Finding an object's pivot point when it's not possible to select it by hovering – when there are multiple of the same object in a cobble, or a lot of items in close proximity.
Unable to go backwards – tabbing repeatedly to find an item, only to miss it and have to tab through again.
Unable to switch between Mouse / Precision editor while an item is selected – have to re-tab to find the item again.
Another video of this actually happening while working on a build:
I couldn't re-select the Nord Lantern after I'd JUST placed it, which is silly. (Why wouldn't the hitbox be recognized from the position I'd
Potential solutions:
UI option to go backwards.
So that if you missed the item, you can press [a button or SHIFT-TAB?] to get back to it rather than re-tabbing and manually counting → https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/651834/tab-tab-tab-tab-tab-tab-tab-tab
UI option switch between Mouse vs Keyboard/Precision positioning while an item is selected.
Won't eliminate the tabbing problem but would still ease some of the pain of having to re-find the item when you need to use the other editing type → https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/671574/housing-ui-please-add-an-easy-way-to-switch-btwn-mouse-vs-keyboard-precision-positioning
A way to label items so that they're more easily found through Retrieve.
Change an item's pivot point.
(This would be helpful in a ton of situations! It can already be done via grouping, but that's slow, clunky, and bug-prone – "exploding" the items locations and ruining undo states.)
Other?
NOT solutions:
Using Retrieve menu.
For the reasons shown at 00:40, explained in the forum post, and the camera bug: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/658782/housing-editor-placing-items-changes-camera-fov-zoom
Using gamepad mode or EHT.
(These introduce other UI/UX problems. The native tool should be improved.)
Fix request on the official forums –
Please comment on this (or if you can’t log in to the forums, send in-game feedback with a link to either this forum or tumblr post):
Explained here + video example at the top + possible solutions at the bottom:
Related:
Old post on the official forums – https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/651834/housing-ui-tab-tab-tab-tab-tab-tab-tab-tab-no-retrieve-is-not-a-solution
Could addons help? – https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/672927/ui-addon-request-help-with-the-tab-object-selection-issues-in-housing-editor
ZOS Dev posts requesting player feedback – https://moonpile.tumblr.com/post/774320844430262272/eso-dev-team-request-a-top-5-list-of-bugs-and
