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      troyhome
      last edited by

      When you press the spacebar you should get the select icon. When i press spacebar, however, it brings up the model properties. My shortcuts are set to the default spacebar activates tool-select, so i am stumped. I'm on a mac running SU 7.1
      Any thoughts?

      IOviz.com
      SU Pro 2024 PC

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        xrok1
        last edited by

        yeah its a pain, it sometimes changes materials to black or closes windows... depending where your last click was before spacebar. very annoying.

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          tomsdesk
          last edited by

          Since the spacebar in autocad acts as a return, and thus I hit it a lot when I'm stressed and switching back and forth with SU, I set the SU spacebar to do nothing: so if I hit the spacebar after a shortcut key it does nothing (except when the cursor gets stuck in a material editor dialogue bar...damnit :`)

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            Mark Leichliter
            last edited by

            This is driving me nuts as well. Spacebar is the default shortcut to access the select tool, and it is broken. This really should get fixed ASAP.

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              Gaieus
              last edited by

              Guys, I am not a Mac user but can remember something (cannot find now however). "As if..." it had been about some other, conflicting software on the Mac (I cannot imagine that it's broken for the majority).

              Gai...

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              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                jeff hammond
                last edited by

                reinstall? 😄

                dunno, that would drive me nuts too.. fwiw, the spacebar works fine for me.

                maybe delete the preference list and relaunch SU? (user/library/preferences/com.google.sketchuppro7.plist)

                or,

                delete the shortcuts plist? (user/application support/google sketchup 7/sketchup/shortcuts.plist)

                [edit- oh wait, did the spacebar act like that since you installed sketchup or did it start acting up after a while?)

                dotdotdot

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                  troyhome
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  reinstall? 😄

                  dunno, that would drive me nuts too.. fwiw, the spacebar works fine for me.

                  maybe delete the preference list and relaunch SU? (user/library/preferences/com.google.sketchuppro7.plist)

                  or,

                  delete the shortcuts plist? (user/application support/google sketchup 7/sketchup/shortcuts.plist)

                  [edit- oh wait, did the spacebar act like that since you installed sketchup or did it start acting up after a while?)

                  It only started acting up weeks after install- but i'll try the preferences thing out and let you know.... thanks

                  IOviz.com
                  SU Pro 2024 PC

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                    david.
                    last edited by

                    The spacebar works fine for me.

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      This seems to be a Mac issue.

                      Gai...

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                        sketchup guide jody
                        last edited by

                        Hi troyhome,

                        This is actually an issue with Mac settings for keyboard shortcuts. If you go to System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts and change the setting to "All Controls" then it should get you back in business.

                        Jody Gates
                        SketchUp Support

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                          wind-borne
                          last edited by

                          Occasionally have situation where spacebar tap will not exit Rectangle tool.
                          There is another default shortcut for Select on Macs also, Command /

                          "To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text."OSX 10.11.6

                          %(#BF80BF)[SU 8 pro

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                            danbig
                            last edited by

                            Thanks, Jody.

                            I've been frustrated with this on my mac @ home.

                            As you know, I haven't had any issues on my pc @ work.

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                              Mark Leichliter
                              last edited by

                              Jody - that does seem to help in most cases. I do still get the Model Info window popping on using the Spacebar when working inside a group or component. Don't have time right now to properly trouble shoot the issue.

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                                danbig
                                last edited by

                                I just checked the keyboard shortcut preferences, and it is set as indicated.

                                It has not solved the problem for me.

                                Mac OS 10.4. SU 7.1.

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                                  Heaps
                                  last edited by

                                  The same has happened to me a few times. I find that opening the Disk Utility program (found in Applications/Utilities) clicking the hard disk reference and running the Repair Permissions routine does the trick.

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