Craft update - Major UX improvements, Windows tabs, and Craft Agents

 

 

 

Craft update - Major UX improvements, Windows tabs, and Craft Agents

 

 

 

 

Hi there,

 

 

 

The last few weeks have been busy at Craft.

 

 

 

We’ve been heads-down working on broad UX and performance improvements across all platforms, with one clear goal in mind: delivering the best possible personal productivity experience. Things should feel faster, more stable, and more polished everywhere you use Craft. Alongside this foundation work, we’re finally shipping one of the most requested features on Windows.

 

 

 

And we’re also sharing something new, a little unexpected, but deeply important to Craft's future. Something we built for ourselves, that's already changing how we build Craft: Craft Agents.

 

 

 

There’s much more coming on every platform, and we’re just getting started. Enjoy, and as always, thank you for building Craft with us.

 

 

 

Let’s dive in!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A smoother, faster Craft everywhere

 

 

 

Across iOS, Mac, Web, and Windows, this release focuses heavily on performance, reliability, and polish.

 

 

 

You’ll notice faster app startup, quicker document opening (especially in shared docs), improved sync across devices, better battery life, and increased stability overall. We’ve also done a deep pass on visual consistency, making sure document styles look correct everywhere, across platforms, appearances, and surfaces.

 

 

 

This is the kind of work that quietly improves everything you do in Craft, every single day.

 

 

 

 

Craft on the Web and Windows is getting even nicer

 

 

 

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Tabs are here for Windows

 

 

 

Since day one, tabs have been the number one request from our Windows users. We’re excited to finally introduce full tab support in Craft for Windows.

 

 

 

You can now:

 

 

 

Open multiple documents in a single window

 

 

 

Drag tabs to reorder them

 

 

 

Automatically restore your tabs when reopening Craft

 

 

 

Use focus mode for distraction-free writing

 

 

 

Move tabs between multiple windows

 

 

 

Access powerful right-click actions like duplicate, reload, or close groups of tabs

 

 

 

It’s a big step forward for power users, and we hope it makes working in Craft on Windows feel significantly more fluid and flexible.

 

 

 

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Craft Agents

 

 

 

Our (internal) new way of working with AI

 

 

 

During the last month or so we implemented lots of changes of how we work with AI. Our goal with this is two-fold :

 

 

 

1.

Increase the quality and velocity of Craft’s development, so we can ship a better, faster, more reliable Craft Docs

 

 

 

2.

Understand where AI truly adds value in a productivity product, and just as importantly, where it doesn’t

 

 

 

To do this, we started building our own internal tooling on top of the Claude Agent SDK. The focus wasn’t raw power, but a UI-first experience that works equally well for engineers, designers, marketing, support, and people teams.

 

 

 

That tool became Craft Agents.

 

 

 

The impact has been very real. Using Craft Agents, we’ve:

 

 

 

Fixed hundreds of long-standing bugs

 

 

 

Taken on ambitious performance and stability projects we couldn’t realistically attempt before

 

 

 

Built new capabilities, like upcoming Mermaid diagram support, much faster than previously possible

 

 

 

So why are we sharing this here?

 

 

 

First, to be very clear: Craft Agents is not a new Craft product, and it’s not replacing Craft Docs. It’s a tool we built - and continue to build - to make Craft better.

 

 

 

We also made it open source - we had many people from our network asking for access - and since we are not planning to commercialize this - we're happy to share, hoping it helps others in their journey.

 

 

 

Also, there's one very interesting angle which we are exploring - making personal software truly yours. We know that every single one of you wants something(s) to be oh-so different in Craft. AI Coding (you just tell an agent what you want and it does it) might be able to bring that to a reality - having a core, strong, beautiful foundation you can tweak when needed. We're seeing some encouraging signs of this.

 

 

 

If you want to see this you can go to https://agents.craft.do and see for yourself.

 

 

 

Remember, this is not a "new" Craft product - it's a product built by Craft, for Craft.

 

 

 

Also, if you are interested more about how we're improving Craft with the help of AI, you can read this in-depth story about it.

 

 

 

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All the detailed changes

 

 

 

If you’re keen to know everything that changed in this release, here’s the full breakdown - but buckle up, there's a LOT that got better with this release!

