This update contains all the great features in our Dublin release, along with minor improvements and bug fixes.

Fixes

• Fixes a bug that caused Sketch to freeze up and use a lot of memory.
• Fixes a bug that could cause changes in a document you were collaboratively editing to revert after a collaboration connection recovery.
• Fixes a bug that caused border rows in the Inspector to overlap when you selected Custom to control a border’s individual sides.
• Fixes a bug where large images you imported would be limited to 10000 pixels wide and high.
• Fixes a bug where using ⇧↑ and ⇧↓ in the Scale mode’s inspector inputs could clear your layer selection.
• Fixes a bug that stopped you from drawing a straight vector segment by holding Command.

This update contains all the great features in our Dublin release, along with minor improvements and bug fixes.

Improvements

• The Color Variable lists in the Color panel are now taller, so you can see more variables at a glance without scrolling.
• We’ve improved how Selection sections in the Inspector handle large numbers of items. These sections now limit the number of items they show to 15, with a Show All button to reveal more, making it easier to work large numbers of overrides.

Fixes

• Fixes a crash that could occur as Sketch attempted to generate export previews while you edited a layer.
• Fixes a crash that could occur when Sketch tried to handle corrupted documents with layers that share an ID.
• Fixes a hang that could occur when working with rounded corners.
• Fixes a bug that meant individual borders wouldn’t scale correctly.
• Fixes a bug where layers would export at the wrong size if their enclosing frame had Clip content switched off.
• Fixes a bug that caused individual borders to bleed with a layer’s fill a little at edges where the thickness is zero.
• Fixes a bug that meant the Color Picker always displayed colors in sRGB, even when your document used the Display P3 color profile.
• Fixes a bug where gradient fills could be incompatible with Adobe Acrobat reader in some cases.
• Fixes a bug where overrides would not appear in the Inspector, or would appear when they shouldn’t, in certain scenarios.

API

• Restores the missing ensureDetachHasUpdated function.

For our first major Mac update of 2026, we’re ticking off a list of long-standing feature requests — from selection colors and independent borders, to corner smoothing controls and an all-new eyedropper tool with color variable support.

Along with the new features in this update — which we’re calling Dublin — there are over 150 improvements and fixes across all corners of the app.

Selection colors

With selection colors, you can quickly adjust colors wherever they appear in your selection. You’ll see these in a new Inspector section when you select multiple layers or containers with different fills, borders, text colors, and tints.

Adjusting a selection color updates any layer that uses it. Hovering a selection color highlights layers that use it on the Canvas. Clicking the chevron next to a color narrows your selection to just those layers.

By default, we sort selection colors by frequency and separate opacities, but you also can sort by color, and combine opacities. Adjusting colors with combined opacities will preserve their original opacities, while scrubbing the opacity field adjusts those opacities relatively.

If your selection contains both Symbols and non-Symbol layers, we’ll show overrides and selection colors together in the Inspector. If you override a color, hold ⌥ to reveal an option to reset overrides next to that color.

• Docs: Selection colors

Independent borders and better border controls

You can now set borders independently for each side of a rectangle, frame, or graphic. For each border, you can control all sides equally (the default), choose a single specific, or choose Custom to set different widths for each side.

There’s also a new option to center dashed borders so their dashes fall neatly on corners. Advanced border settings — ends, joins, and dash — now apply to text layers too.

• Docs: Borders

Corner smoothing controls, capsule support, and more

The new corner settings panel in the Inspector gives you precise control over how smooth your rounded corners should be. You’ll also see much better results when you smooth out squircles, capsules, and corners greater than 90º.

There’s a new “Max” option for corners that makes sure they remain at their most rounded, regardless of size — great for pills and capsules. You’ll find it in the Inspector, the Layer menu, the Command Bar, or by double-clicking a corner handle.

Also, you can now round the corners on combined shapes with boolean operations.

• Docs: Corners

An all-new eyedropper

You can now use the eyedropper tool to select and apply Color Variables. When the eyedropper’s loupe is above a Color Variable, you’ll see its name in a new label. Hold ⇧ to select/apply it instead of the color’s hex value.

