[Solved] Filter entities : add shortcut for single tile area

[Perlin]

Hello,

Just a little suggestion, it is not possible to use find_entities_filtered with an area of one tile, for example:

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game.surfaces[1].find_entities_filtered{
    area = {{-17.5,-5.5}, {-17.5,-5.5}}
}

gives me this error: "An area of zero size is not supported. Either don't define area to search the entire surface, or use 'position'"

In case of 1 tile area, the function should fallback itself to the use of 'position' and transform my code into:

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game.surfaces[1].find_entities_filtered{
    position= {-17.5,-5.5}
}

My use case is that I'm in on_player_built_tile event, and I can receive a single tile square if I pressed "minus" to reduce the tile drawing box to 1x1 square. I can do this job myself, but I think it should be handled by the find_entities_filtered method.

Regards,

[Klonan]

This is done for 0.17,
I was having the same problem when using custom selection tools

[Perlin]

Nice !