Release Notes

2.1 - Major Release

New Features

• It is now possible to layout only selected parts of a given graph with the new partial layout feature.
• A new rich-text editor provides many new options to format labels.
• Many new element styles and style properties have been added:
  • Added many new shapes to the shape nodes palette.
  • Added a brand-new group node style with many more options.
  • Added new edge styles for arcs, bridges and straight line edges.
  • Added more background shape visualizations for labels.
• Layouts can now be canceled interactively.
• Added an option to wrap the text along the actual shape boundaries.
• It is now possible to automatically align nodes to each other and distribute them evenly.
• The "Add Confluence Link" dialog is now also accessible via the CTRL+K shortcut as in the confluence page editor.
• A new substructure style (CompactDisk) for the organic layout has been added.

System requirements

• The minimum required version of Confluence is now 7.0.1 (Server/DataCenter only).

Improvements

• The overall theme for input elements, snaplines and the scrollbars has been completely overhauled and modernized.
• Collaboration mouse cursors now display user avatars instead of plain usernames.
• It is now possible to remove unreferenced diagram attachments that are left over from a cloud migration (Cloud only).
• The misleading "Create/Remove" buttons aren't shown in the macro preview in the Confluence page editor anymore (Server/DataCenter only).
• External links in the diagram embedding are now opened in the top level window and not in the IFrame when "Open Links in New Windows" is disabled (Cloud only).
• Improved positioning of new graph when importing it in an existing graph.
• Center port-candidates are hidden during selection if the node is too small.
• The contextual view now shows an indicator when nothing is selected.
• Users now only see diagram templates for which they have sufficient permissions.
• Layout calculation for empty graphs is now prevented.
• Several minor UI and internationalization improvements.

Bugfixes

• Very large diagrams don't trigger a POST data limit exception on save anymore (Server/DataCenter only).
• Fixed copied Graphity macros still referencing diagram data of the original macro.
• Fixed diagram settings being reset when saving a diagram (Cloud only).
• Prevent empty diagram names for new macros which could lead to erroneous/duplicate embeddings (Cloud only).
• Fixed "Edit" or "Create" buttons being shown in the embedded macro when user doesn't have required permissions (Cloud only).
• Fixed unsupported characters from user input preventing user to save diagram.
• Fixed several synchronization issues and exceptions in the properties panel.
• Fixed nodes being dropped on edges within a group or table not being correctly reparented.
• Table behavior has been improved with respect to automatic layouts, undo and interaction with the property panel.
• Fixed exception when reconnecting an edge from a leaf node to a folder node.
• Fixed unresponsive state when clicking the floating layout button in fast succession.
• Fixed initial diagram fitting when switching the contextual view to fullscreen.
• Fixed wrong 'create node on background click' setting after switching back from a fullscreen contextual view.
• Fixed out of range scale parameter of the export page for large diagrams.
• Fixed a bug where the preview layout calculation actually showed the result for an old configuration.
• Fixed label default color after theme switch.
• Fixed minor exceptions and UI glitches.

1.4 - Major Release

New Features

• Diagrams can be viewed, edited and embedded on a Confluence page in isometric mode.
• Diagrams can be embedded on a Confluence page in sketchy mode.
• Global icon palette search.
• Support for migration to Confluence Cloud. See Migration to Cloud for more information.
• Smooth zooming within the Graphity diagram editor.

Improvements

• Embeddings that reference a non-existing diagram version now load the latest version instead of showing an error.
• URL picker in the node properties now uses a universal Confluence page url.
• Improved load times of the diagram editor
• The context menu of the drag 'n drop panel only enables applicable options for the current context.
• Graph search now considers custom data on the graph items.
• The people palette now provides more diverse icons.

Bugfixes

• Fixed occasional offset on nodes with links in the embedded diagram.
• Fixed the url picker in the node properties.
• Fixed error when specifiying an empty page as a template source.
• Fixed bug that occured on save when page title contains special characters like square brackets.
• Transparent or void styles are no longer selected as default styles when importing diagrams.
• Changing the edge-clipping for icon nodes no longer resets the color of the icon.
• Fixed blurry text in the main menu of Graphity.
• Fixed shared data model of duplicated UML nodes.

1.3 - Major Release

• Graphity for Confluence now supports the integrated versioning system of Confluence. That means that diagrams created with Graphity 1.3 support reverting to an old Confluence page revision, with the diagrams in the page also reverting to this version.
• Z-Order support. Nodes can now be placed above or beneath each other.
• If concurrent edits happen, i.e. if two users edit a diagram at the same time, conflicts while saving are reported. The user can choose to override the changes made by other users, or save a copy of the diagram. It's also possible to export the diagram to a GraphML file and later re-import it.
• Confluence Administrators can define template diagram source pages in the Graphity admin section. That allows users to add diagrams to these pages that are loaded as template graphs in Graphitys"New" menu when creating or editing a diagram. This feature makes it possible to create custom diagrams that act as starting points for commonly used diagram types, or diagrams that use a certain corporate design.
• A diagram can be saved as a copy on another Confluence page. This function is available as "Save As..."in Graphitys "Save" menu.
• Managing default styles in the editor has been improved.
• Users can now set a default label style.
• Labels inside nodes can be selected easier.
• The editor shows visual hints for certain advanced gestures in actions like re-grouping, resizing and label editing
• New breadcrumbs visual hint when navigated into a group node
• Graphity attachments now set a "graphity" label
• Many small improvements to user experience and design