Text Outline in Desktop

[danielh02]

The web version includes the option View -> Text Outline which is really useful.

I don't see this in the desktop version - can this be added?

[draw-io-triage-bot[bot]]

View > Text Outline is newer than the desktop app. The latest desktop release, 32.6.1, is built on version 32.6.1 of the editor, and Text Outline isn't in that version yet. app.diagrams.net is already on 32.6.4, so the web app got it after 32.6.1.

Desktop releases follow the web app, so it should appear in the next desktop release built on a newer editor version. The app updates itself, or you can use Help > Check for Updates once that release is out.

Until then, you can use Text Outline on a local file by opening it at app.diagrams.net with File > Open from > Device.

Notes for maintainers

Text Outline isn't in the public mirror at 32.6.1 (84487b4). There is no Text Outline or textOutline string in resources/dia.txt, the JS or the ChangeLog, and the View menu in js/diagramly/Menus.js (around L6156) only has the outline minimap. Desktop 32.6.1 ships core 32.6.1, so the feature must have arrived on the web in 32.6.2 to 32.6.4. No 32.6.2+ tag has been published, so I couldn't check whether the new item is hidden for Electron. If it is, the reply's statement that it will come with the next desktop release is wrong.

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