From 039c979e72e1109e220157623ef9c625f88029e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meta Vens <rwvens@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 03:50:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Keep inventory previews display-only

---
 .../org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json |  4 +-
 .../Runtime/EveUiToolkitSurfaceLowerer.cs     |  3 --
 .../Editor/EveUiToolkitSurfaceLowererTests.cs | 48 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json
index ecf856e..f99869f 100644
--- a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json
+++ b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 {
     "name": "org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene",
     "displayName": "Eve Unity Scene Lowering",
-    "version": "0.3.120",
+    "version": "0.3.121",
     "unity": "6000.0",
     "description": "Provider-agnostic Unity scene shell for gamecult.eve.surface.v1 interactive world surfaces.",
     "dependencies": {
         "org.gamecult.cultlib": "1.0.56",
         "org.gamecult.eve.plugin-fields": "0.2.3",
         "org.gamecult.eve.surface": "0.3.3",
-        "org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit": "0.1.6",
+        "org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit": "0.1.7",
         "com.unity.mathematics": "1.3.2",
         "com.unity.render-pipelines.universal": "17.4.0",
         "com.unity.modules.particlesystem": "1.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/Runtime/EveUiToolkitSurfaceLowerer.cs b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/Runtime/EveUiToolkitSurfaceLowerer.cs
index 2506d96..f5397a2 100644
--- a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/Runtime/EveUiToolkitSurfaceLowerer.cs
+++ b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/Runtime/EveUiToolkitSurfaceLowerer.cs
@@ -414,9 +414,6 @@ namespace GameCult.Eve.UnityUIToolkit
                 Math.Max(0f, ParseNumber(target.GetProp("cellGap"), 4f)));
             var x = Math.Max(0, (int)Math.Floor(local.x / pitch));
             var y = Math.Max(0, (int)Math.Floor(local.y / pitch));
-            if (!EveInventoryInteraction.TryCreatePlacementPreview(source, target, x, y, out var preview) ||
-                preview == null || !preview.IsValid)
-                return false;
             if (!EveInventoryInteraction.TryCreateDropRequest(
                     document, source, target, x, y, "unity-uitoolkit", out var request) || request == null)
                 return false;
diff --git a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/Tests/Editor/EveUiToolkitSurfaceLowererTests.cs b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/Tests/Editor/EveUiToolkitSurfaceLowererTests.cs
index 6eba639..20b98bb 100644
--- a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/Tests/Editor/EveUiToolkitSurfaceLowererTests.cs
+++ b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/Tests/Editor/EveUiToolkitSurfaceLowererTests.cs
@@ -368,6 +368,54 @@ namespace GameCult.Eve.UnityUIToolkit.Tests
             Assert.That(outside.Reason, Is.EqualTo("outside-grid"));
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void InvalidLocalPreviewStillEmitsProviderOwnedDrop()
+        {
+            EveSurfaceCommandRequest? emitted = null;
+            var source = Component("moving", EveInventoryInteraction.ItemKind, new Dictionary<string, string>
+            {
+                ["sourceKind"] = "equipment",
+                ["sourceIndex"] = "0",
+                ["itemKey"] = "reactor",
+                ["shapeCells"] = "0,0"
+            });
+            var occupied = Component("stored", EveInventoryInteraction.ItemKind, new Dictionary<string, string>
+            {
+                ["x"] = "0",
+                ["y"] = "0",
+                ["shapeCells"] = "0,0"
+            });
+            var target = new EveSurfaceComponent(
+                "hangar.inventory",
+                EveInventoryInteraction.GridKind,
+                new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    ["columns"] = "8",
+                    ["rows"] = "2",
+                    ["targetKind"] = "hangar",
+                    ["dropCommand.equipment"] = "aetheria.hangar.remove_item"
+                },
+                new[] { occupied });
+            var method = typeof(EveUiToolkitSurfaceLowerer).GetMethod(
+                "TryEmitInventoryDrop",
+                System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static);
+
+            Assert.That(method, Is.Not.Null);
+            var emittedDrop = (bool)method!.Invoke(null, new object[]
+            {
+                Document(target),
+                source,
+                target,
+                new VisualElement(),
+                UnityEngine.Vector2.zero,
+                new Action<EveSurfaceCommandRequest>(request => emitted = request)
+            })!;
+
+            Assert.That(emittedDrop, Is.True);
+            Assert.That(emitted, Is.Not.Null);
+            Assert.That(emitted!.Command, Is.EqualTo("aetheria.hangar.remove_item"));
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void InventoryGridAndItemsLowerToNativeSpatialElements()
         {
diff --git a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/package.json b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/package.json
index 33f4c30..575f427 100644
--- a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/package.json
+++ b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "org.gamecult.eve.unity-uitoolkit",
     "displayName": "Eve UI Toolkit Lowering",
-    "version": "0.1.6",
+    "version": "0.1.7",
     "unity": "2021.3",
     "description": "Unity UI Toolkit lowering for gamecult.eve.surface.v1 documents.",
     "dependencies": {