fix: extend wait time for file loading on mobile devices

2025-10-26 01:14:21 +02:00 · 2025-08-01 12:42:20 +10:00
38 changed files with 780 additions and 2050 deletions
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
  "extends": ["@excalidraw/eslint-config", "react-app"],
-  "plugins": ["excalidraw"],
  "rules": {
    "import/order": [
      "warn",
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@
      {
        "allowReferrer": true
      }
-    ],
-    "excalidraw/no-binding-direct-mod": "error"
+    ]
  }
 }
--- a/excalidraw-app/data/firebase.ts
+++ b/excalidraw-app/data/firebase.ts
@@ -259,9 +259,7 @@ export const loadFromFirebase = async (
  }
  const storedScene = docSnap.data() as FirebaseStoredScene;
  const elements = getSyncableElements(
-    restoreElements(await decryptElements(storedScene, roomKey), null, {
-      deleteInvisibleElements: true,
-    }),
+    restoreElements(await decryptElements(storedScene, roomKey), null),
  );

  if (socket) {
--- a/excalidraw-app/data/index.ts
+++ b/excalidraw-app/data/index.ts
@@ -258,16 +258,11 @@ export const loadScene = async (
      await importFromBackend(id, privateKey),
      localDataState?.appState,
      localDataState?.elements,
-      {
-        repairBindings: true,
-        refreshDimensions: false,
-        deleteInvisibleElements: true,
-      },
+      { repairBindings: true, refreshDimensions: false },
    );
  } else {
    data = restore(localDataState || null, null, null, {
      repairBindings: true,
-      deleteInvisibleElements: true,
    });
  }

--- a/excalidraw-app/index.html
+++ b/excalidraw-app/index.html
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 <html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
-    <title>
-      Free, collaborative whiteboard • Hand-drawn look & feel | Excalidraw
-    </title>
+    <title>Excalidraw | Hand-drawn look & feel • Collaborative • Secure</title>
    <meta
      name="viewport"
      content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no, viewport-fit=cover, shrink-to-fit=no"
@@ -16,7 +14,7 @@
    <!-- Primary Meta Tags -->
    <meta
      name="title"
-      content="Free, collaborative whiteboard • Hand-drawn look & feel | Excalidraw"
+      content="Excalidraw — Collaborative whiteboarding made easy"
    />
    <meta
      name="description"
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
    "examples/*"
  ],
  "devDependencies": {
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-explicit-resource-management": "7.28.0",
    "@babel/preset-env": "7.26.9",
    "@excalidraw/eslint-config": "1.0.3",
    "@excalidraw/prettier-config": "1.0.2",
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@
    "dotenv": "16.0.1",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "8.5.0",
    "eslint-config-react-app": "7.0.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-eslint": "file:packages/eslint",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.31.0",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "3.3.1",
    "http-server": "14.1.1",
--- a/packages/common/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/constants.ts
@@ -18,22 +18,13 @@ export const isChrome = navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Chrome") !== -1;
 export const isSafari =
  !isChrome && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari") !== -1;
 export const isIOS =
-  /iPad|iPhone/i.test(navigator.platform) ||
+  /iPad|iPhone/.test(navigator.platform) ||
  // iPadOS 13+
  (navigator.userAgent.includes("Mac") && "ontouchend" in document);
 // keeping function so it can be mocked in test
 export const isBrave = () =>
  (navigator as any).brave?.isBrave?.name === "isBrave";

-export const isMobile =
-  isIOS ||
-  /android|webos|ipod|blackberry|iemobile|opera mini/i.test(
-    navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(),
-  ) ||
-  /android|ios|ipod|blackberry|windows phone/i.test(
-    navigator.platform.toLowerCase(),
-  );
-
 export const supportsResizeObserver =
  typeof window !== "undefined" && "ResizeObserver" in window;

--- a/packages/element/src/Scene.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/Scene.ts
@@ -164,14 +164,9 @@ export class Scene {
    return this.frames;
  }

-  constructor(
-    elements: ElementsMapOrArray | null = null,
-    options?: {
-      skipValidation?: true;
-    },
-  ) {
+  constructor(elements: ElementsMapOrArray | null = null) {
    if (elements) {
-      this.replaceAllElements(elements, options);
+      this.replaceAllElements(elements);
    }
  }

@@ -268,19 +263,12 @@ export class Scene {
    return didChange;
  }

-  replaceAllElements(
-    nextElements: ElementsMapOrArray,
-    options?: {
-      skipValidation?: true;
-    },
-  ) {
+  replaceAllElements(nextElements: ElementsMapOrArray) {
    // we do trust the insertion order on the map, though maybe we shouldn't and should prefer order defined by fractional indices
    const _nextElements = toArray(nextElements);
    const nextFrameLikes: ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement[] = [];

-    if (!options?.skipValidation) {
-      validateIndicesThrottled(_nextElements);
-    }
+    validateIndicesThrottled(_nextElements);

    this.elements = syncInvalidIndices(_nextElements);
    this.elementsMap.clear();
--- a/packages/element/src/delta.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/delta.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
  arrayToMap,
  arrayToObject,
  assertNever,
+  invariant,
  isDevEnv,
  isShallowEqual,
  isTestEnv,
@@ -55,10 +56,10 @@ import { getNonDeletedGroupIds } from "./groups";

 import { orderByFractionalIndex, syncMovedIndices } from "./fractionalIndex";

-import { StoreSnapshot } from "./store";
-
 import { Scene } from "./Scene";

+import { StoreSnapshot } from "./store";
+
 import type { BindableProp, BindingProp } from "./binding";

 import type { ElementUpdate } from "./mutateElement";
@@ -150,27 +151,13 @@ export class Delta<T> {
    );
  }

-  /**
-   * Merges two deltas into a new one.
-   */
-  public static merge<T>(
-    delta1: Delta<T>,
-    delta2: Delta<T>,
-    delta3: Delta<T> = Delta.empty(),
-  ) {
-    return Delta.create(
-      { ...delta1.deleted, ...delta2.deleted, ...delta3.deleted },
-      { ...delta1.inserted, ...delta2.inserted, ...delta3.inserted },
-    );
-  }
-
  /**
   * Merges deleted and inserted object partials.
   */
  public static mergeObjects<T extends { [key: string]: unknown }>(
    prev: T,
    added: T,
-    removed: T = {} as T,
+    removed: T,
  ) {
    const cloned = { ...prev };

@@ -510,11 +497,6 @@ export interface DeltaContainer<T> {
   */
  applyTo(previous: T, ...options: unknown[]): [T, boolean];

-  /**
-   * Squashes the current delta with the given one.
-   */
-  squash(delta: DeltaContainer<T>): this;
-
  /**
   * Checks whether all `Delta`s are empty.
   */
@@ -522,11 +504,7 @@ export interface DeltaContainer<T> {
 }

 export class AppStateDelta implements DeltaContainer<AppState> {
-  private constructor(public delta: Delta<ObservedAppState>) {}
-
-  public static create(delta: Delta<ObservedAppState>): AppStateDelta {
-    return new AppStateDelta(delta);
-  }
+  private constructor(public readonly delta: Delta<ObservedAppState>) {}

  public static calculate<T extends ObservedAppState>(
    prevAppState: T,
@@ -557,137 +535,76 @@ export class AppStateDelta implements DeltaContainer<AppState> {
    return new AppStateDelta(inversedDelta);
  }

-  public squash(delta: AppStateDelta): this {
-    if (delta.isEmpty()) {
-      return this;
-    }
-
-    const mergedDeletedSelectedElementIds = Delta.mergeObjects(
-      this.delta.deleted.selectedElementIds ?? {},
-      delta.delta.deleted.selectedElementIds ?? {},
-    );
-
-    const mergedInsertedSelectedElementIds = Delta.mergeObjects(
-      this.delta.inserted.selectedElementIds ?? {},
-      delta.delta.inserted.selectedElementIds ?? {},
-    );
-
-    const mergedDeletedSelectedGroupIds = Delta.mergeObjects(
-      this.delta.deleted.selectedGroupIds ?? {},
-      delta.delta.deleted.selectedGroupIds ?? {},
-    );
-
-    const mergedInsertedSelectedGroupIds = Delta.mergeObjects(
-      this.delta.inserted.selectedGroupIds ?? {},
-      delta.delta.inserted.selectedGroupIds ?? {},
-    );
-
-    const mergedDeletedLockedMultiSelections = Delta.mergeObjects(
-      this.delta.deleted.lockedMultiSelections ?? {},
-      delta.delta.deleted.lockedMultiSelections ?? {},
-    );
-
-    const mergedInsertedLockedMultiSelections = Delta.mergeObjects(
-      this.delta.inserted.lockedMultiSelections ?? {},
-      delta.delta.inserted.lockedMultiSelections ?? {},
-    );
-
-    const mergedInserted: Partial<ObservedAppState> = {};
-    const mergedDeleted: Partial<ObservedAppState> = {};
-
-    if (
-      Object.keys(mergedDeletedSelectedElementIds).length ||
-      Object.keys(mergedInsertedSelectedElementIds).length
-    ) {
-      mergedDeleted.selectedElementIds = mergedDeletedSelectedElementIds;
-      mergedInserted.selectedElementIds = mergedInsertedSelectedElementIds;
-    }
-
-    if (
-      Object.keys(mergedDeletedSelectedGroupIds).length ||
-      Object.keys(mergedInsertedSelectedGroupIds).length
-    ) {
-      mergedDeleted.selectedGroupIds = mergedDeletedSelectedGroupIds;
-      mergedInserted.selectedGroupIds = mergedInsertedSelectedGroupIds;
-    }
-
-    if (
-      Object.keys(mergedDeletedLockedMultiSelections).length ||
-      Object.keys(mergedInsertedLockedMultiSelections).length
-    ) {
-      mergedDeleted.lockedMultiSelections = mergedDeletedLockedMultiSelections;
-      mergedInserted.lockedMultiSelections =
-        mergedInsertedLockedMultiSelections;
-    }
-
-    this.delta = Delta.merge(
-      this.delta,
-      delta.delta,
-      Delta.create(mergedDeleted, mergedInserted),
-    );
-
-    return this;
-  }
-
  public applyTo(
    appState: AppState,
    nextElements: SceneElementsMap,
  ): [AppState, boolean] {
    try {
      const {
-        selectedElementIds: deletedSelectedElementIds = {},
-        selectedGroupIds: deletedSelectedGroupIds = {},
-        lockedMultiSelections: deletedLockedMultiSelections = {},
+        selectedElementIds: removedSelectedElementIds = {},
+        selectedGroupIds: removedSelectedGroupIds = {},
      } = this.delta.deleted;

      const {
-        selectedElementIds: insertedSelectedElementIds = {},
-        selectedGroupIds: insertedSelectedGroupIds = {},
-        lockedMultiSelections: insertedLockedMultiSelections = {},
-        selectedLinearElement: insertedSelectedLinearElement,
+        selectedElementIds: addedSelectedElementIds = {},
+        selectedGroupIds: addedSelectedGroupIds = {},
+        selectedLinearElementId,
+        selectedLinearElementIsEditing,
        ...directlyApplicablePartial
      } = this.delta.inserted;

      const mergedSelectedElementIds = Delta.mergeObjects(
        appState.selectedElementIds,
-        insertedSelectedElementIds,
-        deletedSelectedElementIds,
+        addedSelectedElementIds,
+        removedSelectedElementIds,
      );

      const mergedSelectedGroupIds = Delta.mergeObjects(
        appState.selectedGroupIds,
-        insertedSelectedGroupIds,
-        deletedSelectedGroupIds,
+        addedSelectedGroupIds,
+        removedSelectedGroupIds,
      );

-      const mergedLockedMultiSelections = Delta.mergeObjects(
-        appState.lockedMultiSelections,
-        insertedLockedMultiSelections,
-        deletedLockedMultiSelections,
-      );
+      let selectedLinearElement = appState.selectedLinearElement;

-      const selectedLinearElement =
-        insertedSelectedLinearElement &&
-        nextElements.has(insertedSelectedLinearElement.elementId)
-          ? new LinearElementEditor(
-              nextElements.get(
-                insertedSelectedLinearElement.elementId,
-              ) as NonDeleted<ExcalidrawLinearElement>,
-              nextElements,
-              insertedSelectedLinearElement.isEditing,
-            )
-          : null;
+      if (selectedLinearElementId === null) {
+        // Unselect linear element (visible change)
+        selectedLinearElement = null;
+      } else if (
+        selectedLinearElementId &&
+        nextElements.has(selectedLinearElementId)
+      ) {
+        selectedLinearElement = new LinearElementEditor(
+          nextElements.get(
+            selectedLinearElementId,
+          ) as NonDeleted<ExcalidrawLinearElement>,
+          nextElements,
+          selectedLinearElementIsEditing === true, // Can be unknown which is defaulted to false
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (
+        // Value being 'null' is equivaluent to unknown in this case because it only gets set
+        // to null when 'selectedLinearElementId' is set to null
+        selectedLinearElementIsEditing != null
+      ) {
+        invariant(
+          selectedLinearElement,
+          `selectedLinearElement is null when selectedLinearElementIsEditing is set to ${selectedLinearElementIsEditing}`,
+        );
+
+        selectedLinearElement = {
+          ...selectedLinearElement,
+          isEditing: selectedLinearElementIsEditing,
+        };
+      }

      const nextAppState = {
        ...appState,
        ...directlyApplicablePartial,
        selectedElementIds: mergedSelectedElementIds,
        selectedGroupIds: mergedSelectedGroupIds,
-        lockedMultiSelections: mergedLockedMultiSelections,
-        selectedLinearElement:
-          typeof insertedSelectedLinearElement !== "undefined"
-            ? selectedLinearElement
-            : appState.selectedLinearElement,
+        selectedLinearElement,
      };

      const constainsVisibleChanges = this.filterInvisibleChanges(
@@ -816,53 +733,64 @@ export class AppStateDelta implements DeltaContainer<AppState> {
            }

            break;
-          case "selectedLinearElement":
-            const nextLinearElement = nextAppState[key];
+          case "selectedLinearElementId": {
+            const appStateKey = AppStateDelta.convertToAppStateKey(key);
+            const linearElement = nextAppState[appStateKey];

-            if (!nextLinearElement) {
+            if (!linearElement) {
              // previously there was a linear element (assuming visible), now there is none
              visibleDifferenceFlag.value = true;
            } else {
-              const element = nextElements.get(nextLinearElement.elementId);
+              const element = nextElements.get(linearElement.elementId);

              if (element && !element.isDeleted) {
                // previously there wasn't a linear element, now there is one which is visible
                visibleDifferenceFlag.value = true;
              } else {
                // there was assigned a linear element now, but it's deleted
-                nextAppState[key] = null;
+                nextAppState[appStateKey] = null;
              }
            }

            break;
-          case "lockedMultiSelections":
+          }
+          case "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": {
+            // Changes in editing state are always visible
+            const prevIsEditing =
+              prevAppState.selectedLinearElement?.isEditing ?? false;
+            const nextIsEditing =
+              nextAppState.selectedLinearElement?.isEditing ?? false;
+
+            if (prevIsEditing !== nextIsEditing) {
+              visibleDifferenceFlag.value = true;
+            }
+            break;
+          }
+          case "lockedMultiSelections": {
            const prevLockedUnits = prevAppState[key] || {};
            const nextLockedUnits = nextAppState[key] || {};

