selected text had no color applied
    • Fixed a rare crash that could occur when selecting to Undo changes
    Download Sketch 55.1

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