Title: Sketch Block
Author: Automattic
Published: <strong>July 1, 2021</strong>
Last modified: March 4, 2023

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# Sketch Block

 By [Automattic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/sketch.1.3.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/sketch/#description)
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 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/sketch/#developers)

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## Description

Sketch and draw freely on a canvas with brush strokes that feel natural. Pick among
three different brush sizes and the color palette of the site. The block has a transparent
background so it can be layered on top of any container block, like groups or background
images to achieve different effects.

### Credits

The block is powered by the awesome [perfect-freehand](https://www.npmjs.com/package/perfect-freehand)
library.

### Source and Support

You can follow development, file an issue, suggest features, and view the source
at the Github repo: [https://github.com/Automattic/block-experiments](https://github.com/Automattic/block-experiments)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Sketch Block by Automattic.
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 * Draw and write freely on a canvas.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   Sketch Draw and write freely on a canvas. The block offers color selection,
   different brush sizes, and with its transparent background can be layered on 
   top of any container block, like groups or covers.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Sketch Block” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/)
 *   [ Matias Ventura ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matveb/)
 *   [ Osk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/oskosk/)
 *   [ Pablo Honey ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pablohoneyhoney/)

“Sketch Block” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/sketch/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Sketch Block” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/sketch)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sketch/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/sketch/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/sketch/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/sketch/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.3.0 – 3nd March 2023

 * Added default and custom color palettes to Color control.
 * Fixed selected color marked in the Color control

#### 1.2.0 – 2nd March 2023

 * Updated the Clear control to not reset the height of the sketch.
 * Removed minimum height restriction for resizer.
 * Fixed full width block alignment support.
 * Updated Upload control label to “Upload as image”.
 * Updated alternative text control copy.
 * Updated dependency on perfect-freehand to its version 1.2.0.

#### 1.1.0 – 2nd October 2022

 * Updated to reflect compatibility with WordPess 6.0.
 * Added toolbar control for uploading an image to the media library generated from
   the sketch drawing.

#### 1.0.10 – 14th July 2021

 * Prevent default pointer behavior on move, which could cause unintended window
   scrolling with some devices and browsers.

#### 1.0.9 – 8th July 2021

 * Improved accessibility by using title and role on the SVG element

#### 1.0.8 – 2nd July 2021

 * Address crashing issues when the underlying library detects duplicate strokes

#### 1.0.7 – 1st July 2021

 * Add example for the block inserter preview
 * Categorize the block under widgets

#### 1.0.6 – 1st July 2021

 * Improve compatibility with block directory

#### 1.0.0 – 1st July 2021

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.3.0**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.1.10**
 *  Languages
 * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/sketch/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/sketch/),
   [English (South Africa)](https://en-za.wordpress.org/plugins/sketch/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sketch/),
   [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/sketch/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/sketch/),
   and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/sketch/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/sketch)
 * Tags
 * [block](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block/)[blocks](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blocks/)
   [drawing](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/drawing/)[sketch](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sketch/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/sketch/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/)
 *   [ Matias Ventura ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matveb/)
 *   [ Osk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/oskosk/)
 *   [ Pablo Honey ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pablohoneyhoney/)

## Support

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