You can grab Color Variables from solid fills and borders, gradient fills and borders (based on the nearest gradient stop), text layers, and tints.

The new loupe is compact by default, giving you more context when picking. Scroll on a mouse or trackpad (or pinch) to resize it — we’ll remember your preference. Right/Control-click to reset it.

• Docs: Color variables

150+ improvements and fixes

There’s a lot more to this release and you’ll find every improvement and fix below. If you’re short on time, here are some highlights:

• When you dropping multiple images onto the Canvas, we now arrange them in a neat grid. If your images have different dimensions, we use a masonry-style layout to minimize gaps.
• You can now control fills and borders for individual layers within a combined shape.
• The Color panel is easier to use: gradient presets are one click away in gradient mode, switching between custom colors and Color Variables is more consistent, and it’s easier to change a color’s format and copy its value.
• Toggle Pixel Fitting from the Arrange menu or with ⌃⌘X — no need to open Settings.
• A new shortcut — ⇧⌘C — copies a link to the current page, or to the top-level frame if you have one selected.
• Flip layers horizontally or vertically with ⇧H and ⇧V.

We’ve been busy making lots of small improvements to the web app — especially across our developer handoff tools.

The layer list in the web app now shows the same icons as the Mac app, reflects hidden and locked layer states, and you can right-click directly in it to access the contextual menu — just like you’d expect.

Frames also get proper treatment in the inspector now, with Appearance, Corners, and box model properties showing up in the sidebar.

Improvements

• Right-clicking on the Canvas in frame detail view now opens the contextual menu, so you can select and inspect layers without leaving the view.
• The layer list now matches the Mac app more closely, with the correct icon set, consistent icon colours, and tighter indentation for nested layers.
• Frames now show Appearance, Corners, and box model properties in the inspector sidebar, reflecting that frames are fully styleable elements.
• Layer type icons for stacks now appear consistently throughout the inspector sidebar.
• We now make it clear in the layer list when a layer is locked, and canvas interactions match the Mac app — clicks pass through them rather than selecting them.
• You can now right-click on any layer in the layer list to open the contextual menu — no need to right-click on the Canvas instead.
• We now support SF Symbols in layer names in the Inspector UI.
• Hidden layers now appear dimmed in the layer list, so you can tell at a glance what’s visible and what isn’t. Canvas interactions match the Mac app, too.
• You can now copy a link to your exact canvas position when viewing an individual frame, and it’ll open at the right place for anyone you share it with.
• Menus across the web app now show icons alongside actions, making it easier to find what you need at a glance.
• The Workspace invite experience has a new, cleaner design with a preview of the inviting Workspace and your role.
• You can now accept pending Workspace invites from your account settings, without needing to click through a separate invitation email.

Fixes

• Fixed a number of icon display issues across the web app.
• Fixed a bug which incorrectly highlighted Symbol Sources as instances.
• Resolved a long-standing bug that prevented access to deleted document versions in some cases.
• Fixes a bug that meant Viewers saw Remix instead of Edit in Sketch in the web app when they had edit access to a specific document.
• Fixes a Safari bug that caused Canvas contextual menus to close unexpectedly.
• Fixes a bug that cleared active document filters in the Workspace toolbar when you changed the sort order. You can now see when non-default filters are active because the Filter button icon stays blue.

We’ve launched a skills repo for AI agents that work with Sketch. Skills are reusable workflows that help agents complete specific tasks more effectively.

Our first skill, sketch-implement-design, helps AI agents like Claude Code and Cursor turn your Sketch designs into working code. Instead of guessing at structure and styles, agents using this skill follow a clear workflow: they inspect your design, extract the visual hierarchy, gather colors and typography, export any needed assets, and then write the implementation.

The skill works with our MCP server to query your Sketch documents directly. When you share a Sketch link with a frame URL, agents can automatically select and focus on that specific frame as the implementation target. The skill also includes guardrails for handling large documents and correctly exporting assets.

