Unless I am missing it, with the Kineticist class, when dragging the elemental blast attack gained after toggling Channel Elements to the quick swap section only allows the melee blasts. While attack roll modifiers should be the same, the damage between the two can be different.
There should be small icon at the top right of the button when you hover over it allowing you to switch between melee and ranged (either a hand or a meteor)
Unless I am missing it, with the Kineticist class, when dragging the elemental blast attack gained after toggling Channel Elements to the quick swap section only allows the melee blasts. While attack roll modifiers should be the same, the damage between the two can be different.