Scalable Vector Shapes 2D 2.6.3 2D Tools 4.4 Community

Submitted by user renevanderark; MIT; 2025-06-16

Scalable Vector Shapes 2D lets you do 3 things:
- Draw seamless vector shapes using a Path Editor inspired by the awesome Inkscape
- Animate curves of your vector shapes (useful for faces, whips, dents in cans)
- Import .svg files as seamless vector shapes in stead of as raster images

Watch the new 10 minute A-Z explainer on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QOnMRrlIMk

Inspired by Mark Hedberg's great explainer:
https://www.hedberggames.com/blog/rendering-curves-in-godot

Spotted a bug? Help me fix it quickly by reporting it on github:
https://github.com/Teaching-myself-Godot/ez-curved-lines-2d/issues

Or ask a question on the subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ScalableVectorShape2D

# Changelog

## 2.6.3 - 2025-06-15

## Added
- Change line-capping of strokes via inspector
- Change line-joining of strokes via inspector
- Pick default line-cap and line-join modes for creating new strokes
- Maps line-join modes and line-cap modes from SVG to Godot using the importer
- Pixel snap mode checkbox, disabled by default
- Show point positions under editor hints
- Form to set exact global position for curve point and handles (in path mode)
- Export as PNG button in inspector form of ScalableVectorShape2D

## Changed
- "Show point numbers" renamed to "Show point details", also toggles position info on/off
- Bugfix: build failures due to internal tool class referenced at runtime

## 2.5.2 - 2025-06-08

### Added
- Makes Rectangles editable using one size handle and two rounded corner handles
- Makes Ellipses editable using one size handle
- Adds create buttons for Rectangle as Rectangle and Ellipse as Ellipse
- ..next to exists create buttons for them as Path
- Adds a "convert to path" button in the inspector when `shape_type` is a rectangle or ellipse

### Changed

- Enhancement: newly created Rectangle has its origin at its natural center, in stead of its top/left corner
- Bugfix: gradient stop color order stays in tact after undo remove
- Bugfix: Bottom Panel is more visible after fresh install
- Bugfix: preloading replaced by loading to fix busy resource issues in inspector plugin code
- Bugfix: previewed shape has scaled stroke

### Removed
- Custom collapse / expand titles from inspector plugin forms in favour of `@export_group` annotations on `ScalableVectorShape2D`


## 2.4.3 - 2025-06-07

### Changed
- Fixed a preloading + busy device bug in inspector plugin load script


## 2.4.2 - 2025-06-05

### Added
- Batch insert key frame button for entire curve
- Batch insert key frame button for entire gradient
- Key frame button for stroke width
- Key frame button for fill stroke color
- Key frame button for fill color

### Changed
- Fixes ordering bug of gradient stop color buttons
- Reconnects import svg button to file dialog in svg importer panel

## 2.3.2 - 2025-05-31

### Added
- Adds gradient fill toggle to the inspector form
- Adds gradient stop color buttons to the inspector form
- Adds gradient start- and end handle to 2D editor
- Adds stop color handles to 2D editor
- Implements paint-order correctly in SVG importer
- Better tooltips for SVG importer
- Warning message for unsupported clipping (using 'm'- / 'M'-operator) in SVG importer

### Changed
- Bugfix: resizes the gradient texture when the bounding box changes
- Regression fix: all the SVG importer settings in the SVG importer form work again


## 2.2.1 - 2025-05-28

### Added
- Adds easier to use forms for Stroke, Fill and Collision shape to the `ScalableVectorShape2D` inspector
- Adds project settings for defaults like stroke width, stroke and fill colors, and paint order
- Separates the point numbers from the hint labels
- Saves project settings for enabling and disabling hints and viewport editing
- Shows a preview of the shape which is about to be added via the bottom panel
- Explanatory tooltips for all the fields and options that are not self-explanatory enough


## 2.1.3 - 2025-05-24

### Added
- Undo/Redo for strokes (`Line2D`) fills (`Polygon2D`) and collisions (`CollisionPolygon2D`) added with the `Generate` button in the inspector
- After Undo of creating a new shape from the bottom panel, its parent node is automatically selected again
- Resize a shape without using the `scale` property using `Shift+mousewheel`, for more pixel perfect alignment


### Changed
- Fix: after adding point on line with double click, the correct point is removed again with undo
- Fix: when a curve is closed, it stroke (the `Line2D` assigned to the `line`-property) is also closed and vice-versa
- Fix: closing a shape now works by simply adding a segment between the last and first point

## 2.1.0 - 2025-05-21

### Added
- Use `Ctrl+click` to add points to a shape faster
- Undo/Redo support for shapes from the bottom panel

### Changed
- Shapes from the bottom panel are added as child of the selected node
- When no node is selected, shapes from the bottom panel are added in the center of the viewport
- Batched Undo/Redo for all mouse drag operations
- Tooltip and ability to copy link with right click on `LinkButton` to external content


## 2.0.0 - 2025-05-19

### Added

- Custom node `ScalableVectorShape2D` introduced, enabling editing of its `Curve2D` using the mouse similar to the popular open source vector drawing program [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/)
- Add a circle, ellipse or rectangle from the bottom panel directly
- Ability to Undo/Redo many drawing operations
- A more comprehensive manual in the [README](./README.md)

### Changed

- The custom node `DrawablePath2D` was deprecated in favor of `ScalableVectorShape2D`


## 1.3.0 - 2025-05-10

_Last stable release of EZ Curved Lines 2D_

This shipped 2 things:

- An SVG file importer, which transforms shapes into native Godot nodes
- The custom node `DrawablePath2D`, which extends from Godot's `Path2D` to use its built-in `Curve2D` editor