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Drag & drop models / templates from asset to scene should add them to scene root #257
Description
When model / template is dragged into 3d scene, it should be added as a child of the scene's root.
Currently it's added as a child of selected entity. This makes it inconvenient to populate world with entities, as when one is added, it's selected, and next one is added as it's child.
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Maksims commentedon Dec 17, 2020
It is very convenient to select for which child it should be first.
Perhaps consider some behaviour, either storing temporarily a flag that entity were created and no action was done, so that next entity creation will not be child but alongside.
Or simply do not select entity when it is placed into scene. Force selecting is not always desirable. And this is case as you described. Just do not auto-select dragged entity.
mvaligursky commentedon Dec 17, 2020
That sounds like a good solution (to not select dragged entity)
adjetey0 commentedon Oct 18, 2026
Hi, I would love to work on this issue if it is still available!
adjetey0 commentedon Oct 21, 2026
Hi! The automated check is failing because it requires a release label. I don't have the permissions to add one—could a maintainer please add the release: next patch label for me? Thank you!
Maksims commentedon Oct 21, 2026
Changing existing UX behaviors to something else - should be avoided by all means, with exceptions if current UX is 99% worse than proposed.
In this case, users already know and expect current behavior to apply: dropped template to viewport is created under selected entity's parent. Changing that behavior will lead to many users loose their muscle memory. I personally find it really rare when something needs to be created under parent - it is always under some specific entity, which is easy to pre-select as user action for indicating where entity needs to be created.