UI.7: workspaces keep their layout changes

A workspace remembers the changes made in it: switching away keeps them
(UiState::workspace_changes, kept with the preferences), switching back
restores them, and Reset <name> returns to the saved layout. Saving a
workspace starts it with no changes; renaming keeps them, deleting drops
them, and deleting the current workspace shows Essentials as it was
left. Saved preferences recover a damaged remembered layout instead of
losing the whole file.

Split from #2965 as a reviewer asked.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KcHisW1vt6pkVPYbzL6Cpg

docs/roadmap.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Roadmap: milestones and what's next
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-21 · **Change:** minor (Shape Builder Gap Detection shares Live Paint’s spatial gap finder and temporary merge bridges (#2526); Custom is capped at 72 pt in the existing options dialog; Recolor model selection is available through the engine and MCP only (#2520); the dialog retains its existing controls; 3D: original Standard, Diffuse, Top Left and Right lighting presets; command access, effective-setting recognition and preview/history; scores and estimates unchanged; Polygon and Star exact-size placement remembers the chosen count for later drags and dialog openings; Cancel preserves the previous count; M12 duplicate milestone rows consolidated without losing distinct details; scores and estimates unchanged; live-trace bounds note placed under Image Trace rather than Graphs; Live trace result bounds and selection highlights exclude the retained bitmap except in source-image views; M3.57: CSS swatch libraries retain fractional gradient stop positions; scores and hours unchanged; G2: Effect › Artistic › Smudge Stick, Sponge and Watercolor; Sketch › Bas Relief, Charcoal, Photocopy and Stamp, #2533; Photoshop filters 45/57, 12 remaining (8–14 h); interactive Mirror Repeat axis; bounding-box handles take priority over the axis body while the center and end handles retain their move and rotation actions; status-readout sample widths cached by language, document unit and pixels per point; status messages and readouts use stable responsive allocations sized for localized labels and ordinary coordinates; DXF circular cubic paths export as native CIRCLE/ARC with R12 weighted strokes kept as POLYLINE and closing-chord safeguards (#1299); cached canvas dimensions match the renderer limit before cache-key creation, view construction and worker submission; cached canvas reprojection preserves scale during resize, rotation and DPI changes; interactive Mirror Repeat axis; bounding-box handles take priority over the axis body while the center and end handles retain their move and rotation actions; 3D lighting: one to ten colored lights, smooth colored Inflate, legacy white-light appearance preserved; surface batching and restored seam minimum; scores and estimates unchanged; Blend spine Anchor Point conversions, selection/stacking priority and Shift regression coverage (#2544); scores and hours unchanged; Image Trace: Auto Color keeps rare but distinct colours; Image Trace: large images trace with a warning; anchor limit raised to 8,000,000; Image Trace: Raster::new returns an error for a buffer of the wrong length; M12 graph pruning and junction merging measured; M12 exact crop EDT and Guo–Hall thinning measured; M12 centre-lines baseline measured; scores and hours unchanged; Image Trace: a higher Paths never gives fewer segments on collapsed loops; Image Trace: the notch rule reads only its own piece; Image Trace: an edge's sub-pixel shift is the same from either side; Image Trace: a simpler contour walk with no precomputed direction table; transparency grid visibility saved in native documents, #1968; EPS editing data: legacy mesh corners, vector opacity masks and compound member paint retained; raster page comparison filters minification without relaxing limits; scores and hours unchanged; correction: M12's Image Trace quick presets leave the panel as it was, the Image Trace button opens it; batch exporting, #1935; G2: Effect › Sketch › Halftone Pattern; Photoshop filters 45/57, 12 remaining (8–14 h); Warp Options controls verified by focused checks and original-image review; estimates unchanged; existing-guide Escape cancellation validated 2026-10-14; scores and hours unchanged; open-path anchor Delete keeps surviving runs separate; estimates unchanged; PDF.R1: shared PDF reader with windowed content scanning and explicit incomplete-content errors; scores and estimates unchanged; PDF.W1: guarded shared PDF writer; output behavior, scores and estimates unchanged; Artboard tab-switch follow-up historically validated on `a0671777`; scores and hours unchanged; Artboard clean active-tab close/Delete follow-up validated 2026-10-15; later 2026-10-14 merges: per-corner radius, #1682; Width Point Edit from the Width tool, #1814, #1630; guides, #1782, #1836; anchor X/Y/W/H, #1824; toolbar and All Tools, #1751; macOS save sheets, #1855; rendering caches, #1667–#1792; untrusted files, #1852, #1862–#1873; failed-save dialog, #1685; Dim Images, #1683; estimates unchanged; M12 row: Image Trace's enhanced presets; verified PngSuite downloads, #1729; synthetic control-input budgets, #1709; 2026-10-14 merges: anchor Align and Distribute, #1636; Direct Selection and Delete fixes, #1674, #1666, #1743; Expand on repeats, #1756; file and input hardening, #1776–#1783, #1786, #1807; MCP limits and envelope, #1727, #1728; Image Trace #1647, #1657; estimates unchanged; later 2026-10-13 merges: SVG import, #1565, #1596, #1568, #1601; Warp Arc, #1578; PathfinLine truncated
