BABYLON.ActionManager for mesh in utilityLayerScene not working

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BABYLON.ActionManager for mesh in utilityLayerScene not working.
PG: Babylon.js Playground

(Related to question Actions on meshes in utility layer are not triggered)

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@PolygonalSun would you be able to take a look?

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I can take a look and see what’s going on.

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So here’s what I’ve found. By default, we detach the InputManager controls from the utilityLayerScene to manually handle picking. Because of this, any pointerover/out code that we have isn’t running so that’s why those specific triggers aren’t working. I’m still trying to figure out the best approach but I do have a workaround. You should be able to just attach controls to the utilityLayerScene:

let l = new BABYLON.UtilityLayerRenderer(scene, true);
l.utilityLayerScene.attachControl();

I’m not sure if this will work for your current scenario in the meantime but lemme know how this works for you.

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The attachControl() call makes things work BUT then “onhover highlight” of regular gizmos stop working.

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@Cedric do you mind having a look?

I do not think this is something we support but I want to be sure.

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Let me take a look.

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Any luck?

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I’m been very busy lately but it’s still on my radar. I’ll keep you posted.

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@bjornbacklund

Sorry again for the delay.

I did a quick test and was able to get gizmo with onhover :

Spotlight Not Blocked By Mesh | Babylon.js Playground (babylonjs.com)

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Thanks for looking into this.
I went back to my code and step by step tried to update your PG to reproduce the error and finally I found it: I send in “l”, the UtilityRenderer, to the constructor of BABYLON.AxisDragGizmo and that causes the hover effect to stop functioning. I have created a new PG showing this - https://playground.babylonjs.com/#3JBK76#3
Not sure if anything else will break if I don’t send the UtilityRenderer.
Thanks again,
—bjorn

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