Google Web Designer Changelog

What's new in Google Web Designer 16.0.3.0320

Mar 26, 2024

Fixed mask animation in Safari browsers.

New in Google Web Designer 16.0.2.0124 (Feb 9, 2024)

New in Google Web Designer 15.3.0.0828 (Sep 6, 2023)

New in Google Web Designer 15.2.1.0306 (Mar 14, 2023)

New in Google Web Designer 15.2.0.0112 (Feb 10, 2023)

New in Google Web Designer 15.0.1.0922 (Oct 21, 2022)

New in Google Web Designer 15.0.0.0913 (Sep 22, 2022)

Accessibility - Keyboard navigation:
More comprehensive keyboard navigation functionality lets you access Google Web Designer's interface using keypresses.
Use the Tab key (and Shift+Tab) and the arrow keys to move between different parts of the interface.
Toggle or activate buttons and other interface elements with the space bar and the Enter key.
Animated GIF:
You can now build animated GIFs in Google Web Designer, using the video creation workflow.
"Animated GIF" is available as an ad type when creating a new blank file.
You can also export video documents as animated GIFs when publishing.
Preview your GIF files immediately after export.
Take advantage of multi-size layouts and variants to produce GIFs of different sizes and with different content, all from the same document.
Audio editing:
Volume envelopes let you change the volume of audio clips in your video projects.
Control the volume of your audio at any point during playback by adding and moving envelope nodes.
Select from a variety of fade types when changing volume.
Content sharing across documents:
Copying and pasting is now supported between more document types.
Copy content across video, image, and non-AMPHTML documents.
Content that's not supported in the destination document will be modified or omitted.
Document type conversion:
You can convert most HTML documents to a video or image ad.
Most types of HTML ads (excluding AMPHTML ads) and HTML documents with pages have the option to convert to a video or an image ad in the File menu.
Choose how to scale content if you want your video or image ad to be a different size.
Element selection from panels:
Elements listed in the Events or Dynamic panels can now be selected directly from the panel.
Right-click the target, receiver, or bound element in the panel to see the option to select the element.
Hidden or locked elements will be shown or unlocked when selected.
Layer visibility:
Control when an element is visible during the animation timeline.
Set visibility ranges in the timeline for elements that are only briefly needed.
Outside of its visibility range, an element behaves as though it's hidden and locked.
Double-click a layer to select all animation in that layer and easily shift its visibility range.
Multi-size layouts for video:
Use the responsive workflow to create videos of different sizes from the same document.
Enable a multi-size layout when creating a new video file, or in the Responsive panel for existing video documents.
Select from a set of common video dimensions, or add custom sizes.
Each size is published as a separate file.
Publish individual sizes of a responsive document:
Responsive documents can now be published as non-responsive single sizes.
The "Export sizes individually" checkbox can be found in the Publish dialog when publishing locally.
A separate export will be generated for each selected size.
Responsive: Fluid layout and flexbox:
New options for fluid layout and flexbox are now available.
Automatically arrange elements into flexible rows or columns by using flexbox (the CSS Flexible Box Module).
Anchor elements to maintain their alignment either horizontally or vertically.
Set minimum and maximum widths and heights for elements.
Text effects:
Add animated effects to your text with the new Text Effects panel.
Choose from a number of effects, such as scrolling or a typewriter effect.
Customize each effect's timing and appearance.
Text spacing:
Additional fields in the Text panel and the Text tool options bar let you configure text spacing.
Adjust the line height of text from the 120% default.
Set the spacing between letters.
Track height adjustment:
Resize audio and video tracks in the timeline.
Expand tracks to better see audio waveforms and video thumbnails.
Minimize tracks to better focus on other parts of the timeline.
Upload videos and images to the Ads Creative Studio Asset library:
If you have an Ads Creative Studio account, you can add video and images to the Asset library directly from Google Web Designer.
The new upload option can be found in the Publish menu for video and image ads.
Select the destination folder in the Asset library or create a new one.
Video enhancements:
A number of improvements have been made to the video ad workflow.
Configure the H.264 profile, video bitrate, and audio bitrate of video exports.
Use the new Razor tool to split audio and video clips in the timeline.
The playhead no longer moves when clicking audio and video tracks.
An indicator line shows the time of the current cursor position in the timeline.
The source of an image mask can now differ between variants.
When dragging an asset from the Library into a track, the new clip snaps along the timeline.
Snapping to clip edges now takes priority over snapping to other targets in the timeline.
Importing audio and video assets will create a clip in the selected track at the playhead position.
The default transition duration is now set to 1 second.
Scaling options for video clips now include "None".
Other notable changes in version 15.0.0.0913:
A button to mask the stage area has been added next to the zoom controls.
Fixes & improvements in version 15.0.0.0913:
Accessibility:
Fixed issue with focus indicator when tabbing to the controls.
Fixed tabbing issue in the New File dialog.
Fixed issue with being unable to tab to the Open recent file list.
Fixed issue where up and down arrow keys didn't work in the Components panel.
Color:
Fixed issue where pressing the Enter key on the "Extract colors from image" button in the Color panel added the colors twice.
Fixed issue selecting color shade for color markers for linear and radial gradients.
Fixed issue where the Eyedropper tool didn't work on a MacBook's external monitor.
Fixed issue where the color picker didn't close when using keyboard shortcuts to select a tool.
Easy mode:
Fixed issue where web fonts weren't initially displayed in templates.
Fixed issue where the Escape key converted an open Easy mode file to Standard mode.
Fixed issue where the Size dropdown didn't have a scrollbar.
Responsive:
Fixed issue with the stage displaying the wrong size when unchecking supported sizes.
Fixed issue where Top and Left properties were both set as overrides when only one was edited on the stage.
Fixed issue with setting translate values to 0 in media rules.
A warning now displays when an element is copied, deleted, or reordered in a media rule.
The CSS Effects panel now refreshes when switching back to the base document.
Fixed issue where the media rule indicator was displayed in a non-responsive document after switching between panels and files.
Swap image:
The Swap image dialog can now be resized in all directions.
Fixed issue where the wrong image was highlighted upon selection in the Swap image dialog.
The Swap image dialog now supports longer file names.
Timeline & animation:
Fixed issue where the animated properties dialog was not updated during editing.
Fixed issue where the "Paste keyframes" option wasn't correctly enabled after deleting a layer and adding a mask.
Fixed issues with keyframes and playback when combining motion paths and other animation.
Improved usability of the layer lock and hide buttons by showing them when active or upon hover.
Video:
The timeline playhead is now fully disabled during playback.
Fixed issue where dragging multiple keyframes or clips did not extend the timeline.
Fixed issue where the playhead was not in the correct position for a new document when switching away from a video document.
Fixed error when copying and pasting a keyframe into an audio track.
Updated the maximum font size from 350px to 1000px.
Fixed issue where video documents failed to publish due to a clip's out point being set past the clip source duration.
Fixed issue where elements were sometimes temporarily hidden after making certain changes.
Fixed issue where exporting the default variant at a lower resolution took as long as the full resolution if a different variant was currently on stage.
When the list of variant bindings is filtered, the element selection dropdown now only shows elements that match the filter.
Added an option to clear variant override values by right-clicking them in the Variants tab.
Fixed issue where a video asset was cached even though it was deleted from the Library, when undoing the deletion of a video track that previously contained a clip with that asset.
Other issues:
The Swipeable Gallery now redraws correctly on stage when the viewport changes.
Fixed issue with placeholder text and empty dropdown entry in the Keyboard shortcuts dialog after filtering.
Fixed issue with the use count changing to 0 in the Library after refreshing to load external edits.
Fixed issue where zoom was reset after refreshing to load external edits.
Fixed issue with groups disappearing after refreshing the document to load external edits.
The image processing drawing tool is now centered at the tip of the marker cursor.
Fixed issue where arrow keys didn't move the cursor while editing an asset filename in the Library.
The Chinese translation of the "New" badge in the New File dialog is now displayed correctly.
The page indicator appears in group editing mode after switching files.
Documents now indicate that they have unsaved changes after adding or editing an element ID.
The scaling options dropdown in the Properties panel is now fully visible even when the Google Web Designer application window is small.
Fixed issue with lost focus when making edits in the Properties panel using the keyboard.
When publishing to Studio, the Size dropdown now appears above the Creative name field.
Fixed issue where the stage scrolled offscreen after entering group editing mode twice consecutively
SVG files are now imported at their natural size.
Fixed issue where applying a filter to a second shape would hide the first shape.
Fixed issue where adding a video to a non-ad HTML document would cause all elements to render as blank on the stage.
Components are now listed in alphabetical order in the Template Gallery filters.
Fixed issue with the stage preview when there was a combination of a line break, text fitting, and height animation.
Fixed issue with the wrong style being added when pasting elements with text fitting and nested elements.

New in Google Web Designer 14.0.4.1108 (Nov 16, 2021)

New in Google Web Designer 14.0.3.1020 (Oct 27, 2021)

New in Google Web Designer 14.0.2.0928 (Sep 30, 2021)

New in Google Web Designer 14.0.1.0920 (Sep 26, 2021)

New in Google Web Designer 14.0.0.0820 (Sep 9, 2021)

New in Google Web Designer 12.0.0.0719 (Jul 27, 2021)

New features in version 12.0.0.0719:
CSS effects:
Use the new CSS Effects panel to add visual effects to your elements in both video and HTML5 documents.
Add filters like blur, brightness, drop shadow, and more.
Set how elements blend with overlapping elements with mix blend modes.
Video:
You can now produce videos with Google Web Designer.
Import and edit media clip sequences.
Include text, images, and animation, all rendered in the final published video.
Preview video and audio playback directly on the stage.
Export multiple variants from a single video document.
Other notable changes in version 12.0.0.0719:
Custom components that follow the Custom Elements v0 specification are no longer be supported. Learn how to upgrade your components.
The stage zoom controls now include a dropdown, with a "Zoom to fit" option that lets you automatically set the stage zoom level to maximize the available space.
Fixes & improvements in version 12.0.0.0719:
3D:
Camera-based methods now account for pending camera edits.
Page attributes data-gwd-width and data-gwd-height are now set to pixel values upon publishing Swirl ads.
Fixed zoom limit set in 3D editor is now respected in the published ads.
Dynamic:
Image Effects and Transition Gallery components now support dynamic data bindings.
Fixed issue where switching to a document with a bind-style attribute would mark the file as needing to be saved again.
SVG:
Text fitting is no longer added when binding an SVG element.
Fixed issue with pasting SVG code to the stage in Windows.
Fixed issue with importing an SVG twice.
Fixed issue where importing multiple inline SVGs with IDs in common did not rename the IDs.
Other:
Fixed issue where the component editing dialog didn’t close after the source file was deleted from the file system.
Fixed issue where an extra undo operation was added when switching gradient type to radial.
Fixed issue with using arrows keys in the Outliner panel.
Fixed issue with template filters in the Template Gallery.
Keyframes can no longer be duplicated to a locked layer.
Fixed issue where an element's bottom-right radius was not reflected in the Quick mode timeline thumbnail.
Known issues:
Safari only: elements with drawings prevent the animation of clip path masks.
Chrome and Opera: Clip path masks render incorrectly when the host element contains a 3D-transformed child element.
References to custom Google Web Designer elements (gwd-image, gwd-video, gwd-audio, gwd-iframe, gwd-page, and gwd-pagedeck) may not work as expected. Learn how you can update your references.
Timeline animation events, such as pause or loop, do not work when you directly open the source .html file in your browser. This is expected behavior, as timeline animation CSS is generated when previewing or publishing the document. Solution: use the Preview button, or publish the document locally and view the published file in your browser.
Image files without a file extension with a period in the file name don't import into the Library. Workaround: add the file extension (such as .png) to the file name.
A black screen on launch may be caused by outdated video drivers. Try updating your video drivers. If that doesn't help, disable GPU rendering by quitting Google Web Designer and following the instructions for your operating system before relaunching:
Windows: Add a DWORD32 value named disable-gpu-rendering to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareGoogleWeb DesignerSettings in the registry. Set this value to 1.
Mac: Add a Boolean row to ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.WebDesigner.plist with the name disable-gpu-rendering and a value of YES, or run defaults write com.google.WebDesigner.plist disable-gpu-rendering -bool true in Terminal.
Linux: Add a line to ~/.local/share/google-web-designer/preferences/settings.conf with the name disable-gpu-rendering and a value of true. (If the [Settings] section doesn't exist, you'll need to create it first.)
For a video to autoplay when an ad is re-expanded on Mac Safari, the first video source should be .mp4.
Gradient background fill on an image only renders when scaling is set to stretch.
A maximum of 4 panels can be grouped/tabbed together.
White screen on launch if behind a web proxy. Please follow these instructions to change your proxy settings.
Mac Chrome, Opera, IE: Play button doesn't work in Google Web Designer preview when Autoplay preview is on. Workaround: remove localhost from the URL to use file:///
Linux only: file drag and drop from the file system to Google Web Designer is not working. Workaround: use File > Import assets or Add asset from the Library.
Downloading iCalendar .ics files is not supported on Safari desktop browser.
It is not possible to have more than one Map component or Street View component, or a Map and a Street View component in the same creative.
Linux only: if the browser (Chrome or Firefox) is launched by Google Web Designer for preview, Google Web Designer cannot be closed unless the browser is closed first.
Linux only: Google Web Designer sometimes loses focus and is unable to take keyboard input when switching between apps. Workaround: resize the Google Web Designer window to bring focus back to the app.
Linux only: if the renderer crashes and a white screen appears, set the disable-gpu-rendering to true in Google Web Designer settings. Add a row to ~/.local/share/google-web-designer/preferences/settings.conf with the name disable-gpu-rendering and a value of true. (If the [Settings] section doesn't exist, you'll need to create it first.)
Video ads: On Mac, making edits quickly, such as duplicating clips, can cause the stage to stop showing videos and for playback to not work, or for the UI to freeze. Workaround: relaunch Google Web Designer.
Video ads: A small gap appears between videos during slide or wipe transitions at certain stage zoom levels. The gap will not be visible in the exported video. Workaround: adjust the stage zoom.
Video ads: If copying a clip to another document is undone, the clip’s asset is not automatically removed from the Library. Workaround: manually delete the asset from the Library.
Video ads: If a video or audio asset file is manually overwritten with a different file in a project’s assets directory, the old asset continues to appear on the stage and in the exported video if any resolution other than full is used. Workaround: delete the asset and re-add it using the Library.
Video ads: Asset import errors may appear when opening a Google Web Designer project which was created on a different operating system (e.g., opening a file on Windows that was originally created on a Mac). Workaround: use File > Save As zip... to export and share a project.
Video ads: When zoomed out in the timeline, very short clips (e.g., 1 frame long at higher document frame rates) can stop showing and appear as empty space, even when selected. The clips are not deleted. Workaround: zoom in to see the clips.
Video ads: Certain malformed assets (e.g., videos created using some video ripper software) do not play or export properly in Google Web Designer.
Video ads: Certain colored text can have a slight drop shadow in the exported video (compression artifact).