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-21 · **Change:** minor (M14: workspaces keep their layout changes (UI.7); estimates unchanged; Shape Builder Gap Detection shares Live Paint’s spatial gap finder and temporary merge bridges (#2526); Custom is capped at 72 pt in the existing options dialog; Recolor model selection is available through the engine and MCP only (#2520); the dialog retains its existing controls; 3D: original Standard, Diffuse, Top Left and Right lighting presets; command access, effective-setting recognition and preview/history; scores and estimates unchanged; Polygon and Star exact-size placement remembers the chosen count for later drags and dialog openings; Cancel preserves the previous count; M12 duplicate milestone rows consolidated without losing distinct details; scores and estimates unchanged; live-trace bounds note placed under Image Trace rather than Graphs; Live trace result bounds and selection highlights exclude the retained bitmap except in source-image views; M3.57: CSS swatch libraries retain fractional gradient stop positions; scores and hours unchanged; G2: Effect › Artistic › Smudge Stick, Sponge and Watercolor; Sketch › Bas Relief, Charcoal, Photocopy and Stamp, #2533; Photoshop filters 45/57, 12 remaining (8–14 h); interactive Mirror Repeat axis; bounding-box handles take priority over the axis body while the center and end handles retain their move and rotation actions; status-readout sample widths cached by language, document unit and pixels per point; status messages and readouts use stable responsive allocations sized for localized labels and ordinary coordinates; DXF circular cubic paths export as native CIRCLE/ARC with R12 weighted strokes kept as POLYLINE and closing-chord safeguards (#1299); cached canvas dimensions match the renderer limit before cache-key creation, view construction and worker submission; cached canvas reprojection preserves scale during resize, rotation and DPI changes; interactive Mirror Repeat axis; bounding-box handles take priority over the axis body while the center and end handles retain their move and rotation actions; 3D lighting: one to ten colored lights, smooth colored Inflate, legacy white-light appearance preserved; surface batching and restored seam minimum; scores and estimates unchanged; Blend spine Anchor Point conversions, selection/stacking priority and Shift regression coverage (#2544); scores and hours unchanged; Image Trace: Auto Color keeps rare but distinct colours; Image Trace: large images trace with a warning; anchor limit raised to 8,000,000; Image Trace: Raster::new returns an error for a buffer of the wrong length; M12 graph pruning and junction merging measured; M12 exact crop EDT and Guo–Hall thinning measured; M12 centre-lines baseline measured; scores and hours unchanged; Image Trace: a higher Paths never gives fewer segments on collapsed loops; Image Trace: the notch rule reads only its own piece; Image Trace: an edge's sub-pixel shift is the same from either side; Image Trace: a simpler contour walk with no precomputed direction table; transparency grid visibility saved in native documents, #1968; EPS editing data: legacy mesh corners, vector opacity masks and compound member paint retained; raster page comparison filters minification without relaxing limits; scores and hours unchanged; correction: M12's Image Trace quick presets leave the panel as it was, the Image Trace button opens it; batch exporting, #1935; G2: Effect › Sketch › Halftone Pattern; Photoshop filters 45/57, 12 remaining (8–14 h); Warp Options controls verified by focused checks and original-image review; estimates unchanged; existing-guide Escape cancellation validated 2026-10-14; scores and hours unchanged; open-path anchor Delete keeps surviving runs separate; estimates unchanged; PDF.R1: shared PDF reader with windowed content scanning and explicit incomplete-content errors; scores and estimates unchanged; PDF.W1: guarded shared PDF writer; output behavior, scores and estimates unchanged; Artboard tab-switch follow-up historically validated on `a0671777`; scores and hours unchanged; Artboard clean active-tab close/Delete follow-up validated 2026-10-15; later 2026-10-14 merges: per-corner radius, #1682; Width Point Edit from the Width tool, #1814, #1630; guides, #1782, #1836; anchor X/Y/W/H, #1824; toolbar and All Tools, #1751; macOS save sheets, #1855; rendering caches, #1667–#1792; untrusted files, #1852, #1862–#1873; failed-save dialog, #1685; Dim Images, #1683; estimates unchanged; M12 row: Image Trace's enhanced presets; verified PngSuite downloads, #1729; synthetic control-input budgets, #1709; 2026-10-14 merges: anchor Align and Distribute, #1636; Direct Selection and Delete fixes, #1674, #1666, #1743; Expand on repeats, #1756; file and input hardening, #1776–#1783, #1786, #1807; MCP limits and envelope, #1727, #1728; Image Trace #1647, #1657; estimates unchanged; later 2026-10-13 mLine truncated
 
