From 4e15f245394de19d6ea5c64e316fca30d6695996 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wandererfan <wandererfan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 08:34:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [TD]fix balloon auto-placement

---
 src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/Command.cpp | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/Command.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/Command.cpp
index 1b40037eac..c257426e7d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/Command.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/Command.cpp
@@ -1308,14 +1308,14 @@ void CmdTechDrawBalloon::activated(int iMsg)
         QGVPage* viewPage = pageVP->getQGVPage();
         QGSPage* scenePage = pageVP->getQGSPage();
         if (viewPage) {
-            viewPage->startBalloonPlacing(objFeat);
-
-            QGIView* view = dynamic_cast<QGIView*>(viewVP->getQView());
+            auto* view = dynamic_cast<QGIView*>(viewVP->getQView());
             QPointF placement;
             if (view && _checkDirectPlacement(view, selection[0].getSubNames(), placement)) {
                 //this creates the balloon if something is already selected
                 scenePage->createBalloon(placement, objFeat);
+                return;
             }
+            viewPage->startBalloonPlacing(objFeat);
         }
     }
 }