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Scratch has updated the website and project editor to use purple instead of blue and introduced an option to use high contrast block colors. These change so their site can be more accessible and used by everyone, including people with disabilities. There's more information about this change in the [announcement by the Scratch Team](https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/689659/).
Happy New Year! It’s 2023, so what better time for the 30th update to Scratch Addons? It’s been over two months since the last version, but we’ve been working hard on several exciting new features.
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## Collapsing sprite properties
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Users on small screens rejoice: you're about to get double the sprite grid space!
This new addon by [@lisa-wolfgang](https://github.com/lisa-wolfgang) (that’s me!) hides the sprite properties panel by default. The panel can be shown again by clicking a 2.0-like info button on the currently selected sprite, then re-hidden by clicking a new collapse button on the properties panel. A more convenient method is to double-click any sprite tile to toggle the panel, and there’s also a handy option to automatically collapse the panel when the mouse leaves the properties panel and sprite grid area.
This neat addon by [@GarboMuffin](https://github.com/GarboMuffin) forces Scratch to always show the touchscreen number pad whenever editing a numeric input. It’s useful for quick number adjustments if your hand is already on the mouse or if you just like typing with an on-screen interface.
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## A sneak peek...
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We’ve saved the best for last. In the near future, you’ll be able to use the middle-click block dropdown to type complex expressions and get the resulting blocks into your editor. For example, you’ll be able to type “if touching cat then say my variable + 1 for timer seconds” and it will just work!
This may seem like wizardry, but it’s all the amazing work of [@Tacodiva](https://github.com/Tacodiva). We’re looking forward to releasing this in v1.31!
It's time for another update, filled with exciting tools for project creation and some accessibility improvements!
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## An all-new costume editing feature
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This addon adds a brand new costume editor feature - it's called "Skewing in costume editor".
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And yes, you can skew a selection of multiple objects.
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## A hidden feature 🤫
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Did you know that `point towards` blocks accept "random direction" as an option? That's right, we made this addon to unlock this before unavailable feature. It just saves a `pick random` block.
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## Block text now comes in XL
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Not only is color contrast important for readability, but also size. That's why you will now be able to increase the size of the text on blocks through the "Customizable block text style" addon.
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This also affects the block palette!
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## Set your own increments
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In the "Arrow key incrementation in editor" addon, you can now enter in custom increment values, not just select from the hardcoded options. Wanted to step by more precise increments like 0.25, 5, or 100? Now you can, just flick the switch "use custom values" and type the values in!
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The addon is also now compatible with some other input fields, such as the sprite properties inputs, so now those can be incremented with the arrow keys too. Lovely!
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## See how your description looks to others
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If you can't click links on editable fields, how are you supposed to know whether a link, mention, or hashtag in your project's Instructions or Notes and Credits section can actually be followed? Well, the new "Preview project instructions and notes" addon allows you to preview what your project page looks like to visitors.
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Last update, we removed the "fix footer" setting from the "Infinite scrolling" addon. For those unaware, automatically loading more content as you scroll through the page (which is what the aforementioned addon does) makes it impossible to reach the footer. The "fix footer" setting, which sticked the footer to the bottom of the screen and expanded it on hover, was our solution to that, but we decided to remove the setting because the expanding footer was a bit impractical. Now we've had some time to think about it and it has been brought back... as its own addon - "Sticky footer"!
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And now that this feature has become its own addon, you don't even have to enable "Infinite scrolling" to use it.
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Have you ever tried to drag and drop something into a sprite and it just makes the sprite pane glitch out? We found a way to fix the bug without disabling the wobble animation as a consequence. Our new bugfix addon is called "Fix sprite pane glitching".
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Content creators rejoice as the "Project video recorder" addon's maximum duration has been increased from 5 minutes up to 10. That's a lot of time for your game, animation, or other recordings!
With this new Scratch Addons update, which will be rolling out soon, we've made some improvements to existing addons to make them even more useful, and a couple new addons too!
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## Rearranging parameters in custom blocks
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You may have once created a custom block with some parameters, only to realize you want to change their order, but found no such option other than to delete the parameters and re-add them. The new [Rearrangable custom block inputs](https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch-addons-extension/settings#reorder-custom-inputs) addon solves this problem by adding buttons to switch them around.
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To switch the places of a parameter or label in a custom block you're editing, click on it and use the `<` and `>` buttons to switch its place with the parameter or label to the left or right.
###Infinite scrolling expands to search results and the explore page
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## Infinite scrolling expands to search results and the explore page
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The [Infinite scrolling](https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch-addons-extension/settings#infinite-scroll) addon now works on the search results and explore pages. That means you don't have to click "Load more" anymore on those pages.
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When using the [Enhanced full screen](https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch-addons-extension/settings#fullscreen) addon, you only had the option to show the toolbar (the green flag and stop sign) persistently at the top of the screen or to hide it completely. Now, you can set it to show only while your mouse is hovering near the top of the screen, which is a nice in-between.
This update also adds a new addon that provides options for customizing the look of the editor menu bar in a few different ways. You can hide buttons you don't need and change how buttons with icons and text labels look.
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We also added a few more customization features:
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- A new addon for the editor which makes the input fields on blocks have squared-off corners, resembling how they looked in Scratch 2.0.
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- You can now apply custom colors to variable, list, and other reporter monitors on the stage with [Customizable block colors](https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch-addons-extension/settings#editor-theme3).
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This update contains some other small but nice enhancements as well:
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- A new addon, enabled by default, that makes code dragged and dropped from the backpack drop right next to your mouse pointer, instead of at the top-left corner of the code area.
This update brings in the ability to download projects with one click, plus a couple other new useful features and quality-of-life improvements and some bug fixes!
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## Download projects fast
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Finding yourself saving a lot of your own or your favorite Scratch projects? The new [Project page download button](https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch-addons-extension/settings#download-button) addon can help. It adds a download button right below the Notes and Credits section of all projects.
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This button is functionally identical to the `File` → `Save to your computer` option in the editor, just that you don't have to go into the editor first.
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Another new addon we've made is called [Replace backpack bar with button](https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch-addons-extension/settings#hide-backpack), which changes the backpack drawer at the bottom of the editor to this little button:
Now, when you have the [Rearrangeable custom block inputs](https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch-addons-extension/settings#reorder-custom-inputs) addon enabled, you can turn on the "Insert new inputs after selected input" setting to make it so that when you add an input or label, it gets inserted to the right of whatever input or label you have selected. It works like this:
That's right, our new addon, [Larger "Save Now" button](https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch-addons-extension/settings#big-save-button), which is **enabled by default**, just increases the clickable area of the "Save Now" button in the editor, a change that you might not even notice that can subconsciously make a big difference.
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As for the smaller stuff, there's a lot:
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-[Debugger](https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch-addons-extension/settings#debugger)'s "Threads" tab will now automatically scroll to the active thread while single stepping.
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For those of you using older browsers, starting this release, Scratch Addons will drop support for Chrome versions under 96 and Firefox versions under 109. Why? It's not important. But what is important is that you will need to update your browser to continue using Scratch Addons if you are using a version that we no longer support. For more information, check [this page](https://scratchaddons.com/unsupported-browser/).
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