 Forward-looking plan. Where VectorCraft stands is in [`ROADMAP.md`](../ROADMAP.md) and
 [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md); the ranked work list is [gaps.md](gaps.md). Hours are Opus 5.5
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Checked 2026-10-10 from the code, tests and open issues; no workflow fails, so V
 | M12 | Advanced color & art (CMYK/ICC, separations, Gradient Mesh, Live Paint, Image Trace, Graphs) | 🟡 Gradient Mesh, Live Paint, Image Trace (junction-returning pieces retain their positioned boundaries; a simpler contour walk with identical output; an edge's sub-pixel shift is the same from either side; notches read only their own piece; collapsed loops keep few segments; large images trace with a warning; Auto Color keeps rare distinct colours; quick presets trace at once and the Image Trace button opens the adjustment controls; Properties reopens them; tiny fitted contours retain islands and holes; Create Strokes: exact crop EDT, Guo–Hall thinning and maximal-disc graph simplification; 15 presets, the 14 documented ones each with an enhanced version; Ignore Color, Shapes, Auto Grouping and Gradients options; measured in `image-trace-quality.md`; closed outlines retain their interior after straightening; the Flat Logo mode places edges to a fraction of a pixel, restores sharp corners, snaps lines and circles, and refuses gradients; live trace result bounds and selection highlights exclude the retained bitmap except in source-image views), Recolor Artwork, colour management (ICC, soft proofing, separations preview), Graphs (all 9 tools, Graph Data/Type, group-selected series colours persist through regenerate/save/open) done; Graph Design and Marker designs, Transpose and Switch x/y, `\|` label line breaks, the pie options, drop shadows, the legend across the top, overlapping widths, First Row/Column in Front, filled lines, kept label formatting and the Graph Data worksheet done; graph Column designs pending | 6–10 |
 | M13 | Automation (Actions ✅ record/playback, persisted; variables, scripting, batch) | 🟡 MCP `add_text` exposes existing vertical point, area and path type; broader scripting and batch work remains | 18–27 |
 | M13 | Automation (Actions ✅ record/playback, persisted; variables, scripting, batch) | 🟡 | 18–27 |
-| M14 | 1.0 polish (preferences, shortcut editor, workspaces, accessibility, packaging for all OSes) (status messages and readouts use stable responsive allocations sized for localized labels and ordinary coordinates; sample widths cached by language/unit/DPI; regression-tested and contributor-confirmed 2026-10-19; estimates unchanged) | 🟡 Numeric-field pointer selection and focus regression-tested (#1326, in part; short movements still select all); RPM runtime capabilities and glibc floor checked (#1275; real-distro install/start-up pending), Eyedropper cursor with precise-setting checks (#1269), Preferences, shortcut editor (chords with Shift and a punctuation key fire as typed; other apps' text shortcut sets imported), workspaces, a custom title bar on Windows/Linux with a Home button, content-sized dialogs, menus that scroll when longer than the window and macOS native menu dismissal done (M14.8), and native macOS save sheets with a Format menu (#866); an experimental, unsupported Windows 7 x64 portable OpenGL build (not verified by maintainers); accessibility and broader Windows/Linux packaging/QA pending | 18–28 |
+| M14 | 1.0 polish (preferences, shortcut editor, workspaces, accessibility, packaging for all OSes) (status messages and readouts use stable responsive allocations sized for localized labels and ordinary coordinates; sample widths cached by language/unit/DPI; regression-tested and contributor-confirmed 2026-10-19; estimates unchanged) | 🟡 Numeric-field pointer selection and focus regression-tested (#1326, in part; short movements still select all); RPM runtime capabilities and glibc floor checked (#1275; real-distro install/start-up pending), Eyedropper cursor with precise-setting checks (#1269), Preferences, shortcut editor (chords with Shift and a punctuation key fire as typed; other apps' text shortcut sets imported), workspaces (each keeps its layout changes until Reset <name>, UI.7), a custom title bar on Windows/Linux with a Home button, content-sized dialogs, menus that scroll when longer than the window and macOS native menu dismissal done (M14.8), and native macOS save sheets with a Format menu (#866); an experimental, unsupported Windows 7 x64 portable OpenGL build (not verified by maintainers); accessibility and broader Windows/Linux packaging/QA pending | 18–28 |
 | — | Interaction fidelity pass (every tool's modifiers, Properties panel per context, isolation, nuance; width-point creation and adjoining adjustment regression-tested; dialog layout reviewed) | ⬜ (new ruler-guide Alt orientation implemented; existing-guide Escape cancellation regression-tested; broader pass remains) | 60–90 |
