--- title: Slint 1.6 Released with Design Mode Improvements, Python... description: Slint 1.6 is out with several notable additions: an improved drag-and-drop Design Mode for live-preview layout creation, alpha Python binary packages... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/slint-1-6-released-with-design-mode-improvements-python-packages-and-enhanced-accessibility-domh3t6cf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Slint 1.6 Released with Design Mode Improvements, Python Packages, and Enhanced Accessibility | daily.dev og:description: Slint 1.6 is out with several notable additions: an improved drag-and-drop Design Mode for live-preview layout creation, alpha Python binary packages... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/slint-1-6-released-with-design-mode-improvements-python-packages-and-enhanced-accessibility-domh3t6cf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DOmh3t6CF.png og:image:alt: Slint 1.6 Released with Design Mode Improvements, Python Packages, and Enhanced Accessibility og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Slint 1.6 Released with Design Mode Improvements, Python Packages, and Enhanced Accessibility **[Slint](https://daily.dev/sources/slint)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Slint 1.6 is out with several notable additions: an improved drag-and-drop Design Mode for live-preview layout creation, alpha Python binary packages installable via pip without compilation, fancy text stroke effects, and new accessibility action callbacks for screen reader support. Android text input gains selection handles and an edit context menu. Other fixes include HSV color space support, a new Palette.color-scheme property, raw-window-handle-06 support in Rust, Skia renderer as default, and various C++/LSP/Android bug fixes. The project also hit 15k GitHub stars. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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