Release Notes

The latest release of yEd Graph Editor is version 3.9.2.

yEd 3.9.2 - Changes Since 3.9.1

New Features

• Added support for specifying the header size of columns and rows in table nodes.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue that resulted in NullPointerExceptions in dialogs where colors can be specified (e.g., Find... dialog, or the UML layout algorithm).
• Fixed several errors that resulted in InvocationTargetExceptions and IllegalStateExceptions.
• Many other minor bugfixes.

yEd 3.9.1 - Changes Since 3.9

New Features

• Added BPMN 2.0 Artifact and Conversation elements and enhanced Task and Marker support of Activity elements.

Improvements

• Greatly optimized yEd's memory usage.
• Enhanced the GEDCOM import with support for reading IDs containing non-alphanumeric characters.

Bugfixes

• Fixed invalid label bounds errors, reported as "IllegalArgumentException: Invalid label bounds: y.J.M[anchorX=NaN;anchorY=NaN;width=...;height=...;upX=...;upY=...]", for example.
• Corrected an error that prevented layout of flowcharts with group nodes, reported as "IllegalArgumentException: Graph contains group nodes with zero width/height. Please enlarge those nodes manually or by using LayoutStage y.layout.MinNodeSizeStage."
• Corrected an issue in the Properties Mapper dialog where a single template setting was not properly restored on reopening.
• Corrected the update behavior of mapping details after switching the source of a discrete mapping in the Properties Mapper dialog.
• Fixed a rare issue that manifested as a ClassCastException when working with the Structure View.
• Fixed errors reported in the yEd forum: [Q&A 651], [Q&A 695]

yEd 3.9 - Changes Since 3.8

New Features

• The new SmartFree label models make interactive placement of node labels and edge labels easier than ever. They combine free placement with support for interactive snapping to dedicated positions like, for example, the border of nodes and the middle of an edge.
  Further improvements include support for automatic edge label rotation corresponding to the direction of a label's associated edge segment, and fixed as well as proportional node label alignment with node borders.
• Enhanced GEDCOM import with new support for ANSI, ASCII, UTF-8, and UTF-16 file encodings. A broad range of common GEDCOM data records is imported as custom properties. [Q&A 275], [Q&A 435]
• Enhanced BPMN 2.0 support with palette symbols for all Event, Gateway, and Activity Markers. [Q&A 109]
• Added a new dedicated layout algorithm for flowchart diagrams.

Improvements

• Rendering of the group state icons is configurable in the Preferences dialog. It can be turned off, either only for exporting or for all views. [Q&A 83]
• Simplified entering and editing of color values: it's now possible to type and to copy/paste them. Also, hexadecimal values (like #3399FF) are supported as well.
• The Family Tree layout algorithm produces better results for complicated family ties and is, in general, more stable with respect to the GEDCOM input data.
• Even for small zoom factors, the graph view always paints the true shape of Shape nodes and the true path of curved edges. Similarly, the overview now paints the true shapes and paths of these elements, too.
• Context views display the groups containing selected nodes, if the new setting 'Hierarchy Aware' is enabled in the Preferences dialog.
• The display time of tooltips is customizable in the Preferences dialog. [Q&A 191]
• Rendering the currently selected elements in the foreground can be turned off in the Preferences dialog.
• Analogous to custom properties of nodes, all custom properties of edges are considered by a copy/paste operation. [Q&A 342]
• The Duplicate command works for node labels and edge labels, too.

Bugfixes

• Improved compatibility with Java 7 and OpenJDK which resolves errors like 'Could not initialize class org.freehep.graphicsio.ImageGraphics2D' and 'java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError'.
• Corrected an error in the Centrality tool which resulted in a NullPointerException.
• Corrected an error in the Excel import which required the node list data range to start in the first column of a sheet.
• Various corrections in all layout algorithms.

Previous Releases

See the release notes of previous yEd versions.