This is a regressiion issue in the 2024.3.924 release of Telerik UI for WPF.
Save and load of the saved XML should result of the same item IDs for every RadDiagramItem (shapes, connections).

To work this around, you can create a custom SerializationService and override its DeserializeItems method, where you can change the "makeUnique" parameter.

The issue manifests also when doing drag/drop from the RadDiagramToolBox or any other custom drag drop implementation that uses the DiagramDropInfo class (which is automatically handled by the RadDiagram's drop internal code). In this case the custom service approach won't work because the drag/drop deserialization works with a separate instance of SerializationService (SerializationService.Default) which cannot be changed. In this case, you can subscribe RadDiagram to the DragDropManaged.Drop event and manually call the SerializationService.Default.DeserializeItems method.

 public class CustomSerializationService : SerializationService
 {
     public CustomSerializationService(IGraphInternal graph) : base(graph)
     {
     }

     public override IEnumerable<IDiagramItem> DeserializeItems(SerializationInfo serializationInfo, bool makeUnique = false)
     {
         makeUnique = false;
         return base.DeserializeItems(serializationInfo, makeUnique);
     }
 }

 public MainWindow()
 {
     InitializeComponent();

     this.diagram.ServiceLocator.Register<ISerializationService>(new CustomSerializationService(this.diagram));

     DragDropManager.AddDropHandler(this.diagram, OnDiagramDrop);
 }

 private void OnDiagramDrop(object sender, Telerik.Windows.DragDrop.DragEventArgs e)
 {
     var data = DragDropPayloadManager.GetDataFromObject(e.Data, typeof(DiagramDropInfo).Name);
     if (data is DiagramDropInfo)
     {
         SerializationService.Default.DeserializeItems(((DiagramDropInfo)data).Info, false);
     }
 }

The middle point in this context is a point that is located on the line segment that is positioned after the middle length of the line. Add a property on the RadDiagramConnection class that returns the middle point. The property should be DependencyProperty so it can be bound with OneWayToSource mode in order to be able to notify the bound view model (if such is presented).

Currently, you can get this information by combining the CalculateMiddlePointOfLine and AllPoints methods of the ConnectionUtilities class.

var allConnectionPoints = Telerik.Windows.Diagrams.Core.ConnectionUtilities.ConnectionUtilities.AllPoints(radDiagramConnection);
var startAndEndPoints = new Tuple<Point, Point>(radDiagramConnection.StartPoint, radDiagramConnection.EndPoint);
Point middlePoint = Telerik.Windows.Diagrams.Core.ConnectionUtilities.CalculateMiddlePointOfLine(startAndEndPoints, allConnectionPoints);

In the Swimlane diagram example (Data Visualization -> Diagrams -> Swimlane) the application crashes, showing at least one but often more than one error message.

How to reproduce:

• Open the Swimlane example.
• Click the area that is labelled as "Process name" (also marked in the attached screenshot)
• One or multiple Message boxes containing the exception message

{DependencyProperty.UnsetValue} is not a valid value for the Property "Background"

pop up (see other screenshot)

Add an option to modify the StartPoint and EndPoint properties of RadDiagramConnection instances via the SettingsPane.

This functionality can be achieved by modifying the default ControlTemplate of the SettingsPaneView element to include an additional RadTabItem instance in the RadTabControl element. In the additional RadTabItem, input controls can be used, such as the RadNumericUpDown element. These elements should modify properties that will be present in a custom LinkViewModelBase<NodeViewModelBase>> class. More specifically, the X and Y properties of the StartPoint and EndPoint properties of the RadDiagramConnection element.

The attached sample project shows the implementation of the above approach for achieving this requirement.

Add an option to customize the available colors in the SettingsPane control:

Hi,

In project we have noticed that sometimes for RadDiagram.ConnectionManipulationCompleted we receive unexpected values in event.

This problem is not systematic but it occurs often at the drag of new connection.

To make it reproducible for you I used CustomConnectors sample project from Diagram.

For easier analysis I recorded a video with bug and changes to CustomConnectors project.

Best regards,

Bartosz

NullReferenceException is thrown when trying to save RadDiagram instance that contains a RadDiagramShape with its Geometry assigned to a GeometryGroup value. 

To work this around, you can flatten the GeometryGroup before setting the shape's Geometry property. This is done by calling the GetFlattenedPathGeometry() method of the GeometryGroup.

shape.Geometry = group.GetFlattenedPathGeometry();

Most problematic issue when container can contains a container inside of it.

In mvvm demo project i modified load/save button to Clear diagram and display different content.

It works but after few click there is a recurrence call to update Z indices.

The reason to create such combination is to have hierarchy in diagram to display diagram from general view to detailed view.