 | — | Hardening at scale (big-file corpus, fuzzing, cross-platform + browser QA) | 🟡 PngSuite integrity and bounded fetching verified (#1729); real-world corpus/manual QA remain | 50–80 |
 | M14 follow-up | Color Picker layout (#2008) | ✅ Compact controls, centered header, stacked actions, aligned fields and screen sampling; narrow windows scroll vertically | Included above |
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ sampling coexistence. Scores and estimates unchanged. See [development.md](devel
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-20 | minor | M14: workspaces keep the layout changes made in them across switches and restarts until Reset <name> (UI.7); estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-21 | minor | M3: highlighted-text Eyedropper sampling preserves ranges and rejects unsupported source/target transparency atomically; regression-tested; scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-21 | minor | Shape Builder Gap Detection shares Live Paint’s spatial gap finder and temporary merge bridges (#2526); Custom is capped at 72 pt in the existing options dialog. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-21 | minor | Recolor model selection is available through the engine and MCP only (#2520); the dialog retains its existing controls. Scores and estimates unchanged. |

docs/target-app-parity.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Parity with Adobe Illustrator
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-22 · **Change:** minor (Shape Builder Gap Detection shares Live Paint’s spatial gap finder and temporary merge bridges (#2526); Custom is capped at 72 pt in the existing options dialog; Recolor model selection is available through the engine and MCP only (#2520); the dialog retains its existing controls; filter plug-ins read and set effect records and stroke joins, caps and miter limits, G17; the Print dialog's Media list has the Japanese papers: JIS B4 257 × 364 mm, JIS B5 182 × 257 mm and JIS B6 beside the ISO B4/B5, which keep their ISO 216 sizes, and はがき, 往復はがき, 封筒 長形3号/長形4号/角形2号/角形3号 and 四六判; a paper is named by its JSON id or its dialog label, any case and spacing; imported PDF type that is letter-spaced keeps its word spaces and no others; Fractional Widths: Character panel menu, per type object, on by default; System Layout remains a panel stub; scores unchanged; G4: manual Tate-chu-yoko; G4: No Break; scores unchanged; the selection tools take a clipping path on its outline, G1; Polygon and Star exact-size placement remembers the chosen count for later drags and dialog openings; Cancel preserves the previous count; Live trace result bounds and selection highlights exclude the retained bitmap except in source-image views; CSS swatch libraries retain fractional gradient stop positions; scores and hours unchanged; live-effect plug-ins given their object's fills and strokes and the item they sit on, G17; plug-in parameters: labels, units, groups, help and conditions in their dialogs, text and number-list parameters, up to 256 of them, G17; exporter plug-ins: plug-in file formats in Export As and document.export, G17; G2: Effect › Artistic › Smudge Stick, Sponge and Watercolor; Sketch › Bas Relief, Charcoal, Photocopy and Stamp, #2533; Photoshop filters 45/57, 12 remaining (8–14 h); interactive Mirror Repeat axis; bounding-box handles take priority over the axis body while the center and end handles retain their move and rotation actions; Libraries panel: the list scrolls, items and groups reorder by dragging, items drag into and out of groups (`library.moveItem` before/after, `library.moveGroup`); scores unchanged; PDF invisible text opens as type with no fill or stroke and is written back invisible, #2675; status-readout sample widths cached by language, document unit and pixels per point; status messages and readouts use stable responsive allocations sized for localized labels and ordinary coordinates; cached canvas dimensions match the renderer limit before cache-key creation, view construction and worker submission; cached canvas reprojection preserves scale during resize, rotation and DPI changes; interactive Mirror Repeat axis; bounding-box handles take priority over the axis body while the center and end handles retain their move and rotation actions; 3D lighting: one to ten colored lights, smooth colored Inflate, legacy white-light appearance preserved; surface batching and restored seam minimum; scores and estimates unchanged; Blend spine Anchor Point conversions, selection/stacking priority and Shift regression coverage (#2544); scores and hours unchanged; Artboard Options' X and Y with a reference point, #1876; Image Trace: Auto Color keeps rare but distinct colours; Image Trace: large images trace with a warning; anchor limit raised to 8,000,000; Image Trace: Raster::new returns an error for a buffer of the wrong length; M12 maximal-disc graph pruning and junction merging measured; M12 crop EDT and Guo–Hall thinning measured; M12 centre-lines baseline measured; scores and hours unchanged; installed plug-ins stay installed after a restart, #2541; Group Selection picks and moves one path of a compound path, #2441 in part; the Move dialog opens on the last move