VectorLabel v1.7.0 (open alpha)

Install: download VectorLabel-Installer-1.7.0.pkg below and open it — or use Check for Updates… in the running app. The apps and installer are Developer ID-signed and notarized by Apple.

What changed in 1.7.0

Added

• Keyboard shortcuts to save in both designers: ⌘S saves (the Custom Designer writes to
  the open label; the Template Designer saves the template), and ⌘⇧S does Save As. While
  editing a template for the print window they map to Save & Return / Save As & Return.
• Custom Designer start dialog. When you open the Custom Designer (or click "+" for a new
  tab) it now offers your 5 most recent labels to reopen, plus Browse… and New blank
  label — the same welcoming start the Template Designer has. Recents fill in as you open and
  save labels.
• Metric or imperial units, suite-wide. A new Units setting in the Engine's Preferences
  (Advanced ▸ Units) switches every app between inches and millimetres — the designer
  rulers, every dimension field, the print previews, and the supply readouts all follow, live.
  The Template/Custom Designer rulers also have a small in/mm toggle in the top-left ruler
  corner for a quick switch. Labels are always stored the same way, so switching units never
  changes a saved template.
• Type fractions, other units, and math into any dimension field. Enter values like 1/8",
  1 1/4, or 3mm and they auto-convert to the field's unit; you can also do arithmetic, e.g.
  .25"-1/8" becomes 0.125". Works in inches or millimetres (10+5 → 15 mm, and a comma
  decimal like 12,7 is accepted), across the designers' object/position/size/table fields and
  the supply editor.
• Supply editor takes both units at once. Every supply size now has an inch field and a
  millimetre field side by side — type into either and both update. Roll length shows feet
  and metres together. Handy when a supplier only lists one unit.
• More shapes. Rectangles gain a corner radius (in the object settings) for rounded
  rectangles; shapes (rectangle, ellipse, circle, and the new ones) gain a solid-fill
  option; and there are two new shape types — triangle and polygon (3–12 sides). They
  move, resize, and rotate like the existing shapes. Brother P-touch imports now bring these
  shapes across (rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon) instead of dropping them.
• Date / Time text. A text object, barcode, or table cell can now show the current
  date and/or time, chosen the same way as a data field — pick "Date/Time" and a format
  (date, time, or both) from presets. It renders the current date/time at print time.
  Formats now include the separator-less numeric ones YYYYMMDD (20260704),
  MMDDYYYY (07042026), and DDMMYYYY (04072026).
• Header row by number (Custom Designer data): the "first row is headers" tick is now a
  tick plus a row number (default 1) — set it higher to treat, say, row 10 as the header
  and hide everything above it. Works for CSV and Excel.
• Auto-sync a bound data file (Custom Designer): turn on Auto-sync and the data
  refreshes automatically whenever the source file changes. While it's on, in-app editing is
  hidden (the file drives the data), so your edits can't be overwritten mid-sync. The data
  toolbar shows an "Auto-sync enabled · editing disabled — click to disable" button while
  it's active, so it's clear why the edit controls are gone and how to get them back.

Changed

• Custom Designer database toolbar wraps neatly on a narrow window — buttons now wrap in
  functional groups instead of getting cut off, with the left controls and right actions each
  staying justified to their side.
• The data file is now a menu button (like the Supply button): it shows the bound file's
  name (or "Choose data file" when none is bound). Click it (left or right) once a file is
  bound for a menu to Replace file, Export, or Clear file — replacing the separate
  Clear/Export toolbar buttons.
• Each file dialog remembers its own last folder. Choosing a data file, opening a custom
  label, saving, exporting, importing supplies, etc. each reopen where you last were for that
  action, instead of all sharing one location.

Fixed

• Opening a label no longer leaves an empty "Untitled" tab (Custom Designer). Opening a file
  into a fresh blank tab now reuses that tab instead of stacking a stray untitled one beside it —
  and reopening a label that's already open simply switches to its existing tab (discarding
  the throwaway blank tab). Dismissing the start dialog on a new "+" tab (click-out or Escape)
  now cancels it and returns you to your previous tab, instead of leaving a blank one behind.
  A tab with unsaved changes is never reused or discarded.
• "Save Label" now saves to the open file (Custom Designer). It was always doing a Save As
  (prompting for a file every time); now it writes straight back to the open ".vlcus", and there's
  a separate "Save as…" button to save a copy to a new file. A brand-new label, or one opened
  from a Brady/Brother import, still prompts the first time (so an import is never overwritten).
• "Text source" buttons no longer clip. The Static / Field / Formula / Date-Time selector
  now wraps to two rows so "Formula" and "Date/Time" show in full on a narrow properties panel.
• Records list keeps its scroll position. Clicking a record to preview it no longer jumps
  the Custom Designer's data list back to the top.

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Open alpha: the Brady M611 is hardware-validated; the Brady M610 cut behavior and the Brother P-touch drivers are not yet hardware-confirmed. User Guide · FAQ