New in Google Web Designer 11.0.2.0415 (Apr 28, 2021)

New in Google Web Designer 11.0.1.0406 (Apr 28, 2021)

New in Google Web Designer 11.0.0.0323 (Apr 28, 2021)

New features:
3D editor:
Edit 3D assets directly in Google Web Designer with the new 3D Model Viewer component.
Edit materials in your GLB file.
Customize the lighting, camera view, and hotspots when viewing the model.
Easy mode:
We're introducing a new way to use templates.
Select templates let you build an ad in Easy mode, a simplified interface for swapping assets, editing text, and changing colors.
You can switch a document to Standard mode for full-featured editing.
Responsive attributes:
You can now replace attributes besides CSS styles for specific document sizes or size ranges.
Media rules can include overrides for image sources, text content and text fitting settings, and component properties.
SVG filters:
Add special effects to SVG elements.
Apply filters such as Blur, Drop shadow, Splash, and more.
You can convert text elements to SVG within Google Web Designer to use the same effects on text.
Redesigned Template Gallery:
Browse templates in the new version of the Template Gallery.
View more layouts on a single screen.
Detailed thumbnails let you see how each template looks with example assets.
Other notable changes:
The Ad Validator now shows a warning if an exit event is detected in a Google Ads creative.
CreateJS has been added to the File > Include JS library menu in Code view.
The "Cue cards" template has been renamed to "Cuecard".
Templates for dynamic ads now include additional sample data for testing branded assets.
The "Groups unpacking" option has been removed from the Publish settings dialog.
The Swipeable Gallery component shows multiple dynamic items in stage view.
Fixes & improvements:
Dynamic
Fixed issue where Studio dynamic profile fields that were defined with the type "Remarketing values" didn't show up in the "Data schema object" dropdown of Google Web Designer's Bindings dialog.
Fixed issue with field values not updating in the sample data editor when the Ad Validator panel was closed.
Fixed missing placeholder text of "Please enter at least 3 characters" in the Account field of the Dynamic Properties dialog.
Stage preview of gallery components with dynamic data bindings now shows different items when "Show frames" is greater than 1.
The "Dynamic bindings..." pop-up menu command is now disabled in documents that don't support dynamic data bindings.
When a Studio dynamic profile has the “Display" setting enabled for a field of the "Creative dimension" type, Google Web Designer now displays a detailed error message instead of “Profile could not be parsed”.
Unsupported font properties are no longer shown in the Bindings dialog for the "Brand awareness" schema.
Changed the label for the sample data field "Price discount (decimal)" to remove "(decimal)".
Responsive:
[Responsive] Fixed issue where the responsive preview didn't update when editing the animation time while the timeline was in Quick mode.
[Responsive] When a range media rule is selected, the viewport now only resizes when the viewport size was outside the range, instead of always switching to the largest size within the selected range.
[Responsive] Fixed issue where an element with a “Show element” dynamic data binding would be displayed in the responsive preview when the sample data was empty for that element.
Other:
[Easing dialog] Fixed issue where renaming or deleting custom easing, then canceling the dialog, didn't update the easing name in the timeline.
Fixed issue with missing indicator for 3D stage rotate tool.
Fixed issue where text fitting options were enabled for shapes.
Fixed issue with rectangle mask animation not rendering in Internet Explorer.
[Authentication] Fixed issue where login email address still displayed if the Google Web Designer window was closed too quickly after signing out.
Fixed formatting issue with the Publish and Preview buttons in Russian.

New in Google Web Designer 10.0.2.0105 (Jan 7, 2021)

New in Google Web Designer 10.0.1.1204 (Dec 8, 2020)

New in Google Web Designer 10.0.0.1123 (Dec 3, 2020)

New features:
Authentication changes:
We've implemented a more secure method for signing in to your Google Account. You'll now complete the sign-in process within your default browser.
Cropping in Image processing:
You can now crop images within the Image processing dialog. Google Web Designer suggests the region to crop, and you can make manual adjustments.
Publish to Campaign Manager 360:
A new publish option lets you upload creatives directly to Campaign Manager 360. Specify the advertiser, and optionally the campaign.
Snapping changes:
We've added snapping modes so that you can snap objects to be the same size or to have the same spacing. You can also change the snapping threshold and scope.
Fixes & improvements in version 10.0.0.1123
Components:
Dynamic data bindings are now available for the Particle Effects, Parallax, and Swirl components.
[Transition Gallery] Fixed issue with autoplay looping infinitely when using the preset Repeat value.
Pen tool:
Fixed issue where anchor points shifted when drawing a nested shape.
Fixed issue undoing or redoing the leftmost or topmost anchor point.
Other:
[Code view] Images modified outside of Google Web Designer now update in Design view.
[Events] Fixed issue with "Save all" command not working when there were events in the files.
[Groups] The height of a group drawn in Top view or Side view now rounds to 0px instead of using E notation.
[Library] Fixed issue with sorting by date not working.
[Publish to Drive] Publishing to Drive now accepts an empty/unset location as the root directory.
[Templates] Fixed issue with template load order, which caused missing sizes in the Template Gallery.
[Timeline] Fixed issue where right-clicking a layer under a label triggered the label's pop-up menu instead of the layer's pop-up menu.
[Responsive] Fixed issue that prevented the addition of style overrides to default media rules in the CSS panel.
Known issues:
Safari only: elements with drawings prevent the animation of clip path masks.
Chrome and Opera: Clip path masks render incorrectly when the host element contains a 3D-transformed child element.
References to custom Google Web Designer elements (gwd-image, gwd-video, gwd-audio, gwd-iframe, gwd-page, and gwd-pagedeck) may not work as expected. Learn how you can update your references.
Timeline animation events, such as pause or loop, do not work when you directly open the source .html file in your browser. This is expected behavior, as timeline animation CSS is generated when previewing or publishing the document. Solution: use the Preview button, or publish the document locally and view the published file in your browser.
Image files without a file extension with a period in the file name don't import into the Library. Workaround: add the file extension (such as .png) to the file name.
A black screen on launch may be caused by outdated video drivers. Try updating your video drivers. If that doesn't help, disable GPU rendering by quitting Google Web Designer and following the instructions for your operating system before relaunching
Windows: Add a DWORD32 value named disable-gpu-rendering to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareGoogleWeb DesignerSettings in the registry. Set this value to 1.
Mac: Add a Boolean row to ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.WebDesigner.plist with the name disable-gpu-rendering and a value of YES, or run defaults write com.google.WebDesigner.plist disable-gpu-rendering -bool true in Terminal.
Linux: Add a line to ~/.local/share/google-web-designer/preferences/settings.conf with the name disable-gpu-rendering and a value of true. (If the [Settings] section doesn't exist, you'll need to create it first.)
For a video to autoplay when an ad is re-expanded on Mac Safari, the first video source should be .mp4.
Gradient background fill on an image only renders when scaling is set to stretch.
A maximum of 4 panels can be grouped/tabbed together.
White screen on launch if behind a web proxy. Please follow these instructions to change your proxy settings.
Mac Chrome, Opera, IE: Play button doesn't work in Google Web Designer preview when Autoplay preview is on. Workaround: remove localhost from the URL to use file:///
Linux only: file drag and drop from the file system to Google Web Designer is not working. Workaround: use File > Import assets or Add asset from the Library.
Downloading iCalendar .ics files is not supported on Safari desktop browser.
It is not possible to have more than one Map component or Street View component, or a Map and a Street View component in the same creative.
Linux only: if the browser (Chrome or Firefox) is launched by Google Web Designer for preview, Google Web Designer cannot be closed unless the browser is closed first.
Linux only: Google Web Designer sometimes loses focus and is unable to take keyboard input when switching between apps. Workaround: resize the Google Web Designer window to bring focus back to the app.
Linux only: if the renderer crashes and a white screen appears, set the disable-gpu-rendering to true in Google Web Designer settings. Add a row to ~/.local/share/google-web-designer/preferences/settings.conf with the name disable-gpu-rendering and a value of true. (If the [Settings] section doesn't exist, you'll need to create it first.)

New in Google Web Designer 9.0.2.0915 (Oct 13, 2020)

New in Google Web Designer 9.0.1.0902 (Sep 3, 2020)

New in Google Web Designer 9.0.0.0824 (Sep 1, 2020)

Custom keyboard shortcuts:
Assign your preferred key bindings to Google Web Designer tools and commands.
View the full list of default keyboard shortcuts within the app.
Save your custom keyboard shortcuts as named presets and switch easily between them.
Export and import presets.
Eyedropper tool:
You can now select colors from the stage.
You can find the eyedropper tool on the toolbar, along with color chips displaying the active colors.
The eyedropper automatically activates when you open the color mixer to select a color.
Image processing:
Alter images with automated techniques.
Auto enhancement - Adjust the brightness, contrast, and saturation of the image.
Inpainting - Paint over an unwanted object to look like the surrounding area.
Extend image - Expand the image along any side with content generated to look like the rest of the image.
Extract subject - Detect a foreground object and make the rest of the image transparent.
Masking:
We've introduced new mask shape options.
Polygon mask tool - Select from a variety of preset shapes, or draw a freeform shape.
Rounded corners for rectangle mask tool - Create rectangle clip path masks with rounded corners.
Particle Effects custom presets:
Create customized presets for the Particle Effects component.
View thumbnail previews of your saved custom presets.
Export and import presets.
Responsive workflow:
Designing a responsive layout is now more streamlined and full-featured.
The redesigned Responsive panel lists specific ad slot sizes that you want to target for serving and previewing.
A new visual interface lets you define and edit size ranges for media rules.
Preview multiple sizes while authoring your responsive document.
New responsive templates in version 9.0.0.0824:
Two new templates have been added to the Banner for Display & Video 360 category:
Static Responsive Banner for Common Sizes
Animated Responsive Banner for Common Sizes
Fixes & improvements in version 9.0.0.0824:
Components:
Parallax:
Fixed issue where holding the Shift key did not constrain elements to a single axis while dragging images in the Parallax component dialog.
Swirl:
A warning now displays if Google Poly does not have an appropriately sized GLB file for a 3D asset. This can happen if the 3D asset is large and Poly could not optimize it for ads.
Image Effect:
Fixed issue with the Image Effect component failing to load after refreshing the browser.
Groups:
Fixed issue where wrapping elements in a group did not generate the correct CSS selector.
Fixed issue where undoing the "Break apart" action for an animated group created extra CSS animation rules.
Library:
Fixed issue with assets not showing in the Library panel when the asset path contained square brackets.
Fixed issue where externally copied assets pasted into Google Web Designer did not show in the Library panel.
Fixed issue where groups didn't stay inside a Library folder after the document was closed and reopened.
The Library panel now allows files with periods in their names.
Fixed issue where the Studio logo and the Launch button in the Studio Asset Library were still displayed after signing in with a different account.
Other:
[Outliner] Fixed issue where the dynamic icon did not appear until another element was selected.
[File I/O] Fixed issue where a file could not be opened if there was a icon file generated by Mac OS in the project directory.
[Publish dialog] Fixed layout issue with "Add border" label in some languages.
[Timeline] Fixed issue where the stage did not update after undoing an animation transition duration change in Quick mode.
[CSS panel] The "rename" pop-up menu command in the CSS panel is now disabled for generated animation rules.
[Preview] The "Parallax" preview type for in-browser previews has been updated to "Scrollable."
[Keyboard shortcuts] Fixed issue with keyboard shortcuts not working in Russian, French, German, and Thai in Windows.
[Properties panel] Fixed issue where the undo command didn't work correctly for changed input field values.
[Shareable preview] Fixed issue where closing the alert about not having permissions for any devices also closed the "Share preview link" dialog.
[Preferences dialog] Fixed issue with the color for guides not changing to the default after selecting "Reset to default."
[Shapes] Fixed issue where publishing failed when there were both Google Fonts and shapes (created by the Oval or Pen tool) in the document.
[Code view] Fixed issue where the Files panel showed filenames with parentheses reversed.
[Timeline] Fixed issue where hidden layers were selected when selecting multiple layers with the Shift key.
Fixed issue where an image could not be pasted from a plain HTML document to an ad document.
Known issues:
Safari only: elements with drawings prevent the animation of clip path masks.
Chrome and Opera: Clip path masks render incorrectly when the host element contains a 3D-transformed child element.
References to custom Google Web Designer elements (gwd-image, gwd-video, gwd-audio, gwd-iframe, gwd-page, and gwd-pagedeck) may not work as expected. Learn how you can update your references.
Timeline animation events, such as pause or loop, do not work when you directly open the source .html file in your browser. This is expected behavior, as timeline animation CSS is generated when previewing or publishing the document. Solution: use the Preview button, or publish the document locally and view the published file in your browser.
Image files without a file extension with a period in the file name don't import into the Library. Workaround: add the file extension (such as .png) to the file name.
A black screen on launch may be caused by outdated video drivers. Try updating your video drivers. If that doesn't help, disable GPU rendering by quitting Google Web Designer and following the instructions for your operating system before relaunching:
Windows: Add a DWORD32 value named disable-gpu-rendering to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareGoogleWeb DesignerSettings in the registry. Set this value to 1.
Mac: Add a Boolean row to ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.WebDesigner.plist with the name disable-gpu-rendering and a value of YES, or run defaults write com.google.WebDesigner.plist disable-gpu-rendering -bool true in Terminal.
Linux: Add a line to ~/.local/share/google-web-designer/preferences/settings.conf with the name disable-gpu-rendering and a value of true. (If the [Settings] section doesn't exist, you'll need to create it first.)
For a video to autoplay when an ad is re-expanded on Mac Safari, the first video source should be .mp4.
Gradient background fill on an image only renders when scaling is set to stretch.
A maximum of 4 panels can be grouped/tabbed together.
White screen on launch if behind a web proxy. Please follow these instructions to change your proxy settings.
Mac Chrome, Opera, IE: Play button doesn't work in Google Web Designer preview when Autoplay preview is on. Workaround: remove localhost from the URL to use file:///
Linux only: file drag and drop from the file system to Google Web Designer is not working. Workaround: use File > Import assets or Add asset from the Library.
Downloading iCalendar .ics files is not supported on Safari desktop browser.
It is not possible to have more than one Map component or Street View component, or a Map and a Street View component in the same creative.
Linux only: if the browser (Chrome or Firefox) is launched by Google Web Designer for preview, Google Web Designer cannot be closed unless the browser is closed first.
Linux only: Google Web Designer sometimes loses focus and is unable to take keyboard input when switching between apps. Workaround: resize the Google Web Designer window to bring focus back to the app.
Linux only: if the renderer crashes and a white screen appears, set the disable-gpu-rendering to true in Google Web Designer settings. Add a row to ~/.local/share/google-web-designer/preferences/settings.conf with the name disable-gpu-rendering and a value of true. (If the [Settings] section doesn't exist, you'll need to create it first.)

