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    Scozzarella
    last edited by 4 May 2022, 08:16

    I use Mac OS X and can't assign a Shortcut to Explode.

    I select a group and go to Preferences and Assign a Shortcut but it doesn't work.

    If I click right button I can see Explode option and it works.

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      TIG Moderator
      last edited by 4 May 2022, 10:41

      On a MAC some key presses and/or combos are preserved for system use.
      Try another key ??

      TIG

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        Scozzarella
        last edited by 5 May 2022, 06:02

        I tried a lot of keys, but nothing to do.

        Could someone use Mac give me an advice, please?

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          TIG Moderator
          last edited by 5 May 2022, 08:15

          What keys are failing ?
          On a MAC you can't combine them with some 'modifier' keys... which are system-reserved...

          You need to give us some clues as otherwise we are guessing.

          TIG

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            Scozzarella
            last edited by 5 May 2022, 09:30

            Thank you.
            I tried all single key and all shift or control combinations, but they don't work.
            Do you have a Mac or a friend with a Mac?

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              Dave R
              last edited by 5 May 2022, 11:20

              @scozzarella said:

              I tried all single key and all shift or control combinations, but they don't work.

              You aren't pressing Enter after typing the key stroke you want to set are you?

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                Scozzarella
                last edited by 5 May 2022, 14:15

                @dave r said:

                @scozzarella said:

                I tried all single key and all shift or control combinations, but they don't work.

                You aren't pressing Enter after typing the key stroke you want to set are you?

                No, I don't press Enter. From the Keyboard I hit a key and then close the window.

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                  rv1974
                  last edited by 8 May 2022, 09:57

                  it's a windowless command. Are you sure you use Sketchup?

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                    Scozzarella
                    last edited by 8 May 2022, 16:37

                    @rv1974 said:

                    it's a windowless command. Are you sure you use Sketchup?

                    Of course, Sketchup for Mac

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                      rv1974
                      last edited by 8 May 2022, 17:18

                      What window do you close? There are no windows accomponing explode command

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                        Gus R
                        last edited by 8 May 2022, 17:52

                        Something is buggy with the shortcuts in preferences because I can sometimes search for "explode" and find it and apply a shortcut and then when I restart SU it can't find "explode." Scrolling to Edit/Item/Explode will show up sporadically.

                        Make sure you click the "+" sign to the right of the shortcut and then click OK.

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                          Box
                          last edited by 9 May 2022, 00:28

                          As mentioned above You must have something explodable selected for the native explode to appear in the shortcuts.

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                            Box
                            last edited by 9 May 2022, 02:58

                            I'll just add this to help people understand that the shortcuts list in preferences is context specific.
                            You can see when I filter by edit with nothing in the model selected the list is quite short but when I select a simple group the list of possible shortcuts grows considerably.


                            Shortcuts.gif

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                              Scozzarella
                              last edited by 9 May 2022, 05:11

                              @box said:

                              As mentioned above You must have something explodable selected for the native explode to appear in the shortcuts.

                              Thank you but I select a group and in the list the explode appears. In Mac version there isn't + button.

                              When I select the command on the shortcut list and assign a shortcut, then close, the shortcut doesn't work.

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                                Box
                                last edited by 9 May 2022, 06:25

                                Sorry, my comments were not really addressed to you Scozzarella, they were more of a general thing because people often get confused by the contextual shortcuts.
                                Your issue is something else and as I'm not a Mac user I can add nothing more than has already been said.

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                                  Dave R
                                  last edited by 9 May 2022, 10:50

                                  What is the shortcut you are trying to assign?

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                                    Scozzarella
                                    last edited by 9 May 2022, 13:28

                                    @dave r said:

                                    What is the shortcut you are trying to assign?

                                    I tried a lot of keys.

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                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by 9 May 2022, 13:45

                                      We're trying to help here. Could you be specific?

                                      Have you actually installed SketchUp or are you running it from the .dmg?

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                                        Scozzarella
                                        last edited by 10 May 2022, 03:37

                                        @dave r said:

                                        We're trying to help here. Could you be specific?

                                        Have you actually installed SketchUp or are you running it from the .dmg?

                                        Thank you very much.

                                        I have installed Sketchup on my Mac and all works perfectly. But the shortcut for Explode doesn’t work.
                                        Maybe the Preferences json file?

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                                          Dave R
                                          last edited by 10 May 2022, 12:14

                                          Why won't you answer my question? Exactly what keyboard shortcut are you trying to use for Explode?

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