Footprint editor rectangle tool not working in KiCad 8-rc2

Software
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The rectangle drawing tool works correctly in Schematic, Symbol & PCB editors, but will only create squares in the Footprint Editor. Didn’t work for 8.0.0 - rc2 dated the 24th Jan. Still not working for the 28th Jan download.

Works correctly in all four editors for 7.0.10.

Could I have confirmation of this problem please.

Application: KiCad Footprint Editor x86_64 on x86_64

Version: 8.0.0~rc2-f6128cd01e~176~ubuntu22.04.1, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.1
FreeType 2.11.1
HarfBuzz 2.7.4
FontConfig 2.13.1
libcurl/7.81.0 OpenSSL/3.0.2 zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.4.8 libidn2/2.3.2 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.2) libssh/0.9.6/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.43.0 librtmp/2.3 OpenLDAP/2.5.16

Platform: Linux Mint 21.2, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, X11, cinnamon, x11

Build Info:
Date: Jan 28 2024 15:04:24
wxWidgets: 3.2.1 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.74.0
OCC: 7.5.2
Curl: 7.81.0
ngspice: 40
Compiler: GCC 11.4.0 with C++ ABI 1016

Build settings:

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The rectangle tool behaves differently with n*45 deg mode on or off, IIRC. Not very intuitive.

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Same behavior in the PCB editor.

Same behavior in 7.0.10.
I’d probably never noticed because I usually use the graphic polygon tool.

Agree also (trying to keep my comment polite).

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