# Constrain dragging to Y axis for BoundingBoxGizmo?

**URL:** <https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/constrain-dragging-to-y-axis-for-boundingboxgizmo/33729>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/constrain-dragging-to-y-axis-for-boundingboxgizmo/33729 "2022-09-06T23:28:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Scherotter1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/michael_scherotter1/32/16678_2.png) [@Michael\_Scherotter1](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Michael_Scherotter1)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/constrain-dragging-to-y-axis-for-boundingboxgizmo/33729/1 "2022-09-06T23:28:04Z")

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How do I constrain a boundingboxgizmo to only move in the Y axis with dragging?  
I want to keep the scale and rotation working as-is.

> **[Babylon.js Playground](https://playground.babylonjs.com/#BYSISE%235)**
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> Babylon.js playground is a live editor for Babylon.js WebGL 3D scenes

Thanks,  
Michael

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**Author:** ![sebavan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/sebavan/32/57_2.png) [@sebavan](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/sebavan)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/constrain-dragging-to-y-axis-for-boundingboxgizmo/33729/2 "2022-09-07T00:38:54Z")

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cc @Cedric

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**Author:** ![Cedric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/cedric/32/2742_2.png) [@Cedric](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Cedric)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/constrain-dragging-to-y-axis-for-boundingboxgizmo/33729/3 "2022-09-07T08:01:29Z")

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There is no accessor for the dragbehavior but it’s possible to do this:

> **[Babylon.js Playground](https://playground.babylonjs.com/#BYSISE%236)**
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> Babylon.js playground is a live editor for Babylon.js WebGL 3D scenes

I take a note to add an accessor for it.

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**Author:** ![carolhmj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/carolhmj/32/25918_2.png) [@carolhmj](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/carolhmj)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/constrain-dragging-to-y-axis-for-boundingboxgizmo/33729/4 "2022-09-08T12:10:45Z")

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**Author:** ![Cedric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/cedric/32/2742_2.png) [@Cedric](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Cedric)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/constrain-dragging-to-y-axis-for-boundingboxgizmo/33729/5 "2022-09-09T11:58:34Z")

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PR [Giz misc by CedricGuillemet · Pull Request #12969 · BabylonJS/Babylon.js · GitHub](https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/pull/12969)

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**Author:** ![Cedric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/cedric/32/2742_2.png) [@Cedric](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Cedric)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/constrain-dragging-to-y-axis-for-boundingboxgizmo/33729/6 "2022-11-14T17:56:30Z")

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