and its last checkboxes; Image Trace: a higher Paths never gives fewer segments on collapsed loops; Image Trace: the notch rule reads only its own piece; Image Trace: an edge's sub-pixel shift is the same from either side; Image Trace Flat Logo traces line art on white paper instead of a blank result; score and hours unchanged; Image Trace: a simpler contour walk with no precomputed direction table; transparency grid visibility saved in native documents, #1968; MCP cancellation, progress and busy answers during long exports, #2165, #2171, #2172; EPS editing data: legacy mesh corners, vector opacity masks and compound member paint retained; raster page comparison filters minification without relaxing limits; scores and hours unchanged; native family-name fallback from English-only typographic names, #2208; scores unchanged; batch exporting, #1935; G2: Effect › Sketch › Halftone Pattern; Photoshop filters 45/57, 12 remaining (8–14 h); G5: Symbol Options Export Type (Graphic / Movie Clip); Localization: Brazilian Portuguese complete under the tests, #1914, 71% → 74%; G6 image variables: Automation ~60% → Line truncated
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-22 · **Change:** minor (UI chrome: workspaces keep their layout changes (UI.7); scores and hours unchanged; Shape Builder Gap Detection shares Live Paint’s spatial gap finder and temporary merge bridges (#2526); Custom is capped at 72 pt in the existing options dialog; Recolor model selection is available through the engine and MCP only (#2520); the dialog retains its existing controls; filter plug-ins read and set effect records and stroke joins, caps and miter limits, G17; the Print dialog's Media list has the Japanese papers: JIS B4 257 × 364 mm, JIS B5 182 × 257 mm and JIS B6 beside the ISO B4/B5, which keep their ISO 216 sizes, and はがき, 往復はがき, 封筒 長形3号/長形4号/角形2号/角形3号 and 四六判; a paper is named by its JSON id or its dialog label, any case and spacing; imported PDF type that is letter-spaced keeps its word spaces and no others; Fractional Widths: Character panel menu, per type object, on by default; System Layout remains a panel stub; scores unchanged; G4: manual Tate-chu-yoko; G4: No Break; scores unchanged; the selection tools take a clipping path on its outline, G1; Polygon and Star exact-size placement remembers the chosen count for later drags and dialog openings; Cancel preserves the previous count; Live trace result bounds and selection highlights exclude the retained bitmap except in source-image views; CSS swatch libraries retain fractional gradient stop positions; scores and hours unchanged; live-effect plug-ins given their object's fills and strokes and the item they sit on, G17; plug-in parameters: labels, units, groups, help and conditions in their dialogs, text and number-list parameters, up to 256 of them, G17; exporter plug-ins: plug-in file formats in Export As and document.export, G17; G2: Effect › Artistic › Smudge Stick, Sponge and Watercolor; Sketch › Bas Relief, Charcoal, Photocopy and Stamp, #2533; Photoshop filters 45/57, 12 remaining (8–14 h); interactive Mirror Repeat axis; bounding-box handles take priority over the axis body while the center and end handles retain their move and rotation actions; Libraries panel: the list scrolls, items and groups reorder by dragging, items drag into and out of groups (`library.moveItem` before/after, `library.moveGroup`); scores unchanged; PDF invisible text opens as type with no fill or stroke and is written back invisible, #2675; status-readout sample widths cached by language, document unit and pixels per point; status messages and readouts use stable responsive allocations sized for localized labels and ordinary coordinates; cached canvas dimensions match the renderer limit before cache-key creation, view construction and worker submission; cached canvas reprojection preserves scale during resize, rotation and DPI changes; interactive Mirror Repeat axis; bounding-box handles take priority over the axis body while the center and end handles retain their move and rotation actions; 3D lighting: one to ten colored lights, smooth colored Inflate, legacy white-light appearance preserved; surface batching and restored seam minimum; scores and estimates unchanged; Blend spine Anchor Point conversions, selection/stacking priority and Shift regression coverage (#2544); scores and hours unchanged; Artboard Options' X and Y with a reference point, #1876; Image Trace: Auto Color keeps rare but distinct colours; Image Trace: large images trace with a warning; anchor limit raised to 8,000,000; Image Trace: Raster::new returns an error for a buffer of the wrong length; M12 maximal-disc graph pruning and junction merging measured; M12 crop EDT and Guo–Hall thinning measured; M12 centre-lines baseline measured; scores and hours unchanged; installed plug-ins stay installed after a restart, #2541; Group Selection picks and moves one path of a compound path, #2441 in part; the Move dialog opens on the last move and its last checkboxes; Image Trace: a higher Paths never gives fewer segments on collapsed loops; Image Trace: the notch rule reads only its own piece; Image Trace: an edge's sub-pixel shift is the same from