-            // TODO: this seems wrong, we are already doing this comparison generically above,
-            // hence instead we should check whether elements are actually visible,
-            // so that once these changes are applied they actually result in a visible change to the user
            if (!isShallowEqual(prevLockedUnits, nextLockedUnits)) {
              visibleDifferenceFlag.value = true;
            }
            break;
-          case "activeLockedId":
+          }
+          case "activeLockedId": {
            const prevHitLockedId = prevAppState[key] || null;
            const nextHitLockedId = nextAppState[key] || null;

-            // TODO: this seems wrong, we are already doing this comparison generically above,
-            // hence instead we should check whether elements are actually visible,
-            // so that once these changes are applied they actually result in a visible change to the user
            if (prevHitLockedId !== nextHitLockedId) {
              visibleDifferenceFlag.value = true;
            }
            break;
-          default:
+          }
+          default: {
            assertNever(
              key,
              `Unknown ObservedElementsAppState's key "${key}"`,
              true,
            );
+          }
        }
      }
    }
@@ -870,6 +798,15 @@ export class AppStateDelta implements DeltaContainer<AppState> {
    return visibleDifferenceFlag.value;
  }

+  private static convertToAppStateKey(
+    key: keyof Pick<ObservedElementsAppState, "selectedLinearElementId">,
+  ): keyof Pick<AppState, "selectedLinearElement"> {
+    switch (key) {
+      case "selectedLinearElementId":
+        return "selectedLinearElement";
+    }
+  }
+
  private static filterSelectedElements(
    selectedElementIds: AppState["selectedElementIds"],
    elements: SceneElementsMap,
@@ -934,7 +871,8 @@ export class AppStateDelta implements DeltaContainer<AppState> {
      editingGroupId,
      selectedGroupIds,
      selectedElementIds,
-      selectedLinearElement,
+      selectedLinearElementId,
+      selectedLinearElementIsEditing,
      croppingElementId,
      lockedMultiSelections,
      activeLockedId,
@@ -988,6 +926,12 @@ export class AppStateDelta implements DeltaContainer<AppState> {
        "lockedMultiSelections",
        (prevValue) => (prevValue ?? {}) as ValueOf<T["lockedMultiSelections"]>,
      );
+      Delta.diffObjects(
+        deleted,
+        inserted,
+        "activeLockedId",
+        (prevValue) => (prevValue ?? null) as ValueOf<T["activeLockedId"]>,
+      );
    } catch (e) {
      // if postprocessing fails it does not make sense to bubble up, but let's make sure we know about it
      console.error(`Couldn't postprocess appstate change deltas.`);
@@ -1016,13 +960,12 @@ type ElementPartial<TElement extends ExcalidrawElement = ExcalidrawElement> =
  Omit<Partial<Ordered<TElement>>, "id" | "updated" | "seed">;

 export type ApplyToOptions = {
-  excludedProperties?: Set<keyof ElementPartial>;
+  excludedProperties: Set<keyof ElementPartial>;
 };

 type ApplyToFlags = {
  containsVisibleDifference: boolean;
  containsZindexDifference: boolean;
-  applyDirection: "forward" | "backward" | undefined;
 };

 /**
@@ -1123,15 +1066,6 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
      deleted.version !== inserted.version
    );

-  private static satisfiesUniqueInvariants = (
-    elementsDelta: ElementsDelta,
-    id: string,
-  ) => {
-    const { added, removed, updated } = elementsDelta;
-    // it's required that there is only one unique delta type per element
-    return [added[id], removed[id], updated[id]].filter(Boolean).length === 1;
-  };
-
  private static validate(
    elementsDelta: ElementsDelta,
    type: "added" | "removed" | "updated",
@@ -1140,7 +1074,6 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
    for (const [id, delta] of Object.entries(elementsDelta[type])) {
      if (
        !this.satisfiesCommmonInvariants(delta) ||
-        !this.satisfiesUniqueInvariants(elementsDelta, id) ||
        !satifiesSpecialInvariants(delta)
      ) {
        console.error(
@@ -1177,7 +1110,7 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
      const nextElement = nextElements.get(prevElement.id);

      if (!nextElement) {
-        const deleted = { ...prevElement } as ElementPartial;
+        const deleted = { ...prevElement, isDeleted: false } as ElementPartial;

        const inserted = {
          isDeleted: true,
@@ -1191,10 +1124,7 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
          ElementsDelta.stripIrrelevantProps,
        );

-        // ignore updates which would "delete" already deleted element
-        if (!prevElement.isDeleted) {
-          removed[prevElement.id] = delta;
-        }
+        removed[prevElement.id] = delta;
      }
    }

@@ -1210,6 +1140,7 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {

        const inserted = {
          ...nextElement,
+          isDeleted: false,
        } as ElementPartial;

        const delta = Delta.create(
@@ -1218,10 +1149,7 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
          ElementsDelta.stripIrrelevantProps,
        );

-        // ignore updates which would "delete" already deleted element
-        if (!nextElement.isDeleted) {
-          added[nextElement.id] = delta;
-        }
+        added[nextElement.id] = delta;

        continue;
      }
@@ -1250,13 +1178,8 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
          continue;
        }

-        const strippedDeleted = ElementsDelta.stripVersionProps(delta.deleted);
-        const strippedInserted = ElementsDelta.stripVersionProps(
-          delta.inserted,
-        );
-
-        // making sure there are at least some changes and only changed version & versionNonce does not count!
-        if (Delta.isInnerDifferent(strippedDeleted, strippedInserted, true)) {
+        // making sure there are at least some changes
+        if (!Delta.isEmpty(delta)) {
          updated[nextElement.id] = delta;
        }
      }
@@ -1273,8 +1196,8 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
    const inverseInternal = (deltas: Record<string, Delta<ElementPartial>>) => {
      const inversedDeltas: Record<string, Delta<ElementPartial>> = {};

-      for (const [id, { inserted, deleted }] of Object.entries(deltas)) {
-        inversedDeltas[id] = Delta.create({ ...inserted }, { ...deleted });
+      for (const [id, delta] of Object.entries(deltas)) {
+        inversedDeltas[id] = Delta.create(delta.inserted, delta.deleted);
      }

      return inversedDeltas;
@@ -1372,15 +1295,8 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
          latestDelta = delta;
        }

-        const strippedDeleted = ElementsDelta.stripVersionProps(
-          latestDelta.deleted,
-        );
-        const strippedInserted = ElementsDelta.stripVersionProps(
-          latestDelta.inserted,
-        );
-
        // it might happen that after applying latest changes the delta itself does not contain any changes
-        if (Delta.isInnerDifferent(strippedDeleted, strippedInserted)) {
+        if (Delta.isInnerDifferent(latestDelta.deleted, latestDelta.inserted)) {
          modifiedDeltas[id] = latestDelta;
        }
      }
@@ -1400,7 +1316,9 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
  public applyTo(
    elements: SceneElementsMap,
    snapshot: StoreSnapshot["elements"] = StoreSnapshot.empty().elements,
-    options?: ApplyToOptions,
+    options: ApplyToOptions = {
+      excludedProperties: new Set(),
+    },
  ): [SceneElementsMap, boolean] {
    let nextElements = new Map(elements) as SceneElementsMap;
    let changedElements: Map<string, OrderedExcalidrawElement>;
@@ -1408,28 +1326,22 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
    const flags: ApplyToFlags = {
      containsVisibleDifference: false,
      containsZindexDifference: false,
-      applyDirection: undefined,
    };

    // mimic a transaction by applying deltas into `nextElements` (always new instance, no mutation)
    try {
      const applyDeltas = ElementsDelta.createApplier(
-        elements,
        nextElements,
        snapshot,
-        flags,
        options,
+        flags,
      );

      const addedElements = applyDeltas(this.added);
      const removedElements = applyDeltas(this.removed);
      const updatedElements = applyDeltas(this.updated);

-      const affectedElements = this.resolveConflicts(
-        elements,
-        nextElements,
-        flags.applyDirection,
-      );
+      const affectedElements = this.resolveConflicts(elements, nextElements);

      // TODO: #7348 validate elements semantically and syntactically the changed elements, in case they would result data integrity issues
      changedElements = new Map([
@@ -1453,15 +1365,22 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
    }

    try {
-      // the following reorder performs mutations, but only on new instances of changed elements,
-      // unless something goes really bad and it fallbacks to fixing all invalid indices
+      // the following reorder performs also mutations, but only on new instances of changed elements
+      // (unless something goes really bad and it fallbacks to fixing all invalid indices)
      nextElements = ElementsDelta.reorderElements(
        nextElements,
        changedElements,
        flags,
      );

-      ElementsDelta.redrawElements(nextElements, changedElements);
+      // we don't have an up-to-date scene, as we can be just in the middle of applying history entry
+      // we also don't have a scene on the server
+      // so we are creating a temp scene just to query and mutate elements
+      const tempScene = new Scene(nextElements);
+
+      ElementsDelta.redrawTextBoundingBoxes(tempScene, changedElements);
+      // Need ordered nextElements to avoid z-index binding issues
+      ElementsDelta.redrawBoundArrows(tempScene, changedElements);
    } catch (e) {
      console.error(
        `Couldn't mutate elements after applying elements change`,
@@ -1476,113 +1395,12 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
    }
  }

-  public squash(delta: ElementsDelta): this {
-    if (delta.isEmpty()) {
-      return this;
-    }
-
-    const { added, removed, updated } = delta;
-
-    const mergeBoundElements = (
-      prevDelta: Delta<ElementPartial>,
-      nextDelta: Delta<ElementPartial>,
-    ) => {
-      const mergedDeletedBoundElements =
-        Delta.mergeArrays(
-          prevDelta.deleted.boundElements ?? [],
-          nextDelta.deleted.boundElements ?? [],
-          undefined,
-          (x) => x.id,
-        ) ?? [];
-
-      const mergedInsertedBoundElements =
-        Delta.mergeArrays(
-          prevDelta.inserted.boundElements ?? [],
-          nextDelta.inserted.boundElements ?? [],
-          undefined,
-          (x) => x.id,
-        ) ?? [];
-
-      if (
-        !mergedDeletedBoundElements.length &&
-        !mergedInsertedBoundElements.length
-      ) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      return Delta.create(
-        {
-          boundElements: mergedDeletedBoundElements,
-        },
-        {
-          boundElements: mergedInsertedBoundElements,
-        },
-      );
-    };
-
-    for (const [id, nextDelta] of Object.entries(added)) {
-      const prevDelta = this.added[id] ?? this.removed[id] ?? this.updated[id];
-
-      if (!prevDelta) {
-        this.added[id] = nextDelta;
-      } else {
-        const mergedDelta = mergeBoundElements(prevDelta, nextDelta);
-        delete this.removed[id];
-        delete this.updated[id];
-
-        this.added[id] = Delta.merge(prevDelta, nextDelta, mergedDelta);
-      }
-    }
-
-    for (const [id, nextDelta] of Object.entries(removed)) {
-      const prevDelta = this.added[id] ?? this.removed[id] ?? this.updated[id];
-
-      if (!prevDelta) {
-        this.removed[id] = nextDelta;
-      } else {
-        const mergedDelta = mergeBoundElements(prevDelta, nextDelta);
-        delete this.added[id];
-        delete this.updated[id];
-
-        this.removed[id] = Delta.merge(prevDelta, nextDelta, mergedDelta);
-      }
-    }
-
-    for (const [id, nextDelta] of Object.entries(updated)) {
-      const prevDelta = this.added[id] ?? this.removed[id] ?? this.updated[id];
-
-      if (!prevDelta) {
-        this.updated[id] = nextDelta;
-      } else {
-        const mergedDelta = mergeBoundElements(prevDelta, nextDelta);
-        const updatedDelta = Delta.merge(prevDelta, nextDelta, mergedDelta);
-
-        if (prevDelta === this.added[id]) {
-          this.added[id] = updatedDelta;
-        } else if (prevDelta === this.removed[id]) {
-          this.removed[id] = updatedDelta;
-        } else {
-          this.updated[id] = updatedDelta;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (isTestEnv() || isDevEnv()) {
-      ElementsDelta.validate(this, "added", ElementsDelta.satisfiesAddition);
-      ElementsDelta.validate(this, "removed", ElementsDelta.satisfiesRemoval);
-      ElementsDelta.validate(this, "updated", ElementsDelta.satisfiesUpdate);
-    }
-
-    return this;
-  }
-
  private static createApplier =
    (
-      prevElements: SceneElementsMap,
      nextElements: SceneElementsMap,
      snapshot: StoreSnapshot["elements"],
+      options: ApplyToOptions,
      flags: ApplyToFlags,
-      options?: ApplyToOptions,
    ) =>
    (deltas: Record<string, Delta<ElementPartial>>) => {
      const getElement = ElementsDelta.createGetter(
@@ -1595,26 +1413,15 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
        const element = getElement(id, delta.inserted);

        if (element) {
-          const nextElement = ElementsDelta.applyDelta(
+          const newElement = ElementsDelta.applyDelta(
            element,
            delta,
-            flags,
            options,
+            flags,
          );

-          nextElements.set(nextElement.id, nextElement);
-          acc.set(nextElement.id, nextElement);
-
-          if (!flags.applyDirection) {
-            const prevElement = prevElements.get(id);
-
-            if (prevElement) {
-              flags.applyDirection =
-                prevElement.version > nextElement.version
-                  ? "backward"
-                  : "forward";
-            }
-          }
+          nextElements.set(newElement.id, newElement);
+          acc.set(newElement.id, newElement);
        }

        return acc;
@@ -1659,8 +1466,8 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
  private static applyDelta(
    element: OrderedExcalidrawElement,
    delta: Delta<ElementPartial>,
+    options: ApplyToOptions,
    flags: ApplyToFlags,
-    options?: ApplyToOptions,
  ) {
    const directlyApplicablePartial: Mutable<ElementPartial> = {};

@@ -1674,7 +1481,7 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
        continue;
      }

-      if (options?.excludedProperties?.has(key)) {
+      if (options.excludedProperties.has(key)) {
        continue;
      }

@@ -1714,7 +1521,7 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
        delta.deleted.index !== delta.inserted.index;
    }

-    return newElementWith(element, directlyApplicablePartial, true);
+    return newElementWith(element, directlyApplicablePartial);
  }

  /**
@@ -1754,7 +1561,6 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
  private resolveConflicts(
    prevElements: SceneElementsMap,
    nextElements: SceneElementsMap,
-    applyDirection: "forward" | "backward" = "forward",
  ) {
    const nextAffectedElements = new Map<string, OrderedExcalidrawElement>();
    const updater = (
@@ -1766,36 +1572,21 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
        return;
      }

