iisel v1.2.0

iisel version 1.2.0 has released!

This update marks almost a complete rewriting of iisels background systems. A lot of things like the Undo/Redo system were functional but didn't really sit nicely with the rest of the app. The changes made in 1.2.0 should make iisel far easier to maintain and update going forward.

Aside from these very boring background changes, iisel has received a fresh coat of paint to make the UI more user friendly as well as some functional changes to certain parts too:

• The colour palette has been updated to better reflect color palettes in most other art tools. The palette now arranges the color swatches based on the width of the window - no more dragging the palette around to get to the color you want! It also now shows which colors you have selected as your background and foreground colors.
• Handles have been added in between the glyph picker, color palette and canvas that let you resize each of these elements relative to one another.
• Loading color & glyph palettes has been moved to the 'File' toolbar menu, freeing up a little bit of space where there were two huge buttons before.
• The tool picker has been moved to the bottom of the window to stop everything fighting for space across the window. I suspect most people won't use this all that much anyway - it's a lot quicker to learn the very simple keybinds!
• A new Selection tool has been added that allows you to select part of a layer and drag to move it around.
• Copy/Paste functionality has been added, just make a selection with the selection tool and use CTRL + C/CTRL + V to copy paste it around, even across layers.
• The ability to assign any tool to either mouse button has been removed. The left mouse button is now the primary tool button, with the right mouse button being locked to the dropper tool. In my own experience using iisel I kept the dropper tool on RMB 99% of the time anyway, so hardwiring it in the code allows me to use RMB for more traditional things like context menus.

Many of these changes were made off of the back of my own use of iisel over the last year or so - in particular the new selection tool and being able to copy/paste sections around!

iisel version 1.2.0 is now available for Windows and Linux. If you have any suggestions or come across any issues then please use the discuss posts here on itch.

Happy doodling!

Nipth