This thread is for notices about updates to the Scratch 2.0 Studio / Project Editor. It's a closed topic, so only ST can post in it. If you want to discuss an issue or glitch related to an update on this thread, please feel free to start a new discussion thread!

You'll notice that each update has a version number (e.g. “v125”). This version number is printed in the JavaScript console of the browser when the Scratch 2.0 Studio is loaded. For a short time after a new version is released, you may need to clear your browser's cache to force the latest version to be loaded. However, most people don't need to worry about this, since the browser cache will update itself in time.

Scratch On!

V154

Changes:

- bug: list reporter should suppress spaces when list contains only single letters
- bug: global variables not being updated when dragging sprite in full-screen mode
- bug: talk bubble not tracking dragged sprite in full-screen mode
- bug: touching color white reports true when sprite is partly off screen
- added a version number to the old website player
- changed extension names
- moved x/y-scroll to Sensing
- changed order and default in “align scene” menu
- changed to singular hour/minute/secon in the time block menu
- increased inter-letter space on blocks slightly (0.5 pixels)
- suppress horizontal scroll bar in the palette

V155

- show newly-created variables and lists
- use old variable and list colors when running on old website
- use “Lucida Grande” or “Lucida Sans” for block text (check OS to decide)
- use non-bold font for non-numeric block arguments
- hide backpack when not logged in
- another attempt at block colors by Natalie and John
- bug: whirl and fisheye effects not centered in full- and quarter-screen modes
- bug: size of pixels in pixelate did not scale in full- and quarter-screen modes
- bug: stop button or “hide all sprites” leaves orphan talk bubbles for deleted clones

(v 156 integrates paint editor)

v158

Changes:
- new block colors (“More Blocks” changed; switched events and control)
- bug: changing cursors in the paint editor crashed the Flash plugin on Linux (worked around for now)
- added a font fallback system to hopefully fix a problem with disappearing block text reported by a user (on Win XP, we think)
- bug: hour/minute/second reporter

v 161

Changes:
- tweaked block colors (with input from Natalie and testing on four monitors)
- changed backpack arrow to match tips arrow and made it flip
- changed “Help” to “Tips” (Champika and Natalie: The “Tips” button currently opens the help page AND calls showTip() with an empty string argument. Let me know what I should pass to open the tips window for top-level help.)
- added placeholder icons for undo/redo (they look bad, but they're the right size to check layout)
- tweaks to the category selector (e.g. text is bold for selected category only)

v. 165 Changes:
- player bug: background shakes when running some popular game projects
- player bug: some sprite costumes slightly cut off when sprite at non-integral position
- tips window tweaks (1-pixel layout tweak, now calls “tip_bar_api.open”)
- new Arabic translation file
- changed right-to-left mechanism for block evaluation
- re-order block args when switching between LTR and RTL languages
- colors:
- swapped Events and Control
- use Paula's color for Pen
- changed Stage area of library (center stage on gray background, named “Stage”)
- change color of selected label field in new sprite dialog
- use “Verdana” as block font on Windows
- costumes/scenes/sounds tab:
- tweaks to thumbnail layout
- added costume/scene numbers
- many teaks to overall layout (saved 12 pixels; it it too narrow now?)
- top bar:
- removed “Save” button
- moved window resize buttons to left of tools
- new undo/redo icons from Natalie
- moved save feedback string to top bar
- add “Share” button next to “See project page” when viewing a private project
- layout tweaks

v 166
Changes:
- scroll wheel support
- Sammy's pen color (Natalie: it might be nice to make it little darker, say, brightness 57)
- when click “share”, go to project page
- when click share, update stage (private -> public)
- add space to media column and tweak layout
- grey out the undo button

v 168
A few highlights:
- screen mode buttons replaced by full screen button plus a command to toggle stage size in “More” menu
- paint editor now centers costume while remembering the rotation center
(also: costume center computed from viewBox of imported sprites and imported bitmaps resized to fit stage)
- “run without screen refresh” checkbox in “make a block” dialog to replace “all at once” block

