The selected shape groups are not "remembered"

[akinuri]

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Describe the bug
Recent versions of the desktop app do not remember the selected shape groups in the shapes panel.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Launch draw.io desktop app.
2. Notice there are no shape groups in the shapes panel.
3. Click on "+ More Shapes"
4. Select "General", "Basic", "Arrows", "Entity Relation", "UML"
5. Check the "Remember this settings" (it already is)
6. Click "Apply"
7. Notice the selected shape groups appear in the shapes panel.
8. Close the app.
9. Launch agaiin.
10. Shape groups are gone.

Expected behavior
I expect the "Remember this settings" option to work and keep the selected shapes.

Screenshots
Since there's no error, a screenshot won't help.

draw.io version (In the Help->About menu of the draw.io editor):

• draw.io version 24.5.3

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10 Pro 22H2 19045.4529

Additional context
I'm not sure when this started, but recent. I suspect that the user settings/preferences are stored somewhere. I want to know and check where they are stored. This might be a permission issue. I want to make sure that the settings are actually stored, and can be read later.

Also, the scratchpad seems to work just fine.

[davidjgraph]

Which file from the releases section did you install?

[akinuri]

I'm not sure. I installed few months ago, and auto-updated since then.

Also, I didn't test reinstalling. While it might help, I'll do that as a last resort.

[richardwhitehead]

I am seeing this too, as of the last few days. I am using the desktop version, v24.5.3. I am on Windows 11.

[akinuri]

I just uninstalled what I had, and installed Windows Installer from Release 24.6.1 · jgraph-drawio-desktop. The issue persist.

[richardwhitehead]

This is fixed for me in 24.6.1.

[akinuri]

I was kind of annoyed that this was closed without any investigation. Seeing that I won't be getting any help here, I did a reinstall again, and it worked.

However, this time, I had to delete some files manually. The uninstall didn't remove everything. There were still some files in C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming\draw.io. Also, just to be sure, I did a clean up with CCleaner after the uninstall (for regkeys, etc.).

[akinuri]

Frack. It worked once, and then it just went back to its problematic state.

Upon some experimentation, it seems there's some pattern to this madness.

The usual/first test:

1. Launch draw.io
2. Create New Diagram
3. Blank Diagram > Create
4. Shapes are empty
5. + More Shapes > ✓ General > Apply
6. General, Misc, and Advanced shape groups are visible
7. Close app
8. Launch again
9. Create New Diagram
10. Blank Diagram > Create
11. Shape groups are gone
12. Close app

The weird/working case:

1. Launch draw.io
2. Create New Diagram
3. Blank Diagram > Create
4. Shapes are empty
5. • More Shapes > ✓ General > Apply
6. General, Misc, and Advanced shape groups are visible
7. Add Rectangle to page
8. Save to desktop > Untitled Diagram.drawio
9. Close app (while the page is open)
10. Launch again
11. The last page is reopened as a new page (title is Untitle Diagram)
12. Shape groups are visible
13. Close app > Discard Changes
14. Launch draw.io
15. Create New Diagram
16. Blank Diagram > Create
17. Shape groups are gone

The working case again:

1. Launch draw.io
2. Create New Diagram
3. Blank Diagram > Create
4. Shapes are empty
5. Add Rectangle to page
6. Save to desktop > Untitled Diagram.drawio
7. Close app (while the page is open)
8. Launch again
9. The last page is reopened as a new page (title is Untitle Diagram)
10. Shape groups are visible (although I didn't select any in previous attempt)
11. Close app > Discard Changes

Takeaways

• Adding a shape to the page before saving to file seems necessary. Saving the empty page doesn't work.
• The Discard Changes (or starting from scratch) seems to be the cause.
• When the saved file on the desktop is opened, the previously selected shape groups are visible.
• There's clearly a problem here.

[akinuri]

This seems to be solved in the recent 24.6.4 release.