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[//stack] Stack Selection #3038
Description
The Problem
According to the docs, there is currently no -s flag on the //stack command to also stack the selection.
There is actually an undocumented effect of -s to //stack, though not what I would expect. Currently specifying -s leads to a selection around the last pasted instance of the stack.
What I would expect is for the selection to include the original and all pasted instances.
Use case: Currently, stacking in two directions requires two commands and adjusting the selection inbetween. This feature would make the middle step obsolete.
//stack 3 east
[Adjust selection, could be replaced by -s]
//stack 3 north
A Solution
- If current
-sbehaviour is unintentional: Change the flag to the behaviour described above. - If current
-sbehaviour is intentional: Add a new flag that has the behaviour described above (e.g.-ss, if duplicate letters are no problem, although I suspect they are).
In both cases, the flags should be added to the documentation.
Alternatives
No response
Anything Else?
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Activity
me4502 commentedon Oct 17, 2026
For clarification, the
-sflag is documented as "Shift the selection to the last stacked copy" – its purpose is to allow easily continuing the stack from that final point (eg, to continue it along, or stack in another direction)octylFractal commentedon Oct 17, 2026
The documentation in question: https://worldedit.enginehub.org/en/latest/commands/#command-//stack
octylFractal commentedon Oct 17, 2026
I think we're open to this under
-S, to separate it from-s.