-      const prevElement = prevElements.get(element.id);
-      const nextVersion =
-        applyDirection === "forward"
-          ? nextElement.version + 1
-          : nextElement.version - 1;
-
-      const elementUpdates = updates as ElementUpdate<OrderedExcalidrawElement>;
-
      let affectedElement: OrderedExcalidrawElement;

-      if (prevElement === nextElement) {
+      if (prevElements.get(element.id) === nextElement) {
        // create the new element instance in case we didn't modify the element yet
        // so that we won't end up in an incosistent state in case we would fail in the middle of mutations
        affectedElement = newElementWith(
          nextElement,
-          {
-            ...elementUpdates,
-            version: nextVersion,
-          },
-          true,
+          updates as ElementUpdate<OrderedExcalidrawElement>,
        );
      } else {
-        affectedElement = mutateElement(nextElement, nextElements, {
-          ...elementUpdates,
-          // don't modify the version further, if it's already different
-          version:
-            prevElement?.version !== nextElement.version
-              ? nextElement.version
-              : nextVersion,
-        });
+        affectedElement = mutateElement(
+          nextElement,
+          nextElements,
+          updates as ElementUpdate<OrderedExcalidrawElement>,
+        );
      }

      nextAffectedElements.set(affectedElement.id, affectedElement);
@@ -1833,12 +1624,25 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
      Array.from(prevElements).filter(([id]) => nextAffectedElements.has(id)),
    );

-    // calculate complete deltas for affected elements, and squash them back to the current deltas
-    this.squash(
-      // technically we could do better here if perf. would become an issue
-      ElementsDelta.calculate(prevAffectedElements, nextAffectedElements),
+    // calculate complete deltas for affected elements, and assign them back to all the deltas
+    // technically we could do better here if perf. would become an issue
+    const { added, removed, updated } = ElementsDelta.calculate(
+      prevAffectedElements,
+      nextAffectedElements,
    );

+    for (const [id, delta] of Object.entries(added)) {
+      this.added[id] = delta;
+    }
+
+    for (const [id, delta] of Object.entries(removed)) {
+      this.removed[id] = delta;
+    }
+
+    for (const [id, delta] of Object.entries(updated)) {
+      this.updated[id] = delta;
+    }
+
    return nextAffectedElements;
  }

@@ -1900,31 +1704,6 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
    BindableElement.rebindAffected(nextElements, nextElement(), updater);
  }

-  public static redrawElements(
-    nextElements: SceneElementsMap,
-    changedElements: Map<string, OrderedExcalidrawElement>,
-  ) {
-    try {
-      // we don't have an up-to-date scene, as we can be just in the middle of applying history entry
-      // we also don't have a scene on the server
-      // so we are creating a temp scene just to query and mutate elements
-      const tempScene = new Scene(nextElements, { skipValidation: true });
-
-      ElementsDelta.redrawTextBoundingBoxes(tempScene, changedElements);
-
-      // needs ordered nextElements to avoid z-index binding issues
-      ElementsDelta.redrawBoundArrows(tempScene, changedElements);
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.error(`Couldn't redraw elements`, e);
-
-      if (isTestEnv() || isDevEnv()) {
-        throw e;
-      }
-    } finally {
-      return nextElements;
-    }
-  }
-
  private static redrawTextBoundingBoxes(
    scene: Scene,
    changed: Map<string, OrderedExcalidrawElement>,
@@ -1979,7 +1758,6 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {
  ) {
    for (const element of changed.values()) {
      if (!element.isDeleted && isBindableElement(element)) {
-        // TODO: with precise bindings this is quite expensive, so consider optimisation so it's only triggered when the arrow does not intersect (imprecise) element bounds
        updateBoundElements(element, scene, {
          changedElements: changed,
        });
@@ -2075,12 +1853,4 @@ export class ElementsDelta implements DeltaContainer<SceneElementsMap> {

    return strippedPartial;
  }
-
-  private static stripVersionProps(
-    partial: Partial<OrderedExcalidrawElement>,
-  ): ElementPartial {
-    const { version, versionNonce, ...strippedPartial } = partial;
-
-    return strippedPartial;
-  }
 }
--- a/packages/element/src/store.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/store.ts
@@ -76,9 +76,8 @@ type MicroActionsQueue = (() => void)[];
 * Store which captures the observed changes and emits them as `StoreIncrement` events.
 */
 export class Store {
-  // for internal use by history
+  // internally used by history
  public readonly onDurableIncrementEmitter = new Emitter<[DurableIncrement]>();
-  // for public use as part of onIncrement API
  public readonly onStoreIncrementEmitter = new Emitter<
    [DurableIncrement | EphemeralIncrement]
  >();
@@ -240,6 +239,7 @@ export class Store {
    if (!storeDelta.isEmpty()) {
      const increment = new DurableIncrement(storeChange, storeDelta);

+      // Notify listeners with the increment
      this.onDurableIncrementEmitter.trigger(increment);
      this.onStoreIncrementEmitter.trigger(increment);
    }
@@ -552,26 +552,10 @@ export class StoreDelta {
  public static load({
    id,
    elements: { added, removed, updated },
-    appState: { delta: appStateDelta },
  }: DTO<StoreDelta>) {
    const elements = ElementsDelta.create(added, removed, updated);
-    const appState = AppStateDelta.create(appStateDelta);

-    return new this(id, elements, appState);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Squash the passed deltas into the aggregated delta instance.
-   */
-  public static squash(...deltas: StoreDelta[]) {
-    const aggregatedDelta = StoreDelta.empty();
-
-    for (const delta of deltas) {
-      aggregatedDelta.elements.squash(delta.elements);
-      aggregatedDelta.appState.squash(delta.appState);
-    }
-
-    return aggregatedDelta;
+    return new this(id, elements, AppStateDelta.empty());
  }

  /**
@@ -588,7 +572,9 @@ export class StoreDelta {
    delta: StoreDelta,
    elements: SceneElementsMap,
    appState: AppState,
-    options?: ApplyToOptions,
+    options: ApplyToOptions = {
+      excludedProperties: new Set(),
+    },
  ): [SceneElementsMap, AppState, boolean] {
    const [nextElements, elementsContainVisibleChange] = delta.elements.applyTo(
      elements,
@@ -627,10 +613,6 @@ export class StoreDelta {
    );
  }

-  public static empty() {
-    return StoreDelta.create(ElementsDelta.empty(), AppStateDelta.empty());
-  }
-
  public isEmpty() {
    return this.elements.isEmpty() && this.appState.isEmpty();
  }
@@ -996,7 +978,8 @@ const getDefaultObservedAppState = (): ObservedAppState => {
    viewBackgroundColor: COLOR_PALETTE.white,
    selectedElementIds: {},
    selectedGroupIds: {},
-    selectedLinearElement: null,
+    selectedLinearElementId: null,
+    selectedLinearElementIsEditing: null,
    croppingElementId: null,
    activeLockedId: null,
    lockedMultiSelections: {},
@@ -1015,12 +998,14 @@ export const getObservedAppState = (
    croppingElementId: appState.croppingElementId,
    activeLockedId: appState.activeLockedId,
    lockedMultiSelections: appState.lockedMultiSelections,
-    selectedLinearElement: appState.selectedLinearElement
-      ? {
-          elementId: appState.selectedLinearElement.elementId,
-          isEditing: !!appState.selectedLinearElement.isEditing,
-        }
-      : null,
+    selectedLinearElementId:
+      (appState as AppState).selectedLinearElement?.elementId ??
+      (appState as ObservedAppState).selectedLinearElementId ??
+      null,
+    selectedLinearElementIsEditing:
+      (appState as AppState).selectedLinearElement?.isEditing ??
+      (appState as ObservedAppState).selectedLinearElementIsEditing ??
+      null,
  };

  Reflect.defineProperty(observedAppState, hiddenObservedAppStateProp, {
--- a/packages/element/tests/delta.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/element/tests/delta.test.tsx
@@ -1,328 +1,13 @@
-import { API } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/tests/helpers/api";
-
 import type { ObservedAppState } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/types";
 import type { LinearElementEditor } from "@excalidraw/element";
-import type { SceneElementsMap } from "@excalidraw/element/types";

-import { AppStateDelta, Delta, ElementsDelta } from "../src/delta";
-
-describe("ElementsDelta", () => {
-  describe("elements delta calculation", () => {
-    it("should not create removed delta when element gets removed but was already deleted", () => {
-      const element = API.createElement({
-        type: "rectangle",
-        x: 100,
-        y: 100,
-        isDeleted: true,
-      });
-
-      const prevElements = new Map([[element.id, element]]);
-      const nextElements = new Map();
-
-      const delta = ElementsDelta.calculate(prevElements, nextElements);
-
-      expect(delta.isEmpty()).toBeTruthy();
-    });
-
-    it("should not create added delta when adding element as already deleted", () => {
-      const element = API.createElement({
-        type: "rectangle",
-        x: 100,
-        y: 100,
-        isDeleted: true,
-      });
-
-      const prevElements = new Map();
-      const nextElements = new Map([[element.id, element]]);
-
-      const delta = ElementsDelta.calculate(prevElements, nextElements);
-
-      expect(delta.isEmpty()).toBeTruthy();
-    });
-
-    it("should not create updated delta when there is only version and versionNonce change", () => {
-      const baseElement = API.createElement({
-        type: "rectangle",
-        x: 100,
-        y: 100,
-        strokeColor: "#000000",
-        backgroundColor: "#ffffff",
-      });
-
-      const modifiedElement = {
-        ...baseElement,
-        version: baseElement.version + 1,
-        versionNonce: baseElement.versionNonce + 1,
-      };
-
-      // Create maps for the delta calculation
-      const prevElements = new Map([[baseElement.id, baseElement]]);
-      const nextElements = new Map([[modifiedElement.id, modifiedElement]]);
-
-      // Calculate the delta
-      const delta = ElementsDelta.calculate(
-        prevElements as SceneElementsMap,
-        nextElements as SceneElementsMap,
-      );
-
-      expect(delta.isEmpty()).toBeTruthy();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("squash", () => {
-    it("should not squash when second delta is empty", () => {
-      const updatedDelta = Delta.create(
-        { x: 100, version: 1, versionNonce: 1 },
-        { x: 200, version: 2, versionNonce: 2 },
-      );
-
-      const elementsDelta1 = ElementsDelta.create(
-        {},
-        {},
-        { id1: updatedDelta },
-      );
-      const elementsDelta2 = ElementsDelta.empty();
-      const elementsDelta = elementsDelta1.squash(elementsDelta2);
-
-      expect(elementsDelta.isEmpty()).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(elementsDelta).toBe(elementsDelta1);
-      expect(elementsDelta.updated.id1).toBe(updatedDelta);
-    });
-
-    it("should squash mutually exclusive delta types", () => {
-      const addedDelta = Delta.create(
-        { x: 100, version: 1, versionNonce: 1, isDeleted: true },
-        { x: 200, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: false },
-      );
-
-      const removedDelta = Delta.create(
-        { x: 100, version: 1, versionNonce: 1, isDeleted: false },
-        { x: 200, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: true },
-      );
-
-      const updatedDelta = Delta.create(
-        { x: 100, version: 1, versionNonce: 1 },
-        { x: 200, version: 2, versionNonce: 2 },
-      );
-
-      const elementsDelta1 = ElementsDelta.create(
-        { id1: addedDelta },
-        { id2: removedDelta },
-        {},
-      );
-
-      const elementsDelta2 = ElementsDelta.create(
-        {},
-        {},
-        { id3: updatedDelta },
-      );
-
-      const elementsDelta = elementsDelta1.squash(elementsDelta2);
-
-      expect(elementsDelta.isEmpty()).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(elementsDelta).toBe(elementsDelta1);
-      expect(elementsDelta.added.id1).toBe(addedDelta);
-      expect(elementsDelta.removed.id2).toBe(removedDelta);
-      expect(elementsDelta.updated.id3).toBe(updatedDelta);
-    });
-
-    it("should squash the same delta types", () => {
-      const elementsDelta1 = ElementsDelta.create(
-        {
-          id1: Delta.create(
-            { x: 100, version: 1, versionNonce: 1, isDeleted: true },
-            { x: 200, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: false },
-          ),
-        },
-        {
-          id2: Delta.create(
-            { x: 100, version: 1, versionNonce: 1, isDeleted: false },
-            { x: 200, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: true },
-          ),
-        },
-        {
-          id3: Delta.create(
-            { x: 100, version: 1, versionNonce: 1 },
-            { x: 200, version: 2, versionNonce: 2 },
-          ),
-        },
-      );
-
-      const elementsDelta2 = ElementsDelta.create(
-        {
-          id1: Delta.create(
-            { y: 100, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: true },
-            { y: 200, version: 3, versionNonce: 3, isDeleted: false },
-          ),
-        },
-        {
-          id2: Delta.create(
-            { y: 100, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: false },
-            { y: 200, version: 3, versionNonce: 3, isDeleted: true },
-          ),
-        },
-        {
-          id3: Delta.create(
-            { y: 100, version: 2, versionNonce: 2 },
-            { y: 200, version: 3, versionNonce: 3 },
-          ),
-        },
-      );
-
-      const elementsDelta = elementsDelta1.squash(elementsDelta2);
-
-      expect(elementsDelta.isEmpty()).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(elementsDelta).toBe(elementsDelta1);
-      expect(elementsDelta.added.id1).toEqual(
-        Delta.create(
-          { x: 100, y: 100, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: true },
-          { x: 200, y: 200, version: 3, versionNonce: 3, isDeleted: false },
-        ),
-      );
-      expect(elementsDelta.removed.id2).toEqual(
-        Delta.create(
-          { x: 100, y: 100, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: false },
-          { x: 200, y: 200, version: 3, versionNonce: 3, isDeleted: true },
-        ),
-      );
-      expect(elementsDelta.updated.id3).toEqual(
-        Delta.create(
-          { x: 100, y: 100, version: 2, versionNonce: 2 },
-          { x: 200, y: 200, version: 3, versionNonce: 3 },
-        ),
-      );
-    });
-
-    it("should squash different delta types ", () => {
-      // id1: added   -> updated => added
-      // id2: removed -> added   => added
-      // id3: updated -> removed => removed
-      const elementsDelta1 = ElementsDelta.create(
-        {
-          id1: Delta.create(
-            { x: 100, version: 1, versionNonce: 1, isDeleted: true },
-            { x: 101, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: false },
-          ),
-        },
-        {
-          id2: Delta.create(
-            { x: 200, version: 1, versionNonce: 1, isDeleted: false },
-            { x: 201, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: true },
-          ),
-        },
-        {
-          id3: Delta.create(
-            { x: 300, version: 1, versionNonce: 1 },
-            { x: 301, version: 2, versionNonce: 2 },
-          ),
-        },
-      );
-
-      const elementsDelta2 = ElementsDelta.create(
-        {
-          id2: Delta.create(
-            { y: 200, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: true },
-            { y: 201, version: 3, versionNonce: 3, isDeleted: false },
-          ),
-        },
-        {
-          id3: Delta.create(
-            { y: 300, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: false },
-            { y: 301, version: 3, versionNonce: 3, isDeleted: true },
-          ),
-        },
-        {
-          id1: Delta.create(
-            { y: 100, version: 2, versionNonce: 2 },
-            { y: 101, version: 3, versionNonce: 3 },
-          ),
-        },
-      );
-
-      const elementsDelta = elementsDelta1.squash(elementsDelta2);
-
-      expect(elementsDelta.isEmpty()).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(elementsDelta).toBe(elementsDelta1);
-      expect(elementsDelta.added).toEqual({
-        id1: Delta.create(
-          { x: 100, y: 100, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: true },
-          { x: 101, y: 101, version: 3, versionNonce: 3, isDeleted: false },
-        ),
-        id2: Delta.create(
-          { x: 200, y: 200, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: true },
-          { x: 201, y: 201, version: 3, versionNonce: 3, isDeleted: false },
-        ),
-      });
-      expect(elementsDelta.removed).toEqual({
-        id3: Delta.create(
-          { x: 300, y: 300, version: 2, versionNonce: 2, isDeleted: false },
-          { x: 301, y: 301, version: 3, versionNonce: 3, isDeleted: true },
-        ),
-      });
-      expect(elementsDelta.updated).toEqual({});
-    });
-
-    it("should squash bound elements", () => {
-      const elementsDelta1 = ElementsDelta.create(
-        {},
-        {},
-        {
-          id1: Delta.create(
-            {
-              version: 1,
-              versionNonce: 1,
-              boundElements: [{ id: "t1", type: "text" }],
-            },
-            {
-              version: 2,
-              versionNonce: 2,
-              boundElements: [{ id: "t2", type: "text" }],
-            },
-          ),
-        },
-      );
-
-      const elementsDelta2 = ElementsDelta.create(
-        {},
-        {},
-        {
-          id1: Delta.create(
-            {
-              version: 2,
-              versionNonce: 2,
-              boundElements: [{ id: "a1", type: "arrow" }],
-            },
-            {
-              version: 3,
-              versionNonce: 3,
-              boundElements: [{ id: "a2", type: "arrow" }],
-            },
-          ),
-        },
-      );
-
-      const elementsDelta = elementsDelta1.squash(elementsDelta2);
-
-      expect(elementsDelta.updated.id1.deleted.boundElements).toEqual([
-        { id: "t1", type: "text" },
-        { id: "a1", type: "arrow" },
-      ]);
-      expect(elementsDelta.updated.id1.inserted.boundElements).toEqual([
-        { id: "t2", type: "text" },
-        { id: "a2", type: "arrow" },
-      ]);
-    });
-  });
-});
+import { AppStateDelta } from "../src/delta";

