CubeGrid Tool — Shift+Click to complete a block selection across two cells removed in 5.8

General Issues and Bug Reporting (Unreal Engine)
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Summary

In the modeling mode, and then cube grid tool, Shift+Click to complete a block selection across two cells is removed in 5.8.

Now you have to drag to create a rectangle. Makes it a lot harder to prototype levels,as you now have to get the camera into a posistion where it can see it cell A & B.

Previously you could select cell A, then move the camera and then shift+click on cell B and you would get the rectangle. Takes lot less time to do, and made it so I would do less mistakes using it.

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Level Design & Art Tools

Steps to Reproduce

Open modeling mode in editor, then select cube grid tool, select a cell, then shift+click on another cell on same z level.

Expected Result

In previous versions, click on cell A then shift+click on cell B would fill a rectangle between the cells.

Observed Result

Now it just selects the object your mouse is at. No cell selection.

Affects Versions

5.8

Platform(s)

Windows

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Seconded this, and others have similar issues in the Unreal Source Discord. I notice a lot of suspicious commits in InteractiveToolsFramework/InputRouter.cpp which seem related to this bug, and my humble efforts of debugging point to the culprit being some modification done there for 5.8.

I hope this gets fixed, since it render CubeGrid practically unusable compared to my previous workflow.

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@Not_Mhalden if you vote for your post this will be escalated to a JIRA ticket. :wink:

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The status of UE-386332 changed to ‘Needs Triage’. We are routing this to the appropriate team for investigation.

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Just bumping this (and have added vote) as this is making a very useful tool difficult to use at present.

Thanks!

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Another bug I’m experiencing with the cubegrid tool is the CTRL+drag is not working anymore.
Are you having the same issue?