You can use this skill with any MCP-compatible AI client that supports skills. We’re planning to add more skills to the repo over time.

• sketch-hq/skills repo
• sketch-implement-design skill
• MCP server documentation

With previews in the web app, you can choose which pages or prototypes from a document to share — and keep the rest hidden. There’s no need to copy work to a clean document, or worry about clients digging through the “Rough Ideas” page.

You can share a preview link with anyone to view in their browser, no Sketch account required. You can choose if previews are password protected, and also when to expire them so their links no longer work.

When you set up a preview, you can choose to allow inspecting and asset exports (for developer handoff), as well as commenting with a Sketch account. Admins can see all previews in a Workspace via a new settings page, and remove them or expire their links in one click.

• Documentation: Creating Previews

With our first-party Slack integration you can connect your Workspace and see rich previews of any document or comment link you share.

We already show link previews in Slack for public documents, but now you’ll see them for private documents in your Workspace once you’ve connected it.

We’ve got some exciting plans to make this Slack integration even more useful, but for now, we hope you’ll enjoy seeing a little more of your documents in everyone’s favorite virtual workplace.

• Documentation: Setting up integrations

You can now quickly select multiple documents or folders in your Workspace, move them by dragging them to another folder, create a new folder from your selection, or even archive them.

When you select multiple documents or folders (by dragging a selection or using the checkboxes when you hover their thumbnails), you’ll see a new toolbar at the bottom of the browser window that gives you quick access to common actions.

To create a new folder for your selection, use the Move… action in the bottom toolbar, hover over the location for your new folder, and click on the plus (+) icon that appears. You can also drag one document on top of another to create a folder, if they’re in the same location.

You’ll still find options to move and archive items within their overflow (···) menus, if you prefer them.

• Documentation: Folders

When you’re inspecting designs in the web app, we now show a full layer list for the document. Now it’s easier than ever to understand a document’s structure and hierarchy, find specific layers, copy their CSS and export them.

Along with the new layer list, we’ve updated the contextual menu for selections in Inspect mode. When you select a layer and right-click, we’ll give you options to export, copy CSS, and navigate to layers related to that selection. If you select a Symbol instance or its contents, you’ll also find an option to navigate to that Symbol’s source in the contextual menu.

You’ll also find many of the contextual menu options in the Layer List as well, by clicking on the overflow menu (···) next to a layer’s name.

This is also a good time to remind you that if you’re a developer, you can do all of this in the web app with a free viewer seat.

This update brings bug and crash fixes, plus all the great features from our Copenhagen release.

Fixes

• Fixes a bug that meant the Inspector showed an opacity field for text colors using color variables, which was different to every other instance of color variables.
• Fixes a bug that stopped you from using number keys to position gradient stops.
• Fixes a bug that meant the opacity of colors would reset to 0% or 100% if you entered incomplete or invalid hex values in the Inspector.
• Fixes a crash that could happen if there was no text content in your pasteboard when Sketch attempted to read it.
• Fixes a crash that could happen when you double-clicked to renamer a layer in the Layer List with focus mode enabled.
• Fixes a performance issue in documents containing hidden Symbol instances that no longer references a valid Symbol.

This update brings improvements and bug fixes, plus all the great features from our Copenhagen release.

Improvements

• When in Scale mode, the Layout section of the Inspector now shows a more relevant title to make it clear that you’re in this mode. We’ve also improved the UX with tooltips and avoided some text clipping.
• Our MCP server now has better compatibility with older MCP clients.

Fixes

• Fixes a bug on macOS Tahoe versions before 26.2 that meant you couldn’t click on toolbar buttons on the sign-in screen.
• Fixes a bug that stopped the document window controls from correctly responding to mouse hovering and clicks in some cases.
• Fixes a bug that didn’t show when we limited the number of overrides in the Inspector for Symbol instances with a large number of overrides. We now show a Show All button to view all overrides in this case.
• Fixes a bug where dragging export previews onto the canvas always inserted vector data. We now use the first export format in the order to decide whether we insert an image layer or vector data.
• Fixes a bug where the Canvas would sometimes scroll unexpectedly when you edited text at certain zoom levels.
• Fixes a bug that caused the wrong menu items to appear in the Text Styles contextual menu.
• Fixes a bug that stopped the Open in Library option for Text Styles from working.
• Fixes a bug where Copy SVG Code would generate SVG code with the wrong size.
• Fixes a bug that meant the that traffic lights in Sketch’s window could become unresponsive in macOS Sequoia.
• Fixes a bug where export sizes with two or more digits would appear clipped in the Inspector.

