# Actors snap to surfaces even though 'Surface Snapping' is disabled.

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/actors-snap-to-surfaces-even-though-surface-snapping-is-disabled/467465>\
**Category:** Community & Industry Discussion\
**Tags:** overlap-actors, unreal-engine, snap, question, snapping\
**Created:** [June 30, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/actors-snap-to-surfaces-even-though-surface-snapping-is-disabled/467465 "2020-06-30T14:00:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![KeyC0de](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/keyc0de/32/1099072_2.png) [@KeyC0de](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/KeyC0de)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/actors-snap-to-surfaces-even-though-surface-snapping-is-disabled/467465/1 "2020-06-30T14:00:40Z")

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I’m on 4.23.1 src. I started getting this problems a couple of weeks ago, it was working fine after this, but I never realized if it’s because something I did. The problem is that when I drag actors around the tend to snap on the surface (and the center as well) of another mesh, only if the actor overlaps the bounds of said mesh.

If I select Editor Surface Snapping options → Surface Snapping, it is disabled…

Why is this happening? It has become so incredibly annoying and I’m having trouble accurately placing actors in the scene. Help.

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**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/actors-snap-to-surfaces-even-though-surface-snapping-is-disabled/467465/2 "2020-06-30T14:03:32Z")

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And you turned it off here?:

![305798-snap.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/c/4/7c4d19dd10123d52d0d9286edd574f481ae3e916.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![KeyC0de](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/keyc0de/32/1099072_2.png) [@KeyC0de](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/KeyC0de)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/actors-snap-to-surfaces-even-though-surface-snapping-is-disabled/467465/3 "2020-06-30T14:04:37Z")

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That is exactly what I said; I turned it off there…

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**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/actors-snap-to-surfaces-even-though-surface-snapping-is-disabled/467465/4 "2020-06-30T14:56:21Z")

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There are various places it can be turned on:

[https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/content-creation/15009-always-in-vertex-snapping-mode](https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/content-creation/15009-always-in-vertex-snapping-mode)

( although I can’t find that one right now… )

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**Author:** ![KeyC0de](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/keyc0de/32/1099072_2.png) [@KeyC0de](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/KeyC0de)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/actors-snap-to-surfaces-even-though-surface-snapping-is-disabled/467465/5 "2020-06-30T15:03:10Z")

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facepalm at ue4 settings. I didn’t find the screen posted in that last link of yours, but it got me thinking that maybe I need to disable it from elsewhere. So I searched editor preferences for “actor snap” and found a shortcut. Then I pressed the shortcut and snapping was off, even though it displayed “Surface Snapping” disabled. Apparently the shortcut has no effect on that ui toggle - bug. So I removed the hotkey bind so as to not accidentally press it. That was so annoying. Thank you very much for helping.

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**Author:** ![Poltrobus](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Poltrobus](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Poltrobus)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/actors-snap-to-surfaces-even-though-surface-snapping-is-disabled/467465/6 "2021-07-30T20:45:06Z")

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Thanks KeyC0de that works with me ! That was SO annoying!