 describe("AppStateDelta", () => {
  describe("ensure stable delta properties order", () => {
    it("should maintain stable order for root properties", () => {
      const name = "untitled scene";
-      const selectedLinearElement = {
-        elementId: "id1" as LinearElementEditor["elementId"],
-        isEditing: false,
-      };
+      const selectedLinearElementId = "id1" as LinearElementEditor["elementId"];

      const commonAppState = {
        viewBackgroundColor: "#ffffff",
@@ -339,23 +24,23 @@ describe("AppStateDelta", () => {
      const prevAppState1: ObservedAppState = {
        ...commonAppState,
        name: "",
-        selectedLinearElement: null,
+        selectedLinearElementId: null,
      };

      const nextAppState1: ObservedAppState = {
        ...commonAppState,
        name,
-        selectedLinearElement,
+        selectedLinearElementId,
      };

      const prevAppState2: ObservedAppState = {
-        selectedLinearElement: null,
+        selectedLinearElementId: null,
        name: "",
        ...commonAppState,
      };

      const nextAppState2: ObservedAppState = {
-        selectedLinearElement,
+        selectedLinearElementId,
        name,
        ...commonAppState,
      };
@@ -373,7 +58,9 @@ describe("AppStateDelta", () => {
        selectedGroupIds: {},
        editingGroupId: null,
        croppingElementId: null,
-        selectedLinearElement: null,
+        selectedLinearElementId: null,
+        selectedLinearElementIsEditing: null,
+        editingLinearElementId: null,
        activeLockedId: null,
        lockedMultiSelections: {},
      };
@@ -419,7 +106,9 @@ describe("AppStateDelta", () => {
        selectedElementIds: {},
        editingGroupId: null,
        croppingElementId: null,
-        selectedLinearElement: null,
+        selectedLinearElementId: null,
+        selectedLinearElementIsEditing: null,
+        editingLinearElementId: null,
        activeLockedId: null,
        lockedMultiSelections: {},
      };
@@ -460,97 +149,4 @@ describe("AppStateDelta", () => {
      expect(JSON.stringify(delta1)).toBe(JSON.stringify(delta2));
    });
  });
-
-  describe("squash", () => {
-    it("should not squash when second delta is empty", () => {
-      const delta = Delta.create(
-        { name: "untitled scene" },
-        { name: "titled scene" },
-      );
-
-      const appStateDelta1 = AppStateDelta.create(delta);
-      const appStateDelta2 = AppStateDelta.empty();
-      const appStateDelta = appStateDelta1.squash(appStateDelta2);
-
-      expect(appStateDelta.isEmpty()).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(appStateDelta).toBe(appStateDelta1);
-      expect(appStateDelta.delta).toBe(delta);
-    });
-
-    it("should squash exclusive properties", () => {
-      const delta1 = Delta.create(
-        { name: "untitled scene" },
-        { name: "titled scene" },
-      );
-      const delta2 = Delta.create(
-        { viewBackgroundColor: "#ffffff" },
-        { viewBackgroundColor: "#000000" },
-      );
-
-      const appStateDelta1 = AppStateDelta.create(delta1);
-      const appStateDelta2 = AppStateDelta.create(delta2);
-      const appStateDelta = appStateDelta1.squash(appStateDelta2);
-
-      expect(appStateDelta.isEmpty()).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(appStateDelta).toBe(appStateDelta1);
-      expect(appStateDelta.delta).toEqual(
-        Delta.create(
-          { name: "untitled scene", viewBackgroundColor: "#ffffff" },
-          { name: "titled scene", viewBackgroundColor: "#000000" },
-        ),
-      );
-    });
-
-    it("should squash selectedElementIds, selectedGroupIds and lockedMultiSelections", () => {
-      const delta1 = Delta.create<Partial<ObservedAppState>>(
-        {
-          name: "untitled scene",
-          selectedElementIds: { id1: true },
-          selectedGroupIds: {},
-          lockedMultiSelections: { g1: true },
-        },
-        {
-          name: "titled scene",
-          selectedElementIds: { id2: true },
-          selectedGroupIds: { g1: true },
-          lockedMultiSelections: {},
-        },
-      );
-      const delta2 = Delta.create<Partial<ObservedAppState>>(
-        {
-          selectedElementIds: { id3: true },
-          selectedGroupIds: { g1: true },
-          lockedMultiSelections: {},
-        },
-        {
-          selectedElementIds: { id2: true },
-          selectedGroupIds: { g2: true, g3: true },
-          lockedMultiSelections: { g3: true },
-        },
-      );
-
-      const appStateDelta1 = AppStateDelta.create(delta1);
-      const appStateDelta2 = AppStateDelta.create(delta2);
-      const appStateDelta = appStateDelta1.squash(appStateDelta2);
-
-      expect(appStateDelta.isEmpty()).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(appStateDelta).toBe(appStateDelta1);
-      expect(appStateDelta.delta).toEqual(
-        Delta.create<Partial<ObservedAppState>>(
-          {
-            name: "untitled scene",
-            selectedElementIds: { id1: true, id3: true },
-            selectedGroupIds: { g1: true },
-            lockedMultiSelections: { g1: true },
-          },
-          {
-            name: "titled scene",
-            selectedElementIds: { id2: true },
-            selectedGroupIds: { g1: true, g2: true, g3: true },
-            lockedMultiSelections: { g3: true },
-          },
-        ),
-      );
-    });
-  });
 });
--- a/packages/eslint/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint/index.js
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  rules: {
-    "no-binding-direct-mod": require("./no-binding-direct-mod"),
-  },
-};
--- a/packages/eslint/no-binding-direct-mod.js
+++ b/packages/eslint/no-binding-direct-mod.js
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-/** @type {import('eslint').Rule.RuleModule} */
-module.exports = {
-  meta: {
-    type: "problem",
-    docs: {
-      description:
-        "disallow direct mutation of startBinding or endBinding via mutateElement",
-      category: "Best Practices",
-      recommended: false,
-    },
-    fixable: null,
-    schema: [],
-    messages: {
-      noDirectBindingMutation:
-        "Direct mutation of {{ property }} via mutateElement() is not allowed. Use proper binding update functions instead.",
-    },
-  },
-
-  create(context) {
-    return {
-      CallExpression(node) {
-        // Check if this is a call to mutateElement (direct call or method call)
-        let isMutateElementCall = false;
-
-        if (
-          node.callee.type === "Identifier" &&
-          node.callee.name === "mutateElement"
-        ) {
-          // Direct call: mutateElement()
-          isMutateElementCall = true;
-        } else if (
-          node.callee.type === "MemberExpression" &&
-          node.callee.property.type === "Identifier" &&
-          node.callee.property.name === "mutateElement"
-        ) {
-          // Method call: something.mutateElement() or this.scene.mutateElement()
-          isMutateElementCall = true;
-        }
-
-        if (isMutateElementCall) {
-          // mutateElement can have different argument patterns:
-          // 1. mutateElement(element, updates) - 2 args
-          // 2. mutateElement(element, elementsMap, updates) - 3 args
-          // 3. mutateElement(element, updates, options) - 3 args
-          let updatesArg = null;
-
-          if (node.arguments.length >= 2) {
-            // Try second argument first (most common pattern)
-            const secondArg = node.arguments[1];
-            if (secondArg.type === "ObjectExpression") {
-              updatesArg = secondArg;
-            } else if (node.arguments.length >= 3) {
-              // If second arg is not an object, try third argument
-              const thirdArg = node.arguments[2];
-              if (thirdArg.type === "ObjectExpression") {
-                updatesArg = thirdArg;
-              }
-            }
-          }
-
-          if (updatesArg) {
-            // Look for startBinding or endBinding properties
-            for (const property of updatesArg.properties) {
-              if (
-                property.type === "Property" &&
-                property.key.type === "Identifier" &&
-                (property.key.name === "startBinding" ||
-                  property.key.name === "endBinding")
-              ) {
-                context.report({
-                  node: property,
-                  messageId: "noDirectBindingMutation",
-                  data: {
-                    property: property.key.name,
-                  },
-                });
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      },
-    };
-  },
-};
--- a/packages/eslint/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint/package.json
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "eslint-plugin-excalidraw",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "scripts": {
-    "lint": "eslint ."
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "eslint": "^7.32.0"
-  }
-}
--- a/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionBoundText.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionBoundText.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
  getFontString,
 } from "@excalidraw/common";
 import {
-  bindOrUnbindLinearElement,
  getOriginalContainerHeightFromCache,
  resetOriginalContainerCache,
  updateOriginalContainerCache,
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ import { newElement } from "@excalidraw/element";
 import { CaptureUpdateAction } from "@excalidraw/element";

 import type {
-  ExcalidrawBindableElement,
  ExcalidrawElement,
  ExcalidrawLinearElement,
  ExcalidrawTextContainer,
@@ -272,7 +270,7 @@ export const actionWrapTextInContainer = register({
          ),
          groupIds: textElement.groupIds,
          frameId: textElement.frameId,
-        }) as ExcalidrawBindableElement;
+        });

        // update bindings
        if (textElement.boundElements?.length) {
@@ -283,14 +281,26 @@ export const actionWrapTextInContainer = register({
            linearElementIds.includes(ele.id),
          ) as ExcalidrawLinearElement[];
          linearElements.forEach((ele) => {
-            bindOrUnbindLinearElement(
-              ele,
-              ele.startBinding?.elementId === textElement.id
-                ? container
-                : "keep",
-              ele.endBinding?.elementId === textElement.id ? container : "keep",
-              app.scene,
-            );
+            let startBinding = ele.startBinding;
+            let endBinding = ele.endBinding;
+
+            if (startBinding?.elementId === textElement.id) {
+              startBinding = {
+                ...startBinding,
+                elementId: container.id,
+              };
+            }
+
+            if (endBinding?.elementId === textElement.id) {
+              endBinding = { ...endBinding, elementId: container.id };
+            }
+
+            if (startBinding || endBinding) {
+              app.scene.mutateElement(ele, {
+                startBinding,
+                endBinding,
+              });
+            }
          });
        }

--- a/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionCanvas.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionCanvas.tsx
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export const actionClearCanvas = register({
        pasteDialog: appState.pasteDialog,
        activeTool:
          appState.activeTool.type === "image"
-            ? { ...appState.activeTool, type: app.defaultSelectionTool }
+            ? { ...appState.activeTool, type: "selection" }
            : appState.activeTool,
      },
      captureUpdate: CaptureUpdateAction.IMMEDIATELY,
@@ -494,13 +494,13 @@ export const actionToggleEraserTool = register({
  name: "toggleEraserTool",
  label: "toolBar.eraser",
  trackEvent: { category: "toolbar" },
-  perform: (elements, appState, _, app) => {
+  perform: (elements, appState) => {
    let activeTool: AppState["activeTool"];

    if (isEraserActive(appState)) {
      activeTool = updateActiveTool(appState, {
        ...(appState.activeTool.lastActiveTool || {
-          type: app.defaultSelectionTool,
+          type: "selection",
        }),
        lastActiveToolBeforeEraser: null,
      });
@@ -530,9 +530,6 @@ export const actionToggleLassoTool = register({
  label: "toolBar.lasso",
  icon: LassoIcon,
  trackEvent: { category: "toolbar" },
-  predicate: (elements, appState, props, app) => {
-    return app.defaultSelectionTool !== "lasso";
-  },
  perform: (elements, appState, _, app) => {
    let activeTool: AppState["activeTool"];

--- a/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionDeleteSelected.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionDeleteSelected.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import { KEYS, updateActiveTool } from "@excalidraw/common";