New in Google Web Designer 8.0.3.0603 (Jun 5, 2020)

New in Google Web Designer 8.0.2.0506 (Jun 5, 2020)

New in Google Web Designer 8.0.1.0401 (Apr 8, 2020)

New in Google Web Designer 8.0.0.0323 (Apr 8, 2020)

New features in version 8.0.0.0323:
Audio file import:
Easily add audio files to your project.
Import MP3, OGG, and WAV audio files.
The Library panel now lists audio assets.
Components:
Image Effect
Add visual effects to your images, such as wave distortions or revealing another image.
Swirl:
Use this component to build Swirl creatives for Display & Video 360, with a 3D asset and parallax effects.
Custom element upgrade to V1:
Components now use the Custom Elements V1 specification.
Standard (non-custom) components in your documents are automatically upgraded when possible.
For a limited time, custom components that use the old V0 specification will continue to be supported. Follow our upgrade guide for these outdated components.
Disk monitoring:
Google Web Designer now detects when open files are changed on disk by other applications.
You'll be notified when a file has been edited outside of Google Web Designer, and can choose between refreshing the file to load those changes, or keeping the current version.
Deleted, renamed, or moved files also trigger a warning.
Image color extraction:
Generate a miniature color palette for an image.
Create a set of 5 colors based on the selected image, and use these colors like any other swatches.
Initial load size:
The initial load size is now calculated differently.
The initial load size displayed in the Ad Validator and the Publish dialog now includes relevant assets.
Mask copy and paste:
You can now cut, copy, and paste masks.
Copy and paste masks between elements, even in different documents.
Outliner enhancements:
New functionality is available in the Outliner panel:
Rearrange elements in the DOM order by dragging and dropping them, including nesting them under different parent elements.
Access the context menu for an element by right-clicking it within the Outliner panel.
See which elements are guide layers or have dynamic data bindings.
Parallax enhancements:
The Parallax component includes new features:
An optional middle state lets you build animations that change direction or opacity.
Configure the animation timing so it starts and ends at specified points during scrolling.
Access the Library directly within the Parallax editing dialog.
Undo and redo commands are now supported for changes in the Parallax editing dialog.
Shift+click to select multiple layers is now supported.
Send preview to device:
You can now preview your creative on a phone or tablet.
Send a preview of your ad to a mobile device that has the Creative Preview app installed.
Available for ads with an ad environment of Display & Video 360, Google Ads, or Google AdMob. AMPHTML ads and expandable ads that expand to custom sizes are not supported.
Shareable preview link:
There's a new way to let other people preview your work.
From the Preview button, generate a link that you can share so others can preview your project within their browsers.
Available for ads with an ad environment of Display & Video 360, Google Ads, or Google AdMob. AMPHTML ads and expandable ads that expand to custom sizes are not supported.
New Parallax templates in version 8.0.0.0323:
Parallax Materialize - After the invitation text scrolls away, an object and additional text appear.
Parallax Barn Doors - A pair of doors open to reveal an object, then close to display a logo.
Other notable changes in version 8.0.0.0323:
Events that are attached to elements are now copied and pasted along with the elements.
Fixes and improvements in version 8.0.0.0323:
Code view:
Fixed issue with long labels in some languages causing misalignment in the Code view preferences dialog.
Fixed issue with the language mode dropdown not closing when clicking outside of it.
Fixed focus issue after inserting a JavaScript library in Code view.
Whole word search now works properly.
Restrict-to-selection search in Code view now accounts for multiple selections.
Fixed issue with "End file with newline" option also inserting a newline before and tags.
Restrict-to-selection search matches are now scrolled into view in Code view.
Fixed issue with the Files filter resetting after collapsing and expanding the project directory.
Zoom controls are now hidden in Code view when displaying an image.
Components:
Parallax:
Fixed issue where using the arrow keys to move an element in the Parallax dialog scrolled the Layers panel.
Particle Effects:
Getting started text now refers to adding a preset rather than an image.
Fixed issue with drop target highlight when dragging an asset.
Fixed issue with the particle effects clearing when switching pages.
Fixed issue with component disappearing after changing attributes with scripting.
Fixed issue where animation cannot be played again after the time limit is reached.
Transition Gallery:
Fixed issue with the component background image not rendering on the stage after applying a gradient background color and animating the component.
Fixed issue with editing the transition gallery inside a group.
Dynamic:
Fixed issue with selecting "Image URL" when applying the "Pluck and join" filter for a custom dynamic schema.
Fixed issue where the custom schema account dropdown failed to appear after canceling and reopening the dynamic dialog.
"Dynamic Remarketing" has been removed from the Dynamic Vertical filter list in the Template Gallery, as Dynamic Remarketing for Display & Video 360 has been sunsetted.
Groups:
Fixed issue where the original element didn't render correctly after undoing a cut and paste action inside the nested group.
Fixed issue where a grouped image did not render after pasting across documents.
Interactive video dialog:
Fixed issue with undoing the deletion of a hotspot by clicking the X.
Fixed rounding issue when using decimal points.
Library:
Images with periods in the path now can be imported to the Library.
Fixed issue with the Library appearing to accept dragged items from other panels.
[Studio Asset Library] Launch button now remains after signing out.
Fixed issue where refreshing the Library caused images to display at their original size when scaling was not set to "Stretch image to fill”.
Preview in browser:
Fixed issue where focal points did not update when resizing the ad in preview by freehand.
Add more sizes to the advanced mode responsive preview sizes list for Display & Video 360: 360x640, 360x592, and 375x667.
The default preview mode for an HTML file has changed from Mobile to Desktop.
Fixed truncated labels in preview for some languages.
Text:
Fixed error when changing a to a tag.
Fixed issue where Bulleted List and Numbered List layers didn't display in the timeline until the file was saved and reopened.
Workspace:
The height of the Outliner panel no longer changes when opening the closed tab underneath.
Fixed issue with docking a floating panel to other panels after closing all but one tab in the floating panel.
The document tab overflow dropdown menu now closes a file as soon as the X button is clicked.
Fixed truncation issue with the pop-up menu in the collapsed floating panel.
The document tab overflow dropdown menu now can list more than 17 files.
Other:
Fixed issue causing “Insufficient Permissions” error when publishing to Studio or Display & Video 360.
Fixed issue with clipboard commands not working after switching to Code view and back.
Fixed issue with pop-up color mixer not closing upon an outside click if the gradient color picker was open.
Fixed issue where the stage preview was incorrect for images with a focal point when changing viewport size.
[Events panel] Fixed issue with dragging an event to the end of the list.
Fixed issue where toggling the "Expanded" and "Centered" page properties created duplicate undo/redo entries.
Fixed issue with Google Web Designer crashing when group preview failed.
“Popup_closed_by_user" notification no longer displays when canceling the Sign In window.
An error message now displays when trying to change animation looping for a layer with empty keyframes.
The zoom indicator now updates correctly when switching pages or editing a group.
Fixed issue with missing data in the sample dynamic data for the Cue Cards template.

New in Google Web Designer 7.1.1.1210 (Dec 12, 2019)

New in Google Web Designer 7.1.0.1122 (Dec 5, 2019)

Changes in version 7.1.0.1122:
The Components panel now only shows supported components when the ad environment is set to Google Ads or AdMob.
The initial load size has been temporarily removed from the Summary section in the Publish dialog and the Ad Validator.
The option to include GreenSock JavaScript libraries (File > Include JS library) is now available for the Google Ads environment.
The "Skip loading delay" option has been added to the local Publish settings dialog for bypassing the default delay when loading the published ad outside of Google ad platforms.
Additional sizes have been added to the advanced mode responsive preview sizes list for Display & Video 360 (360x640, 360x592, and 375x667).
As Google Fusion Tables has been shut down, the Maps component no longer supports displaying markers for locations listed in Fusion Tables.
Fixes and improvements in version 7.1.0.1122:
Code view:
The "Reset to defaults" option now resets all Code view preferences correctly.
The language menu now closes when clicking outside of the menu or selecting the current option.
Fixed performance issue when switching between Code view and Design view.
Fixed layout issue with long labels in Code view preferences in some languages.
Fixed issue with custom color swatches not refreshing when switching documents in Code view.
Components:
[Particle Effects] Specified tooltip for Autoplay property.
[Particle Effects] Fixed issue where the add preset button didn't work when scrolled to right end of the Presets panel.
[Particle Effects] Fixed issue where the "Number" property could be empty.
[Particle Effects] Fixed issue where a group containing the Particle Effects component wouldn't render in the Library after being broken apart.
[Transition Gallery & Particle Effects] Fixed issue with zoom control being active in the "Choose images" dialog.
Fixed issue where the Transition Gallery did not render images after switching pages.
Dynamic:
Fixed issue where the custom schema account dropdown didn't appear after canceling and reopening the Dynamic bindings dialog.
Files can now be opened when the Studio dynamic profile contains special characters such as - and + in the profile field names.
Fixed issue where "Image URL" couldn't be selected when applying the "Pluck and Join" filter in the Dynamic bindings dialog.
Fixed issue with font name not updating correctly for text with a binding for the font name.
Guide layers:
Fixed publishing issue for documents without pages that contained a guide layer.
Fixed the incorrect warning about missing local assets in the Ad Validator when switching between documents or between Code view and Design view.
Fixed issue with the redo command when the document contained a guide layer.
Fixed issue with keyframe rules for guide layers getting published if the guide layers weren't on the active page.
Fixed issue with the element ID of a guide layer getting changed to data-gwd-grp-id after editing a group.
Fixed issue where empty keyframes on elements nested in guide layers were not added or restored correctly.
Fixed issue where the bounding box for multiple selected elements was removed after converting the layers to guide layers with the Ad Validator panel open.
Masking:
The mask type shown in the timeline is now localized.
Fixed issue with undoing the creation of a mask.
Publish:
Responsive documents for AdMob can now be published as a fixed-size ad with the addition of a "Size" dropdown in the Publish dialog.
Fixed issue with keyboard shortcut commands not working after dismissing the Publish to Studio dialog.
The "Press enter to create" text now disappears once you start typing the creative name in the Publish to Studio dialog.
The Publish dialog summary now updates the file size after toggling the "Inline local files" or "Groups unpacking" options.
Fixed layout issue with long labels in the Publish dialog in some languages.
Templates:
Fixed issue with opening the Swipeable Gallery event in the Cue Cards 300x250 template.
Fixed mouseover glitch in the responsive version of "Dynamic Remarketing Side-by-side with Header and Individual CTA Buttons".
Fixed issue with duplicate events for the expand button in "Expandable creative with Video Player".
Fixed issue with missing data in the sample data for the Cue Cards template.
Other:
[Ad environment] Fixed issue with images not rendering on stage after switching the document's ad environment from "Non-Google ad" to another environment or the other way around.
[Responsive] Overlapping media rules manually added in Code view are now disabled.
[CSS panel] Fixed issue with red outlines appearing around elements when deleting CSS style rules in the CSS panel.
[Interactive video] Fixed issue with undoing the deletion of a hotspot using the X button in the hotspot layer.
[Outliner] Fixed issue with the Outliner not filtering on tag name.
[Quick mode] Fixed issue with undoing the addition of a new thumbnail.
An error message is now shown when opening a malformed document that is missing class="gwd-page-content" or "gwd-page-size".

