Design Space Release Notes

This Design Space for Desktop release (v9.67) includes backend improvements and the following features and fixes.  

Image Tile Badge on Canvas

We’ll now display the Contributing Artist badge on image tiles when on Canvas (like we do in other areas of Design Space) and display the label “Contributing Artist” when the pointer hovers over the badge.  

Resize Controls

With this update, resizing has been refined: to resize via the bounding box, user must click and drag the bounding box handles. Previously, resizing could occur if one clicked and dragged along any part of the bounding box path.  

Fixed field issues

This release:

• Fixed an issue causing a required event to not fire after returning to Canvas from Prepare screen.
• Card mat size showing as empty for Cricut Joy and Cricut Joy 2 has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue causing machine picker to not autoconnect to machine that was selected in new product setup.
• Fixed backend issue causing necessary events to not occur as expected when machine is selected in machine picker.  
• Load Type in settings for Cricut Joy showing empty braces for “On Card Mat” has been fixed.  
• Application freezing when clicking Edit on Make screen for card projects with Cricut Joy Xtra machine has been fixed.  
• Background removal flow issue causing ability to enter zoom value manually instead of clicking + or – icons has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue related to connection causing “Press Allow” page to show persistently.  
• Fixed an issue causing the in-app cart to start flickering when opening it in multiple windows.  
• Fixed an issue with Cricut Explore 5 new product setup causing the “Getting things ready” screen to not be displayed, and the the machine to not reboot during setup.  
• Fixed an issue with “Getting things ready” page taking time to process for Cricut Joy 2 and Cricut Explore 5 new product setup.
• Save modal showing up with “item too small” flag, even without unsaved changes has been fixed.  
• Green loader displaying continuously on Canvas when objects are added to design area has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue causing an infinite loader to occur when machine is disconnected in the Make screen, and then reconnected.  
• Fixed an issue causing a “connection failed” screen to appear when “machine deactivated” error message should have occurred.  

The last 6 weeks:

Over the last 6 weeks we've fixed 79 software defects, including the following priority field issues and reliability concerns:

• Applied color not being retained upon changing the Operation type of the object has been fixed.  
• Fixed a UI issue with the colorization panel for live previews.
• Cricut Explore 5 auto-connect not working has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue causing assembly instructions to overlap the chatbot icon.
• Fixed an issue causing an error message to display on Settings page after performing a Force Reload.  
• Clicking Setup Machine when prompted on Make screen redirecting to Prepare screen has been fixed.  
• Mat size option being greyed out when “On Mat” is selected has been fixed.  
• Save dialog reopening after reloading and saving a project has been fixed.  
• Copy/Paste operation causing color changes and freezing has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue with processes causing Image unhide action to be slow.  
• Fixed an issue causing a fallback placeholder to fail to display when a video asset cannot be reached.  
• Fixed an issue for causing “Something went wrong” message to appear instead of other error message on Make screen if user navigates between a mat with a supported matless material and a mat with that doesn’t support matless material.  
• Project remaining on Canvas screen after clicking Make and clicking Save in the save prompt, instead of advancing to Prepare screen, has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue causing Unite shape to alter color, size, and shape when copy/pasted in Design Space.  
• Fixed an issue causing applied Contour changes to show on Canvas but not on mat preview.  
• Closing the Shapes panel causing Images panel to open again has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue causing Preview to not load for a particular project.  
• Continuous green loader on inserting a line when auto-sticker is enabled has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue causing a user to be unable to upload HEIC and SVG images into Create AI.
• Fixed an issue on Mac causing inability to print when no printers are found.  
• Cart showing when user switches Design Space to a non-supported country for DTF has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue causing a delay and connection error when opening New Project in the Home page.  
• Fixed an issue causing Text and other object to not be positionable past the 128 mark on the Canvas.  
• Fixed an issue causing AI-generated image to be nested in a group inside another group when it loads on Canvas.
• Fixed an issue causing Create AI image to appear to be cut off.  
• “Application Experience” option missing from Design Space settings, preventing users from switching between Beta and Live versions, has been fixed.
• Home option being visible on login page after signing out has been fixed.  
• Sticker tool removing the ability to save an image Upload and Edit has been fixed.  
• Machine picker getting enabled in DTF Canvas after opening a new Design Space window has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue causing “Size too small” warning to be missing when dimensions auto-update via locked aspect ratio.
• Aspect ratio lock not getting disabled, and no response upon clicking it when there is a size warning, has been fixed.  
• Mat selection getting greyed out for Cricut Joy Xtra machine in Stickers & Labels project has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue causing some Joy Xtra machines to fail to connect during new product setup.  
• Fixed an issue causing “Update Firmware” button to appear instead of “Setup Machine” when is removed from Machine Picker and reconnected after downgrading machine firmware.
• Fixed an issue causing Advanced option in Color Swatch to close the popup instead of opening advanced color settings when Design Space window is minimized with left panel and Layers panel open.
• Fixed an issue causing image from project designer chat to be too big when added to the Canvas.
• Fixed an issue causing licensed content pop-up to not display for DTF projects when checking out with licensed content on the Canvas.
• Contributing Artists upload image details getting reset after navigating from Mat preview page has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue causing the size interstitial to not get displayed for any guided project flow after clicking back from Cardstock size interstitial.
• Fixed an issue causing Stickers & Labels project modal to show size boxes after clicking “Back” when Cricut Joy 2 machine is selected.
• Fixed an issue causing the Canvas to not get replaced with a new Canvas upon creating a New Project from the Canvas “New” button, also causing no new project types to get created after choosing them from the Home screen.
• Project type options not visible on the project selection modal when screen size is very small has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue causing the Image panel to not open after choosing the “Blank Canvas” project, also causing no project type to get created after we manually open the Image panel.  
• Image disappearing from Canvas but remaining visible in the Layers panel after applying and reverting Contour has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue causing “Setup machine” button to not get displayed on Mat preview screen when it should.
• Template title throwing “project unavailable” error message has been fixed.  
• DTF project flow – Pattern fill getting removed when copy/pasting pattern-filled image onto a DTF project Canvas has been fixed.  
• Footer of project selection modal getting hidden when in a smaller viewport has been fixed.
• Issue of green loader displaying continuously upon moving an image on Canvas once it has been added to the design area has been fixed.  
• Issue of checkout screen remaining blank while system fetches certain APIs has been fixed.  
• An issue causing live preview to not work has been fixed.  
• Sticker & Labels project: Mat selection being greyed out for Cricut Joy Xtra machines has been fixed.  
• Stickers & Labels project: Issue causing “Project preview could not load” message if images are partially placed outside the design area has been fixed.  
• “Connection failed” in Machine Picker - and unable to reconnect - after cancelling the new product setup has been fixed.  
• Templates panel not showing any templates – just loading ghost tiles – after saving any project with a template has been fixed.  
• Template dashboard showing empty tab name and empty column headers when in a non-English language has been fixed.  
• Issue causing “invalid design area size” message to NOT display when clicking “Make” from project details page, when design area size is not compatible with selected machine, has been fixed.
• Machine Bluetooth connection failing in new product setup flow has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue with Contributing Artist interface where dialogue box of Filter & Column picker are fixed in position when the template dashboard screen is scrolled down.
• Fixed an issue causing user to not be able to upload a single-layer cut image.  
• Project Incompatible warning being shown for a compatible project has been fixed.  
• Item too small banner warning not showing upon reopening the same saved project by clicking “Customize” or “Edit a copy” has been fixed.  
• Fixed an issue causing an object’s operation to not reset upon closing Create Sticker without applying it.