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TL;DR

When using "Shoot selected" with the Rocket Launcher highlight the supported range, like when holding grenades.

What?

When you hold grenades the max range is indicated by highlighting the available range with a green semi-transparent circle.
No such visual queue exists for rocketry, and possibly other weapons would qualify as well.

Why?

While playing Factorio on Switch, I was clearing trees using rockets.
Normally I use grenades, and the maximum range I can throw them is clearly visible by the green circle.
Using the "Shoot selected" binding, I could target trees at a distance using a zoomed out view.
But at some distance away, rockets would stop firing. I figured they were out of range, but this was not entirely clear.
There is no visual feedback that rockets are not being fired due to out-of-range issue, nor is the actual range unclear.

As a console player, I play at various levels of zoom and so I have a hard time remembering the exact range rockets have.
Being able to visually see them in some way prior to attacking would be helpful as well.