Feature Request: Allow filling surface with lab tile pattern

[USSX-Hares]

Description

By now, editor extensions allow to use lab tile 1 and lib tile 2, but there is no option to fill the selected area with the alternating color pattern.

Reproduction

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[raiguard]

You can fill a whole surface with lab tiles in the editor. Are you asking for a selection tool instead?

[USSX-Hares]

You can fill a whole surface with lab tiles in the editor. Are you asking for a selection tool instead?

Well, yes, I was asking for a selection tool. Have found a workaround with the selection tool script execution:

local tiles = { }
local tile_types = { [0] = "lab-dark-1", [1] = "lab-dark-2" }

game.player.print(string.format("Replacing tiles on region from (%i, %i) to (%i, %i)...", area.left_top[1], area.left_top[2], area.right_bottom[1], area.right_bottom[2]))

for x = area.left_top[1], area.right_bottom[1] - 1
do
    for y = area.left_top[2], area.right_bottom[2] - 1
    do table.insert(tiles, { position={ x, y }, name=tile_types[(x+y) % 2] })
    end
end

game.player.surface.set_tiles(tiles, false)