# Feature request: contextual move-examine

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/feature-request-contextual-move-examine/75>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [January 8, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/feature-request-contextual-move-examine/75 "2013-01-08T16:08:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Zen\_Arcade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zen_arcade/32/4_2.png) [@Zen\_Arcade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zen_Arcade)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/feature-request-contextual-move-examine/75/1 "2013-01-08T16:08:57Z")

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Basically, walking into a not-empty impassable container (fridge/shelf/dresser) 'e’xamines it.

Yay/nay?

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/feature-request-contextual-move-examine/75/2 "2013-01-08T19:17:19Z")

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hmm, I’ll take a look at the code, it seems like a straightforward enhancement, and I can’t think of anything it interferes with off the top of my head.

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**Author:** ![GlyphGryph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/glyphgryph/32/847_2.png) [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/feature-request-contextual-move-examine/75/3 "2013-01-08T21:19:25Z")

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I don’t know if looks actually require time. If so, it might be that you don’t want to waste time for attempted moves into a place you can’t move?

A bit of an edge case admittedly.

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**Author:** ![The\_Darkling\_Wolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/the_darkling_wolf/32/828_2.png) [@The\_Darkling\_Wolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Darkling_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/feature-request-contextual-move-examine/75/4 "2013-01-08T21:24:16Z")

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Nah, examining is a free action. All costs are assigned via the internal if statements.