Release 0.7.4 (1.21.50.20)

[bryhaw-ms]

Read the previous release notes here

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Summary

Hello and happy preview day 🥳! We are now on 0.7.4 (1.21.50.20), as of Wednesday, October 9th, 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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Select with Brush

We have made significant changes to the brush tool and have integrated it into freehand select (currently limited to 2048 blocks). Additional changes include:

• Brush shapes are visualized as grey wireframes, and show only affected blocks in yellow
• Cursor Control / Mouse Mode is now using a common control which is shared across extensions
• Brush Selection, Masking and Brush Properties is now using a custom control which is shared across extensions
• Brush Painting now visualizes only affected blocks

Cursor Control Mode Key Bindings

• B - Toggle Block / Adjacent target mode
• F - Toggle Fixed Distance / Key/Mouse Control Mode
• C - Toggle Key/Mouse / Mouse Only control input (Disconnect Mouse)
• ARROW / PGUP / PGDN - Manual key control of 3D Block Cursor
• ENTER - Perform action once (Same as Left Click) (Depending on what tool the control is attached to)

Brush Control Key Bindings

• M - Mask Mode (Mask)
• R - Mask Mode (Replace)

BrushSelect.mp4

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Brush Carve

In addition to the key bindings above, we have added the ability to carve with a brush by clicking and holding CTRL. This replaces non-air blocks with air blocks. It also works with masking to exclude specific blocks.

Carve.mp4

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Brush Offset

We have added the ability to offset brushes. This allows for more complex brush interactions and makes it easier to perform actions above or below the terrain.

BrushOffset.mp4

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Toggle Group

We have added toggle groups, which allows users to toggle tool groups with selectable icon buttons. Extension creators can use the addToggleGroup function within the IPropertyPane API. Check it out in action in the Selection tool!

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Full Change Log

Editor

• Selection now has a freehand select that uses brushes to paint
• Updated general brush functionality:
  • Brush shapes are visualized as grey wireframes, and show only affected blocks in yellow
  • Cursor Control / Mouse Mode is now using a common control which is shared across extensions
  • Brush Selection, Masking and Brush Properties is now using a custom control which is shared across extensions
  • Brush Painting now visualizes only affected blocks
• Added addToggleGroup function to IPropertyPane API to create toggle groups with selectable icon buttons
• Added support for Brush Shape Offsets
• Added a new settings screen in View > View Settings to configure certain view related settings (like invisible block visibility and chunk boundaries)
• Added mouse button event data to the widget state change event so that server scripts can track mouse button events (press, release, drag) and the state of modifier keys (shift, ctrl)
• Added an optional infoTooltip: TooltipInteractiveContent property to IRootPropertyPane API, displayed as an icon in the drawer header. Interactive tooltips remain active on hover and support links and paragraphs
• Added serialize(obj) and deserialize(string) functions. These act like JSON.stringify/JSON.parse but will use custom serializers/deserializers registered with registerSerializationForType
  • CompoundBlockVolume and BlockVolume are able to be serialized and deserialized with these functions
• Added registerSerializationForType<T>(constructor, name, serializer, deserializer) which registers any type with custom serialization/deserialization for serialize and deserialize
• Updated Block Masks to work when empty (always match)
• Added 'cancel' property to endPainting()
• Added control buttons next to the hotbar to switch the active palette and manage other palettes
• Updated Selection Volume and Cursor colors to default to the colors of those keys in the currrently-selected theme. Changed Client Widget X, Y, and Z arrows to always be the colors of those keys in the currently-selected theme. Changed deleted fillColor and outlineColor in CursorProperties so that causes the Cursor colors to return back to the colors of those keys in the currently-selected theme
• Fixed issues with selection being cleared on tool focus change

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