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Timelines in debugger; 9-patch improvements
12 August, 2025 ()
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Notes
In this release there's a new timelines section in the debugger to help you understand how your timelines are working, with options to view the instances involved with them, and playback controls like starting and pausing playback.
The 9-patch plugin was due some attention, and so we've also brought a range of improvements to it. You can now dynamically load an image from a URL and change the various settings, including the margin sizes, at runtime. It also renders better at small sizes, making it more useful for things like health bars. A new image scale option means you can do things like animate the size more consistently. All these capabilities are also now exposed with its new script interface. Overall the 9-patch object should be much more flexible and useful in new situations.
There's also an update for the Windows WebView2 export option, and a couple of bug fixes. Happy testing!
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New Additions
Debugger: show more information about timelines
9-patch: 'Load image from URL' action
9-patch: 'Set margins' action
9-patch: allow per-instance settings for edges, fill and seams, and add actions to set
9-patch: image scale X/Y to scale image within the object
9-patch: add debugger properties
Changes
9-patch: change rendering to better handle resizing to very small sizes
Windows WebView2: update to SDK v1.0.3405.78
Bug Fixes
Possible fix for dialogs getting stuck when changing browser tab
Find results bar: did not preserve scroll position correctly when changing search term
Scripting updates
Add I9PatchInstance method replaceImage()
Make I9PatchInstance margin values settable
Add I9PatchInstance properties 'edges', 'fill', 'seams'
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