This update brings improvements and bug fixes, plus all the great features from our Copenhagen release.

Improvements

• Color hex fields in the Inspector now support CSS color names. We also support clear and transparent, which both render black at 0% opacity. Supported single characters also resolve to their full hex code (e.g. 4 becomes 444444). Thanks for the suggestion, Jace!
• You can now swap Text Styles for text layers that are part of a combined shape.
• Toolbar items, especially in the Components view, have better contrast in dark mode for macOS Sequoia and earlier.

Changes

• Rename is now back in the context menus for both the layer list and the canvas.
• The Invert Selection option is back in the toolbar for bitmap edit mode.
• Share options (AirDrop, Messages, share extensions, etc.) are back in the Export panel in the Inspector.
• The default name for new export presets is now “New Preset” instead of ”Slice Preset”, reflecting that presets aren’t slice-specific.
• The export presets menu in the Inspector now once again includes the option to create a new preset. We’ve also tidied up this menu a bit.
• Math operations now work similarly to how they did in Barcelona and earlier versions again. If you enter a position value beginning with a “-” or “+”, we’ll treat it as an absolute value for single selections. For multi-selections, we’ll treat it as a relative value (e.g. entering “+10” for a multi-selection will move the selection by 10”). Entering “!” no longer has any effect.
• We’ve restored the panel for the Make Grid feature with fields for columns, rows, and spacing — which now supports negative spacing. We’ve also added it to the Tools menu in the toolbar for easy access. Note: this panel no longer remembers previous values.
• We now sort Symbol color overrides in three ways. First, by the number of times the color appears in the Symbol(s), with the most common colors at the top. Second, by the order the override appears in the Symbol source (usually the layer order). Finally, by the color description (usually its hex code).

Fixes

• Fixes a bug that meant you couldn’t drag and drop files onto an empty view or folder in the Workspace window.
• Fixes a bug where a document gradient preset you just created would not appear immediately in the Document Presets view in the color panel.
• Fixes a bug where exports you create by dragging image previews out of the Inspector would include the entire nested naming structure in their filename. It now correctly respects that nested structure by creating the relevant folders.
• Fixes a bug that stopped you from renaming a Workspace document after you had entered invalid characters while saving it.
• Fixes a bug where templates inside folders would no longer open a new copy when you double-clicked on them.
• Fixes a bug that stopped the Reset Overrides button from appearing if you had selected a parent Symbol or nested text layer.
• Fixes a bug that blocked you from changing the end cap style of dashed borders in closed shapes.
• Fixes a bug that stopped you from using the Escape key to close the Rename Layers sheet.
• Fixes a bug that meant dashed border settings did not apply individually to a multi-selection when you scrubbed the input fields.
• Fixes a bug that meant visibility override toggles in the Inspector would not correctly show a mixed state when that was relevant.
• Fixes a bug that incorrectly showed the option to add multiple shadows to groups (via the plus button, or duplicate/paste). Groups only support one shadow.
• Fixes a bug where the JPEG file extension would differ depending on the export method you used. We now consistently export as .jpg.
• Fixes a bug which stopped the Copy CSS Attributes option from working correctly in the Components view.
• Fixes a bug that caused the Reset Overrides to disappear after you changed an interaction target on a Symbol instance.
• Fixes a bug that meant you couldn’t use the native macOS color panel to change colors when you had an Inspector panel open.
• Fixes a bug where the style picker would not always remember the style you applied to the current selection.
• Fixes a bug that stopped the layer list in focus mode from expanding a frame when you selected a layer within it.
• Fixes a bug that stopped the multi-layer rename dialog from being resizable. You can resize it once again, and it will remember its size.
• Fixes a bug which meant active buttons in the toolbar would not respect your system accent color choice.
• Fixes a bug where individual corner radii fields could appear blank.
• Fixes a bug that stopped us from remembering last-used text between documents in all cases.
• Fixes a bug where advanced border settings would not work in the Components view.
• Fixes a bug that incorrectly disabled sizing controls for nested symbols within stack-based symbol instances.
• Fixes a bug that clipped the label of very small text buttons in the Inspector too aggressively, which was most noticeable if you use the app in Spanish.
• Fixes a bug that caused export previews in the Inspector for SVG or PDF exports to look squashed.
• Fixes a bug that meant we didn’t always recognize the first digit you entered in a text field for multi-selections.
• Fixes a bug that stopped the reset overrides button from appearing when you changed the visibility of a nested Symbol.

