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20.02 Layout Font Colors not loaded when loading Model

Hello, we work with very colorful models in Oracle Designer for 25 years now.
Beeing time to move forward we are trying out the SQL Developer Data Modeler.
I can live with the ER-Diagrams not beeing importet, though it hurts a bit with a 150 Entity-Diagram.
What I can not live with is:
When I format an entity in the logical model and change the background and therefore the font colors, save
and close the model, the font colors are all back to default when I reopen it. Rendering it to completely
non-readable with a dark background.
I took a look into the xml files and the font color information seems to be present, so its "only" the loading
process that dismisses those values.
Is this problem already known ? Will there come an update?
Oh, btw, using classification types could be a way out of this problem, if only there weren't so many different
kinds of entities/tables.
Best regards,
Volker Denzer
Best Answer
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Hi @denzer ,
thanks for reporting the problem - logged a bug.
You can use DM 19.4 and move to fixed version later.
Philip
Answers
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Hello Denzer,
Have you checked the design properties? I use 20.2 version and when I format an entity with another color, it stay with the new color also when I reopen the model.
PS: I used Designer until 2018, Data Modeler is really better
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Using SDDM 20.2 on OS X 10.15.5 I see the same issue.
Changed to this lovely color scheme:
Saved, reopened and it looked like this:
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I found formatting problem on NOTES component (20.2).
Saved, and When reopened
Definitely a BUG.
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In effect.
If you change the Foreground color the color go back also if the field Use default Format stay unchecked.
The Background color is correct.
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Hi @denzer ,
thanks for reporting the problem - logged a bug.
You can use DM 19.4 and move to fixed version later.
Philip