From f626e12ebcff321df2cc21944e8083919dcf0976 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marko Toplak <marko.toplak@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 07:47:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] settings compatibility with old domain handler

---
 Orange/widgets/settings.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Orange/widgets/settings.py b/Orange/widgets/settings.py
index 1d1d4e67f4e..3b5db65796f 100644
--- a/Orange/widgets/settings.py
+++ b/Orange/widgets/settings.py
@@ -310,7 +310,14 @@ def encode_domain(self, domain):
 
         return attributes, class_vars, metas
 
-    new_context = ContextHandler.new_context
+    def new_context(self, domain, *args):
+        """Create a new context."""
+        context = ContextHandler.new_context(self)
+        # dummy .attributes and .metas make these settings loadable with DomainContextHandler,
+        # and they only influence perfect domain matching
+        context.attributes = {"dummy": "compat"}
+        context.metas = {}
+        return context
 
     @classmethod
     def _var_exists(cls, setting, value, attributes, class_vars, metas):