Map-like display of isometric tilesets

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I would like to make a feature request regarding isometric tilesets.

Currently tilesets are arranged in a 2D square grid that is well suited for top-down tiles. However, this is not ideal when working with isometric tilesets. It can get tricky to select multi-tiled objects, because each tile is surrounded by a great deal of space, and making a multiple selection might result in the tiles getting pasted in the wrong order.

Ideally an isometric tileset would display a grid the same way as a map, with each tile occupying a cell of the grid and with the option to select one of more tiles to be pasted onto the map. The tileset creator would arrange the tiles in the most logical layout for easy viewing and selection. Tiles would not necessarily have to be displayed consecutively, and could be arranged by the creator with empty cells between them to separate the objects more logically.

Now I'm aware that this is only possible with collections of images, but isometric tilesets tend to do better as collections anyway, so I don't think it's a big deal not to be able to use this feature with tileset images.

Thank you for your attention!

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the existing tileset grid and multi-selection behavior; done would mean that collection-of-images tilesets can use a creator-defined map-like layout and select tiles for pasting without disrupting their intended order.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.