From bc8768c4d940594134e2c035262c808ead264ede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Tolmacs <mark@lazycat.hu>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:27:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Hints

Signed-off-by: Mark Tolmacs <mark@lazycat.hu>
---
 packages/excalidraw/components/HintViewer.tsx          |  6 ++++++
 packages/excalidraw/components/LayerUI.tsx             | 10 ++--------
 packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json                    |  2 +-
 .../excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/move.test.tsx.snap  |  4 ++--
 packages/excalidraw/types.ts                           |  6 +-----
 5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/HintViewer.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/HintViewer.tsx
index 1fd255c8fe..7d564409ba 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/HintViewer.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/HintViewer.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ const getHints = ({
       });
     }
     if (activeTool.type === "arrow") {
+      if (appState.suggestedBinding) {
+        return t("hints.arrowBindModifiers", {
+          shortcut_1: getTaggedShortcutKey("Ctrl"),
+          shortcut_2: getTaggedShortcutKey("Alt"),
+        });
+      }
       return t("hints.arrowTool", {
         shortcut: getTaggedShortcutKey("A"),
       });
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/LayerUI.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/LayerUI.tsx
index 457069e7d5..17dffdfd9d 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/LayerUI.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/LayerUI.tsx
@@ -646,14 +646,8 @@ const LayerUI = ({
 };
 
 const stripIrrelevantAppStateProps = (appState: AppState): UIAppState => {
-  const {
-    suggestedBinding,
-    startBoundElement,
-    cursorButton,
-    scrollX,
-    scrollY,
-    ...ret
-  } = appState;
+  const { startBoundElement, cursorButton, scrollX, scrollY, ...ret } =
+    appState;
   return ret;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json b/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json
index d6fd2654bf..233dcfa7a6 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
     "canvasPanning": "To move canvas, hold {{shortcut_1}} or {{shortcut_2}} while dragging, or use the hand tool",
     "linearElement": "Click to start multiple points, drag for single line",
     "arrowTool": "Click to start multiple points, drag for single line. Press {{shortcut}} again to change arrow type.",
-    "arrowBindModifiers": "Hold {{shortcut_1}} to bind inside, or {{shortcut_2}} to disable binding",
+    "arrowBindModifiers": "Hold {{shortcut_1}} to disable binding, or {{shortcut_2}} to bind at a fixed point",
     "freeDraw": "Click and drag, release when you're finished",
     "text": "Tip: you can also add text by double-clicking anywhere with the selection tool",
     "embeddable": "Click-drag to create a website embed",
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/move.test.tsx.snap b/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/move.test.tsx.snap
index 8be177988e..fceb5f14a7 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/move.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/move.test.tsx.snap
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ exports[`move element > rectangles with binding arrow 7`] = `
       0,
     ],
     [
-      79,
+      "79.00000",
       "124.16785",
     ],
   ],
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ exports[`move element > rectangles with binding arrow 7`] = `
   "updated": 1,
   "version": 12,
   "versionNonce": 2066753033,
-  "width": 79,
+  "width": "79.00000",
   "x": 111,
   "y": "6.14995",
 }
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/types.ts b/packages/excalidraw/types.ts
index 66110700cb..ad7c46a6db 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/types.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/types.ts
@@ -474,11 +474,7 @@ export type SearchMatch = {
 
 export type UIAppState = Omit<
   AppState,
-  | "suggestedBinding"
-  | "startBoundElement"
-  | "cursorButton"
-  | "scrollX"
-  | "scrollY"
+  "startBoundElement" | "cursorButton" | "scrollX" | "scrollY"
 >;
 
 export type NormalizedZoomValue = number & { _brand: "normalizedZoom" };