either side; Image Trace Flat Logo traces line art on white paper instead of a blank result; score and hours unchanged; Image Trace: a simpler contour walk with no precomputed direction table; transparency grid visibility saved in native documents, #1968; MCP cancellation, progress and busy answers during long exports, #2165, #2171, #2172; EPS editing data: legacy mesh corners, vector opacity masks and compound member paint retained; raster page comparison filters minification without relaxing limits; scores and hours unchanged; native family-name fallback from English-only typographic names, #2208; scores unchanged; batch exporting, #1935; G2: Effect › Sketch › Halftone Pattern; Photoshop filters 45/57, 12 remaining (8–14 h); G5: Symbol Options Export Type (Graphic / Movie Clip); Localization: Brazilian Portuguese coLine truncated
 
 The authoritative parity assessment. [`ROADMAP.md`](../ROADMAP.md) summarizes it; [`gaps.md`](gaps.md) is
 the work list made from it. Deep areas have their own checklists: [UI and interaction](ui-parity.md),
@@ -931,6 +931,7 @@ sampling coexistence. Scores and estimates unchanged. See [development.md](devel
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-20 | minor | UI chrome: workspaces keep the layout changes made in them when switching away and back, and across restarts; Reset <name> returns to the saved layout (UI.7); score and hours unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-21 | minor | M3: highlighted-text Eyedropper sampling preserves ranges and rejects unsupported source/target transparency atomically; regression-tested; scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-21 | minor | Shape Builder Gap Detection shares Live Paint’s spatial gap finder and temporary merge bridges (#2526); Custom is capped at 72 pt in the existing options dialog. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-21 | minor | Recolor model selection is available through the engine and MCP only (#2520); the dialog retains its existing controls. Scores and estimates unchanged. |

docs/ui-parity.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # UI and interaction parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-21 · **Change:** minor (Shape Builder Gap Detection shares Live Paint’s spatial gap finder and temporary merge bridges (#2526); Custom is capped at 72 pt in the existing options dialog; 3D: original Standard, Diffuse, Top Left and Right lighting presets; command access, effective-setting recognition and preview/history; scores and estimates unchanged; one selected clip group's Properties panel has Edit Clipping Path and Edit Contents at its top, G1; Distribute Objects and Distribute Spacing space from a key guide (#3165) with the Distribute Spacing value; Distribute spaces selected ruler guides with the objects, #1597 in part; the selection tools take a clipping path on its outline, over the art it clips; Polygon and Star exact-size placement remembers the chosen count for later drags and dialog openings; Cancel preserves the previous count; Live trace result bounds and selection highlights exclude the retained bitmap except in source-image views; a ruler guide can be the key object Align aligns to, and selected guides align to a key object, #2143; Pencil: Alt key toggles to Smooth Tool, #2001; status-readout sample widths cached by language, document unit and pixels per point; status messages and readouts use stable responsive allocations sized for localized labels and ordinary coordinates; cached canvas dimensions match the renderer limit before cache-key creation, view construction and worker submission; cached canvas reprojection preserves scale during resize, rotation and DPI changes; on-canvas Mirror Repeat axis, #2877; Background Export progress dialog with Cancel, #2564; 3D lighting: one to ten colored lights, smooth colored Inflate, legacy white-light appearance preserved; surface batching and restored seam minimum; scores and estimates unchanged; Blend spine Anchor Point conversions, selection/stacking priority and Shift regression coverage (#2544); scores and hours unchanged; Artboard Options' X and Y with a reference point, #1876; scores unchanged; library panels: one per library, dockable and tabbable, with Persistent, #2603; the Selection tool threads text from the out port, #2572 in part; scores unchanged; Group Selection picks and moves one path of a compound path, #2441 in part; the Move dialog opens on the last move and its last checkboxes; scores unchanged; transparency grid visibility saved in native documents, #1968; Live Corners radius up to the neighbouring cuts, #2332; Image Trace quick presets: wording corrected to the shipped behaviour, the Image Trace button opens the controls; batch exporting, #1935; document window scroll bars, #2322; Anchor Point tool: a click on a handle end retracts that handle only, #2267; scores unchanged; Smart Guides: the dragged end of a straight segment keeps to its extension at any angle, #2120; Warp Options controls verified by focused checks and original-image review; estimates unchanged; existing-guide Escape cancellation validated 2026-10-14; scores and hours unchanged; open-path anchor Delete keeps surviving