 

 

 

iOS & Mac

 

 

 

Performance & Reliability

 

 

 

Faster app startup, especially on Mac

 

 

 

Faster and smoother document opening, including in shared documents

 

 

 

Improved battery usage when Craft is idle

 

 

 

Faster and more reliable sync across devices

 

 

 

Fixed multiple crashes during normal usage

 

 

 

Fixed an issue where login keystrokes could be ignored

 

 

 

Document Styles

 

 

 

Panels and editors now correctly match document styles

 

 

 

Sidebar, previews, and Home screen cards display accurate colors

 

 

 

Subpage cover images now appear on cards even when the body is empty

 

 

 

Separators, checkboxes, drawings, and sticky notes respect document styles

 

 

 

Shared content (QR codes, smart link footers, analytics) is readable in all styles

 

 

 

Fixed style flashes, wide page resets, and default style inheritance issues

 

 

 

Editor Polish & Fixes

 

 

 

Autocorrect no longer removes text highlighting

 

 

 

Fixed missing first character in code blocks

 

 

 

Emoji selector appears reliably after mentions

 

 

 

Emoji picker on cards now accepts all emojis

 

 

 

Code-formatted mentions display correctly in comments

 

 

 

Pasting multiple URLs no longer merges them

 

 

 

Smoother real-time collaboration experience

 

 

 

International Keyboard Support

 

 

 

Fixed IME issues for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean keyboards in Quick Search and tables

 

 

 

Export & PDF

 

 

 

Fixed Craft logo colors in styled exports

 

 

 

Correct page breaks for styled subpages

 

 

 

Email export fonts now render correctly

 

 

 

Exporting from tag folders respects selected tags

 

 

 

Navigation

 

 

 

Delete and duplicate actions now work from anywhere

 

 

 

Starred document titles update live

 

 

 

Pinned documents no longer reappear in pin menus

 

 

 

Floating windows appear correctly in Mission Control

 

 

 

Floating panels no longer overlap the Assistant

 

 

 

Improved Backups top bar design

 

 

 

Assistant

 

 

 

Fixed copying prompts from the Assistant

 

 

 

Fixed empty tables when using “replace selected”

 

 

 

Theme cover images now appear in the AI picker

 

 

 

Calendar

 

 

 

Fixed formatting of location links in event notes

 

 

 

Whiteboard

 

 

 

Improved dark mode rendering

 

 

 

Layer ordering shortcuts now work on Mac

 

 

 

Better copy-to-clipboard support

 

 

 

New Additions

 

 

 

React and comment directly from the / menu

 

 

 

Create tagged documents directly from tag folders

 

 

 

Delete completed tasks from the logbook

 

 

 

See all open tabs from the Window menu

 

 

 

Templates now sort by last used

 

 

 

View-only users can download assets

 

 

 

Copy account email from settings

 

 

 

Web & Windows

 

 

 

UX Level-up

 

 

 

Sidebar redesign with improved spacing, colors, and hierarchy

 

 

 

Simplified space selector with faster access to settings and logout

 

 

 

Easier switching between Folder and Document sidebars

 

 

 

Hierarchy lines for clearer folder navigation

 

 

 

Color-accurate document preview icons

 

 

 

Main Page Improvements

 

 

 

Refreshed All Docs, Tasks, Calendar, and Folder views

 

 

 

New Waterfall view with a masonry-style layout

 

 

 

Improved hover interactions on document cards

 

 

 

Mobile Device Improvements

 

 

 

Improved home view with refined press animations

 

 

 

Subtle haptic feedback for key interactions

 

 

 

Updated floating navigation bars

 

 

 

Fixes & Refinements

 

 

 

Updated modals and popovers

 

 

 

Improved animations across key UI elements

 

 

 

Fixed top search bar hover issues

 

 

 

Merged account avatar into the space selector

 

 

 

Safari tabs now correctly reflect Craft theme colors

 

 

 

Windows Tabs

 

 

 

Open multiple documents in a single window

 

 

 

Drag tabs to reorder

 

 

 

Tabs are saved and restored automatically

 

 

 

Tabs adapt to document theme colors

 

 

 

Focus mode hides the tab bar for distraction-free work

 

 

 

Overflow menu for large numbers of tabs

 

 

 

Right-click actions:

 

 

  

Reload document

 

 

  

Duplicate document

 

 

  

Move to another window

 

 

  

Close other tabs

 

 

  

Close tabs to the right

 

 

  

Reopen closed tab

 

 

 

Full multi-window support with drag-out tabs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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