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Grouped tokens/images ungrouping when moving

Hi, so I'm having a quality of life issue with grouped items ungrouping themselves when I attempt to drag them. I found a 4-year-old closed post with the exact same issue but nothing was commented to say the issue was fixed, although it was noted. A quick search didn't reveal a recent post about this issue. For specifics on what I was grouping, I have created two images using the line tool (A triangle and a "tail" which allows me to make rotatable cone AOE templates that players can use - 30ft long, 30ft wide at end, with a 30ft long line, aka tail protruding directly away from the AOE's point of origin, in a sort of wineglass shape). Due to how the line tool works, I cannot make it a single image, but the tail is necessary to ensure the full image rotates at the point of origin and not the centre of the cone. The link below is the post from which i took the idea, for viual reference of what i mean. <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/6418334/measuring-5e-cone-area-of-effect#:~:text=Hold%20shift%20(snap%20to%20grid,from%20the%20point%20of%20origin" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/6418334/measuring-5e-cone-area-of-effect#:~:text=Hold%20shift%20(snap%20to%20grid,from%20the%20point%20of%20origin</a>. My issue is that, after having been grouped, you need to click on the grouped items BEFORE dragging. You cannot click and drag with a single pressed mouse click, or it grabs a single piece of the grouped object and moves only that. You must click the grouped items, release the mouse, and then drag the whole thing.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have tested this with tokens too. Grouping four tokens together, clicking off them, then attempting to drag the group with a single held mouseclick will result in you moving a single token, but that new position will be locked into the grouping, and further movements without clicking off will move the whole group, with the new position set. I am unsure if this is meant to happen or not, but it is very frustrating. Especially with larger groups who keep forgetting, meaning I'm spending a lot of time remaking the templates meant to make things quicker. I'm sorry if this was confusing, I am attempting to be as thorough with my information as possible but I realise it seems a bit scatterbrained.&nbsp;
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keithcurtis
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As far as I have ever been able to tell, this is the intended behavior. It used to bug me a lot too, since it is non-intuitive to those of us who spend their majority of computer time in graphics programs. However, once I realize the intended behavior and trained my fingers to know the difference, I realized the advantage, since it allows you to either work with the group or with individual elements without ungrouping. It's similar to using the direct select tool in Adobe Illustrator. It's quirky, but it has value.