-import {
-  bindOrUnbindLinearElement,
-  getNonDeletedElements,
-} from "@excalidraw/element";
+import { getNonDeletedElements } from "@excalidraw/element";
 import { fixBindingsAfterDeletion } from "@excalidraw/element";
 import { LinearElementEditor } from "@excalidraw/element";
 import { newElementWith } from "@excalidraw/element";
@@ -95,14 +92,14 @@ const deleteSelectedElements = (
        el.boundElements.forEach((candidate) => {
          const bound = app.scene.getNonDeletedElementsMap().get(candidate.id);
          if (bound && isElbowArrow(bound)) {
-            if (el.id === bound.startBinding?.elementId) {
-              bindOrUnbindLinearElement(
-                bound,
-                el.id === bound.startBinding?.elementId ? null : "keep",
-                el.id === bound.endBinding?.elementId ? null : "keep",
-                app.scene,
-              );
-            }
+            app.scene.mutateElement(bound, {
+              startBinding:
+                el.id === bound.startBinding?.elementId
+                  ? null
+                  : bound.startBinding,
+              endBinding:
+                el.id === bound.endBinding?.elementId ? null : bound.endBinding,
+            });
          }
        });
      }
@@ -301,9 +298,7 @@ export const actionDeleteSelected = register({
      elements: nextElements,
      appState: {
        ...nextAppState,
-        activeTool: updateActiveTool(appState, {
-          type: app.defaultSelectionTool,
-        }),
+        activeTool: updateActiveTool(appState, { type: "selection" }),
        multiElement: null,
        activeEmbeddable: null,
        selectedLinearElement: null,
--- a/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionFinalize.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionFinalize.tsx
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ import {
  bindOrUnbindLinearElement,
  isBindingEnabled,
 } from "@excalidraw/element/binding";
-import {
-  isValidPolygon,
-  LinearElementEditor,
-  newElementWith,
-} from "@excalidraw/element";
+import { isValidPolygon, LinearElementEditor } from "@excalidraw/element";

 import {
  isBindingElement,
@@ -82,14 +78,7 @@ export const actionFinalize = register({
        let newElements = elements;
        if (element && isInvisiblySmallElement(element)) {
          // TODO: #7348 in theory this gets recorded by the store, so the invisible elements could be restored by the undo/redo, which might be not what we would want
-          newElements = newElements.map((el) => {
-            if (el.id === element.id) {
-              return newElementWith(el, {
-                isDeleted: true,
-              });
-            }
-            return el;
-          });
+          newElements = newElements.filter((el) => el.id !== element!.id);
        }
        return {
          elements: newElements,
@@ -128,12 +117,7 @@ export const actionFinalize = register({
        return {
          elements:
            element.points.length < 2 || isInvisiblySmallElement(element)
-              ? elements.map((el) => {
-                  if (el.id === element.id) {
-                    return newElementWith(el, { isDeleted: true });
-                  }
-                  return el;
-                })
+              ? elements.filter((el) => el.id !== element.id)
              : undefined,
          appState: {
            ...appState,
@@ -188,12 +172,7 @@ export const actionFinalize = register({

      if (element && isInvisiblySmallElement(element)) {
        // TODO: #7348 in theory this gets recorded by the store, so the invisible elements could be restored by the undo/redo, which might be not what we would want
-        newElements = newElements.map((el) => {
-          if (el.id === element?.id) {
-            return newElementWith(el, { isDeleted: true });
-          }
-          return el;
-        });
+        newElements = newElements.filter((el) => el.id !== element!.id);
      }

      if (isLinearElement(element) || isFreeDrawElement(element)) {
@@ -261,13 +240,13 @@ export const actionFinalize = register({
    if (appState.activeTool.type === "eraser") {
      activeTool = updateActiveTool(appState, {
        ...(appState.activeTool.lastActiveTool || {
-          type: app.defaultSelectionTool,
+          type: "selection",
        }),
        lastActiveToolBeforeEraser: null,
      });
    } else {
      activeTool = updateActiveTool(appState, {
-        type: app.defaultSelectionTool,
+        type: "selection",
      });
    }

--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/Actions.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/Actions.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import {
  hasStrokeWidth,
 } from "../scene";

-import { getToolbarTools } from "./shapes";
+import { SHAPES } from "./shapes";

 import "./Actions.scss";

@@ -295,8 +295,7 @@ export const ShapesSwitcher = ({

  const frameToolSelected = activeTool.type === "frame";
  const laserToolSelected = activeTool.type === "laser";
-  const lassoToolSelected =
-    activeTool.type === "lasso" && app.defaultSelectionTool !== "lasso";
+  const lassoToolSelected = activeTool.type === "lasso";

  const embeddableToolSelected = activeTool.type === "embeddable";

@@ -304,68 +303,63 @@ export const ShapesSwitcher = ({

  return (
    <>
-      {getToolbarTools(app).map(
-        ({ value, icon, key, numericKey, fillable }, index) => {
-          if (
-            UIOptions.tools?.[
-              value as Extract<
-                typeof value,
-                keyof AppProps["UIOptions"]["tools"]
-              >
-            ] === false
-          ) {
-            return null;
-          }
+      {SHAPES.map(({ value, icon, key, numericKey, fillable }, index) => {
+        if (
+          UIOptions.tools?.[
+            value as Extract<typeof value, keyof AppProps["UIOptions"]["tools"]>
+          ] === false
+        ) {
+          return null;
+        }

-          const label = t(`toolBar.${value}`);
-          const letter =
-            key && capitalizeString(typeof key === "string" ? key : key[0]);
-          const shortcut = letter
-            ? `${letter} ${t("helpDialog.or")} ${numericKey}`
-            : `${numericKey}`;
+        const label = t(`toolBar.${value}`);
+        const letter =
+          key && capitalizeString(typeof key === "string" ? key : key[0]);
+        const shortcut = letter
+          ? `${letter} ${t("helpDialog.or")} ${numericKey}`
+          : `${numericKey}`;

-          return (
-            <ToolButton
-              className={clsx("Shape", { fillable })}
-              key={value}
-              type="radio"
-              icon={icon}
-              checked={activeTool.type === value}
-              name="editor-current-shape"
-              title={`${capitalizeString(label)} — ${shortcut}`}
-              keyBindingLabel={numericKey || letter}
-              aria-label={capitalizeString(label)}
-              aria-keyshortcuts={shortcut}
-              data-testid={`toolbar-${value}`}
-              onPointerDown={({ pointerType }) => {
-                if (!appState.penDetected && pointerType === "pen") {
-                  app.togglePenMode(true);
-                }
+        return (
+          <ToolButton
+            className={clsx("Shape", { fillable })}
+            key={value}
+            type="radio"
+            icon={icon}
+            checked={activeTool.type === value}
+            name="editor-current-shape"
+            title={`${capitalizeString(label)} — ${shortcut}`}
+            keyBindingLabel={numericKey || letter}
+            aria-label={capitalizeString(label)}
+            aria-keyshortcuts={shortcut}
+            data-testid={`toolbar-${value}`}
+            onPointerDown={({ pointerType }) => {
+              if (!appState.penDetected && pointerType === "pen") {
+                app.togglePenMode(true);
+              }

-                if (value === "selection") {
-                  if (appState.activeTool.type === "selection") {
-                    app.setActiveTool({ type: "lasso" });
-                  } else {
-                    app.setActiveTool({ type: "selection" });
-                  }
-                }
-              }}
-              onChange={({ pointerType }) => {
-                if (appState.activeTool.type !== value) {
-                  trackEvent("toolbar", value, "ui");
-                }
-                if (value === "image") {
-                  app.setActiveTool({
-                    type: value,
-                  });
+              if (value === "selection") {
+                if (appState.activeTool.type === "selection") {
+                  app.setActiveTool({ type: "lasso" });
                } else {
-                  app.setActiveTool({ type: value });
+                  app.setActiveTool({ type: "selection" });
                }
-              }}
-            />
-          );
-        },
-      )}
+              }
+            }}
+            onChange={({ pointerType }) => {
+              if (appState.activeTool.type !== value) {
+                trackEvent("toolbar", value, "ui");
+              }
+              if (value === "image") {
+                app.setActiveTool({
+                  type: value,
+                });
+              } else {
+                app.setActiveTool({ type: value });
+              }
+            }}
+          />
+        );
+      })}
      <div className="App-toolbar__divider" />

      <DropdownMenu open={isExtraToolsMenuOpen}>
@@ -424,16 +418,14 @@ export const ShapesSwitcher = ({
          >
            {t("toolBar.laser")}
          </DropdownMenu.Item>
-          {app.defaultSelectionTool !== "lasso" && (
-            <DropdownMenu.Item
-              onSelect={() => app.setActiveTool({ type: "lasso" })}
-              icon={LassoIcon}
-              data-testid="toolbar-lasso"
-              selected={lassoToolSelected}
-            >
-              {t("toolBar.lasso")}
-            </DropdownMenu.Item>
-          )}
+          <DropdownMenu.Item
+            onSelect={() => app.setActiveTool({ type: "lasso" })}
+            icon={LassoIcon}
+            data-testid="toolbar-lasso"
+            selected={lassoToolSelected}
+          >
+            {t("toolBar.lasso")}
+          </DropdownMenu.Item>
          <div style={{ margin: "6px 0", fontSize: 14, fontWeight: 600 }}>
            Generate
          </div>
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ import {
  randomInteger,
  CLASSES,
  Emitter,
-  isMobile,
  MINIMUM_ARROW_SIZE,
 } from "@excalidraw/common";

@@ -234,8 +233,6 @@ import {
  hitElementBoundingBox,
  isLineElement,
  isSimpleArrow,
-  StoreDelta,
-  type ApplyToOptions,
 } from "@excalidraw/element";

 import type { LocalPoint, Radians } from "@excalidraw/math";
@@ -262,7 +259,6 @@ import type {
  MagicGenerationData,
  ExcalidrawArrowElement,
  ExcalidrawElbowArrowElement,
-  SceneElementsMap,
 } from "@excalidraw/element/types";

 import type { Mutable, ValueOf } from "@excalidraw/common/utility-types";
@@ -654,14 +650,9 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
  >();
  onRemoveEventListenersEmitter = new Emitter<[]>();

-  defaultSelectionTool: "selection" | "lasso" = "selection";
-
  constructor(props: AppProps) {
    super(props);
    const defaultAppState = getDefaultAppState();
-    this.defaultSelectionTool = this.isMobileOrTablet()
-      ? ("lasso" as const)
-      : ("selection" as const);
    const {
      excalidrawAPI,
      viewModeEnabled = false,
@@ -706,7 +697,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
    if (excalidrawAPI) {
      const api: ExcalidrawImperativeAPI = {
        updateScene: this.updateScene,
-        applyDeltas: this.applyDeltas,
        mutateElement: this.mutateElement,
        updateLibrary: this.library.updateLibrary,
        addFiles: this.addFiles,
@@ -1612,8 +1602,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
                          renderWelcomeScreen={
                            !this.state.isLoading &&
                            this.state.showWelcomeScreen &&
-                            this.state.activeTool.type ===
-                              this.defaultSelectionTool &&
+                            this.state.activeTool.type === "selection" &&
                            !this.state.zenModeEnabled &&
                            !this.scene.getElementsIncludingDeleted().length
                          }
@@ -2353,11 +2342,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
        },
      };
    }
-    const scene = restore(initialData, null, null, {
-      repairBindings: true,
-      deleteInvisibleElements: true,
-    });
-    const activeTool = scene.appState.activeTool;
+    const scene = restore(initialData, null, null, { repairBindings: true });
    scene.appState = {
      ...scene.appState,
      theme: this.props.theme || scene.appState.theme,
@@ -2367,13 +2352,8 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
      // with a library install link, which should auto-open the library)
      openSidebar: scene.appState?.openSidebar || this.state.openSidebar,
      activeTool:
-        activeTool.type === "image" ||
-        activeTool.type === "lasso" ||
-        activeTool.type === "selection"
-          ? {
-              ...activeTool,
-              type: this.defaultSelectionTool,
-            }
+        scene.appState.activeTool.type === "image"
+          ? { ...scene.appState.activeTool, type: "selection" }
          : scene.appState.activeTool,
      isLoading: false,
      toast: this.state.toast,
@@ -2412,16 +2392,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
    }
  };

-  private isMobileOrTablet = (): boolean => {
-    const hasTouch = "ontouchstart" in window || navigator.maxTouchPoints > 0;
-    const hasCoarsePointer =
-      "matchMedia" in window &&
-      window?.matchMedia("(pointer: coarse)")?.matches;
-    const isTouchMobile = hasTouch && hasCoarsePointer;
-
-    return isMobile || isTouchMobile;
-  };
-
  private isMobileBreakpoint = (width: number, height: number) => {
    return (
      width < MQ_MAX_WIDTH_PORTRAIT ||
@@ -3140,7 +3110,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
        this.addElementsFromPasteOrLibrary({
          elements,
          files: data.files || null,
-          position: this.isMobileOrTablet() ? "center" : "cursor",
+          position: "cursor",
          retainSeed: isPlainPaste,
        });
      } else if (data.text) {
@@ -3158,7 +3128,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
            this.addElementsFromPasteOrLibrary({
              elements,
              files,
-              position: this.isMobileOrTablet() ? "center" : "cursor",
+              position: "cursor",
            });

            return;
@@ -3218,7 +3188,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
        }
        this.addTextFromPaste(data.text, isPlainPaste);
      }
-      this.setActiveTool({ type: this.defaultSelectionTool }, true);
+      this.setActiveTool({ type: "selection" });
      event?.preventDefault();
    },
  );
@@ -3230,9 +3200,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
    retainSeed?: boolean;
    fitToContent?: boolean;
  }) => {
-    const elements = restoreElements(opts.elements, null, {
-      deleteInvisibleElements: true,
-    });
+    const elements = restoreElements(opts.elements, null, undefined);
    const [minX, minY, maxX, maxY] = getCommonBounds(elements);

    const elementsCenterX = distance(minX, maxX) / 2;
@@ -3364,7 +3332,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
        }
      },
    );
-    this.setActiveTool({ type: this.defaultSelectionTool }, true);
+    this.setActiveTool({ type: "selection" });

    if (opts.fitToContent) {
      this.scrollToContent(duplicatedElements, {
@@ -3610,7 +3578,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
          ...updateActiveTool(
            this.state,
            prevState.activeTool.locked
-              ? { type: this.defaultSelectionTool }
+              ? { type: "selection" }
              : prevState.activeTool,
          ),
          locked: !prevState.activeTool.locked,
@@ -3965,27 +3933,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
    },
  );

-  public applyDeltas = (
-    deltas: StoreDelta[],
-    options?: ApplyToOptions,
-  ): [SceneElementsMap, AppState, boolean] => {
-    // squash all deltas together, starting with a fresh new delta instance
-    const aggregatedDelta = StoreDelta.squash(...deltas);
-
-    // create new instance of elements map & appState, so we don't accidentaly mutate existing ones
-    const nextAppState = { ...this.state };
-    const nextElements = new Map(
-      this.scene.getElementsMapIncludingDeleted(),
-    ) as SceneElementsMap;
-
-    return StoreDelta.applyTo(
-      aggregatedDelta,
-      nextElements,
-      nextAppState,
-      options,
-    );
-  };
-
  public mutateElement = <TElement extends Mutable<ExcalidrawElement>>(
    element: TElement,
    updates: ElementUpdate<TElement>,
@@ -4523,7 +4470,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
        !this.state.selectionElement &&
        !this.state.selectedElementsAreBeingDragged
      ) {
-        const shape = findShapeByKey(event.key, this);
+        const shape = findShapeByKey(event.key);
        if (shape) {
          if (this.state.activeTool.type !== shape) {
            trackEvent(
@@ -4616,7 +4563,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {

      if (event.key === KEYS.K && !event.altKey && !event[KEYS.CTRL_OR_CMD]) {
        if (this.state.activeTool.type === "laser") {
-          this.setActiveTool({ type: this.defaultSelectionTool });
+          this.setActiveTool({ type: "selection" });
        } else {
          this.setActiveTool({ type: "laser" });
        }
@@ -4980,8 +4927,17 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
      }),
      onSubmit: withBatchedUpdates(({ viaKeyboard, nextOriginalText }) => {
        const isDeleted = !nextOriginalText.trim();
-        updateElement(nextOriginalText, isDeleted);

