Dragging images from journal forces them to be square

Is that a new set or an old one? Older ones do not have unit size info.

It's from the last year, I believe.

The fix mentioned in the change log does not work. RIght now, the behavior is: drag an image with no key selected, it's fit to the grid both horizontally and vertically; it looks like 3 squares vertically, and then it choose something close horizontal, but always in a square-fitting aspect ratio. Drag an image with ALT held down, it's fit to the grid vertically, but does something else horizally, I don't know what.  But, the aspect ratio is wrong. Image resizing with bad aspect ratios is one of my pet peeves.  It always bothers me when people bring non-square images for their tokens (because tokens really do need to be one square by one square).  But when I'm GM and trying to make background images and maps, having the image show up stretched or squished, and forcing me to try to do something to make it look "close enough" to right, is just *annoying*. Honestly, if this isn't fixed soon, it's going to be the last straw for me and GMing on Roll20.

This has been reported and is being worked on. I have seen videos of users for whom this is working perfectly and as advertised. I cannot get it to function like this and have sent in console logs for the devs to check. I urge users who are having the issue to file a  Help Center Request  and include a Console Log ( Chrome ,  Firefox ).

A little bit late to the party, but for what my 2 cents is worth, I would prefer that they just reverted this whole change, or made it optional, like the pan and zoom changes. This is totally going to screw with my mapmaking for older purchased assets, because now I can't easily get them in proper aspect ratio. It's turned my entire user experience into a coinflip.

Elijia said: A little bit late to the party, but for what my 2 cents is worth, I would prefer that they just reverted this whole change, or made it optional, like the pan and zoom changes. This is totally going to screw with my mapmaking for older purchased assets, because now I can't easily get them in proper aspect ratio. It's turned my entire user experience into a coinflip. Yup Better to roll back to the way it was before all of this. Then they can  try to develop it without the pressure of solving a problem.

Yup. Thirded. Ability to preserve native Aspect Ratio of all art, all the time, by default without a special Key, is what I want as a Graphic Artist (please do not distort my art shape!!), and as a User of Roll20. Bonus points: Ability to choose Square'ing the image,  Bonus points: Ability to choose Native resolution (original art size), Bonus points: Ability to choose 1x1 or 3x3,  Absolutely necessary for graphical VTT's: Ability to drag any Library image onto tabletop at Native (Original) Aspect Ratio without distortion. Jens F. said: Elijia said: A little bit late to the party, but for what my 2 cents is worth, I would prefer that they just reverted this whole change, or made it optional, like the pan and zoom changes. This is totally going to screw with my mapmaking for older purchased assets, because now I can't easily get them in proper aspect ratio. It's turned my entire user experience into a coinflip. Yup Better to roll back to the way it was before all of this. Then they can  try to develop it without the pressure of solving a problem.

So, my games I guess were unaffected until the last few days when I tried to upload some new homebrew maps and suddenly everything can only be 1x1 or 3x3. I kinda wish the Alt key would work again, letting you keep the original resolution for uploaded content.

Hello all - To update, we've released a change which restores the functionality mentioned in this thread and maintains the enhancement we released. Specifically, you can expect: For Pages with Grid on: From My Library Drag to Token & Objects place at 1x1, snap to grid to Map & Background place at 3x3, snap to grid Alt (or Option) + Drag to Token & Objects place at native aspect ratio without snap to grid to Map & Background place at native aspect ratio without snap to grid From Premium Assets Drag asset with grid size set by Creator place at grid size, snap to grid Alt (or Option) + Drag to Token & Objects place size set by Creator without snap to grid to Maps & Background place at size set by Creator without snap to grid For pages with Grid Off From My Library Drag to Token & Objects place at native aspect ratio to Map & Background place at native aspect ratio From Premium Assets Drag asset with native aspect ratio

I can get it to work properly if I scroll to the Marketplace asset I want. If I search for an Marketplace asset, I cannot get it to place at size. Search results give me no joy.

Has this been changed again since December? I am now having the inverse problem that keithcurtis is having. I can only  get it to work if I search. Scrolling through my Marketplace purchases results in images being forced into squares no matter what.

Connor H. said: Has this been changed again since December? I am now having the inverse problem that keithcurtis is having. I can only  get it to work if I search. Scrolling through my Marketplace purchases results in images being forced into squares no matter what. I'm actually seeing inconsistent drag results when pulling from my "Marketplace Purchases," based on which sets I choose from. I don't actually know what makes the new drag features work, but if it depends on metadata being properly entered by the marketplace creators, that could explain why it works only sometimes. I tested with the "Academy Maps" set, and some of the items drag out at full size and in proportion, while other items come out in proportion but at a small size. My purchases from Wizards of the Coast all alt+drag in proportion. I cannot get January's Monthly Pro Perk, "Stygian Academy" to drop in proportion no matter what I do.

The metadata regarding size only became a requirement a year or two ago. Older sets don't have that data unless the creator went back and added it. Considering the size of some sets and number of sets some creators have released, that's a pretty monumental task.

keithcurtis said: The metadata regarding size only became a requirement a year or two ago. Older sets don't have that data unless the creator went back and added it. Considering the size of some sets and number of sets some creators have released, that's a pretty monumental task. Indeed! It gives me the shudders if I had to go and do all that. Actually, you know -- I wonder if Roll20 could set the drag feature to ping an alert if the metadata is blank. My sense is that the new Alt+drag feature is working properly, but maybe it doesn't seem that way because lots of assets do not meet the requirements. I'm not calling for that feature, but I am honestly so thrilled by the alt+drag feature that I'd like the Devs to get proper kudos for it.

Either that or a little marker or indicator of some kind in the library name. Like: ◱

This css style for Stylus will display the height and width metadata if it exists. The only drawback is that it will display "nullxnull" if it is an older set. #marketplaceresults, #marketplacelibrary li::after { background-color: white; content: attr(data-grid-width)"x"attr(data-grid-height); display: inline-block; color:#ccc; font-size: 1em; padding-left: 30px; position: absolute; right: 0; }