All changes:
- change save feedback to “Last saved at hh:mm”
- add “duplicate” back to costume menu
- in Scenes tab, use icons below “New scene:” instead of the pull-down menu
- make Stage area a lighter gray
- try Stage thumbnail at the top
- remember the tab independently for stage/sprites; stage starts with scenes tab selected
- make top bar a few pixels taller (and fix layout)
- make share button gray, leave remix button orange, no icons on either
- add stage size toggle command to “more” menu
- add delete button (x) to costumes/sounds/scenes/backpack items
- new block dialog: add checkbox for “run without screen refresh”
- new block dialog: add word “options” after arrow, move down a bit, and squeeze vertical space
- hide the delete button if only one costume/scene
- bug: ‘mouse-pointer’ and ‘edge’ args confused with sprites named ‘mouse’ and ‘edge’ when reading old projects
- bug: hidden sprites do not respond to “touching mouse”
- bug: whirl graphic effect is off-center when viewing a project in full screen mode
- fix stage top color in playerOnly full-screen mode (should be black)
- bug: draggable sprites responding badly to sprite movement blocks while being dragged
- bug: Shift-Click Green Flag doesn't enable Turbo Mode
- bug: “stop all” block should stop sound clips that are running
- resize imported images (e.g. photos) to fit stage
- implement “run without screen refresh” for procedures
- make old warp block work without warping (so old uses will work, but not at warp speed)
- handle centering of SVG in editor while retaining the costume center
- set costume center of imported SVG's based on viewBox or width/height attributes of top-level SVG
- increased scroll wheel speed
- set “saveNeeded” flag when block parameters are editor or user drag-n-drop on stage

v 169
- bug: return from full-screen to project page goes into “edit” mode
- bug: title bar should not become black
- remove “all at once” block
- when viewing non-own project, move project title down one pixel
- new full screen icons
- new redo icon from Natalie
- change save status alert color to white or gray
- allow clicking on “options” in New Block dialog
- suppress horizontal scroll bar in media pane

v 171
- merged in Shane's paint editor code as of Friday
- reverted to a single tab state (vs. separate states for Stage and sprites)
- first attempt to support browser zooming in the editor; needs more work on the JavaScript side

v. 172
Changes:
- go back to having tabs same for sprite and stage, default “scripts”
- change to “Scratch days” (days since May 15, 2007)
- make “minute” default (singular)
- ordering: current minute, Scratch days, Scratch id
- switch “timer” and “reset timer”
- “turn small stage on”
- remove x/y scroll
- default backdrop name: ‘backdrop1’
- default name for sprite is “Scratch Cat”
- costume names: ‘costume1’, ‘costume2’
- default of “go to” is “mouse-pointer”
- leave other sprite/mouse/edge arguments blank
- fix positioning of by-line for projects when not logged in
- “create clone” - default to “myself” (but not for stage)
- new procedure hat edge color from Natalie
- new colors from Natalie
- make “set size to” update w/ current size
- implement clone of “myself”
- bug: drum sounds of zero beats don't play (but did in 1.4)
- disabled browser zooming for now
- implement “currentBackdrop” reporter
- bug 94: Drums played for zero beats are silent
- bug 97: Sprite direction reporter gets into high-precision state
- bug 109: image upload filter not allowing .jpeg
- bug 116: Zero Size Sprite not Set To 5

Category reorganization:
Sprite Looks:
say/think
show/hide
switch costume to _
next costume
switch backdrop to _
backdrop _ (menu: #, name with name as default)
- put all reporters at bottom:
- costume #, backdrop name/#, size

Stage Looks:
switch backdrop to _
switch backdrop to _ and wait
next backdrop
backdrop _ (menu: #, name with name as default)

Events:
- when backdrop switches to _

v 175 Changes:
- change tab name from “Scenes” to “Backdrops”
- add “next backdrop”
- replace “backdrop name/#” (menu) with two separate reporters
- stage has both reporters; sprites have just “backdrop name”
- both blocks have monitor checkboxes
- re-order blocks in sensing category

v 175-mozfest Changes:

== This is an experimental version ==

- New experimental maps block - is going to go away next week.
- Optimizations to the cloud-data internals - updates to cloud data should propagate faster, especially in Windows.

v178

- removed MozFest additions (map and Thimble extensions)
- checkmarks in “More” menu
- backdrop count below stage
- changes to procedure call mechanism to better handle recursion and “do without screen refresh”
(in progress; a bit more work is needed on this)