Tiled 1.8.0

[bjorn]

Changelog

• Added support for custom enum properties (with svipal, Early PR for Custom/Enum Props #2941)
• Added support for custom class properties (Add support for nested (dictionary-type) properties #489)
• Added parallax origin property to the map (with krukai, Add Parallax Origin property to Map Properties #3209)
• Added Repeat X/Y properties to Image Layers (with krukai, Add "Repeat ..." properties to Image Layers #3205)
• Added an action for selecting all layers (Ctrl+Alt+A) (Adds a menu item with keyboard shortcut for selecting all layers. #3081)
• Added actions to select or add tilesets to Project view context menu
• Added cut/copy/paste actions to Tile Animation Editor
• Improved undo behavior by merging sequential edits to the same property (Editing string property values creates too many Undo events #3103)
• Improved multi-layer painting behavior (Multi-layer copy/paste not working when two layers have the same name #3094)
• Separated the X and Y components of the major grid option (Non-square major grid size #3208)
• Added automatic fading out of the grid when zooming out a lot
• AutoMapping: Made it find layers within groups (Layers inside groups are not affected by automapping #1771)
• AutoMapping: regions layer can now be used alongside region_input/output layers
• AutoMapping: Recognize "//" layer name prefix for ignoring layers (Automap rule file should ignore object layers. #3262)
• AutoMapping: Allow setting a rule map as project rules file (Allow setting Automapping rule map as Project rules file #3221)
• Tweaked focus behavior in the Template Editor
• Changed the default Terrain Brush shortcut back to T
• Reset tile animations when disabling playback and when exporting as image
• Don't require saving maps upon creation (Suggestion: Don't require save on map creation #1902)
• Apply transformation actions to the preview while placing tiles (Change behavior: Rotate and flip Objects before placement. #3091)
• Allow using object context menu in object creation tools
• Reduced the step size for the parallax factor property
• Improved the logic for automatically switching tools (Offset Tool should not be auto-selected #2807)
• Ignore selection changes when marking a file as modified (Prompt saves only when necessary #3194)
• Use the tileset background color in the collision editor (with Benja Appel, [WIP] Set collision editor bg color to tileset bg color #3163)
• Show the read error when using --export-map/tileset
• Avoid deselecting all layers when clicking empty area in Layers view (Eraser doesn't work unless tile layer is selected. #2806)
• Scripting: Added File API
• Scripting: Added support for loading JavaScript .mjs modules (Request: Support .mjs scripts #3261)
• Scripting: Added tiled.applicationDirPath property
• Scripting: Added tiled.extensionsPath property (Add some way to find out the Tiled extensions folder from a script.js #3139)
• Scripting: Added missing Layer.tintColor property
• Scripting: Added missing ObjectGroup.drawOrder property (Missing the API for setting DrawingOrder of Layer #3147)
• Scripting: Added TileMap.removeObjects ([Bug]removeObjectAt & removeObject can't work correctly #3149)
• Scripting: Added TileMap.regionEdited signal
• Scripting: Added TileMap.layers and GroupLayer.layers properties, for convenience
• Scripting: Added region.rects property and region.contains(x,y)
• Scripting: Treat custom format extensions as case-insensitive (File extension case sensitivity problem for custom map formats #3141)
• Scripting: Allow tools to stay active when tiles or a terrain type are selected (Scripting: Allow Tools to keep focus when tiles are selected #3201)
• Scripting: Extended the terrain related API (Scripting API needs to provide access to Wang colors #2663)
• Scripting: tiled.activeAsset can be assigned asset created in script (JavaScript API should allow opening newly created assets without saving them #3160)
• Scripting: Fixed possible crash after creating tilesets from script (crash with custom map format and tilesets #3229)
• Scripting: Fixed possible crash in TileMap.autoMap
• Scripting: Fixed dialog window titles to show on macOS (Title not displayed for dialog boxes under MacOS #2910)
• Scripting: Fixed tileset or tile references for maps loaded from script
• Scripting: Avoid crash when script reload happens during popup (Tiled crashes if scripts are reloaded while a script modal window is open #2991)
• Fixed the logic for handling group layer parallax factors (with LilithSilver, Fix inherited parallax values causing layers to display incorrectly #3125)
• Fixed keyboard modifiers getting stuck for Terrain Brush (Bug with Alt + Tab #2678)
• Fixed debug messages showing in the Console and Issues views
• Fixed enabled state of File > Export action for tilesets (Can't re-export tilesets. File > Export always grayed out for tilesets. #3177)
• Fixed Snap to Grid for hexagonal maps
• Fixed AutoMapping rules file to update after changing project properties (Project automapping rules file is not updated until maps are reopened #3176)
• Fixed 'Detect Bounding Box' action missing in Keyboard settings
• Fixed toggling "Clear View" on & off shifting the map
• Fixed command-line output not showing on Windows (Command-line output not visible on Windows #2688)
• Fixed "Select object on map" when no object layer is selected ("Select object on map" does not work in non-object layer properties #3207)
• Fixed adjusting of tile types when tileset width changed (by Albert Vaca Cintora, AdjustTileMetaData also updates tile types #3237)
• Fixed missing Qt translations for Linux AppImage
• Fixed minimap viewport position when layers are offset (Minimap viewport is calculated wrong when a layer has an offset #3211)
• Fixed "Highlight Current Layer" getting confused (Highlight Current Layer sometimes highlights unselected layers #3223)
• Fixed Terrain Set type property to be disabled when appropriate (avoids crash)
• Fixed saving broken references to files loaded using "ext:" prefix (Tiled replaces ext:myTileSet.tsx with ../../../../../../../ext:myTileSet.tsx when saving a tmx file #3185)
• Fixed performance issue in Project view related to file icons
• Fixed dynamic wrapping when adding tiles to a collection (Rearrange Tiles tool causes tiles to be arranged in a single row #3076)
• Fixed potential crash when changing a WangSet from script
• Tiled Manual is now available in French
• JSON plugin: Added "tmj", "tsj" and "tj" as accepted file extensions
• YY plugin: Don't use safe writing of files
• YY plugin: Write out custom "object" properties as instance name (instead of the ID)
• YY plugin: Determine sprite names by looking for meta files (by krukai, YY Plugin: Determine sprite names by looking for meta files #3213)
• CSV plugin: Improved handling of infinite maps
• RpMap plugin: Fixed hardcoded exported tile size (Exporting to *.rpmap / Maptool #3184)
• libtiled-java: Introduced TilesetCache interface (by Samuel Manflame, TilesetCache interface instead of java.util.Map<String, TileSet> #3117)
• Added Ukrainian translation to Windows installer (Ukrainian language not showing up in the list of languages #3132)
• Updated to Sentry 0.4.14
• Updated Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), French, Korean, Portuguese (Brasil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Swedish and Turkish translations

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This discussion was created from the release Tiled 1.8.0.