d2/ci/release/changelogs/next.md

Features 🚀

• D2 files have the ability to import from other D2 files. See docs. #1371

Improvements 🧹

• Use shape specific sizing for grid containers #1294
• Grid diagrams now support nested shapes or grid diagrams #1309
• Grid diagrams will now also use grid-gap, vertical-gap, and horizontal-gap for padding #1309
• Watch mode browser uses an error favicon to easily indicate compiler errors. Thanks @sinyo-matu ! #1240
• Improves grid layout performance when there are many similarly sized shapes. #1315
• Connections and labels now are adjusted for shapes with 3d or multiple. #1340
• sql_table now alternatively takes an array of constraints instead of being limited to a single one. Thanks @satoqz ! #1245
• Constraints in sql_table render even if they have no matching abbreviation #1372
• Constraints in sql_table sheds their excessive letter-spacing and is padded from the end consistently #1372
• Duplicate image URLs in icons are only fetched once #1373
• In watch mode, images are cached by default across compiles. Can be disabled with flag --img-cache=0. #1373
• Common invalid array separator , usage in class arrays returns a helpful error message #1376
• Invalid constraint usage is met with an error message, preventing a common mistake of omitting shape: sql_table #1379
• Connections now stop at all outside labels. #1381
• Container connections in dagre are more balanced #1384
• Connections are now mostly masked by shape labels. #1383

Bugfixes ⛑️

• Shadow is cut off when --pad is 0. Thank you @LeonardsonCC ! #1326
• Fixes grid layout overwriting label placements for nested objects. #1345
• Fixes fonts not rendering correctly on certain platforms. Thanks @mikeday for identifying the solution. #1356
• Fixes folders not rendering in animations (--animate-interval) #1357
• Fixes panic using reserved keywords as containers #1358
• When multiple classes are applied changing different attributes of arrowheads, they are all applied instead of only the last one #1362
• Prevent empty block strings #1364
• Fixes dagre mis-aligning a nested shape's connection. #1370
• Fixes a bug in grids sometimes putting a shape on the next row/column. #1380