What’s New

This update brings a whole host of small improvements to make you more productive in Sketch — including faster ways to tidy and swap layers using Smart Distribute.

Duplicate Documents

You can now duplicate Workspace documents to your drafts, right from the Workspace window. You’ll find this option by right/Control-clicking on a document’s thumbnail. When you duplicate a document, it won’t include any comments, version history or specific share settings, so you’ll have a clean slate to iterate from without disturbing the original design. You can also duplicate documents in the web app, including ones outside your Workspace that others have shared via a public link.

Align to reference object

With this release, we’re giving you even more control over how you align multiple selections of layers. Now, you can click on any layer within a multi-layer selection to make it the reference object. When you use the alignment controls in the Inspector, all the layers within your selection will now align to that reference object. You can click on any other layer in your selection to make that the new reference object, or click again on the current reference object to deselect it.

We’re giving you even more control over how you align multiple selections of layers in the updated Sketch Mac app. Now, you can click on any layer within a multi-layer selection to make it the reference object. When you do this, all the layers within your selection will now align to that reference object when you use the alignment controls in the Inspector.

Read the documentation

We’ve added a new option to duplicate a document to your drafts folder, so you can iterate on an idea without adding updates to the original file. This works for documents in Workspaces that you’re a part of, as well as documents others share via a public link.

Read the blog post

Overlays in prototypes

You can now turn any Artboard into an Overlay and create interactions like sheets, popovers and modals in your prototypes. You can set the position of an Overlay relative to the screen it appears on or the layer that links to it. You can even ‘stack’ multiple Overlays, choose how they interact with each other, apply background styling, and even block background interactions. You can view prototypes with overlays on the Mac, web and our new iPhone app (but they will not work in the Mirror).

Prototyping improvements

Along with Overlays, we’ve added a Prototype tab to the Inspector for all Prototyping-related controls. Switch to this new tab to see all prototype interactions in a document. Switching back to the Design tab will hide them until you select a layer. When you switch to the Prototype tab and select a layer, you’ll see a new + icon instead of the middle-right grab handle, click and drag on this to start creating a new prototype interaction.

Auto-download Libraries

You can now set Libraries to automatically download whenever an update is available, so you can skip to the good part (reviewing and updating your Components). You’ll find the option for this in the Libraries Preferences pane.

Being able to see your designs in context is invaluable. That’s why we’ve rebuilt our iPhone app from the ground up, giving you a better viewing and mirroring experience for documents in your Workspace — wherever you are. The new Sketch iPhone app is available to download from the App Store for free right now.

Read more on our blog

With Overlays in the latest version of Sketch, you can create richer and more interactive prototypes. Simply set any Artboard as an Overlay and link to it from anywhere in your prototype to get started. After that, you can make every interaction unique and realistic with a powerful set of options — from universal and one-off positioning, to background styling and interactions.

See how it works

In the latest version of Sketch, we’ve introduced the option to automatically download and update Libraries as soon as they become available. You’ll still be able to review and update Components manually, but we’re saving you a step so you can stay on top of changes to your design systems.

Learn how to enable it

Artboard Templates

You can now turn any Artboard — and its content — into a template. Artboard Templates behave like any other Component, so you can share them as part of Libraries and reuse them across documents. When you select an Artboard, you’ll see the option to use it as a template in the Inspector. We’ve replaced the default Artboard Presets with a new Default Artboard Templates Library, and included a new Artboard Template Inspiration Library to show you what else they can do. Any custom Artboard Presets you created will migrate to Artboard Templates and appear as their own Library, too.

It’s time to meet a brand new building block for your designs — Artboard Templates. With them, you can turn any Artboard — and its content — into a template and reuse it across your documents.

New prototype player

We’ve been hard at work on some big improvements to Prototyping and it starts with this — a completely rewritten prototype player. With it, playing your prototypes should feel smoother, faster and more reliable. It also lays the groundwork for some great new features and improvements — look out for those in an upcoming update.

This update brings a whole host of small improvements to make your days more enjoyable and productive — from positioning layers relative to an Artboard’s edge with Inspector operators, to better icons for locked and hidden layers.

This release is all about fixing bugs and making small, quality-of-life improvements that add up to a better overall experience in Sketch. We’re working hard on new features and we can’t wait to share them with you soon.