beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reason

Shift+drag to move queues should not work when an area command is in progress

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#6,651 opened on Jan 11, 2026

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Description

Description

shift+drag moves your route, even if you're trying to draw a reclaim circle (or possibly any circle). moving to a location (for example to spread out your reclaimers prior to starting reclaim of a wreck field) followed by an area reclaim is made more difficult because you have to find a center location that allows you to reclaim what you want that can't be near the move command.

and there is no way to turn off the shift+drag feature, which i never use anyway, and many people may not even know about

Expected Behaviour

you draw the circle, and not drag the routes

Actual Behaviour

it drags the route instead of making a reclaim circle

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Research direction
Examine the input handling code for shift+drag and area commands, likely in the game's Lua UI scripts, to find where the conflict occurs and ensure area commands take precedence during drawing.
Tech stack
lua
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
GitLua
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55