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    Shortcuts to modified tools: can one do it?

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    • EdsonE Offline
      Edson
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      assigning shortcuts to tools one can reach through menus and contextual menus is easy enough. but what about actions that are triggered by a modifier key? for one, is there a way to assign a shortcut to move-copy (Tools-->Move + alt(option)?

      edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
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      • Chris FullmerC Offline
        Chris Fullmer
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        Interesting, but I don't think its possible. I was thinking that a ruby could be written that just accessed the move tool and forced SU to think that the ctrl hey was being held down, but I am not sure that SU can tell a tool that a key is being held down. I think it can only check to see if a key is being pressed.

        I new copy tool could be coded and then assigned a shortcut. But thats not quite what you were looking for,

        Chris

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          hm... I think you can send Win API calls from ruby, which I then think it would be possible to send a "Ctrl" key stroke. If I'm not wrong, there was a thread doing that to allow a script to open a group or component.

          Though, not sure if there's matching feature for Mac...

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          • EdsonE Offline
            Edson
            last edited by

            @chris fullmer said:

            I new copy tool could be coded and then assigned a shortcut. But thats not quite what you were looking for,
            Chris

            i would not mind that as long as the copying got done.

            edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
            http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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