New in Google Web Designer 7.0.1.1008 (Oct 25, 2019)

New in Google Web Designer 6.0.1.0801 (Aug 2, 2019)

New in Google Web Designer 6.0.0.0710 (Jul 31, 2019)

New features:
Code view improvements:
Design view panels and toolbars are now automatically hidden to give you a wider area for viewing your code.
The new Files panel lets you browse and open other files in your project folder.
Use the minimap for a high-level overview of your code and for quick navigation.
Collapse and expand code blocks.
Code completion suggestions display automatically as you type.
Events panel layout:
The Events panel now displays information in resizable columns.
You can reorder events by dragging them to a new position in the list.
Focal points for responsive images:
Set a focal point to keep a key part of your image always visible in case resizing the image may crop it.
Interactive video:
The Video component now lets you add hotspots that appear over your video.
Set cue points to seek or trigger events at specific times during video playback.
Keyframe rules editing in CSS panel:
You can now see and directly edit CSS animation keyframe rules while in Design view.
New templates:
2 templates have been added to the Dynamic remarketing for Google Ads template category:
Responsive Dynamic Remarketing Travel Block Details
Responsive Dynamic Remarketing Travel Pennant Details
Other notable changes:
Document tabs now display long file names.
The Ad Validator shows a warning about the upcoming Google Fusion Tables turndown for the Maps component.
Fixes & improvements:
Components & runtime:
[Star Ratings] Fixed rendering issue with the Star Ratings component.
[YouTube] Show title property removed because the showinfo parameter has been deprecated.
Fixed issue with the Properties panel not updating to show custom component properties.
Publish:
[Publish to Display & Video 360] Fixed issue where the Creative name field was enabled before an Advertiser was selected.
[Publish to Display & Video 360] The Publish button in the Publish dialog is now disabled after the association is removed and settings are cleared.
Timeline & animation:
Fixed issue with wrapping and unwrapping element not updating animation selectors.
Fixed crash after selecting a keyframe then using Shift + dragging to select other keyframes.
Workspace (panels and user interface):
Fixed issue with error when saving a workspace with empty name.
Document tab overflow dropdown now displays the full filename.
Other:
The Ad Validator now shows the correct size limit for ads created with the App Promo Install template.
Fixed crash when opening files containing certain image URLs.
Fixed issue where dynamic data bindings weren't saved for descendants of elements with text fitting applied.
[Publish to Display & Video 360] Fixed issue where the Creative field was enabled before an Advertiser was selected.
[AMP] Inline style rules can now be viewed and edited in the CSS panel.
[AMP] Motion paths are now available in AMPHTML ads.

New in Google Web Designer 5.1.1.0611 (Jun 18, 2019)

New in Google Web Designer 5.1.0.0529 (Jun 6, 2019)

New in Google Web Designer 5.0.4.0226 (Mar 15, 2019)

New in Google Web Designer 5.0.3.0131 (Mar 12, 2019)

New in Google Web Designer 4.2.0.0802 (Aug 8, 2018)

New in Google Web Designer 4.1.0.0711 (Jul 24, 2018)

New in Google Web Designer 4.0.1.0625 Beta (Jul 16, 2018)

BUG FIXES:
Fixed issue with file not opening when the document links to an external CSS file using an absolute URL.
GreenSock libraries updated to use version 2.0.1.
The “Use” column header in the Library is now localized.
NEW FEATURES:
Computed CSS styles:
View a list of CSS properties for an element, with resolved values, under the new Computed tab in the CSS panel.
Jump to the CSS rule definition that sets a particular property.
Motion path editing:
Move, resize, flip, and rotate motion paths with the new Transform control for the motion path tool.
Asset usage count:
See in the Library panel how many times you use each asset in a document.
Sort the list of assets by name, usage count, asset type, or last modified date.
Outliner:
The new Outliner panel provides a tree view of the elements in your document for easy selection and navigation.
Template improvements:
The Template Gallery now shows the vertical (business type) for the AdWords dynamic remarketing templates.
The Save as template dialog automatically populates the ad type, dynamic vertical, and components in the template metadata.
Dynamic templates can now be previewed directly from the Template Gallery with sample feed data.
Text fitting:
New settings in the Text panel let you automatically resize or truncate text so it won't overflow the containing element.
Timeline animation scaling:
Hold Shift while dragging selected keyframes on the Advanced timeline to change the length of an animation while keeping the spacing between keyframes proportional.
Workspaces:
Save panel layouts as custom workspaces, or switch to one of Google Web Designer's preset workspaces in the Window > Workspace menu.
Hide all panels with the Window > Hide panels command, or by pressing F4.
Templates added:
DoubleClick responsive templates were added: Standard Banner Build Dissolve, Standard Banner Build Slide, Standard Banner Static, Standard Banner Storyboard Dissolve, and Standard Banner Storyboard Slide.
FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
Components:
Fixed issue with Swipeable Gallery exit URLs not working with spaces between the URLs.
[Feature request] Enabled Tap Area components within the frame of a Carousel Gallery or Swipeable Gallery.
Text:
Invalid tags can no longer be entered in the Tag field.
Fixed issue with text box losing the insert cursor after indenting the text.
Fixed issue with tag name not updating when undoing a tag change.
[Feature request] Provided text fitting & truncation controls in the user interface for both dynamic & static text.
Fixed issue with incorrect text coordinates when stage was zoomed in.
Enabled use of keyboard shortcuts (Cmd/Ctrl with +/-) to zoom in or out while in text editing mode.
Fixed issue where a text box couldn't be drawn inside a div.
Fixed issue with extra CSS properties getting added when copying & pasting colored text between documents.
Fixed issue with italic text for Google Fonts not displaying correctly.
Templates:
AdMob templates have been updated to remove custom exits.
Fixed issue where the options for inline local files and polite loading weren't selected by default when creating files from some templates.
Timeline:
[Feature request] Added ability to easily update the animation duration in the UI.
Finite and infinite loops now distinguishable on the Advanced mode timeline.
Undoing the deletion of a layer with looping now restores the looping.
Repeated spans now visible on the Advanced mode timeline for infinite loops when animation duration is extended.
Fixed issue with stage not updating when span easing was edited.
[Quick mode] Fixed issue with only first 2 anchor points of a Pen path displaying on the thumbnail.
Added tooltips: "Current time" and "Timeline work area length".
Workspace (panels and user interface):
[Feature request] Added ability to save panel sets and switch between them.
Fixed issue with docked panel's height not being resizable after docking a floating panel to a panel on the left side.
Removed the top border on the Document bar.
Fixed issue with start dialog disappearing when closing the New File dialog with the Esc key.
Panels can now be collapsed by clicking the panel title right after launch or after switching workspaces.
Other:
[Studio dynamic] Fixed issue with dynamic profile not loading when the user has Advertiser-level access to multiple advertisers.
[Publish to Drive] Publishing to Google Drive no longer adds an extra string to image sources.
[Ad environment] Strings have been translated.
[Ad environment] Fixed issue with the Publish dialog not updating the ad environment after ad environment conversion.
[Installer] [Windows] Shortcut icon is now created on the Desktop after installation but not after an update.
When clicking on "Browse all articles" or "Visit help forum" from the help panel, a browser window now opens instead of a pop-up window.
[Windows] Fixed issue with Firefox v.59 or later not showing in Google Web Designer's Preview browser list.
Events dialog is now resizable.
[Drawing] W and H are now translated when drawing a new element.
[Properties panel] Fixed issue with Visibility field label overlapping the value in some languages.
[Feature request] Usage count now displays next to assets listed in the Library.
Fixed issue with zoom resetting in Design view after editing in Code view.
[Hand tool] Fixed issue with stage moving off-center after repeatedly dragging it back and forth with the Hand tool.

New in Google Web Designer 3.0.1.0319 Beta (Mar 22, 2018)

BUG FIXES:
Pasting now works when editing text.
Fixed issue with "Unable to get property 'remove' of undefined or null reference" error when expanding the ad in Internet Explorer.
Carousel Gallery and Swipeable Gallery components now work correctly in Chrome.
NEW FEATURES:
Ad environment conversion:
Change the ad environment with the new File > Ad environment menu command.
Components panel:
Double-clicking a component in the Components panel now adds it to the center of the stage.
File browse for image and video source:
The Properties panel for images and the Video component now lets you browse your file system for source files.
Help panel:
View help articles without leaving the Web Designer window by going to Help > Help center > Help panel.
Performance improvements:
Fixed performance issues with the timeline, including Advanced mode scrubbing, switching to Quick mode, opening a file in Quick mode, and switching between Code view and Design view while in Quick mode.
Improved the performance of element modification and selection on stage when the Properties and CSS panel aren't visible and expanded.
3D component (beta):
A new component for including interactive 3D models has been added for beta use. Initially, only a limited set of pilot users can serve ads with this component.
FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
CSS panel:
Fixed issue where the "Add property" button added an empty, non-editable property in an active media rule.
The Shift and Ctrl/⌘ keys now allow range selection and multi-selection for CSS panel rules in the same way that other selectable lists in the UI do.
Text:
[Dynamic] Text in an empty div can now be styled in the Text panel.
Fixed issue with the Text tool options bar and Text panel settings disappearing after undo.
Fixed issue with text files displaying incorrectly when opened while the Text tool is selected.
Timeline:
Fixed issue with the label name dialog appearing off-screen after scrolling the timeline.
Fixed issue with radial gradient backgrounds for pages not displaying in Quick mode thumbnails.
Fixed issue where Quick mode thumbnails didn't reflect changes in SVG shape width.
Fixed issue with Quick mode thumbnails showing invisible and deleted elements.
Fixed performance issue with editing a motion path in a file with many animated elements.
Fixed performance issue with scrubbing the timeline in a file with hundreds of elements.
Workspace (Panels and UI):
[Panels] Fixed issue with adding a new panel to a group of three tabbed panels after closing a tab.
[Panels] Panel menu now closes when dragging panels.
[Panels] Fixed hidden tab visibility issue.
[Options bar] Fixed issue with the More icon not showing when Web Designer launched at the minimum window size.
[Scrollbars] Fixed issue with scrollbars disappearing when switching between documents.
Other:
"NEW" indicator for templates is now translated on the start screen.
[Gradient editing] Fixed issue with the center point in the radial gradient editing tool not moving as expected.
[SVG shapes] Fixed issue with the dynamic bindings dialog including inner SVG shape elements in the list of selectable elements.
[Groups] Fixed image flickering issue when text is edited or elements are added or removed.
[Copy and paste] Fixed issue with animations not playing for a group instance copied from a document with multiple pages to a document without additional pages.
[Preferences dialog] Updated syntax highlighting for HTML in the code editor in the Preferences dialog.
Fixed issue where the gwd_webcomponents_min.js file was sent to the recycle bin upon every launch instead of getting deleted.
Fixed issue where outdated template files were sent to the recycle bin after an update instead of getting deleted.

