[REQ] un-select everything

Box

Funny how people can be talking about the same thing and not notice.

@bob james said:

@jim said:

Paste this into a file with the .rb extension in your plugins folder.


> > UI.add_context_menu_handler {|menu|
> >   menu.add_item("Close All Contexts") {
> >     Sketchup.active_model.selection.clear
> >     while (Sketchup.active_model.close_active); end
> >   }
> > }
> >

Called it BackOut.rb, assigned a shortcut to it, added it to a key on my P.I. Engineering x-keys keyboard and now I can back out from within any group/component with one key. Sure beats pecking at the Escape key
Thank you very much

Dave R

@jeff hammond said:

@gilles said:

It does for me or maybe I've a fake Mac

really? that's strange.
do you use an english keyboard? or- i wonder what else may be the reason why ESC deselects for you and not me?

It works for me on my Mac, too, Jeff.

Dave R

@box said:

Funny how people can be talking about the same thing and not notice.

Too true.

Bob James

@unknownuser said:

Funny how people can be talking about the same thing and not notice.

massimo did notice.

@massimo said:

@krisidious said:

Esc does work and I use it often... But something to exit out of all groups and unselect everything back to the top of the model hierarchy would be nice.

This works like a charm.

That's what led me to turn Jim's code into backout.rb

BackOut.rb

solo

@bob james said:

@unknownuser said:

Funny how people can be talking about the same thing and not notice.

massimo did notice.

@massimo said:

@krisidious said:

Esc does work and I use it often... But something to exit out of all groups and unselect everything back to the top of the model hierarchy would be nice.

This works like a charm.

That's what led me to turn Jim's code into backout.rb

baz

Perhaps I am misunderstanding the issue but in the shortcuts menu there is an option for 'deselect all' This doesn't 'back out' like the escape key but does exactly what it says.
I have it set as 'shift D'

Baz

Bob James

@baz said:

This doesn't 'back out' like the escape key

That's the whole point of this discussion. Deselecting something buried within a component/group still leaves you inside the group/component. Backout deselects and brings the cursor all the way out of the group/component leaving you free to select something else in your model.

By the way:,I can't find this:

@unknownuser said:

but in the shortcuts menu there is an option for 'deselect all'

baz

@bob james said:

Backout deselects and brings the cursor all the way out of the group/component leaving you free to select something else in your model.

I get you, 'Select None' only deselects within the group or component.

@bob james said:

By the way:,I can't find this:

Here Tis...

Capture-su preferences.JPG

Bob James

Thanks:I was looking for 'deselect all'

@unknownuser said:

but in the shortcuts menu there is an option for 'deselect all'

baz

@bob james said:

Thanks:I was looking for 'deselect all'

@unknownuser said:

but in the shortcuts menu there is an option for 'deselect all'

my bad

jeff hammond

@gilles said:

@jeff hammond said:

are we talking about exiting groups or un-selecting selected items? i'll read back through the thread a little later.

Both.

what if you aren't editing inside a group (raw geometry) and you have some items selected? will ESC deselect those items? i've tried it on a macpro and a mbp now and it works on neither. for that, i have to use the 'select none' shortcut.
(though the way i usually do this when there is no blank space to click in is to select a new item which i can see then shift-select it in order to clear all selections.. just i bad habit i've developed over the years where i should probably be using the shift-cmmd-A shortcut)

gilles

@jeff hammond said:

@gilles said:

@jeff hammond said:

are we talking about exiting groups or un-selecting selected items? i'll read back through the thread a little later.

Both.

what if you aren't editing inside a group (raw geometry) and you have some items selected? will ESC deselect those items? i've tried it on a macpro and a mbp now and it works on neither. for that, i have to use the 'select none' shortcut.
(though the way i usually do this when there is no blank space to click in is to select a new item which i can see then shift-select it in order to clear all selections.. just i bad habit i've developed over the years where i should probably be using the shift-cmmd-A shortcut)

Yes this works, I' running Mountain lion Mac book pro SU V8.

As I said before ESC does not deselect with some tools when they are active.

jeff hammond

@gilles said:

Yes this works, I' running Mountain lion Mac book pro SU V8.

As I said before ESC does not deselect with some tools when they are active.

well.. that's just strange (tried it in su8 too on lion and mavericks-- with various active tools).. i'm sure there's a reason behind the differing behaviors on our computers but i guess it's not important enough to figure out.

fwiw, i do use the ESC key often in sketchup but i use it as a cancel button while drawing (for instance, i use the line tool if i need to measure something but i ESC once i see the dimension in the measurement box.. or if i misplace the beginning click of a tool etc..)