This update brings performance improvements and bug fixes, plus all the great features from our Copenhagen release.

Improvements

• We’ve improved performance in the Inspector when you edit layers with Symbol overrides.
• We’ve improved the appearance of layer previews when you select items in the layer list.

Changes

• When you enter any value to an Inspector field with a math symbol (+ - % *) we’ll now treat that value as a math expression. For example, if a layer’s Y value is set to 10 and you enter -5, the Y value will become 5. To override this and set a negative value, add a ! to the end of the value (e.g. -5!).
• The Artboard Manager plugin is incompatible with 2025.1 and above.

Fixes

• Fixes a bug that stopped sizing options from showing for lines within stacks and frames.
• Fixes a bug that meant you couldn’t set a negative spread for shadows by dragging the Inspector field.
• Fixes a bug where segmented and toggle controls could behave unexpectedly when you reordered shadows in the Inspector.
• Fixes a bug where the border position control was active for open paths, even though you can’t use it.
• Fixes a crash that could occur if you quickly switched between the Components and Canvas views on a pre-Tahoe macOS version.
• Fixes a bug where the minimap wouldn’t refresh immediately after you switched pages.
• Fixes a bug that stopped the refresh data command in the Command Bar from working.
• Fixes a bug that stopped us from registering clicks to toggle the expanded state of items in the layer list if you had just inserted a layer after a container in some cases.

Sketch + MCP server = Unlimited possibilities

This update adds an MCP server to Sketch — giving MCP-compatible AI clients direct access to the Sketch documents you choose.

Your AI client of choice can explore your designs, answer questions about layers and styles, generate new assets, help you work faster, and so much more.

For more information and instructions for getting started, check out our documentation.

This update brings performance improvements and bug fixes, plus all the great features from our Barcelona release.

Improvements

• We’ve improved Sketch’s performance when you open larger documents.

Changes

• The Clear Selection shortcut is now ⌃Esc to avoid conflicts with a new system shortcut introduced by Apple in macOS Tahoe.

Fixes

• Fixed a macOS Tahoe bug that stopped you from removing a selected layer from your selection by shift-clicking on it.
• Fixes a bug where a group which unions together many non-overlapping shapes could cause Sketch to hang.

This update brings performance improvements and bug fixes, plus all the great features from our Barcelona release.

Improvements

• We’ve now support progressive blur and glass effects when you import Figma files.
• We’ve improved Sketch’s performance when you open large documents.
• The “Convert Groups to Frames” prompt is more accurate and will no longer suggest to convert groups inside graphics to frames.