New in Google Web Designer 2.0.4.0112 Beta (Jan 19, 2018)

New in Google Web Designer 2.0.3.0109 Beta (Jan 12, 2018)

New in Google Web Designer 2.0.2.1128 Beta (Dec 10, 2017)

New in Google Web Designer 2.0.1.1120 Beta (Nov 24, 2017)

New in Google Web Designer 2.0.1.1116 Beta (Nov 24, 2017)

New in Google Web Designer 1.9.0.0619 Beta (Jun 21, 2017)

NEW FEATURES:
Motion paths:
With motion paths, it's now possible to animate objects moving along curves and complex shapes.
Application zoom:
Google Web Designer detects the screen resolution and automatically calculates the appropriate zoom percentage to support high-resolution monitors such as 4K.
Additional changes
Changes to 3D tools:
Double-clicking the 3D object rotate tool or the 3D object translate tool no longer resets an object's rotation or position.
Templates:
Bid Manager dynamic remarketing minimal logoless templates have been removed.
FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
Components:
YouTube video doesn't autoplay on touchscreen desktop
Templates:
Mobile devices exit to wrong item in the Dynamic Remarketing Job Listings template
No mobile exits in the Dynamic Remarketing Single Page for Travel and Dynamic Remarketing Single Page with Minimal Details templates
Unable to open a template in Google Web Designer from the Rich Media Gallery
Timeline:
[Text] Undoing text color does not work in keyframe
[Text] Cannot undo applying default style after the text color change
[Quick mode] Getting Uncaught NotSupportedError when trying to reset the center point of 3D rotated element in the thumbnail
Animation CSS is unnecessarily duplicated when duplicating elements with group instances inside
Workspace (Panels and UI):
[Menus] Command key does not render correctly on some users' machines
[Panelsl] Fly-out menu icon gets hidden when docking 4 panels with long names.
[Panels] More than 4 panels can be grouped together when docked to the left, which causes overflowing
[Panels] Fly-out menu items are not localized
[Timeline panel] It’s easy to drag the timeline while attempting to resize it
[Panels and workspace] Stage shifts when expanding or collapsing the timeline
Other:
[4K monitor] Allow the web app to be zoomed for use on high resolution monitors
Language won't switch if quitting immediately after switching language from the menu
[Mac] Crash after login to Studio when in fullscreen mode
[Mac] The application window’s rendering is wrong with the right side being clipped on relaunch after it’s moved offscreen
[Mac] Google Web Designer launches in English when the locale is set to Simplified or Traditional Chinese
[Preferences] Long label does not wrap nicely in some languages
[Pages] Scroll bars appear in the Pages control when renaming a page
[Ad validator][HTML] Publish locally shows wrong file size error message
[Media Rules] Properties overridden in an animation are marked as overridden in the Properties panel
[Mac] Index.html of unzipped publish file shows wrong date

New in Google Web Designer 1.8.2.0524 Beta (May 26, 2017)

New in Google Web Designer 1.8.1.0510 Beta (May 18, 2017)

New in Google Web Designer 1.8.0.0503 Beta (May 4, 2017)

New in Google Web Designer 1.7.2.0222 Beta (Feb 23, 2017)

New in Google Web Designer 1.7.1.0130 Beta (Feb 1, 2017)

New in Google Web Designer 1.7.0.1114 Beta (Nov 17, 2016)

NEW FEATURES:
Copy/Paste across documents:
Copy and paste across documents is now possible! Any element that can be copied in the same document can now be copied to other documents (including assets, groups, etc).
Timeline enhancements:
Many improvements have been made to the timeline, including a few that were very popular feature requests.
Multiple keyframe & thumbnail selection - Multiple keyframes can now be selected and deleted in Advanced mode, or multiple thumbnails if using Quick mode.
Zoom for Advanced mode - zoom in and out of the timeline allowing for more precise placement of keyframes
Drag to hide/lock layers - It is now possible to drag/select to hide or lock layers in the timeline.
New easing functions - We have added two new easing functions for animation: step-start and step-end.
Preferences panel:
Ability to set preferences for the Google Web Designer tool, beginning with Code View options.
Recent files:
The New File dialog and File > Open recent menu now include a list of the most recently opened Web Designer documents.
Code Editor Enhancements:
The code for the element that is selected in design view will be selected when navigating to code view.
JavaScript library support:
DoubleClick Studio users can now easily include the Greensock JS Library for creatives made in Google Web Designer.
Zoom tool enhancements:
Zoom in using marquee selection now respects the marquee rectangle size
Less pixelation when zooming in:
Changes to SVG:
Double clicking on an SVG image no longer goes in editing mode.
FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS:
Code view:
[Code view] Problems with double quotes in inline style attributes
[Codeview] [Feature Request] When selecting an element and go to Codeview, go to that item in the code
[Codeview] [Panel behaviors] Right side panels are active when in code view.
Components and Ads Runtime:
[YTMasthead Template] Uncaught TypeError in console when"Close button" is pressed
[YouTube] [Responsive] YouTube component is not responsive/fluid
[Component] [Swipeable Gallery] Image stay for a brief moment when the expanded page collapsed after interacting with the component
"Metrics ID" are not required to be unique
[Services] Cannot 'Save as' if source file path is incorrect in the components
Push transition doesn't work between pages (Chrome)
[Youtube] "Play after pause/replay" action won't apply to autoplay, "preview/intro"
[Galleries] Swipeable automatically adds exitId for Gallery Frame Exited even when there is no exit url set in the creative:
Color:
[Color] Using the Properties panel to modify elements with different color causes the color to disappear
[Color panel] Transition when collapsing/expanding the Color panel will show the bottom part of the panel briefly if only the swatches are selected in the panel before.
[Color Panel] UI issue: Incorrect icon for Fill and Stroke color chips after selecting No color:
CSS panel:
Hint field does not restart the matched terms list from the beginning on every input update and hitting Esc clears the hint
[CSS Panel] Timeline frames update with wrong CSS property value when property defined in multiple rules:
Dynamic:
Profile fails to load in Data Schema panel
Unable to set default map location dynamically with the GWD map component:
Events dialog:
[Events dialog] When suggestion comes up, hitting Enter/Return key can't select the property name for Inline style, instead, it closes the dialog.
[Events dialog UI] Need a better way to validate user input:
Groups:
[Groups]: Create group dialog creates additional dialogs when pressing with Keyboard shortcut multiple times
[Groups] [Resize] Group container resize info will not get saved properly if saving the file inside the Edit in Isolation Mode.
Library:
[Library] Image preview shows repeated image if the image file dimension is smaller than 80x80.
[Groups] Library preview doesn't show images for groups.
[Groups] Library review doesn't show the image after the duplicated group is edited
[Library] Cannot preview an image in the the library preview window when the filename has the % and # characters
[Library] The same level of folder and file are not aligned.
Search is case sensitive:
Media rules:
[Media Rules] Dirty mark is not added when editing the breakpoint values in responsive panel
Editing groups in GWD with media rules has issues because the media rule contains a keyframes rule
[Media Rules][Multiple Files]: CSS panel gets disabled for non responsive file when there is a responsive file is open in document tab:
Panels:
[Panel behaviors] Tab dragging shows OS's Plus sign cursor when it shouldn't.
[Panel behaviors] Should not allow resizing a panel when there is no available vertical space:
Properties panel:
[Properties Panel] [3D] Using the PI to modify the Rotation and Translation of multiple elements have 3D matrix cause elements to get the maximum of negative 3D value
[Properties Panel] The translation, rotation and scale controls are not hidden in the Page Properties panel when nothing is selected on stage.
[Properties Panel] [Feature Request] "Fill" option should come before "Border" option under Style:
Templates:
Dynamic Remarketing Single Page with No Details has a custom CSS Class Issue that causes an erratic animation
[App promo] Error when previewing the app promo templates due to bad reference to gwdattached_min.js
Some templates are missing node
[Entertainment_TheaterLookup] The "Enter Zip" text truncated inside the input field
[VPAID] template preview is set to fixed size and not set to matchviewport:
Text:
[Copy and Paste] [Text in animation] When copying and pasting a text in animation, the last keyframe gets copied, not the base style.
[Text] Element is deselected when use escape key to close color popup.
[Text] Hyperlink button in the Options bar appears at far left if it is only in the overflow.
Timeline:
[Quick Mode] Page background color doesn't show in the thumbnail view
[Quick Mode] Thumbnail view shows the incorrect positioning of a child element when 3d is applied to a parent
Layer is required to be selected to be draggable
Select highlight of an id name field becomes deselected unexpectedly, which fails copying the text
[Quick Mode] [Feature Request] Please add functionality to select multiple thumbnails all at once
[Quick Mode] Lock state for the easing option does not get updated properly
The bottom horizontal scrollbar is hard to select and use in Timeline.
[Quick mode] If pen path shape is added to the stage in the second thumbnail, it will render in smaller size when preview.
[Quick mode] When undo the deletion of an empty thumbnail, keyframe time is added back in but the deleted thumbnail is not.
[Feature Request] Selecting multiple keyframes with 2 clicks (shift click)
[Feature Request] Please add support for step-start and step-end timing functions to create animations where things 'appear' or 'disappear' at given points in the animation.
[Feature Request] Adding timeline Zoom control to get the better view of grids and keyframes
Editing in the initial thumbnail/keyframe will update other thumbnails/keyframes
Setting no fill background color in the 2nd thumbnail/keyframe did not update correctly on stage.
[Advanced mode] The outlines will not return on stage when unlocking the layer if the div is selected when it is locked.
[Advanced mode] Timeline still allows to change the animation looping when the layer does not have animations.
[Feature Request] Confusing UI for length of animation
[Quick Mode] Easing is reset to Linear after undoing a deletion of thumbnail with mixed easing.
[Feature Request] Support click and drag to easily select consecutive hide/lock settings on layers.
[Timeline] Color animation loses its bg color when inserting a keyframe at 0 after delay is created
[Timeline Usability] When you drag a keyframe, the playhead follows but slightly off the center of the keyframe, which results in adding a new keyframe:
Zoom tool:
[Zoom Tool] Nested element's position is ignored when zooming.
Stage shifts when after zooming in/out:
Miscellaneous:
[Start page] Help items are not accessible from the Start page.
[Template Gallery] Flyout, Dropdown is not closed when clicking the button again.
[Publish] File is marked as dirty right after publish even the file is saved before.
The button label "Close" is not implicit enough to warn "without saving".
[New File Dialog] Expandable fullscreen lightbox ads should have their expanded page size set to 100% x 100%
Translating in Z in 3D space moves too fast on Windows, causing elements to go to extreme Z values.
[Feature Request] [Snapping] Settings for snap are not saved when GWD is relaunched
[File IO] Stage shifts when an ad file is created/opened after text file is created/opened
[Windows only] GWD doesn't support character with accents. Browser preview failed and error thrown in console
[Launch] After GWD webapp is updated, show a message in the notification bar right after launch to notify users of the update
Google Web Designer login problem when an account or advertiser name contains multiple spaces
KNOWN ISSUES:
Mac Sierra only: GWD launches in English when the locale is set to Simplified or Traditional Chinese. Workaround: switch to the correct language in GWD in the Start screen or in Help > Set language menu.
Only up to 4 panels can be grouped/tabbed together
White screen on launch if behind a web proxy. Please follow these instructions to change your proxy settings.
Mac Chrome, Opera, IE : Play button is not working in Google Web Designer Preview when Autoplay preview is on. Workaround: remove localhost from the URL to use file:///
Linux only: File drag and drop from the file system to Google Web Designer is not working. Workaround: use File > Import assets or Add asset from the Library
Downloading iCalendar ics file is not supported on Safari desktop browser.
It is not possible to have more than one map component or street view component, or a map and a street view component in the same creative.
Linux only: if the browser (Chrome or Firefox) is launched by Google Web Designer for preview, Google Web Designer cannot be closed unless the browser is closed first.
Linux only: Google Web Designer sometimes loses focus and is unable to take keyboard input when switching between apps. Workaround: resize the Google Web Designer window to bring focus back to the app.
Video Component on iOS doesn't play a video multiple time if the source file .mp4 is the unique source. Workaround: include in the sources at least 2 video files. (it can be the same one repeated). Is CRUCIAL that the .mp4 is not the last video listed in the sources if other formats are used. Valid options are therefore:
.mp4, .ogv, .webm
.mp4, .mp4
.webm, .mp4, .ogv

New in Google Web Designer 1.6.4.1010 Beta (Oct 12, 2016)

New in Google Web Designer 1.6.3.1004 Beta (Oct 6, 2016)

New in Google Web Designer 1.6.2.0916 Beta (Sep 21, 2016)

New in Google Web Designer 1.6.1.0620 Beta (Jun 22, 2016)