+        if (isDeleted && !isExistingElement) {
+          // let's just remove the element from the scene, as it's an empty just created text element
+          this.scene.replaceAllElements(
+            this.scene
+              .getElementsIncludingDeleted()
+              .filter((x) => x.id !== element.id),
+          );
+        } else {
+          updateElement(nextOriginalText, isDeleted);
+        }
        // select the created text element only if submitting via keyboard
        // (when submitting via click it should act as signal to deselect)
        if (!isDeleted && viaKeyboard) {
@@ -5005,16 +4961,15 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
            }));
          });
        }
-
        if (isDeleted) {
          fixBindingsAfterDeletion(this.scene.getNonDeletedElements(), [
            element,
          ]);
        }

-        if (!isDeleted || isExistingElement) {
-          this.store.scheduleCapture();
-        }
+        // we need to record either way, whether the text element was added or removed
+        // since we need to sync this delta to other clients, otherwise it would end up with inconsistencies
+        this.store.scheduleCapture();

        flushSync(() => {
          this.setState({
@@ -5461,7 +5416,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
      return;
    }
    // we should only be able to double click when mode is selection
-    if (this.state.activeTool.type !== this.defaultSelectionTool) {
+    if (this.state.activeTool.type !== "selection") {
      return;
    }

@@ -5753,9 +5708,8 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
    const elementsMap = this.scene.getNonDeletedElementsMap();
    const frames = this.scene
      .getNonDeletedFramesLikes()
-      .filter(
-        (frame): frame is ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement =>
-          !frame.locked && isCursorInFrame(sceneCoords, frame, elementsMap),
+      .filter((frame): frame is ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement =>
+        isCursorInFrame(sceneCoords, frame, elementsMap),
      );

    return frames.length ? frames[frames.length - 1] : null;
@@ -6073,7 +6027,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
    if (
      hasDeselectedButton ||
      (this.state.activeTool.type !== "selection" &&
-        this.state.activeTool.type !== "lasso" &&
        this.state.activeTool.type !== "text" &&
        this.state.activeTool.type !== "eraser")
    ) {
@@ -6236,12 +6189,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
            !isElbowArrow(hitElement) ||
            !(hitElement.startBinding || hitElement.endBinding)
          ) {
-            if (
-              this.state.activeTool.type !== "lasso" ||
-              selectedElements.length > 0
-            ) {
-              setCursor(this.interactiveCanvas, CURSOR_TYPE.MOVE);
-            }
+            setCursor(this.interactiveCanvas, CURSOR_TYPE.MOVE);
            if (this.state.activeEmbeddable?.state === "hover") {
              this.setState({ activeEmbeddable: null });
            }
@@ -6358,12 +6306,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
            !isElbowArrow(element) ||
            !(element.startBinding || element.endBinding)
          ) {
-            if (
-              this.state.activeTool.type !== "lasso" ||
-              Object.keys(this.state.selectedElementIds).length > 0
-            ) {
-              setCursor(this.interactiveCanvas, CURSOR_TYPE.MOVE);
-            }
+            setCursor(this.interactiveCanvas, CURSOR_TYPE.MOVE);
          }
        }
      } else if (this.hitElement(scenePointerX, scenePointerY, element)) {
@@ -6372,12 +6315,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
          !isElbowArrow(element) ||
          !(element.startBinding || element.endBinding)
        ) {
-          if (
-            this.state.activeTool.type !== "lasso" ||
-            Object.keys(this.state.selectedElementIds).length > 0
-          ) {
-            setCursor(this.interactiveCanvas, CURSOR_TYPE.MOVE);
-          }
+          setCursor(this.interactiveCanvas, CURSOR_TYPE.MOVE);
        }
      }

@@ -6639,119 +6577,11 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
    }

    if (this.state.activeTool.type === "lasso") {
-      const hitSelectedElement =
-        pointerDownState.hit.element &&
-        this.isASelectedElement(pointerDownState.hit.element);
-
-      const isMobileOrTablet = this.isMobileOrTablet();
-
-      if (
-        !pointerDownState.hit.hasHitCommonBoundingBoxOfSelectedElements &&
-        !pointerDownState.resize.handleType &&
-        !hitSelectedElement
-      ) {
-        this.lassoTrail.startPath(
-          pointerDownState.origin.x,
-          pointerDownState.origin.y,
-          event.shiftKey,
-        );
-
-        // block dragging after lasso selection on PCs until the next pointer down
-        // (on mobile or tablet, we want to allow user to drag immediately)
-        pointerDownState.drag.blockDragging = !isMobileOrTablet;
-      }
-
-      // only for mobile or tablet, if we hit an element, select it immediately like normal selection
-      if (
-        isMobileOrTablet &&
-        pointerDownState.hit.element &&
-        !hitSelectedElement
-      ) {
-        this.setState((prevState) => {
-          const nextSelectedElementIds: { [id: string]: true } = {
-            ...prevState.selectedElementIds,
-            [pointerDownState.hit.element!.id]: true,
-          };
-
-          const previouslySelectedElements: ExcalidrawElement[] = [];
-
-          Object.keys(prevState.selectedElementIds).forEach((id) => {
-            const element = this.scene.getElement(id);
-            element && previouslySelectedElements.push(element);
-          });
-
-          const hitElement = pointerDownState.hit.element!;
-
-          // if hitElement is frame-like, deselect all of its elements
-          // if they are selected
-          if (isFrameLikeElement(hitElement)) {
-            getFrameChildren(previouslySelectedElements, hitElement.id).forEach(
-              (element) => {
-                delete nextSelectedElementIds[element.id];
-              },
-            );
-          } else if (hitElement.frameId) {
-            // if hitElement is in a frame and its frame has been selected
-            // disable selection for the given element
-            if (nextSelectedElementIds[hitElement.frameId]) {
-              delete nextSelectedElementIds[hitElement.id];
-            }
-          } else {
-            // hitElement is neither a frame nor an element in a frame
-            // but since hitElement could be in a group with some frames
-            // this means selecting hitElement will have the frames selected as well
-            // because we want to keep the invariant:
-            // - frames and their elements are not selected at the same time
-            // we deselect elements in those frames that were previously selected
-
-            const groupIds = hitElement.groupIds;
-            const framesInGroups = new Set(
-              groupIds
-                .flatMap((gid) =>
-                  getElementsInGroup(this.scene.getNonDeletedElements(), gid),
-                )
-                .filter((element) => isFrameLikeElement(element))
-                .map((frame) => frame.id),
-            );
-
-            if (framesInGroups.size > 0) {
-              previouslySelectedElements.forEach((element) => {
-                if (element.frameId && framesInGroups.has(element.frameId)) {
-                  // deselect element and groups containing the element
-                  delete nextSelectedElementIds[element.id];
-                  element.groupIds
-                    .flatMap((gid) =>
-                      getElementsInGroup(
-                        this.scene.getNonDeletedElements(),
-                        gid,
-                      ),
-                    )
-                    .forEach((element) => {
-                      delete nextSelectedElementIds[element.id];
-                    });
-                }
-              });
-            }
-          }
-
-          return {
-            ...selectGroupsForSelectedElements(
-              {
-                editingGroupId: prevState.editingGroupId,
-                selectedElementIds: nextSelectedElementIds,
-              },
-              this.scene.getNonDeletedElements(),
-              prevState,
-              this,
-            ),
-            showHyperlinkPopup:
-              hitElement.link || isEmbeddableElement(hitElement)
-                ? "info"
-                : false,
-          };
-        });
-        pointerDownState.hit.wasAddedToSelection = true;
-      }
+      this.lassoTrail.startPath(
+        pointerDownState.origin.x,
+        pointerDownState.origin.y,
+        event.shiftKey,
+      );
    } else if (this.state.activeTool.type === "text") {
      this.handleTextOnPointerDown(event, pointerDownState);
    } else if (
@@ -7131,7 +6961,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
        hasOccurred: false,
        offset: null,
        origin: { ...origin },
-        blockDragging: false,
      },
      eventListeners: {
        onMove: null,
@@ -7207,10 +7036,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
    event: React.PointerEvent<HTMLElement>,
    pointerDownState: PointerDownState,
  ): boolean => {
-    if (
-      this.state.activeTool.type === "selection" ||
-      this.state.activeTool.type === "lasso"
-    ) {
+    if (this.state.activeTool.type === "selection") {
      const elements = this.scene.getNonDeletedElements();
      const elementsMap = this.scene.getNonDeletedElementsMap();
      const selectedElements = this.scene.getSelectedElements(this.state);
@@ -7417,18 +7243,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
          // on CMD/CTRL, drill down to hit element regardless of groups etc.
          if (event[KEYS.CTRL_OR_CMD]) {
            if (event.altKey) {
-              // ctrl + alt means we're lasso selecting - start lasso trail and switch to lasso tool
-
-              // Close any open dialogs that might interfere with lasso selection
-              if (this.state.openDialog?.name === "elementLinkSelector") {
-                this.setOpenDialog(null);
-              }
-              this.lassoTrail.startPath(
-                pointerDownState.origin.x,
-                pointerDownState.origin.y,
-                event.shiftKey,
-              );
-              this.setActiveTool({ type: "lasso", fromSelection: true });
+              // ctrl + alt means we're lasso selecting
              return false;
            }
            if (!this.state.selectedElementIds[hitElement.id]) {
@@ -7649,9 +7464,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
    resetCursor(this.interactiveCanvas);
    if (!this.state.activeTool.locked) {
      this.setState({
-        activeTool: updateActiveTool(this.state, {
-          type: this.defaultSelectionTool,
-        }),
+        activeTool: updateActiveTool(this.state, { type: "selection" }),
      });
    }
  };
@@ -8435,18 +8248,15 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
        event.shiftKey &&
        this.state.selectedLinearElement.elementId ===
          pointerDownState.hit.element?.id;
-
      if (
        (hasHitASelectedElement ||
          pointerDownState.hit.hasHitCommonBoundingBoxOfSelectedElements) &&
        !isSelectingPointsInLineEditor &&
-        !pointerDownState.drag.blockDragging
+        this.state.activeTool.type !== "lasso"
      ) {
        const selectedElements = this.scene.getSelectedElements(this.state);
-        if (
-          selectedElements.length > 0 &&
-          selectedElements.every((element) => element.locked)
-        ) {
+
+        if (selectedElements.every((element) => element.locked)) {
          return;
        }

@@ -8467,29 +8277,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
        // if elements should be deselected on pointerup
        pointerDownState.drag.hasOccurred = true;

-        // prevent immediate dragging during lasso selection to avoid element displacement
-        // only allow dragging if we're not in the middle of lasso selection
-        // (on mobile, allow dragging if we hit an element)
-        if (
-          this.state.activeTool.type === "lasso" &&
-          this.lassoTrail.hasCurrentTrail &&
-          !(this.isMobileOrTablet() && pointerDownState.hit.element) &&
-          !this.state.activeTool.fromSelection
-        ) {
-          return;
-        }
-
-        // Clear lasso trail when starting to drag selected elements with lasso tool
-        // Only clear if we're actually dragging (not during lasso selection)
-        if (
-          this.state.activeTool.type === "lasso" &&
-          selectedElements.length > 0 &&
-          pointerDownState.drag.hasOccurred &&
-          !this.state.activeTool.fromSelection
-        ) {
-          this.lassoTrail.endPath();
-        }
-
        // prevent dragging even if we're no longer holding cmd/ctrl otherwise
        // it would have weird results (stuff jumping all over the screen)
        // Checking for editingTextElement to avoid jump while editing on mobile #6503
@@ -9084,7 +8871,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
  ): (event: PointerEvent) => void {
    return withBatchedUpdates((childEvent: PointerEvent) => {
      this.removePointer(childEvent);
-      pointerDownState.drag.blockDragging = false;
      if (pointerDownState.eventListeners.onMove) {
        pointerDownState.eventListeners.onMove.flush();
      }
@@ -9373,7 +9159,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
            this.setState((prevState) => ({
              newElement: null,
              activeTool: updateActiveTool(this.state, {
-                type: this.defaultSelectionTool,
+                type: "selection",
              }),
              selectedElementIds: makeNextSelectedElementIds(
                {
@@ -9989,9 +9775,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
        this.setState({
          newElement: null,
          suggestedBindings: [],
-          activeTool: updateActiveTool(this.state, {
-            type: this.defaultSelectionTool,
-          }),
+          activeTool: updateActiveTool(this.state, { type: "selection" }),
        });
      } else {
        this.setState({
@@ -10285,9 +10069,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
      this.setState(
        {
          newElement: null,
-          activeTool: updateActiveTool(this.state, {
-            type: this.defaultSelectionTool,
-          }),
+          activeTool: updateActiveTool(this.state, { type: "selection" }),
        },
        () => {
          this.actionManager.executeAction(actionFinalize);
@@ -10339,7 +10121,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
    if (erroredFiles.size) {
      this.store.scheduleAction(CaptureUpdateAction.NEVER);
      this.scene.replaceAllElements(
-        this.scene.getElementsIncludingDeleted().map((element) => {
+        elements.map((element) => {
          if (
            isInitializedImageElement(element) &&
            erroredFiles.has(element.fileId)
@@ -10660,7 +10442,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
          event.nativeEvent.pointerType === "pen" &&
          // always allow if user uses a pen secondary button
          event.button !== POINTER_BUTTON.SECONDARY)) &&
-      this.state.activeTool.type !== this.defaultSelectionTool
+      this.state.activeTool.type !== "selection"
    ) {
      return;
    }
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/shapes.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/shapes.tsx
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import {
  EraserIcon,
 } from "./icons";

-import type { AppClassProperties } from "../types";
-
 export const SHAPES = [
  {
    icon: SelectionIcon,
@@ -88,23 +86,8 @@ export const SHAPES = [
  },
 ] as const;

-export const getToolbarTools = (app: AppClassProperties) => {
-  return app.defaultSelectionTool === "lasso"
-    ? ([
-        {
-          value: "lasso",
-          icon: SelectionIcon,
-          key: KEYS.V,
-          numericKey: KEYS["1"],
-          fillable: true,
-        },
-        ...SHAPES.slice(1),
-      ] as const)
-    : SHAPES;
-};
-
-export const findShapeByKey = (key: string, app: AppClassProperties) => {
-  const shape = getToolbarTools(app).find((shape, index) => {
+export const findShapeByKey = (key: string) => {
+  const shape = SHAPES.find((shape, index) => {
    return (
      (shape.numericKey != null && key === shape.numericKey.toString()) ||
      (shape.key &&
--- a/packages/excalidraw/data/blob.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/data/blob.ts
@@ -170,11 +170,7 @@ export const loadSceneOrLibraryFromBlob = async (
          },
          localAppState,
          localElements,
-          {
-            repairBindings: true,
-            refreshDimensions: false,
-            deleteInvisibleElements: true,
-          },
+          { repairBindings: true, refreshDimensions: false },
        ),
      };
    } else if (isValidLibrary(data)) {
--- a/packages/excalidraw/data/filesystem.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/data/filesystem.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ import {
  supported as nativeFileSystemSupported,
 } from "browser-fs-access";