runs separate; estimates unchanged; Artboard tab-switch follow-up historically validated on `a0671777`; scores and hours unchanged; Artboard clean active-tab close/Delete follow-up validated 2026-10-15; Curvature curve geometry, #1236 in part; Width-point finite-arithmetic follow-up validated; scores and hours unchanged; Image Trace adjustment discovery; later 2026-10-14 merges: macOS save sheet Format menu back to missing, #1855, #866 reopened; anchor X/Y/W/H in the Transform panel, Properties and Control bar, #1824; Snap to Grid over Snap to Pixel, #1816; toolbar labels, columns and the All Tools drawer, #1751; Actions panel selection, #1629 in part; scores unchanged; 2026-10-14 merges: anchor Align and Distribute, #1636; Delete on closed paths and whole objects, #1674; selection inside isolation, #1666; Escape in a Direct Selection drag and while typing, #1743, #1686; Pen clicks under 3 px, #1663; [ and ] on more tools, #1661 in part; fields commit on click away, #1787; command search keys, #1757; a guide's position in the Transform panel is a convenience with no parity claim, #1659; scores unchanged; intersect Smart Guides for drawn points and dragged anchors, #1602 in part; a ruler guide's position in the Transform panel, #1597 in part; Symbol Options before New Symbol, #1560; tool flyout widths, #1616; Pathfinder Trim, Merge and Crop strokes, #1570; scores unchanged; G1/M11: Artboard deletion and history selection normalization; history regressions and full workspace CI pass; scores and hours unchanged; Width Point Edit: Shift-double-click enables adjoining adjustment; plain double-click keeps it off; scores and hours unchanged; per-corner radius fields with a link toggle, split from #1594; Join merges anchors lying on one another, #1533; correction: Average and Join with a corner or smooth choice is missing, not done; guide objects take the guide colour and style and Lock Line truncated
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-21 · **Change:** minor (workspaces keep their layout changes (UI.7); scores unchanged; Shape Builder Gap Detection shares Live Paint’s spatial gap finder and temporary merge bridges (#2526); Custom is capped at 72 pt in the existing options dialog; 3D: original Standard, Diffuse, Top Left and Right lighting presets; command access, effective-setting recognition and preview/history; scores and estimates unchanged; one selected clip group's Properties panel has Edit Clipping Path and Edit Contents at its top, G1; Distribute Objects and Distribute Spacing space from a key guide (#3165) with the Distribute Spacing value; Distribute spaces selected ruler guides with the objects, #1597 in part; the selection tools take a clipping path on its outline, over the art it clips; Polygon and Star exact-size placement remembers the chosen count for later drags and dialog openings; Cancel preserves the previous count; Live trace result bounds and selection highlights exclude the retained bitmap except in source-image views; a ruler guide can be the key object Align aligns to, and selected guides align to a key object, #2143; Pencil: Alt key toggles to Smooth Tool, #2001; status-readout sample widths cached by language, document unit and pixels per point; status messages and readouts use stable responsive allocations sized for localized labels and ordinary coordinates; cached canvas dimensions match the renderer limit before cache-key creation, view construction and worker submission; cached canvas reprojection preserves scale during resize, rotation and DPI changes; on-canvas Mirror Repeat axis, #2877; Background Export progress dialog with Cancel, #2564; 3D lighting: one to ten colored lights, smooth colored Inflate, legacy white-light appearance preserved; surface batching and restored seam minimum; scores and estimates unchanged; Blend spine Anchor Point conversions, selection/stacking priority and Shift regression coverage (#2544); scores and hours unchanged; Artboard Options' X and Y with a reference point, #1876; scores unchanged; library panels: one per library, dockable and tabbable, with Persistent, #2603; the Selection tool threads text from the out port, #2572 in part; scores unchanged; Group Selection picks and moves one path of a compound path, #2441 in part; the Move dialog opens on the last move and its last checkboxes; scores unchanged; transparency grid visibility saved in native documents, #1968; Live Corners radius up to the neighbouring cuts, #2332; Image Trace quick presets: wording corrected to the shipped behaviour, the Image Trace button opens the controls; batch exporting, #1935; document window scroll bars, #2322; Anchor Point tool: a click on a handle end retracts that handle only, #2267; scores unchanged; Smart Guides: the dragged end of a straight segment keeps to its extension at any angle, #2120; Warp Options controls verified by focused checks and original-image review; estimates unchanged; existing-guide Escape cancellation validated 2026-10-14; scores and hours unchanged; open-path anchor Delete keeps surviving runs separate; estimates unchanged; Artboard tab-switch follow-up historically validated on `a0671777`; scores and hours unchanged; Artboard clean active-tab