Fixes & Improvements:
Code view:
[Feature Request] Enable line wrap
[Feature Request] Add the key stroke for switching from Code view to Design view (Shift-Ctrl-C, Shift-Cmd-C)
Components and Ads Runtime:
[YouTube] On mobile devices, pausing a video before it is played renders it inoperable.
[Performance] Spritesheet component with preview on the stage shows a significant time delay in performance
[Component icons] The icons on the stage are solid white so they block the image preview.
[Swipeable gallery] [Feature Request] Pause media feature on swipeable gallery
[Swipeable gallery] Autoplay not working when a video is part of a group used in a swipe gallery in Firefox and Safari
[Carousel] Fit Image] causes neighbor separation issues. After the fix: If the gallery has only images, the effective frame width is always clamped to the actual image width.
[Video] Background images for the video files are not consistent between ad and html docs
[SpriteSheet] [Galleries][Swipeable/Carousel gallery] Image on stage is not scaled as per settings in the Properties panel
[Component background] Image is not rendering on stage when there is a white space in the image name
[Component background]: Component Image background is not refreshed once the image is added in Library
[360gallery] goForwards() and goBack() methods do not wrap when wrapping is enabled.
Color:
Missing colorchips in color panel when drawing an element which has preflight gradient color
Color mixer picker (circle) appears outside of mixer
[Swatches] Trash can icon is enabled before any custom swatch gets added
[Properties panel] The input field does not accept HTML color names and rgb(a) strings
CSS panel:
Mousewheel/Trackpad should change the input values in CSS panel
[i18n][l10n] element.style is localized.
Minor ui issue: When scrolling down the panel, the bottom border line becomes thicker
[Feature Request] Add ability to select and copy the entire rule. In order to paste the entire rule into another rule in CSS panel, first “Add property” is required to be clicked, then paste can be done. Pasting into code view or a text editor works normally.
A style selector name should be able to pasted (applied) to another element
Undo/Redo issue when shorthand and subproperties (e.g., 'border' and 'border-color') are both defined in a declaration
Dynamic:
YouTube component if dynamic ignores autoplay="none"
Getting Uncaught TypeError in dev console on opening a saved Doubleclick dynamic file if a text file is opened first.
[Bindings] Element Attribute box is not highlighted in red border when trying to save the changes without making a selection in the dropdown.
[Dynamic properties] Cannot see the full length of the Data window on bindings that are close to the bottom of the dialog.
Events:
[Events dialog] Enter/Return key does not close the dialog
Rotate to Landscape/Portrait event is not dispatched on Chrome.
[Groups] [Events] When opening an event for a group from child level, the event panel shows incomplete event paths.
Events dialog doesn't show other pages' Timeline labels as potential receivers for Timeline goto actions. Now it is possible access to labels in timeline on a different page using Events dialog, but need to make sure it is still required to set Go to Page event for each timeline event to work. Timeline event, gotoAndPlayNtimes is not supported in this case.
[Feature Request] Event target should be pre-populated if a single element with an id is selected on stage.
Library:
Library preview does not show in non-English build and swapped image has wrong dimension
[Mac] Unable to drag multiple selected assets from the Library to stage
Change a tooltip "Add asset" to "Import assets" to match the main menu
Media Rules:
[Publish] Page summary does not show 100%x100% for Expandable page
Fluid Alignment Bug — Identity Transform Issue
Sub fly-out menu for "Presets" has a different background color
Run-time error occurs when creating text on the stage while a media rule is active.
[Viewport tool][Options bar] "Presets:" displayed instead of dimension if selected item is in a different category of the menu.
Properties panel:
Page Id is not rendering in Properties panel when creating a new file
Scale lock icon displaces row layout
Input fields usability issues in Properties Panel
Unable to use the up/down arrows on px % unit menu
Negative numbers should not be allowed in properties for spritesheet
Selecting multiple same type elements, Properties panel shows "Page" for element type
The px % dropdown is not visible when the control is at the bottom of the panel
Unexpected behavior when applying 3D position or rotation to multiple selected elements
[Feature Request] Add tooltip for fields in component properties including advanced properties
Page does not have component properties by itself like other components
Selection:
[Feature Request] Move of object on the stage should be constrained to vertical/horizontal with Shift Key down. When dragging elements on the stage, they are constrained to move vertically or horizontally with Shift key down. Ctrl/Cmd key while moving elements will snap in 3d.
[Feature Request] Enable shift marquee selection. Shift marquee will add the elements to the current selection and un-select the currently selected elements.
UI Alignment Tab ignores decimal positioning values when updating values
Templates:
TTemplates that have custom components cause runtime errors when creating a new document from these templates if the custom components are already installed.
[Template Gallery] Scrollbar of the details overlay is hard to see.
Incorrect error message when trying to use existed name when creating a new file from template
[New From Template] Dimension dropdown is not updated after re-selecting it in the gallery.
[Save as template] Dialog shouldn't be closed when try to save with existing name.
[Save as template] is not a modal dialog.
[Templates][App promo] Custom component does not get installed from App Promo Engagement Date Swap template when user’s documents/google web designer/components folder does not exist.
Text:
[Font Face]: Font face src URL is missing in preview and published file
Font dialog re-opens and then doesn't close.
Key modifiers (shift or alt) are not applying to text creation.
Width, Height and Transform values are being added to the text box if single click to create the text box and click on it again.
Font size picker in text toolbar loses focus when changing the value.
Text element class would not display in CSS panel after changing to a different tag.
Clicking on modified subtext doesn't show the cursor.
[Options bar] If the toolbar options appears in the overflow menu, the Text tool options (Color and Web Link) will apply to the whole text even only part of the text is selected originally.
Scrolling in text mode creates a text element
Text toolbar shows undesirable state after set as default.
Tag combobox layout issue which causes overlapping in some languages
Timeline:
Animation delay is ignored or some properties are not respected, which affects the preview
Ctrl+C (copy) and Ctrl+V (paste) don't work in ID fields in layers
-webkit-filter:blur(); in the keyframes does not render in Preview and Publish
Bottom layers are not visible when scrolled down when there are >15-20 layers.
[Feature Request] Make master eye and lock icon clickable to hide/lock all layers
F6 to insert a keyframe doesn't work at 0. After the fix: The first keyframe for a layer can still not be at time 0, but as long as the layer already has an animation then 0 is a valid time.
[Quick mode] Add keyframe button "+" icon is hard to see.
Shift+Select multiple spans does not work
Quick mode and Pro mode will appear together when closing the Event dialog after switching between two modes for a few times.
[Timeline] keyframes/playhead still snap to grids, even when "Keyframe snapping" is off in the gear icon menu.
Locking and unlocking a layer disables id field
Animations involving id selectors are broken if an id is changed via the timeline.
Linear and radial gradients inside animation rules do not have the correct browser prefix when published
Animation is out of sync if the timeline is scrubbed while a group is being edited.
Remove keyframe does not remove all selected keyframes
[Feature Request] Double-clicking on the resizer above the Timeline title bar to maximize/minimize the Timeline (like other panels)
Miscellaneous:
[Audio tag] [Customer issue] controls attribute is deleted from audio tag when the document is reloaded
[Cut and Paste] Element borders with a gradient color are not handled properly by cut and paste.
[Image Upload Dialog] The listed items are not aligned if the images are more than 10.
[New File] Add additional hover expansion trigger to new expandables with Fullscreen turned on
[New File Dialog] - AdMob - Dual Orientation not supported but can be selected in the UI
Performance issue in switching between documents
[CSS] The width and height styles of canvas elements are not updated when the stroke size is changed
[CSS] Empty style attribute is written when an element is dragged on stage
[Drawing Tools] Cursor of drawing tool and text tool are not crisp.
[Ruler UI] XY, XZ,YZ axes indicators don't appear correctly or really hard to see
[Ruler] On/Off ruler state does not persist after closing the file and re-opening.
[SVG] edits are not retained when doing Save As.
[Swap Image] When a document contains "&" in its name, Swap Image feature does not work correctly.
Alt-key drawing for center-out drawing doesn't always draw from the center.
Keyboard shortcuts can still be used when modal dialog (such as Dynamic dialog) is up.
[Drop-downs and Menus] Text color and focus highlight are inconsistent throughout the app
[Zoom control] The "+" and "-" from the zoom control is not visible against the white background when hover
[Position Expandable Ad Tool] Error happens when trying to close the file from offset position mode.
[Position Expandable Ad Tool] Opaque display of the page appears incorrectly when changing dimensions of the page

New in Google Web Designer 1.6.0.0429 Beta (May 3, 2016)

NEW FEATURES:
Responsive layout:
Google Web Designer has added the ability to create responsive layouts for your documents. For ad designers, this means creating a single ad that can restyle its elements as the orientation or size changes, rather than having to create multiple similar ads. Keeping with standard responsive design principles, Google Web Designer uses CSS3 media queries to let you apply different styling rules for different sized ads.
The responsive design UI lets you easily create breakpoints for both horizontal and vertical viewport changes, letting you create ads that can be styled for different sizes and orientations. You can also create distinct portrait and landscape versions with a separate set of breakpoints for each orientation.
Google Web designer helps you keep track of the different horizontal and vertical ranges in your ad by showing each range as a different colored bar above the rulers. Each rectangle where different ranges intersect is represented by its own style.
New User Interface and panel workflow:
Inspired by material design, the user interface has been re-designed for visual appeal and ease of use. Some features have been moved to be easier to find, and others have been rearranged to provide a more consistent experience.
The panels in Google Web Designer can be resized, rearranged, and overlapped so that you can have the access you need without unused panels getting in the way.
Component presentation on stage:
Components now show representations of their contents on stage so it’s possible to align images, and visualize layout without needing to preview the changes each time you make a change.
Text Improvements:
You can now apply and define default fonts for text styles in the text tag dropdown.
The workflow for adding Google fonts is now simpler
Code Editor Enhancements:
New color themes have been added, giving you a more than a dozen color schemes to choose from
You can now choose from several key mappings, including mappings for Emacs, Sublime, and Vim
Once set, your color theme and key map are saved across sessions
Easy access to code view with Shift+Command/Ctrl+C keystroke
FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS:
Code view:
Change the highlight color of the text selection
Save the same code theme across the session
When switching Theme, everything is highlighted in brackets { }
Tab key inserts the tab character
Cursor becomes I-beam pointer when hovering over the scroll bars
Search bar covers search word when word at top of document and search wraps
Components and Ads Runtime:
Change "Swipable" to "Swipeable"
[Swipeable gallery] Autoplay should start from first frame in page, not current/center frame
[Feature Request] Carousel pause media on frame change
[Carousel gallery][Preview] Navigation indicators overlaps the frame
[Carousel Gallery][I18N/L10N] Untranslated strings in Advanced settings
[StreetView] Inputs for Heading and Pitch fields should be validated as decimal numbers
[Map] Adds support for re-positioning the Map to a different center location after it has been rendered
[360 Gallery][Feature Request] prevent the 360 Gallery component from wrapping the first and last images by adding an optional wrap="false" attribute
[Save All] if a BYOC custom element is in a file that's not the current active document, Save all has a runtime error
Counter automatically added when using Tap Area Component
[BYOC Component] "Unable to download one or more files" error
[BYOC Component] When deleting BYOC components from stage, css class is not removed
Extra Exits added to creative upon upload to Studio
[Component][TapArea][Event]: Exit override url throw error with apostrophe in a url
ExitOverride mistakenly adds Counter event (that never fires) for dynamic ads
GWD text-fit truncation bug in Firefox and Internet Explorer
CSS panel:
Ability to increment/decrement values in CSS Panel by using up/down or shift-up/down
Dirty marker does not update when editing css properties via css panel
Rules rendered multiple times after adding rule with existing selector
Property invalidation only works in inline style
Rule with #id selector not shown for new element after ID is assigned
Deleted rule re-added to wrong element, after change selection and undo delete
Stage selection bounding box in wrong place after undo rule delete
Style property "Add" button does not reappear if new style blurred
Unexpected state after disabled CSS property undo
Multiple rules with same selector: wrong rule deleted on redo delete
Pseudo-class selector displayed with internal fix after undo
Cannot undo property value change after undo rule delete
Multiple instances of the same class selector appears after adding an element from the code view
Classes with pseudo-selectors not displayed if added in Code View
Custom inline style on GWD node detaches from CSS UI panel but still persists in code view when deleted from Design View
Cannot set property with !important flag in the inline style
Dynamic:
Text UI boxes are small and inconsistent with other UI
[Bindings dialog] Please localize the strings "Exit override URL" for Tap Area Component.
Custom binding attributes (added in code view) must be displayed in element properties dropdown
JSONSchema parsed not properly handling "definitions" and "$ref"
error "profile information could not be fetched" when there is a space at the end of the profile name
Stage turns black when opening a dynamic file that is missing dynamic account info.
Preview not properly rendering the creative
Smooth out user flow for dynamic binding UI for Doubleclick creatives by using a default option when no schema is selected
Support JSONSchema definitions to support object arrays
GWD preview fails if dynamic payload contains = or &
No error message shown in the butter bar or inside the Dynamic dialog when trying to sign in with an email account that has no access to Studio.
Studio advertiser level login can not create data binding
GMD feed binding not showing image_derived object's child properties.
File IO:
[Windows only] GWD is crashing when importing a large image to the stage
No error message when trying to create a file in a read-only directory
Empty error message when creating a file from template and save in a read-only directory
The selection is not cleared when closing a GwdDocument if the next current document happens to be a TextDocument
[Feature Request] Add keyboard shortcut for Save all
Close file key (Command+W) repeatedly starts graying out the app
Code gets reformatted after the ad file is saved, closed, and re-opened
Library:
Multiple file selection gets deselected when the library panel is scrolled
SVG image files do not show the correctly dimensions in the Library preview window
Wrong warning message in butter bar when editing the image source in the Properties panel
[Mac only] Not able to delete asset in library panel when using the "control" key to bring out the context menu
Templates:
Templates fail to preview from the Templates gallery
[Feature Request] Clean up old un-used template files in user system
"images" attributes should not be used for Gallery Navigation Components
YouTube Masthead Video Thumbnails In-Page - problem with playing multiple videos
AppEng_Std_Fade broken Kaboom image in carousel from in source path
AppEng_Std_Slide is broken in portrait (document is set to 0x0)
Dashed outline around the ad not removed automatically in template verticals
Missing Asset & incorrect src path: "Travel with Search Form 300x250 600x250"
Text:
Improve "add Google font" flow: more font... is now added to the Font dropdown
When using Input options bar showing font false, size 0, and font color none
The block becomes editable after Indent More/Less selection
Right/Left arrow keys are causing the stage to move
Quote is not applied correctly when applying it to second
tag
Inline style is not applied to a selected text block when the same inline style is already applied to a part of text
Text tool becomes unstable after using Undo
Pasting in a text box preserves HTML
Text in the copied text block is wrapping while original text block text is not
BR tag is visible
Edit element's added classes are lost when exiting the edit element.
Font is not updating when creating a new doc
Feature Request: Support Custom Font use in GWD
Words wrap differently when editing
Text block becomes very tiny (1px width) after shrinking it using handles
Able to draw a text block inside of another text block
Timeline:
Layer or keyframe selection gets lost with using the vertical scroll bar in Timeline
UI doesn't change when "looping" is on or off
Timeline layer alignment breaks, shifts up, rulers and playhead are hidden
Child animation does not play after copying and pasting of a parent animation that has animation
Miscellaneous:
[Selection] Single click to select moves elements unexpectedly on the stage
[Selection] anchor element cannot be selected when it's on top of another element
[Stage] Unable to move scroll bars after mouse move outside the stage, and mouse up over some other part of the workspace, such as the Tools panel
Studio account and creative info should be removed when Save As a different file
[Studio][Dual Interstitial ad] Landscape page doesn't work on device and in studio (mobile web)
[CSS] Preview and publish fail when a GWD unsupported CSS at-rule is used (@import)
[Fedora] Google Web Designer failed to upgrade due to the missing Google signing key
[Color] Undo won't return removed color stop
[Color] Saved custom swatches are not shown in the color popup in the options bar
[Dynamic][Publish] Newly added advertiser (shared with other Studio Account) cannot be selected in Publish to Studio dialog and Dynamic dialog.
[Groups][UI] Extra HTML codes appears in the warning message "The following event handlers will be deleted because they have a target inside the group and a receiver outside the group."
[Groups] Groups runtime broken when "Groups Unpacking" disabled during publish
[Zoom] Marquee zoom leaves the black selection box on stage

