Elements move out of group after dragging / scaling

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As in my other question, assume there is some arbitrary nested layout.
For instance, like

Board
-  Group 1
- -  Rectangle2
- - Layout 1
- - - Group 2
- - - -Rectangle 2

If I move some element in the UI, e.g. Rectangle 2, to change the position or scale it, I expect it to stay in its group/layout.
Instead, it is moved out of the group and will be a direct child of Board as soon as I finish dragging / moving.
Why is this? Is there any undocumented setting to prevent this behavior?
As it currently is, I cannot drag or rescale elements freely without destroying the layout and having to move the element back to it’s parent.

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Hello @wilecoyote!

I think this behavior is intended because the area of the group is the very limit of dragging you have before it flows out of the group. The best way to do move modifications in such case is to use the keyboard arrows, holding shift to increase the nudge amount (which you can configure in the settings to better fit your needs).

About rotating and some other modifications unrelated to move the object, it seems to have no effect on moving the object out of it’s group.

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