Release Notes yEd Graph Editor

The latest version of yEd graph editor is 3.0.1.1.

yEd 3.0.1.1 - Changes Since 3.0.1

Saving files with short file names like g.graphml (with a prefix of less than three characters) works again. This bug was introduced in yEd 3.0.1.

Diagram files no longer get truncated when an out-of-memory situation occurs during saving.
The Unix shell script installer now finds the JRE it is optionally downloading.
Erroneous behavior with YGF diagram files that contain SVG node definitions has been fixed.
Specifying arbitrary coordinates by holding down the SHIFT modifier when relocating an edge port using the mouse is enabled again.
Fixed an exception that could occur with the Auto Grouping tool when using 'Biconnected Components' as the grouping type.
Fixed label handling when applying a shape from the palette to a selected node in the editor.

The menu actions for opening and importing diagram files have been merged.
The file open dialog now supports opening multiple diagram files, which can have different file formats, at once.
Diagram files can be reloaded now.
Except TGF files and files that were opened using the XML/XSL support, most diagram files can be saved to their original format.
Removed unnecessary file save dialogs for unaltered diagrams.
Added 'Copy to Clipboard' action to the Edit menu.
Improved edge routing in hierarchical layouts for certain situations.

Fixed a bug in the Selector tool where the set of available colors could get empty after color changes of graph elements.
Corrected an exception in the Port Constraints tool that could occur when used with multiple documents.
Damaged history files ('history.xml' in the '.yed3' profile directory) are ignored at startup, there is no longer an exception thrown.

Larger initial size for the multi-line text fields in popup windows (used for editing node label and edge label text and also additional descriptions).

Fixed a bug that occurred when searching for edges using CTRL-F.
Changing a property for a selection of multiple graph elements sometimes failed (e.g. setting the color of differently colored nodes to black). This has been fixed.
When leaving a folder node that is at the top-level, i.e., returning to the view of the root graph, the '(Back to the) Previous View' button in the tool bar is now properly disabled.

Improved startup time for the JNLP version with Java 1.6.
Leaving a group node, i.e., returning to the view of the hierarchy level above, now centers the view so that the group node is in the middle of the canvas.
yEd is more lenient when parsing GraphML files.
Hot keys for switching to navigation mode or edit mode (CTRL-SHIFT-S and CTRL-SHIFT-D, respectively).
Mac OS X support for the 'Go to URL' function has been improved.

XML/XSL import has been corrected.
Re-enabled lexicographical sorting for the nodes of a graph (more precisely their labels) in the Structure View tool window.
Re-enabled mouse wheel zooming in the Overview tool window.
Corrected an exception in the Selector tool.

Corrected an exception relating to closed group nodes that was introduced in the previous version.

Layout algorithms give feedback if an exception has occurred during calculation.
Added missing localizations for Directed Orthogonal Layout (UML style layout).
Help system handling has been changed so that only a single help window is opened.
Setting the color value that is used to identify directed edges for Directed Orthogonal Layout to 'no color' no longer corrupts the layout algorithm's setup.
Copy/Paste and Undo/Redo correctly handle additional data for nodes and edges, i.e., URLs and descriptions.

The color of the resize knobs at selected nodes has been set to dark gray.
Dialogs for both layout algorithms and tools that were closed when in 'docked' state are opened standalone again the next time.
In the 'Save As...' and 'Export...' file choosers the base name of the current graph is used as a suggestion for the file name.
Re-enabled the GML graph exchange file format for diagram export.
Settings that were modified in a standalone dialog for either layout algorithm or tool are kept when switching the dialog to 'docked' state.

The default language that is used for yEd's menus, etc. when no persisted language setting is available has been corrected.

Standalone dialogs can be closed using ESC (Escape key).
The Properties dialog is no longer modal. When opened standalone, interaction with the canvas is possible.

Fixed incompatible behavior with YGF diagram files created by yEd versions prior to 3.0 that contained nodes of type UML Note.