New in Google Web Designer 1.5.4.0113 Beta (Jan 20, 2016)

New in Google Web Designer 1.5.3.1209 Beta (Dec 10, 2015)

New in Google Web Designer 1.5.2.1202 Beta (Dec 3, 2015)

New in Google Web Designer 1.5.1.1118 Beta (Nov 19, 2015)

New in Google Web Designer 1.5.0.1117 Beta (Nov 17, 2015)

NEW FEATURES SINCE VERSION 1.4.2.0915:
Animation improvements:
In the previous releases, when using the selection tool or transform tool to animate an element’s position or size, top/left or width/height property changes were used, which showed slow performance and caused choppy and jittery animation. Scale was not supported, and rotation animation was also limited. In this release, instead of saving CSS transforms using a matrix3d function, Google Web Designer now outputs the CSS transforms using translate3d, rotateZ, rotateY, rotateX, and scale3d functions which are easier to understand and modify.
When using the selection tool to animate an element’s position, translate3d is used in the keyframe rules
When using the transform tool to animate an element’s size, scale3d is used in the keyframe rules.
Scale settings are in the Properties panel
It is now possible to animate a rotation more than 360 degrees.
Animation created in the new release using Translation and Scale model is smoother and faster.
Note: Files with animation created in the previous version with top, left, width, height properties will not be converted to translation and scale. However, new animations will use translation and scale by default.
Other improvements in the Timeline/animation:
Timeline Looping: you can now specify the number of looping for an entire animation using the Events dialog:
Add a timeline label at the start of your animation where you want the animation to loop from.
Add a timeline event at the end of the animation and double click on the event marker to set the event:
Target = page id
Event = Timeline > event id
Action = Timeline > gotoAndPlayNTimes
Receiver = page id
Configuration = label name and number of loops
Pressing “Enter” as a shortcut to play and stop animation on stage has been added
Dynamic support for Studio:
With the new release, DoubleClick Studio users can build dynamic creatives with data bindings within Google Web Designer. Users can bind Studio profiles to the dynamic properties of the elements such as text, exit URLs, images, background color and more using the Dynamic Panel.
Spritesheet Animator Component:
Spritesheets can minimize the number of files in a creative, and give animators a familiar way to create keyframe animation. Designers can now load spritesheets (multiple images rendered into one file) as individual images on the stage or as a keyframe animations.
Street View Component:
The Street View component lets designers put Street View imagery into their ads, and lets ad users interact with the street view images by panning and rotating the view.
Text Improvements:
Improved stage interaction when creating or selecting a text element or selecting existing text. You can use the 'Esc' key to deselect text.
New handles to resize the text block.
Text is movable by dragging its edge.
Corner handles show the presence or width/height and/or left/top.
Timeline shows the text content when an element doesn't have an id.
Timeline shows text in thumbnail on multiple lines if needed.
Tag dropdown allows only text elements.
New contextual menu items allow to copy/apply text styles across documents.
After adding a web font, the last added web font will be automatically selected and applied to the selected text element.
'Add web font' dialog allows filter on type style or category.
New Templates:
GDN LightBox - This template lets users build cross-device Fullscreen Lightbox ads that adapt to various screen sizes and orientations, and once created can be directly uploaded using Publish to DoubleClick.
VPAID - This template enables the Video Player Ad Interface Definition, a protocol for communication between an ads and video players, which lets rich media ads be displayed within a video player environment.
Code Editor Enhancements:
Search box: When searching (via keyboard shortcut CTRL/CMD + F) a new search box is displayed at the top of the editor. Pressing Enter will select the first result. Pressing enter again will move to the next occurrence. Pressing Shift+Enter will move to the previous occurrence.
Two new color themes for the code editor:
Light Theme reduces brightness contrast, but unlike many low contrast color schemes, it retains contrasting hues (based on color-wheel relations) for syntax highlighting readability.
Dark Theme uses an inverted color scheme, with minor adjustment on the background tones to better fit the overall UI.
Text shadow: introducing a subtle text shadow, we further smooth the perception of the text.
Swipable Gallery Improvements:
A new Autoplay Step Interval property has been added to set the time for each frame to play during gallery autoplay. By default, the total autoplay duration is divided evenly to display each frame a single time, but setting the Autoplay Step Interval to a smaller value than the default will cause the gallery to start at the beginning and display frames multiple times.
Frame autoplayed event: during autoplay frame autoplayed will be dispatched on each frame, one after another, so that each frame is most recently "autoplayed" for an equal amount of time. This means that if frame-snap-interval is greater than one, the event will be dispatched multiple times between gallery transitions.
Video Component Improvement:
Added video Set Sources as an action in events flow
Change in Image Button Component Load Event:
Image Button “Load” event is deprecated in this release. An “Image button loaded” (‘imagebuttonloaded’) event is added instead. This fixes problems where the load event could be sent multiple times, before the component was actually loaded, or not sent at all.
Creatives that were built using the load event will now show the event as a custom event, rather than an Image button specific event.
FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS SINCE VERSION 1.4.2.0915:
Animation/Timeline:
Jittery Animation
Not able to rotate more than 360 degrees
The rotation of Y axis is restricted at -90° and 90° in Properties panel
Inserting a keyframe in between adds matrix() in keyframes which causes issues in IE
[Feature Request] ‘Enter’ as the Shortcut Key for Play in the timeline
[Feature Request] Save layer settings such as show only animated layers, lock and visibility upon file-save
[Feature Request][Timeline] Please add configuration (N times loop) to gotoAndPlay
Components and Runtime:
Galleries:
[Gallery] [Groups] Groups are not previewed in the order as appeared in the Groups Attribute in the Gallery properties panel when the group has a bind-each binding.
[Feature Request] [Swipable Gallery] Add .firstVisibleFrameIndex and .lastVisibleFrameIndex properties to gwd-swipegallery to allow access to first visible item's index
[Galleries][Navigation] "First interaction" and "Left/right end" events not dispatched by interaction with gallery navigation
Video:
[Feature Request] [Video] Add video Set Sources as an action in events flow
[Video] Mute toggle button issue: when setting the audio to 0 and then mute the player, it doesn't unmute properly
YouTube:
[YouTube] Align supported YouTube Player attributes to the last release of H5 YouTube embedded player
[YouTube] Loop is not working
[YouTube] [Feature request] Introducing autoUnmute after interaction
[YouTube] Sound plays on YouTube Player while in intro/preview auto-play state on Masthead ad format.
[YouTube] Sound plays on YouTube Player while in intro/preview autoplay state on Masthead ad format.
[YouTube] Pause listener is fired twice when you collapse an expanding creative
Map is broken when going to the other pages
Image Button:
[Image Button] - Flickering on first rollover
[Image button] Preview does not work in Firefox and Safari if Image Button Load event is used for setting the image sources.
[Image Button] Images are not included when using Save As
Add new 'Image Button loaded' event to replace its the broken 'load' event.
[Feature Request] Make Exit url an optional field. In AdWords Enabler, this field must be empty as the url is provided in AdWords UI. Even in Studio Enabler, the url field is optional as the URL may be provided in the Studio UI.
Dynamic:
[Dynamic] [Preview] If previewing 2 or more dynamic files from the same project directory, the size of the ad will switch when selecting a different feed.
Switching Data Schema clears common feed attributes from Bindings
Events:
[Feature Request] Display page name in the event configuration dialog instead of Page ID
Network Drive workflow:
[Network drive] [Mac only]: Error 'Unable to download one or more files for gwd-doubleclick' when opening a file on the shared network drive
[Network drive] [Mac only] Fail to create a new file from templates when saving the file to the network drive
[Network Drive] [Mac only] Preview fails when files are on the network drive
Templates:
[Store Locator] Add the "submit" function via the Enter key
[App Promo] Cannot move the "appBgGallery" swipable gallery component due to transform scale style set in the inline style
Two AdWords Dynamic remarketing templates listed under DoubleClick
[YouTube Masthead Templates] "Collapse on Exit" should be unchecked in the Youtube Masthead templates
Text:
[Text][Quick Mode] Switching Tag type for the text element loses thumbnail view
Miscellaneous:
[Publish to Studio] Cannot sign in to Studio from GWD with accounts managed by third party company.
[Feature Request] View > Outlines settings are not remembered
Fonts don't work in IE and Firefox when using @font-face CSS style
[Library] [Network drive] [Mac only] Unable to delete from the Library when files are on the network drive
[SVG] Image size changes on stage after coming back from edit mode when it is grouped and Break apart
[Interstitial] [Match Viewport] No option to toggle on/off match viewport
Add "Match viewport" as an option when selecting the expanding environment.
Unable to draw div after using UNDO twice when using the CSS panel
CSS Top and Left have the exponential values when drawing a nested element and causes failed animation
[Stage] Right click on stage besides any element shows an empty menu.
Moving multiple elements with even a single 3D element will set 3D transforms on all selected elements
Known Issues:
Video Component on iOS doesn't play a video multiple time if the source file .mp4 is the unique source. Workaround: include in the sources at least 2 video files. (it can be the same one repeated). Is CRUCIAL that the .mp4 is not the last video listed in the sources if other formats are used. Valid options are therefore: 1.mp4, 1.ogv, 1.webm, 1.mp4, 1.mp4, 1.webm, 1.mp4, 1.ogv
White screen on launch if behind a web proxy. Please follow these instructions to change your proxy settings.
Mac Chrome, Opera, IE : Play button is not working in Google Web Designer Preview when Autoplay preview is on. Workaround: remove localhost from the URL to use file:///
Linux only: File drag and drop from the file system to Google Web Designer is not working. Workaround: use File > Import assets or Add asset from the Library
Downloading iCalendar ics file is not supported on Safari desktop browser.
It is not possible to have more than one map component or street view component, or a map and a street view component in the same creative.
Mobile Web: orientation change is not detected in Studio preview and on the devices
Linux only: if the browser (Chrome or Firefox) is launched by Google Web Designer for preview, Google Web Designer cannot be closed unless the browser is closed first.
Linux only: Google Web Designer sometimes loses focus and is unable to take keyboard input when switching between apps. Workaround: resize the Google Web Designer window to bring focus back to the app.

New in Google Web Designer 1.4.2.0915 Beta (Oct 22, 2015)

New in Google Web Designer 1.3.2.0521 Beta (May 23, 2015)

New in Google Web Designer 1.3.0.0410 Beta (Apr 14, 2015)

NEW FEATURES:
Add to Calendar Component:
The Add to Calendar component lets you create event reminders that users can add to their calendars. Google Web Designer supports Google, Windows Live, Yahoo, and iCalendar formats.
Image Button Component:
The Image Button Component lets you create a button element easily with no coding. The component renders a button with three states (up, over, down), with each state can displaying a different image.
Studio Asset Library Integration:
In addition to the Local Asset Library, the DoubleClick Studio Asset Library is now exposed in Google Web Designer, showing the assets that exist in the creative designer’s account in DoubleClick Studio. They can now be easily reused while creating new creatives in Google Web Designer.
Dynamic ads:
With the new dynamic feature, users can build dynamic creatives with data bindings within GWD. Users will bind the dynamic properties of the elements such as text, exit URLs, images, background color and more thru the Dynamic Panel in GWD. This feature is a limited beta release for a test group of preselected AdWords customers only.
New file choices and Templates:
Google Web Designer provides pre-built ad templates from the new Template dialog. Users can browse template gallery and preview them before using. You can also create your own template files by saving files as templates.
Groups Enhancement:
The Groups feature has been enhanced to let you break apart group instances.
Swipeable and Carousel Gallery Enhancement:
Group elements can be added to Swipeable and Carousel gallery by entering group names in the Properties Inspector. Scaling options for the images has also been added.
FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
Components and Runtime:
gwd-gesture component is unable to detect swipes in Firefox
[YouTube] Add public getCurrentTime method to YouTube component
Pause media on exit by default unless it is turned off explicitly
[YouTube] YouTube component fails tracking post reorientation
[Expandable Ad]: iOS 8.1.1 : Need to click twice on banner page to expand
Swipe Gallery Autoplay should stop when user interacts with the Ad.
[Swipable/Carousel/360 Gallery] Trailing commas create the empty image URL entries in Gallery Images
Miscellaneous:
[Publish to Studio] Publish to Studio fails because DoubleClick API call doesn't return account's advertiser list when there are more than 20 advertisers that contain the same search strings.
[Groups]: Metrics is not added for a component when editing a group with ID
[Groups] Renaming while a group in does not update to the new name in breadcrumb display
[Groups]:"Display:none;" results in corruption
[Groups][Component] : Component metrics is not removed when we delete a component from a Group
[Groups][Component] : Metrics counter for group instance is not counted if it is in a different page
[Assets Library] Moving a folder with a conflicting name into the directory should append _ to the folder name.
[SVG] Undo for moving a path of SVG revises to pre-undo position.
[SVG] Unable to update SVG to PNG/JPG/GIF and preview correctly in browser
[Edit Page][PI] PI width/height values get mixed up from the previous page and GWD becomes unresponsive.
Images are crashing Firefox
KNOWN ISSUES:
White screen on launch if behind a web proxy. Please follow these instructions to change your proxy settings
Mac Chrome, Opera, IE : Play button is not working in GWD Preview when Autoplay preview is on. Workaround: remove localhost from the URL to use file:///
Linux only: File drag and drop from the file system to Google Web Designer is not working. Workaround: use File > Import assets or Add asset from the Library
Downloading iCalendar ics file is not supported on Safari desktop browser

