Simple DEselect action or tool/ button?
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Hi guys. Does anyone know if there is an existing method within Sketchup for DEselecting an entity. Here is my problem. If I am zoomed in on a model, where it completely fills the screen, and I select an incorrect entity, the only way(that I've found) I can "deselect" it, is to zoom out until there is empty space(what do you call that?) that I can left click in, which then "deselects" the entity. I don't need a fancy plugin, as this simple action is all I need. Like some kind of Cont/Alt action? I did a search on deselect, and found there are many plugins, most of which go in the Ruby console..which I don't know a thing about. I get kind of hesitant about loading new plugins too. A few that I've loaded ended up with a Sketchup boot screen saying something like.."Unable to load X...." or something to that effect. I still have one popping up, and I asked to no avil here a while back. I even made sure the plugin was in the right folder but it still pops up. Anyway, any help with a simple entity deselect tool or button or action would be appreciated.
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Use the modifier keys.
Shift will toggle selection (select / deselect)
Ctrl will always add to the selection
Shift+Ctrl will always detract from the selection.This works both when just clicking on entities and also when using either kind of selection boxes (LTR or RTL)
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I'd add that deselect-all can be very useful, as well as a hotkey to back out of a group that you are editing (for when you're really zoomed in, so you don't have to zoom out and click outside of the current group).
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Ctrl+T isn't good enough?
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@massimo said:
Ctrl+T isn't good enough?
That works. What shortcut is that by the way?
(asking preparing for a duh moment)
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Doh...
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@unknownuser said:
Use the modifier keys.
Shift will toggle selection (select / deselect)
Ctrl will always add to the selection
Shift+Ctrl will always detract from the selection.
@unknownuser said:
massimo wrote:
Ctrl+T isn't good enough?If I had known that...I wouldn't be asking now would I?
At least you didn't call me a dolt.
Thanks guys.
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@massimo said:
Ctrl+T isn't good enough?
[fwiw.. in case any mac users come across this thread.. that's shift-cmmd-A on mac… (cmmd-A = select all… add shift key for deselect all)]
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@unknownuser said:
If I had known that...I wouldn't be asking now would I?
At least you didn't call me a dolt.
Sorry, didn't mean to be rude. That was mainly addressed to Gai. Since he didn't reply promptly, I was not sure I understood your question properly.
@unknownuser said:
@massimo said:
Ctrl+T isn't good enough?
[fwiw.. in case any mac users come across this thread.. that's shift-cmmd-A on mac… (cmmd-A = select all… add shift key for deselect all)]
In the link I posted there is also a Mac version of the shortcut.
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@massimo said:
In the link I posted there is also a Mac version of the shortcut.
ha.. i didn't make it that far in the thread before replying
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