How to associate xml files with desktop app?

[seasonxuan]

When I want to edit graph with this app, I hope to click demo.xml file rather than lanuch app first and then open demo.xml file.
the following maybe a solution but not available now:
chrome.exe --profile-directory=Default --app-id=pebppomjfocnoigkeepgbmcifnnlndla demo.xml

[AleixDev]

You should be able to associate xml files to the desktop app since latest release (7.9.5).

[JesseAldridge]

Not working on OSX High Sierra. The app is greyed out when I try to associate the file type. App version 7.9.8.

[alderg]

What are the options for Enable: Recommended Applications?

[JesseAldridge]

@alderg Ah, ok. There is one other option: "All Applications". I am able to use that to create the association. But after I do that, when I double click on one of the xml files, it only launches the app -- it doesn't actually open the file. I get this screen:

[alderg]

@AleixDev Works on Windows 10, but not macOS or Linux.

[AleixDev]

I can't speak for Mac since I don't have one.

About Linux I have no issues creating the association, but if you give me more details (how do you have it installed and in which distro), I can try to reproduce the issue.

[AleixDev]

For example, on a fresh Ubuntu directly installed from the github repo on /opt, I can associate it like this:

cat << EOF | tee ~/.local/share/applications/draw.io.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=draw.io
Comment=draw.io desktop
Exec=/bin/bash -c '(cd /opt/drawio/src/main/webapp/; npm start -- "\$@") > /dev/null 2> /dev/null' bash %U
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=draw.io
Categories=Graphics;
EOF

Select the file -> Properties

Open with -> Select draw.io -> Set as default

Then just open the file and it loads it with draw.io.

(This is just a "quick and dirty" demo since I haven't even set the icon, but it works)

[Ezwen]

By any chance, is there any plan to switch to an extension specific to draw.io, such as .drawio?

[alderg]

Yes. As a workaround you can click on the filename and change it to *.drawio (or any other custom extension).

[Ezwen]

I was suggesting the possibility for draw.io to produce by default a .drawio file instead of a .xml file when saving a figure :)

[g-mu]

The original issue for this thread still exists on OSX. Regardless of the extension, once an association is made in OSX, double clicking the file brings the draw.io desktop app to the foreground but doesn't load the file.

[alderg]

Duplicate of jgraph/drawio-desktop#11