diff --git a/src/app/commands/attdef.rs b/src/app/commands/attdef.rs
index ff5dabea1..446b22e81 100644
--- a/src/app/commands/attdef.rs
+++ b/src/app/commands/attdef.rs
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             session.annotative = spec.annotative;
             session.on_screen = state.on_screen;
         }
+        // The choice is kept with the user settings, as the reference keeps it.
+        self.persist_settings_if_changed();
         self.reset_command_start_state(i);
         if state.align_below {
             let previous = attdef::session().last.clone();
diff --git a/src/app/settings.rs b/src/app/settings.rs
index f4a62191c..c1a60ea3b 100644
--- a/src/app/settings.rs
+++ b/src/app/settings.rs
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ pub struct UserSettings {
     /// IMAGEFRAME of the profile: used by new drawings and by drawings that
     /// carry no image variables of their own.
     pub image_frame: i16,
+    /// The Attribute Definition dialog's "Specify on-screen" choice.
+    pub attdef_on_screen: bool,
     /// Nested-copy symbol handling: false inserts, true binds.
     pub ncopy_bind: bool,
     /// Last Options page; unknown saved names fall back without rejecting the config.
@@ -657,6 +659,7 @@ impl Default for UserSettings {
             right_click_hold_ms: 250,
             grip_object_limit: DEFAULT_GRIP_OBJECT_LIMIT,
             image_frame: 1,
+            attdef_on_screen: true,
             ncopy_bind: false,
             cursor_type: CursorType::Crosshair,
             crosshair_color: None,
diff --git a/src/app/update/file.rs b/src/app/update/file.rs
index bf54ca175..d1407d8d6 100644
--- a/src/app/update/file.rs
+++ b/src/app/update/file.rs
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             right_click_hold_ms: self.right_click_hold_ms,
             grip_object_limit: self.grip_object_limit,
             image_frame: crate::scene::frame::profile_image_mode(),
+            attdef_on_screen: crate::modules::draw::draw::attdef::session().on_screen,
             ncopy_bind: self.ncopy_bind,
             cursor_type: self.cursor_type,
             crosshair_color: self.crosshair_color,
@@ -761,6 +762,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
         self.right_click_hold_ms = super::super::settings::clamp_right_click_hold_ms(s.right_click_hold_ms);
         self.grip_object_limit = s.grip_object_limit.clamp(0, 32767);
         crate::scene::frame::set_profile_image_mode(s.image_frame);
+        crate::modules::draw::draw::attdef::session().on_screen = s.attdef_on_screen;
         self.ncopy_bind = s.ncopy_bind;
         self.cursor_type = s.cursor_type;
         self.crosshair_color = s.crosshair_color;