close/Delete follow-up validated 2026-10-15; Curvature curve geometry, #1236 in part; Width-point finite-arithmetic follow-up validated; scores and hours unchanged; Image Trace adjustment discovery; later 2026-10-14 merges: macOS save sheet Format menu back to missing, #1855, #866 reopened; anchor X/Y/W/H in the Transform panel, Properties and Control bar, #1824; Snap to Grid over Snap to Pixel, #1816; toolbar labels, columns and the All Tools drawer, #1751; Actions panel selection, #1629 in part; scores unchanged; 2026-10-14 merges: anchor Align and Distribute, #1636; Delete on closed paths and whole objects, #1674; selection inside isolation, #1666; Escape in a Direct Selection drag and while typing, #1743, #1686; Pen clicks under 3 px, #1663; [ and ] on more tools, #1661 in part; fields commit on click away, #1787; command search keys, #1757; a guide's position in the Transform panel is a convenience with no parity claim, #1659; scores unchanged; intersect Smart Guides for drawn points and dragged anchors, #1602 in part; a ruler guide's position in the Transform panel, #1597 in part; Symbol Options before New Symbol, #1560; tool flyout widths, #1616; Pathfinder Trim, Merge and Crop strokes, #1570; scores unchanged; G1/M11: Artboard deletion and history selection normalization; history regressions and full workspace CI pass; scores and hours unchanged; Width Point Edit: Shift-double-click enables adjoining adjustment; plain double-click keeps it off; scores and hours unchanged; per-corner radius fields with a link toggle, split from #1594; Join merges anchors lying on one another, #1533; correction: Average and Join with a corner or smooth choice is missing, noLine truncated
 
 How VectorCraft's tools, handles, snapping and panels behave next to Illustrator's. A vector illustrator's
 trust is in the details: where a handle lands, what Shift and Alt do mid-drag, what a smart guide snaps to,
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ empty), without opening the dialog.
 | Retype, Comments, Version History panels | missing | the last two are cloud features (out of scope) |
 | Blend panel (30.7) | partial | Window › Blend: Make, Spacing, Orientation, Reverse Front to Back, Reverse Spine, Replace Spine, Expand and Release, running the Object › Blend commands; the easing and color controls are missing |
 | SVG Interactivity, Retype, Comments, Version History panels | missing | the last two are cloud features (out of scope) |
-| Workspaces (save, reset, switch) | done | |
+| Workspaces (save, reset, switch); each remembers the layout changes made in it across switches and restarts until Reset <name> | done | `UiState::workspace_changes` |
 | Background Export: a progress dialog with the file name, the artboard count and a bar (busy for one artboard and for formats made in one go), Cancel (Esc) and Continue in Background; it opens after 0.4 s and never over another dialog. A cancelled export writes no file | done | #2564; on the shared `vectorcraft_doc::cancel` token (#2546), so a cancelled render keeps no half-drawn pattern tile or effect raster. The bar moves between artboards, not within one. Save As, Export for Screens and Export Selection don't show it yet |
 | Swatch and graphic style library panels: each library opens in a panel of its own, several at once, that floats, groups, docks and closes like any panel; opening an open library brings its panel forward; Previous / Next Library change the library in place; the panel menu's Persistent reopens the panel at startup with its view and find field (a library loaded from a file is read again; when its file is missing the panel reopens showing the file's path with Locate Library…, and the status bar names the file) | done | #2603; panel ids `library:<kind>:<id>`, `ui.libraryPanel {panel, library?, view?, showFind?, persistent?}`, `ui.libraryPanel.locate {panel, path?}`; the library panels have no sort option, as before |
 | DXF export/import preserves intended curve closure | done | #1299; R13–2018 closed SPLINE bit set/read; an open curve ending at its start stays open; knots and control points unchanged; native CIRCLE/ARC export and CNC preset remain pending |
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ sampling coexistence. Scores and estimates unchanged. See [development.md](devel
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-20 | minor | Workspaces keep the layout changes made in them when switching away and back, and across restarts; Reset <name> returns to the saved layout; score unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-21 | minor | M3: highlighted-text Eyedropper sampling preserves ranges and rejects unsupported source/target transparency atomically; regression-tested; scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-21 | minor | Shape Builder Gap Detection shares Live Paint’s spatial gap finder and temporary merge bridges (#2526); Custom is capped at 72 pt in the existing options dialog. Scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-21 | minor | 3D: original Standard, Diffuse, Top Left and Right lighting presets; command access, effective-setting recognition and preview/history; scores and estimates unchanged |