-import { EVENT, MIME_TYPES, debounce } from "@excalidraw/common";
+import {
+  EVENT,
+  MIME_TYPES,
+  debounce,
+  isIOS,
+  isAndroid,
+} from "@excalidraw/common";

 import { AbortError } from "../errors";

@@ -13,6 +19,8 @@ import type { FileSystemHandle } from "browser-fs-access";
 type FILE_EXTENSION = Exclude<keyof typeof MIME_TYPES, "binary">;

 const INPUT_CHANGE_INTERVAL_MS = 500;
+// increase timeout for mobile devices to give more time for file selection
+const MOBILE_INPUT_CHANGE_INTERVAL_MS = 2000;

 export const fileOpen = <M extends boolean | undefined = false>(opts: {
  extensions?: FILE_EXTENSION[];
@@ -41,13 +49,22 @@ export const fileOpen = <M extends boolean | undefined = false>(opts: {
    mimeTypes,
    multiple: opts.multiple ?? false,
    legacySetup: (resolve, reject, input) => {
-      const scheduleRejection = debounce(reject, INPUT_CHANGE_INTERVAL_MS);
+      const isMobile = isIOS || isAndroid;
+      const intervalMs = isMobile
+        ? MOBILE_INPUT_CHANGE_INTERVAL_MS
+        : INPUT_CHANGE_INTERVAL_MS;
+      const scheduleRejection = debounce(reject, intervalMs);
+
      const focusHandler = () => {
        checkForFile();
-        document.addEventListener(EVENT.KEYUP, scheduleRejection);
-        document.addEventListener(EVENT.POINTER_UP, scheduleRejection);
-        scheduleRejection();
+        // on mobile, be less aggressive with rejection
+        if (!isMobile) {
+          document.addEventListener(EVENT.KEYUP, scheduleRejection);
+          document.addEventListener(EVENT.POINTER_UP, scheduleRejection);
+          scheduleRejection();
+        }
      };
+
      const checkForFile = () => {
        // this hack might not work when expecting multiple files
        if (input.files?.length) {
@@ -55,12 +72,15 @@ export const fileOpen = <M extends boolean | undefined = false>(opts: {
          resolve(ret as RetType);
        }
      };
+
      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
        window.addEventListener(EVENT.FOCUS, focusHandler);
      });
+
      const interval = window.setInterval(() => {
        checkForFile();
-      }, INPUT_CHANGE_INTERVAL_MS);
+      }, intervalMs);
+
      return (rejectPromise) => {
        clearInterval(interval);
        scheduleRejection.cancel();
@@ -69,7 +89,9 @@ export const fileOpen = <M extends boolean | undefined = false>(opts: {
        document.removeEventListener(EVENT.POINTER_UP, scheduleRejection);
        if (rejectPromise) {
          // so that something is shown in console if we need to debug this
-          console.warn("Opening the file was canceled (legacy-fs).");
+          console.warn(
+            "Opening the file was canceled (legacy-fs). This may happen on mobile devices.",
+          );
          rejectPromise(new AbortError());
        }
      };
--- a/packages/excalidraw/data/reconcile.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/data/reconcile.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export type ReconciledExcalidrawElement = OrderedExcalidrawElement &
 export type RemoteExcalidrawElement = OrderedExcalidrawElement &
  MakeBrand<"RemoteExcalidrawElement">;

-export const shouldDiscardRemoteElement = (
+const shouldDiscardRemoteElement = (
  localAppState: AppState,
  local: OrderedExcalidrawElement | undefined,
  remote: RemoteExcalidrawElement,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const shouldDiscardRemoteElement = (
    // local element is being edited
    (local.id === localAppState.editingTextElement?.id ||
      local.id === localAppState.resizingElement?.id ||
-      local.id === localAppState.newElement?.id ||
+      local.id === localAppState.newElement?.id || // TODO: Is this still valid? As newElement is selection element, which is never part of the elements array
      // local element is newer
      local.version > remote.version ||
      // resolve conflicting edits deterministically by taking the one with
--- a/packages/excalidraw/data/restore.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/data/restore.ts
@@ -241,9 +241,8 @@ const restoreElementWithProperties = <
  return ret;
 };

-export const restoreElement = (
+const restoreElement = (
  element: Exclude<ExcalidrawElement, ExcalidrawSelectionElement>,
-  opts?: { deleteInvisibleElements?: boolean },
 ): typeof element | null => {
  element = { ...element };

@@ -291,8 +290,7 @@ export const restoreElement = (

      // if empty text, mark as deleted. We keep in array
      // for data integrity purposes (collab etc.)
-      if (opts?.deleteInvisibleElements && !text && !element.isDeleted) {
-        // TODO: we should not do this since it breaks sync / versioning when we exchange / apply just deltas and restore the elements (deletion isn't recorded)
+      if (!text && !element.isDeleted) {
        element = { ...element, originalText: text, isDeleted: true };
        element = bumpVersion(element);
      }
@@ -525,13 +523,7 @@ export const restoreElements = (
  elements: ImportedDataState["elements"],
  /** NOTE doesn't serve for reconciliation */
  localElements: readonly ExcalidrawElement[] | null | undefined,
-  opts?:
-    | {
-        refreshDimensions?: boolean;
-        repairBindings?: boolean;
-        deleteInvisibleElements?: boolean;
-      }
-    | undefined,
+  opts?: { refreshDimensions?: boolean; repairBindings?: boolean } | undefined,
 ): OrderedExcalidrawElement[] => {
  // used to detect duplicate top-level element ids
  const existingIds = new Set<string>();
@@ -540,38 +532,24 @@ export const restoreElements = (
    (elements || []).reduce((elements, element) => {
      // filtering out selection, which is legacy, no longer kept in elements,
      // and causing issues if retained
-      if (element.type === "selection") {
-        return elements;
+      if (element.type !== "selection" && !isInvisiblySmallElement(element)) {
+        let migratedElement: ExcalidrawElement | null = restoreElement(element);
+        if (migratedElement) {
+          const localElement = localElementsMap?.get(element.id);
+          if (localElement && localElement.version > migratedElement.version) {
+            migratedElement = bumpVersion(
+              migratedElement,
+              localElement.version,
+            );
+          }
+          if (existingIds.has(migratedElement.id)) {
+            migratedElement = { ...migratedElement, id: randomId() };
+          }
+          existingIds.add(migratedElement.id);
+
+          elements.push(migratedElement);
+        }
      }
-
-      let migratedElement: ExcalidrawElement | null = restoreElement(element, {
-        deleteInvisibleElements: opts?.deleteInvisibleElements,
-      });
-      if (migratedElement) {
-        const localElement = localElementsMap?.get(element.id);
-
-        const shouldMarkAsDeleted =
-          opts?.deleteInvisibleElements && isInvisiblySmallElement(element);
-
-        if (
-          shouldMarkAsDeleted ||
-          (localElement && localElement.version > migratedElement.version)
-        ) {
-          migratedElement = bumpVersion(migratedElement, localElement?.version);
-        }
-
-        if (shouldMarkAsDeleted) {
-          migratedElement = { ...migratedElement, isDeleted: true };
-        }
-
-        if (existingIds.has(migratedElement.id)) {
-          migratedElement = { ...migratedElement, id: randomId() };
-        }
-        existingIds.add(migratedElement.id);
-
-        elements.push(migratedElement);
-      }
-
      return elements;
    }, [] as ExcalidrawElement[]),
  );
@@ -812,11 +790,7 @@ export const restore = (
   */
  localAppState: Partial<AppState> | null | undefined,
  localElements: readonly ExcalidrawElement[] | null | undefined,
-  elementsConfig?: {
-    refreshDimensions?: boolean;
-    repairBindings?: boolean;
-    deleteInvisibleElements?: boolean;
-  },
+  elementsConfig?: { refreshDimensions?: boolean; repairBindings?: boolean },
 ): RestoredDataState => {
  return {
    elements: restoreElements(data?.elements, localElements, elementsConfig),
--- a/packages/excalidraw/history.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/history.ts
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export class History {
      let nextAppState = appState;
      let containsVisibleChange = false;

-      // iterate through the history entries in case they result in no visible changes
+      // iterate through the history entries in case ;they result in no visible changes
      while (historyDelta) {
        try {
          [nextElements, nextAppState, containsVisibleChange] =
--- a/packages/excalidraw/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/index.tsx
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ export { defaultLang, useI18n, languages } from "./i18n";
 export {
  restore,
  restoreAppState,
-  restoreElement,
  restoreElements,
  restoreLibraryItems,
 } from "./data/restore";
--- a/packages/excalidraw/snapping.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/snapping.ts
@@ -169,14 +169,8 @@ export const isSnappingEnabled = ({
  selectedElements: NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[];
 }) => {
  if (event) {
-    // Allow snapping for lasso tool when dragging selected elements
-    // but not during lasso selection phase
-    const isLassoDragging =
-      app.state.activeTool.type === "lasso" &&
-      app.state.selectedElementsAreBeingDragged;
-
    return (
-      (app.state.activeTool.type !== "lasso" || isLassoDragging) &&
+      app.state.activeTool.type !== "lasso" &&
      ((app.state.objectsSnapModeEnabled && !event[KEYS.CTRL_OR_CMD]) ||
        (!app.state.objectsSnapModeEnabled &&
          event[KEYS.CTRL_OR_CMD] &&
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/snapshots/contextmenu.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/snapshots/contextmenu.test.tsx.snap
@@ -3682,14 +3682,14 @@ exports[`contextMenu element > selecting 'Send backward' in context menu sends e
  "opacity": 100,
  "roughness": 1,
  "roundness": null,
-  "seed": 400692809,
+  "seed": 1116226695,
  "strokeColor": "#1e1e1e",
  "strokeStyle": "solid",
  "strokeWidth": 2,
  "type": "rectangle",
  "updated": 1,
  "version": 4,
-  "versionNonce": 81784553,
+  "versionNonce": 23633383,
  "width": 20,
  "x": 20,
  "y": 30,
@@ -3714,14 +3714,14 @@ exports[`contextMenu element > selecting 'Send backward' in context menu sends e
  "opacity": 100,
  "roughness": 1,
  "roundness": null,
-  "seed": 449462985,
+  "seed": 1278240551,
  "strokeColor": "#1e1e1e",
  "strokeStyle": "solid",
  "strokeWidth": 2,
  "type": "rectangle",
  "updated": 1,
  "version": 3,
-  "versionNonce": 1150084233,
+  "versionNonce": 401146281,
  "width": 20,
  "x": -10,
  "y": 0,
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/snapshots/history.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/snapshots/history.test.tsx.snap
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/snapshots/regressionTests.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/snapshots/regressionTests.test.tsx.snap
@@ -2216,7 +2216,16 @@ exports[`regression tests > alt-drag duplicates an element > [end of test] undo
          },
        },
      },
-      "updated": {},
+      "updated": {
+        "id0": {
+          "deleted": {
+            "version": 5,
+          },
+          "inserted": {
+            "version": 3,
+          },
+        },
+      },
    },
    "id": "id6",
  },
@@ -6385,16 +6394,15 @@ exports[`regression tests > draw every type of shape > [end of test] undo stack
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id9": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id9",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id9",
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": false,
        },
        "inserted": {
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id6": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementId": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": null,
        },
      },
    },
@@ -6462,19 +6470,13 @@ exports[`regression tests > draw every type of shape > [end of test] undo stack
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id12": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id12",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id12",
        },
        "inserted": {
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id9": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id9",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id9",
        },
      },
    },
@@ -6540,16 +6542,15 @@ exports[`regression tests > draw every type of shape > [end of test] undo stack
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id15": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementId": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": null,
        },
        "inserted": {
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id12": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id12",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id12",
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": false,
        },
      },
    },
@@ -6676,13 +6677,12 @@ exports[`regression tests > draw every type of shape > [end of test] undo stack
    "appState": AppStateDelta {
      "delta": Delta {
        "deleted": {
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id15",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id15",
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": false,
        },
        "inserted": {
-          "selectedLinearElement": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementId": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": null,
        },
      },
    },
@@ -6700,16 +6700,15 @@ exports[`regression tests > draw every type of shape > [end of test] undo stack
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id22": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementId": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": null,
        },
        "inserted": {
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id15": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id15",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id15",
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": false,
        },
      },
    },
@@ -6834,13 +6833,12 @@ exports[`regression tests > draw every type of shape > [end of test] undo stack
    "appState": AppStateDelta {
      "delta": Delta {
        "deleted": {
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id22",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id22",
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": false,
        },
        "inserted": {
-          "selectedLinearElement": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementId": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": null,
        },
      },
    },
@@ -6875,13 +6873,12 @@ exports[`regression tests > draw every type of shape > [end of test] undo stack
    "appState": AppStateDelta {
      "delta": Delta {
        "deleted": {
-          "selectedLinearElement": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementId": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": null,
        },
        "inserted": {
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id22",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id22",
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": false,
        },
      },
    },
@@ -8722,14 +8719,13 @@ exports[`regression tests > key 5 selects arrow tool > [end of test] undo stack
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id0": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id0",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id0",
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": false,
        },
        "inserted": {
          "selectedElementIds": {},
-          "selectedLinearElement": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementId": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": null,
        },
      },
    },
@@ -8950,14 +8946,13 @@ exports[`regression tests > key 6 selects line tool > [end of test] undo stack 1
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id0": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id0",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id0",
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": false,
        },
        "inserted": {
          "selectedElementIds": {},
-          "selectedLinearElement": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementId": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": null,
        },
      },
    },
@@ -9370,14 +9365,13 @@ exports[`regression tests > key a selects arrow tool > [end of test] undo stack
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id0": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id0",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id0",
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": false,
        },
        "inserted": {
          "selectedElementIds": {},
-          "selectedLinearElement": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementId": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": null,
        },
      },
    },
@@ -9776,14 +9770,13 @@ exports[`regression tests > key l selects line tool > [end of test] undo stack 1
          "selectedElementIds": {
            "id0": true,
          },
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id0",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id0",
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": false,
        },
        "inserted": {
          "selectedElementIds": {},
-          "selectedLinearElement": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementId": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": null,
        },
      },
    },
@@ -10892,7 +10885,32 @@ exports[`regression tests > make a group and duplicate it > [end of test] undo s
          },
        },
      },
-      "updated": {},
+      "updated": {
+        "id0": {
+          "deleted": {
+            "version": 6,
+          },
+          "inserted": {
+            "version": 4,
+          },
+        },
+        "id3": {
+          "deleted": {
+            "version": 6,
+          },
+          "inserted": {
+            "version": 4,
+          },
+        },
+        "id6": {
+          "deleted": {
+            "version": 6,
+          },
+          "inserted": {
+            "version": 4,
+          },
+        },
+      },
    },
    "id": "id21",
  },
@@ -14476,13 +14494,12 @@ exports[`regression tests > undo/redo drawing an element > [end of test] redo st
    "appState": AppStateDelta {
      "delta": Delta {
        "deleted": {
-          "selectedLinearElement": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementId": null,
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": null,
        },
        "inserted": {
-          "selectedLinearElement": {
-            "elementId": "id6",
-            "isEditing": false,
-          },
+          "selectedLinearElementId": "id6",
+          "selectedLinearElementIsEditing": false,
        },
      },
    },
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/data/restore.test.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/data/restore.test.ts
@@ -60,11 +60,7 @@ describe("restoreElements", () => {
    const rectElement = API.createElement({ type: "rectangle" });
    mockSizeHelper.mockImplementation(() => true);

