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Bug Fix / Feature Request - Snap center of token to center of square

This is pretty much self explanatory. Currently tokens snap one of their corners to the corner of a square grid cell. If the center of the token snapped to the center of the cell, it would make many non-square and/or rotated tokens placed onto a square automatically look correct. This seems to be the behavior on the hexagonal grid already and works great. This could be a per-page option to alter the behavior of square snapping, or it could be a mode that the pointer tool is in (similar to the ruler's snap modes). Or it could just be a fix to the default behavior. The current behavior is strictly worse since fixing it doesn't change the behavior of perfectly square tokens. Workaround that are painful: Disable the grid which also disables snapping. This doesn't really solve the issue with tokens being placed wrong unless the user painstakingly adjusts every token every time they move one. Also hides the grid which can be useful visual aid on grid-based maps. Hold Alt to place tokens irrespective of grid snapping, every time. This is even less ergonomic and tends to fail because random clicks will cause token to snap anyway (to the wrong place).
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keithcurtis
Forum Champion
Marketplace Creator
API Scripter
There is already a suggestion for this  in the Suggestions Forum that you can vote on that has 23 votes at the time of this post.
Thanks I could not find that thread before posting this. I would join in but it seems I'm not eligible. To clarify I don't see any reason to treat large or small tokens differently as that thread seems to suggest.
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keithcurtis
Forum Champion
Marketplace Creator
API Scripter
Yeah, I hadn't seen how long you've been a member. Free users need to have a year under their belt for the first vote. Forum Voting. I'm not sure where I see anything about large tokens in that thread. Just to add a third option to what you listed above, you can set the token to be a drawing in the right click menu and the token will no longer snap at all.
Ah that explains why sometimes things snap and sometimes they don't! Thanks
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Ravenknight
KS Backer
Never mind. I misread the original post. :)