Disable selection box on specific blocks?

[Joseph16]

Maybe add a new parameter like ShowSelectionBox = true or false. This would be nice for grass and water were a if box around it when it is under your cursor looks weird.

[Sergey]

You can pick grass and it should be selected to do it.
Water node can be selected only when you hold bucket.

So I don't think selection feature should be disabled for specific nodes.

[octacian]

https://rubenwardy.com/minetest_modding ... ister_node

Look for the "pointable" option. If set to false, selection box will not be shown on that node.

A non-pointable Node:

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minetest.register_node("mymod:node", {
  description = "My Non-pointable Node",
  tiles = {"mymod_node.png"},
  groups = {cracky = 3},
  pointable = false,
})

The above is a very basic node definition that could be used to test the concept. However, if pointable is set to false, it will mean that when you point at the node and try to break it, you'll just break the node under it. The only somewhat reliable way to hide the selection box while still being able to break the node is to set the "selection_box" property to be just a tiny bit smaller than the node itself.