-    expect(
-      restore.restoreElements([rectElement], null, {
-        deleteInvisibleElements: true,
-      }),
-    ).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ isDeleted: true })]);
+    expect(restore.restoreElements([rectElement], null).length).toBe(0);
  });

  it("should restore text element correctly passing value for each attribute", () => {
@@ -89,23 +85,6 @@ describe("restoreElements", () => {
    });
  });

-  it("should not delete empty text element when opts.deleteInvisibleElements is not defined", () => {
-    const textElement = API.createElement({
-      type: "text",
-      text: "",
-      isDeleted: false,
-    });
-
-    const restoredElements = restore.restoreElements([textElement], null);
-
-    expect(restoredElements).toEqual([
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        id: textElement.id,
-        isDeleted: false,
-      }),
-    ]);
-  });
-
  it("should restore text element correctly with unknown font family, null text and undefined alignment", () => {
    const textElement: any = API.createElement({
      type: "text",
@@ -118,9 +97,10 @@ describe("restoreElements", () => {
    textElement.font = "10 unknown";

    expect(textElement.isDeleted).toBe(false);
-    const restoredText = restore.restoreElements([textElement], null, {
-      deleteInvisibleElements: true,
-    })[0] as ExcalidrawTextElement;
+    const restoredText = restore.restoreElements(
+      [textElement],
+      null,
+    )[0] as ExcalidrawTextElement;
    expect(restoredText.isDeleted).toBe(true);
    expect(restoredText).toMatchSnapshot({
      seed: expect.any(Number),
@@ -197,16 +177,13 @@ describe("restoreElements", () => {
      y: 0,
    });

-    const restoredElements = restore.restoreElements([arrowElement], null, {
-      deleteInvisibleElements: true,
-    });
+    const restoredElements = restore.restoreElements([arrowElement], null);

    const restoredArrow = restoredElements[0] as
      | ExcalidrawArrowElement
      | undefined;

-    expect(restoredArrow).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(restoredArrow?.isDeleted).toBe(true);
+    expect(restoredArrow).toBeUndefined();
  });

  it("should keep 'imperceptibly' small freedraw/line elements", () => {
@@ -871,7 +848,6 @@ describe("repairing bindings", () => {
    let restoredElements = restore.restoreElements(
      [container, invisibleBoundElement, boundElement],
      null,
-      { deleteInvisibleElements: true },
    );

    expect(restoredElements).toEqual([
@@ -879,11 +855,6 @@ describe("repairing bindings", () => {
        id: container.id,
        boundElements: [obsoleteBinding, invisibleBinding, nonExistentBinding],
      }),
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        id: invisibleBoundElement.id,
-        containerId: container.id,
-        isDeleted: true,
-      }),
      expect.objectContaining({
        id: boundElement.id,
        containerId: container.id,
@@ -893,7 +864,7 @@ describe("repairing bindings", () => {
    restoredElements = restore.restoreElements(
      [container, invisibleBoundElement, boundElement],
      null,
-      { repairBindings: true, deleteInvisibleElements: true },
+      { repairBindings: true },
    );

    expect(restoredElements).toEqual([
@@ -901,11 +872,6 @@ describe("repairing bindings", () => {
        id: container.id,
        boundElements: [],
      }),
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        id: invisibleBoundElement.id,
-        containerId: container.id,
-        isDeleted: true,
-      }),
      expect.objectContaining({
        id: boundElement.id,
        containerId: container.id,
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/dragCreate.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/dragCreate.test.tsx
@@ -315,12 +315,7 @@ describe("Test dragCreate", () => {
      );
      expect(renderStaticScene.mock.calls.length).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`5`);
      expect(h.state.selectionElement).toBeNull();
-      expect(h.elements).toEqual([
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          type: "arrow",
-          isDeleted: true,
-        }),
-      ]);
+      expect(h.elements.length).toEqual(0);
    });

    it("line", async () => {
@@ -349,12 +344,7 @@ describe("Test dragCreate", () => {
      );
      expect(renderStaticScene.mock.calls.length).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`5`);
      expect(h.state.selectionElement).toBeNull();
-      expect(h.elements).toEqual([
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          type: "line",
-          isDeleted: true,
-        }),
-      ]);
+      expect(h.elements.length).toEqual(0);
    });
  });
 });
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/history.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/history.test.tsx
@@ -3043,14 +3043,15 @@ describe("history", () => {
      });

      Keyboard.undo();
-      expect(API.getUndoStack().length).toBe(0);
-      expect(API.getRedoStack().length).toBe(4);
-      expect(h.state.selectedLinearElement).toBeNull();
+      expect(API.getUndoStack().length).toBe(3);
+      expect(API.getRedoStack().length).toBe(1);
+      expect(h.state.selectedLinearElement).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(h.state.selectedLinearElement?.isEditing).toBe(true);

      Keyboard.redo();
      expect(API.getUndoStack().length).toBe(4);
      expect(API.getRedoStack().length).toBe(0);
-      expect(h.state.selectedLinearElement).toBeNull();
+      expect(h.state.selectedLinearElement).not.toBeNull();
      expect(h.state.selectedLinearElement?.isEditing ?? false).toBe(false);
    });

@@ -4055,7 +4056,7 @@ describe("history", () => {
            expect.objectContaining({
              id: container.id,
              boundElements: [{ id: remoteText.id, type: "text" }],
-              isDeleted: true,
+              isDeleted: false, // isDeleted got remotely updated to false
            }),
            expect.objectContaining({
              id: text.id,
@@ -4065,7 +4066,7 @@ describe("history", () => {
            expect.objectContaining({
              id: remoteText.id,
              // unbound
-              containerId: null,
+              containerId: container.id,
              isDeleted: false,
            }),
          ]);
--- a/packages/excalidraw/types.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/types.ts
@@ -248,10 +248,8 @@ export type ObservedElementsAppState = {
  editingGroupId: AppState["editingGroupId"];
  selectedElementIds: AppState["selectedElementIds"];
  selectedGroupIds: AppState["selectedGroupIds"];
-  selectedLinearElement: {
-    elementId: LinearElementEditor["elementId"];
-    isEditing: boolean;
-  } | null;
+  selectedLinearElementId: LinearElementEditor["elementId"] | null;
+  selectedLinearElementIsEditing: boolean | null;
  croppingElementId: AppState["croppingElementId"];
  lockedMultiSelections: AppState["lockedMultiSelections"];
  activeLockedId: AppState["activeLockedId"];
@@ -731,8 +729,6 @@ export type AppClassProperties = {

  onPointerUpEmitter: App["onPointerUpEmitter"];
  updateEditorAtom: App["updateEditorAtom"];
-
-  defaultSelectionTool: "selection" | "lasso";
 };

 export type PointerDownState = Readonly<{
@@ -782,10 +778,6 @@ export type PointerDownState = Readonly<{
    // by default same as PointerDownState.origin. On alt-duplication, reset
    // to current pointer position at time of duplication.
    origin: { x: number; y: number };
-    // Whether to block drag after lasso selection
-    // this is meant to be used to block dragging after lasso selection on PCs
-    // until the next pointer down
-    blockDragging: boolean;
  };
  // We need to have these in the state so that we can unsubscribe them
  eventListeners: {
@@ -807,7 +799,6 @@ export type UnsubscribeCallback = () => void;

 export interface ExcalidrawImperativeAPI {
  updateScene: InstanceType<typeof App>["updateScene"];
-  applyDeltas: InstanceType<typeof App>["applyDeltas"];
  mutateElement: InstanceType<typeof App>["mutateElement"];
  updateLibrary: InstanceType<typeof Library>["updateLibrary"];
  resetScene: InstanceType<typeof App>["resetScene"];
--- a/packages/excalidraw/wysiwyg/textWysiwyg.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/wysiwyg/textWysiwyg.test.tsx
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ describe("textWysiwyg", () => {
        rectangle.x + rectangle.width / 2,
        rectangle.y + rectangle.height / 2,
      );
-      expect(h.elements.length).toBe(3);
+      expect(h.elements.length).toBe(2);

      text = h.elements[1] as ExcalidrawTextElementWithContainer;
      expect(text.type).toBe("text");
@@ -1198,11 +1198,7 @@ describe("textWysiwyg", () => {
      updateTextEditor(editor, "   ");
      Keyboard.exitTextEditor(editor);
      expect(rectangle.boundElements).toStrictEqual([]);
-      expect(h.elements[1]).toEqual(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          isDeleted: true,
-        }),
-      );
+      expect(h.elements[1]).toBeUndefined();
    });

    it("should restore original container height and clear cache once text is unbind", async () => {
--- a/packages/utils/src/export.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/export.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ export const exportToCanvas = ({
    { elements, appState },
    null,
    null,
-    { deleteInvisibleElements: true },
  );
  const { exportBackground, viewBackgroundColor } = restoredAppState;
  return _exportToCanvas(
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@ export const exportToSvg = async ({
    { elements, appState },
    null,
    null,
-    { deleteInvisibleElements: true },
  );

  const exportAppState = {
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ const askToCommit = (tag, nextVersion) => {
    });

    rl.question(
-      "Would you like to commit these changes to git? (Y/n): ",
+      "Do you want to commit these changes to git? (Y/n): ",
      (answer) => {
        rl.close();

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ const askToPublish = (tag, version) => {
    });

    rl.question(
-      "Would you like to publish these changes to npm? (Y/n): ",
+      "Do you want to publish these changes to npm? (Y/n): ",
      (answer) => {
        rl.close();

--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -40,15 +40,6 @@
    js-tokens "^4.0.0"
    picocolors "^1.0.0"

-"@babel/code-frame@^7.27.1":
-  version "7.27.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/code-frame/-/code-frame-7.27.1.tgz#200f715e66d52a23b221a9435534a91cc13ad5be"
-  integrity sha512-cjQ7ZlQ0Mv3b47hABuTevyTuYN4i+loJKGeV9flcCgIK37cCXRh+L1bd3iBHlynerhQ7BhCkn2BPbQUL+rGqFg==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/helper-validator-identifier" "^7.27.1"
-    js-tokens "^4.0.0"
-    picocolors "^1.1.1"
-
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  version "7.26.8"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/compat-data/-/compat-data-7.26.8.tgz#821c1d35641c355284d4a870b8a4a7b0c141e367"
@@ -95,17 +86,6 @@
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    jsesc "^3.0.2"

-"@babel/generator@^7.28.3":
-  version "7.28.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/generator/-/generator-7.28.3.tgz#9626c1741c650cbac39121694a0f2d7451b8ef3e"
-  integrity sha512-3lSpxGgvnmZznmBkCRnVREPUFJv2wrv9iAoFDvADJc0ypmdOxdUtcLeBgBJ6zE0PMeTKnxeQzyk0xTBq4Ep7zw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/parser" "^7.28.3"
-    "@babel/types" "^7.28.2"
-    "@jridgewell/gen-mapping" "^0.3.12"
-    "@jridgewell/trace-mapping" "^0.3.28"
-    jsesc "^3.0.2"
-
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  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-annotate-as-pure/-/helper-annotate-as-pure-7.25.9.tgz#d8eac4d2dc0d7b6e11fa6e535332e0d3184f06b4"
@@ -157,11 +137,6 @@
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    resolve "^1.14.2"

-"@babel/helper-globals@^7.28.0":
-  version "7.28.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-globals/-/helper-globals-7.28.0.tgz#b9430df2aa4e17bc28665eadeae8aa1d985e6674"
-  integrity sha512-+W6cISkXFa1jXsDEdYA8HeevQT/FULhxzR99pxphltZcVaugps53THCeiWA8SguxxpSp3gKPiuYfSWopkLQ4hw==
-
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  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-member-expression-to-functions/-/helper-member-expression-to-functions-7.25.9.tgz#9dfffe46f727005a5ea29051ac835fb735e4c1a3"
@@ -199,11 +174,6 @@
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-"@babel/helper-plugin-utils@^7.27.1":
-  version "7.27.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-plugin-utils/-/helper-plugin-utils-7.27.1.tgz#ddb2f876534ff8013e6c2b299bf4d39b3c51d44c"
-  integrity sha512-1gn1Up5YXka3YYAHGKpbideQ5Yjf1tDa9qYcgysz+cNCXukyLl6DjPXhD3VRwSb8c0J9tA4b2+rHEZtc6R0tlw==
-
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  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-remap-async-to-generator/-/helper-remap-async-to-generator-7.25.9.tgz#e53956ab3d5b9fb88be04b3e2f31b523afd34b92"
@@ -235,21 +205,11 @@
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-
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-  version "7.27.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-validator-identifier/-/helper-validator-identifier-7.27.1.tgz#a7054dcc145a967dd4dc8fee845a57c1316c9df8"
-  integrity sha512-D2hP9eA+Sqx1kBZgzxZh0y1trbuU+JoDkiEwqhQ36nodYqJwyEIhPSdMNd7lOm/4io72luTPWH20Yda0xOuUow==
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@@ -289,13 +249,6 @@
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-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/parser/-/parser-7.28.3.tgz#d2d25b814621bca5fe9d172bc93792547e7a2a71"
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-  dependencies:
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-
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@@ -560,14 +513,6 @@
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-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/plugin-transform-destructuring/-/plugin-transform-destructuring-7.28.0.tgz#0f156588f69c596089b7d5b06f5af83d9aa7f97a"
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-  dependencies:
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-
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@@ -598,14 +543,6 @@
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-  version "7.28.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/plugin-transform-explicit-resource-management/-/plugin-transform-explicit-resource-management-7.28.0.tgz#45be6211b778dbf4b9d54c4e8a2b42fa72e09a1a"
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-  dependencies:
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-  dependencies:
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-    "@babel/types" "^7.27.1"
-
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-    "@babel/generator" "^7.28.3"
-    "@babel/helper-globals" "^7.28.0"
-    "@babel/parser" "^7.28.3"
-    "@babel/template" "^7.27.2"
-    "@babel/types" "^7.28.2"
-    debug "^4.3.1"
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-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/types/-/types-7.28.2.tgz#da9db0856a9a88e0a13b019881d7513588cf712b"
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-  dependencies:
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@@ -2043,14 +1950,6 @@
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-  dependencies:
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-
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  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@next/env/-/env-14.1.4.tgz#432e80651733fbd67230bf262aee28be65252674"
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