Fixes

• Fixes a bug that caused Sketch to use excessive RAM in some complex documents.
• Fixes a bug that caused Sketch to continue using system memory after you closed a document.
• Fixes a crash that could occur when you used Command-arrow keys to pan to the extreme edges of content on the canvas.
• Fixes a bug that stopped symbol instances set to Fill Width from shrinking in size with the parent stack layout.
• Fixes a bug that caused Sketch to hang or slow down significantly when you made a secondary-click selection within larger symbol instances.
• Fixes a bug that stopped Glass from appearing in some previews.
• Fixes a bug where areas near a progressive background blur could appear pixelated when you zoomed in.
• Fixes a bug in macOS Tahoe that made it impossible to drag Smart Distribute spacing handles on the canvas.
• Fixes a bug in macOS Tahoe where dragging a layer could offset it from your cursor.
• Fixes a bug where a frame you used as a mask could hide its contents.
• Fixes a bug that caused an unexpected box to appear on the canvas when you dragged a stack.
• Fixes a visual bug with some cursors’ shadows in macOS Tahoe.

iOS

• We’ve improved the sign-in experience, automatically presenting the passwords sheet if auto-fill is available.
• Fixes a bug in iOS and iPadOS 26 that stopped you from being able to edit comments.

API

• Adds support for the new Glass effect

Fixes

• Fixes a bug that meant it was possible to paste a symbol source inside an existing symbol source in some cases.

iOS

• Fixes a bug that could prevent you from adding comments to documents.

Changes

• We’ve updated how we convert Artboards to Frames — this happens when you open an older document after this update. If an Artboard didn’t have “Adjust content on resize” enabled, we’ll now set a fixed height and width for its contents, and pin them to the top-left corner. This preserves the previous behavior where resizing the Frame won’t proportionally affect the size or position of its contents.

Important: This change does not affect documents that you have already opened in a previous Athens update. It only applies to older documents you open in v2025.1.3 or later.

Fixes

• Fixes a bug that meant it was possible to nest a Symbol source within another Symbol source when you moved layers within the Layer List.
• Fixes a bug where editing a layer which uses borders and shadows (with no fills) could leave artifacts on the canvas.
• Fixes a bug where layers you set to ignore stack layout would not respect their pins when you resizes containing stack on the canvas.
• Fixes a bug that caused Sketch to hang when you imported certain Figma files.
• Fixes a bug that caused undo/redo actions to behave unexpectedly when you were working with layers within a stack.
• Fixes a bug where changing a background blur to use only the saturation effect could still render it blurred.

API

• Restores context key-values path, url and request for an ‘Export Slices’ action.

Fixes

• Fixes a bug that caused some plugins to stop working.

This version brings bug fixes and minor improvements, plus all the great features from our Athens update.

Improvements

• You can now add tints to layer styles. You can also now copy or move a layer style’s fills to tints via options in the Layer > Style menu.
• We’ve improved Sketch’s performance when you work with motion and zoom blurs.

Changes

• If a layer you’ve selected has its position managed by Stack Layout, we now disable the X and Y fields in the Inspector for it.

Fixes

• Fixes a bug that could cause Sketch to crash when you opened an older document version that contained a text-related property we no longer support.
• Fixes a bug where a background blur could render incorrectly if you placed it inside a Frame which already had another blur.
• Fixes a bug that renamed a Symbol source unexpectedly when you changed its container type.
• Fixes a bug that could cause a frame’s fills to bleed through at the edges of layers within that frame, if you’d set the frame to clip its contents.
• Fixes a bug that caused the Layout panel to incorrectly appear when you selected a graphic.
• Fixes a bug that caused some stacks to resize unexpectedly when you deleted nested groups from within them.
• Fixes a bug where items within a Stack that you dragged to re-order could unexpectedly became nested within other nearby items in the layout.
• Fixes a bug that could stop you from deleting layers in a Stack if they were nested within a group that used Smart Layout.
• Fixes a bug where the canvas wouldn’t refresh as expected when you replaced symbols in some cases.
• Fixes a bug that meant a hidden symbol source in a document would stop the Components View from loading when you viewed that document in the web app.
• Fixes a crash that could occur when you imported an SVG with a gradient that uses the CSS color() function.
• Fixes a bug where using the transform tool on a shape with blurs could lead to unexpected results.

This release fixes a bug which could cause unintended data to appear in internal crash logs. We recommend you update to this version of Sketch as soon as possible.

This release fixes a bug which could cause unintended data to appear in internal crash logs. We recommend you update to this version of Sketch as soon as possible.