New in Google Web Designer 1.2.1.0121 Beta (Jan 27, 2015)

Components:
[YouTube] Add fullscreen functionality to YouTube Component
[YouTube] Expose the "playsinline" option in the YouTube Player
[YouTube] GWD YouTube Component loads Flash YouTube player in Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer
[YouTube] YouTube player cannot be paused during preview
[YouTube] Metric Tracking Issue: Matching metric names are blocking tracking
Media elements must be paused on exit
[Galleries] Blue borders appears around the navigation while clicking the taparea with Touch Click > Go backwards event
[Galleries] Active highlight won't change in navigation while the 360 gallery autoplays in Preview
Library:
Drag and drop images are not added to the Library panel in GWD if the project folder is on an expansion drive
Warning dialog remains in the app after deleting asset(s) and error thrown in dev console. Click OK again or Cancel will dismiss the warning dialog
After dragging-dropping a large image to GWD stage, a layer doesn't draw for the image and no image shown on the stage.
The asset preview does not show for Video and Audio components in the group.
Not able to add assets to library via Add button when there are multiple documents
No preview in library preview section when previewing a large image file
Preview image remains below the "NO PREVIEW AVAILABLE" when switching documents
Asset preview is missing for a Text group
Asset Preview is missing for the original rectangle and Line shape group after saving and reopening a file
[Localization] New folder name is not set properly
Add number increments for creating generic folder name
Add the functionality to be able to drag the entire folder with assets onto stage
Groups:
Grouping doesn't preserve events targeting gwd-doubleclick
In plain HTML file, the SVG image source is changed to "blob" once the group is edited in isolation mode
Error editing SVG image and exiting Edit in Isolation mode
It does not show the group with SVG image when previewing in Firefox and Safari
Getting error when double-clicking on the SVG file inside a group after saved and reopened the file
Cannot select a group on stage that placed behind another group that is locked
Layer order changes when a group is edited in isolation
Video autoplay is not triggered inside a group
In a plain HTML file, an SVG image is not displayed after being imported into a group that has other elements in it
Not able use arrow keys to nudge in the group dialog box
Unable to delete a group from asset library once we edit in code view
Can't apply opacity to a group in keyframes from PI
SVG:
A complex SVG file loses details after being grouped
SVG clamps up the linear gradient "stop offset" value between 0% to 100%
Changes in the edited svg file didn't shown up in preview and published file
Error thrown in dev console when double-clicking on the SVG file created in Illustrator
Text:
Fonts with no "normal" variant are not properly being loaded in the font picker
Adds a search bar and button to the Google Fonts dialog to enable filtering of the font list
Timeline:
Saving a file with infinite loop setting throws errors and makes another file not functional
Layer reordering gets incorrect when switching pages
GWD freezes when switching between tabs while playing animation and using Code View
Animation delay doesn't work correctly when page transition is applied
UI breaks when dragging a keyframe all the way to the end of the timeline
Miscellaneous:
Update copyright year
Miscellaneous internationalization and localization issues

New in Google Web Designer 1.2.0.1203 Beta (Dec 9, 2014)

NEW FEATURES:
Audio Component:
The Audio component lets you place audio in your ad or HTML5 document, and control audio functions using events.
Enhanced Galleries:
The Swipable gallery and Carousel gallery have been upgraded to allow thumbnail and icon navigation elements, and the Swipable gallery has been upgraded to allow multiple-frame swiping.
Gallery Navigation Component:
The Gallery Navigation component lets you place a standalone thumbnail or icon navigation in your creative.
Groups:
Groups are reusable, user-defined collections of elements that can be manipulated as a single object. Groups can be placed in documents as "instances", which are references to the group's elements. Using multiple instances of the same group gives you a smaller file size than when you copy and paste the same content outside of a group.
Import Assets Dialog:
With the new Import Assets functionality, users can bring assets like images and videos into their creatives through standard import dialog.
Library:
The Library feature lets you store and manage all your creative assets and groups. You can add, delete, organize, and sort assets, and then drag those assets from the library to the workspace.
Position Expandable Tool:
Lets you easily control the direction an expandable ad expands. In this mode, you can see the expanded state as a semi-transparent overlay on the banner state as you visually position them in reference to each other.
SVG Basic Editing:
Basic SVG editing is supported in this release, including color editing for SVG elements and line and stroke style editing.
YouTube Autoplay Preview:
YouTube autoplay has been enhanced to add Preview and Intro autoplay varieties to the the autoplay options. This lets advertisers use the full range of autoplay options in GWD autoplay ads.
FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
Components:
Components inside a gwd-page must reload if attribute value changes
Metrics is not added for multiple Youtube component
Unable to change the color of any components after inserting a keyframe
[IE10: Windows7] RichMedia creative not expanding on second and succeeding load
Events:
Events should allow Window-based events
Move "Go to page" action from DoubleClick component category to Page Deck
Publish:
lightbox overflow:visible manual setting overwritten on publish
The style content in the media query is removed when published if "@media" css media query is added directly into the code
[Publish to Studio][Publish to Drive] Many of the hyperlinks of the Sign in with Google Account dialogs are not working
Publish settings to be retained with the document
[Publish locally] Need a concrete error message for "Target folder doesn't exist" instead of "error code 204" with publish locally operation
Clicking the Publish button is opening the Publish to Studio dialog for non-Ad file if the Publish to Studio dialog is opened previously on an Ad file
Timeline:
Browser preview shows incorrect animation after undoing the deletion of layers or keyframes
When cut/deleting animation layer and undoing it, the stage preview does not show the preview at the playhead
Component Id name displayed in a layer gets reverted back by clicking on the stage
Image in the thumbnail doesn't change when disabling styles in CSS panel
If the ratio for the locked properties was undefined then the linked size property was being updated incorrectly
Style does not get applied to the text when user enters it in the 2nd keyframe or after
Undo removes a Div's inlined style
Element is selectable when clicking on a locked layer and therefore can be changed when it's lock in the timeline
Miscellaneous:
Border gradient does not render correctly if the border size is changed once the border-size is 0
Parser for gradient fails if the 0 value contains no unit
[Windows] GWD app is not relaunching at its last closed position if it was docked to the sides using Aura snapping
Console error when clicking on the text container
Align support should work to 3D element that are still in the plane
When renaming Page with &, it returns &
The disclosure arrow icon for sub-menus is not centered vertically
Dash '-' cannot be used in the ID for element
Stage disappears when selecting Duplicate Page
Undoing checking/unchecking a checkbox in PI doesn't work when using keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl key becomes sticky and sets translate Z mode even if Ctrl key has been released if a modal dialog is displayed as part of processing the key event
data-gwd-override-style and data-gwd-style are not removed by StylesController.clearOverrideStyle in some cases
Nested object names should show up in breadcrumbs above timeline instead of generic object
[Fill Tool] Selection highlight appears on child element instead the parent when hovering over the child element.
Add ability to drag a video to stage
The Front View, Top View, Side View options are not working correctly across documents

New in Google Web Designer 1.1.3.1119 Beta (Nov 21, 2014)

New in Google Web Designer 1.1.3.1028 Beta (Oct 31, 2014)

New in Google Web Designer 1.1.3.1015 Beta (Oct 27, 2014)

New in Google Web Designer 1.1.2.0.814 Beta (Sep 1, 2014)

Components:
[Gesture] Touch-action attribute with pan-x/pan-y does not disable touch events as expected
Default actions for generic expandable file is not set in events panel
Engagement Ad - If build Engagement Ad in GWD, creative does not expand the second time.
[Video] Seek label should be changed to seeked
Gallery with another gallery embedded inside does not load properly
[Image] Image component background is visible in design view when Image with the transparent background is dragged, saved, and then reopened
[Video component] Video event labels "Play" "Playing" are confusing
Tap to Call sometimes does not work in the DoubleClick Studio environment
Events:
Events Dialog does not validate parameters for DoubleClick GoToPage function
Events support file has Timeline events even though timeline was never used
[Go to Page] Transition Duration default value should be 1000 instead of 0
Use absolute URL validation when validating the DoubleClick component's Exit action URL parameter
[Events dialog][360 gallery][i18n][DE] Events breadcrumb wraps to the next line
Custom Action will be removed in the code when editing the event to select another Custom Action
File Operations:
Re-opening a file that's already open in another document tab doesn't update the document tabs to reflect the selected document
Creating a new file by overwriting the currently opened file creates new file but GWD shows old file
Unable to open JSON file
When saving a file to a different folder as part of "Save As", all relative links need to be updated to be relative to the new file path
Publish:
[Upgrade] [Publish dialog] Polite Loading option of Publish dialog is off for the upgraded file
[Upgrade] [Publish] Different assets with the same filename, but in different folders are not copied correctly into the upgraded/published folder
When user clicks 'cancel' on authorization page, 'access_denied' is shown, should change it to 'Access denied' and localize it
[Publish to Drive] Access permission should be inherited from the parent folder instead of setting public
[Publish to Studio] Studio package (zip) creation fails if video source file specified in video component src is not present (also happens to image)
[Publish to Studio] Cannot publish a Banner file with pages when one of the pages is marked as 'Expanded'
[Publish to Studio] Not working for advertiser level users - designer
[Publish to Studio] Publish to Studio dialog cannot retrieve the creative info when the creative is removed from Studio
[Publish to Studio] The Remove Association button is not enabled yet when the new file is published to Studio but not saved
[Publish to Studio] The message box telling user that the file has been changed since last updated should be displayed in the center of the GWD window
Timeline:
Document tab doesn't show an entry for a document which has an animation that loops an infinite number of times
Timeline length should be saved if it is changed from default
Animation delay with stage preview: Stage preview (Play) does not play animation correctly with animation delay depending on the playhead position
Animation span dragging does not correctly maintain span durations
Miscellaneous:
Dashed outline around the ad not removed automatically
Breadcrumb does not update after returning from an edit in code view
Documents that contain linear-gradients with older gradient syntax may fail to open
[Selection] [Mac only] ctrl+click causes sticky mouse down
A document with Google Web Designer shapes that were manually converted to canvas elements by removing the shapes JSON data but not the associated Google Web Designer shape attributes may not get upgraded correctly
Known Issues:
Animation is not smooth on Nexus 5 + 4.4.2
Video doesn't play in IOs 6.x version
Intermittent: Publish to Drive/Studio dialog is not opened after signing in or switching account. Workaround: reopen the Publish to Drive/Studio dialog
White screen on launch if behind a web proxy. Please follow these instructions to set proxy settings

New in Google Web Designer 1.0.3.0115 Beta (Jan 23, 2014)

New in Google Web Designer 1.0.2.1210 Beta (Jan 11, 2014)

NEW FEATURE:
Gradient editing tool:
The gradient editing tool lets you modify linear and radial gradients in an intuitive and graphical way. Now you can change the angle and the scaling of linear gradients, and the center point and scaling of radial gradients.
FIXED:
Preview/Publish:
Upper-case letters in a class name in the styles tag are changed to lowercase when a file is previewed or published
Background images do not render in Preview
YouTube Component:
Auto-hiding controls don't work if the component is resized
CSS Panel:
New classes are removed if no styles are added to the class
New rule names are set to an empty string when given an invalid name
Extra Classes are added if you add a new style tag for a web font and then duplicate the page
Events:
Events are not displayed when switching between possible actions in the Event Dialog
The save button is enabled even though not all the required event configurations are selected
Timeline:
Inserting keyframes within the pre-animation delay by pressing F6 shouldn't be allowed in Advanced mode
Undoing delete and duration changes throws error in Quick Mode
Possible to insert a keyframe at 00:00:00 time by pressing F6 or by right click
Deleting text in main level deletes its child element from stage but the layer still remains in the timeline
A layer name is un-editable for a div when there is an existing component id in the layers
New File dialog:
Enabled creating a new directory in the New file dialog
Image Drag and Drop:
Drag and drop image is not working properly when switching between files from different folder locations
Color Wheel:
The color wheel popup is cut off when selecting the left color stop for gradient color on canvas-based images
Text:
Adding a Web Font link in code view freezes GWD when switching back to Design View
The is added as the last element in the tag
Multiple elements:
Errors are created after undoing changes to values in the property inspector
Nested elements:
The bounding box of a child container does not match with the child element after the border width of the parent container is changed
Multiple image upload dialog:
URL field should only accept http:// or https:// URLs
Google Web Designer should ignore unsupported files that the user is attempting to upload by dragging and dropping