Release 0.7.7 (1.21.50.26)

[bryhaw-ms]

Read the previous release notes here

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Summary

Hello and happy preview day 🥳! We are now on 0.7.7 (1.21.50.26), as of Wednesday, October 30th, 2024.

As a reminder of Editor API support:

• Editor Extensions overview article and API reference documentation on learn.microsoft.com
• Starter Kit: Contains the compiler tools and various libraries required to get started making Editor Extensions
• Samples created by our team to jump-start your own Extension creations

Additionally, if you're new to the Editor GitHub this week, we encourage you to join the Bedrock Add-Ons Discord #Editor channel!

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Grapple locomotion updates

We have made updates to Grapple to make locomotion around your world more easily. These updates include:

• Changing the grapple-to-selection hot-key from F to CTRL+SHIFT+F (G still works for general grapple)
• Added 'getRay()' to Cursor Service API
• Camera now rotates towards grapple target during flight and is less snappy
• Grapple now lets you fly 100 blocks towards the mouse pointer if there is no nearby block to grapple to

GrappleSelect2.mp4

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Widget Component Updates

We have made several updates to Widget and Widget Components making it easier to use copied blocks from your clipboard. These include:

• Updating ClipboardWidgetComponent to the client widget system to allow creators to be able to add clipboard items to widgets, and have them displayed as 'holograms'
• Added a flag to Widget and WidgetBaseComponent to allow the Y position to lock to the surface, based on the XZ position
• Added a flag to Widget to allow the widget to bind it's position to the 3D block cursor

Widget.mp4

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Middle Mouse Block Selection

We have updated Middle Mouse Block Selection to work across all block selection, making it easier to switch to nearby blocks.

MiddleClick.mp4

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Full Change Log

Editor

• Fixed a bug where cylinder and cuboid brushes with a height of 1 were incorrectly sized.
• Renamed 'height' to 'length' for pyramid brush settings to be more consistent when rotated.
• Fixed deselect in Line Tool (this was actually a problem with Client Widgets not correctly tracking selected state in script)
• Fix incorrect key binding in Selection move up/down
• Fixed 'Next Navigation Position' keyboard shortcut to no longer conflict with 'Previous Navigation Position'.
• Brush Painting tools only work in the starting dimension (generally Overworld) and do not work when changing dimensions
• Selection tool size input box is now enabled when block is selected
• Fixed keyboard navigation for interactive tooltip links
• Fixed padding for Selection tool panel items when the scrollbar is absent
• Changed IModalToolContainer.addTool API function to take unique tool id as a required argument. Removed inputContextId and inputContextLabel from creation parameters.
• Removed hide, show, dispose functions from IModalTool API
• Renamed anchor in the ClipboardWriteOptions to normalizedOrigin for clarity
• Added a new ClipboardWidgetComponent to the client widget system to allow creators to be able to add clipboard items to widgets, and have them displayed as 'holograms'
• Added a flag to Widget and WidgetBaseComponent to allow locking the Y position to the surface, based on the XZ position
• Added a flag to Widget to tell the widget to bind it's position to that of the 3D block cursor
• Added quick action button bar to Selection (Deselect & Fill)
• Added Copy & Cut to main menu and action bar items
• Removed all of the CursorAttachment related types, properties and methods
• Added information tooltip links for core editor panes
• Middle mouse block picking in block picker modal,
• Grapple locomotion updates.
  • Added 'getRay()' to Cursor Service API
  • Camera now rotates towards grapple target during flight and is less snappy
  • Grapple now lets the creator fly 100 blocks distance towards the mouse pointer if there is no nearby block to grapple to
  • Changed hotkey for grapple-to-selection from F to CTRL+SHIFT+F
• Fixed issue where camera flashes to the inside of the player mobs' head when grappling.

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Thank you for being here! You're the best! ❤️

[AbbottMc]

Cool, awsome update