Shortcut key for explode?

[TIG]

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

[Scozzarella]

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

Could someone use Mac give me an advice, please?

[TIG]

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.

[Scozzarella]

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?

[Dave R]

@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?

[Scozzarella]

@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.

[rv1974]

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

[Scozzarella]

@rv1974 said:

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

Of course, Sketchup for Mac

[rv1974]

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

[Gus R]

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.

[Box]

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

[Box]

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.

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[Scozzarella]

@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.

[Box]

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.

[Dave R]

What is the shortcut you are trying to assign?

[Scozzarella]

@dave r said:

What is the shortcut you are trying to assign?

I tried a lot of keys.

[Dave R]

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

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

[Scozzarella]

@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?

[Dave R]

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

[slbaumgartner]

The others who have replied are not Mac users, but I am so I can base this on actual experience.

First of all, the command to which you want a shortcut is Edit/Context Menu Flyout/Explode. As the word "Flyout" implies, this choice only appears in the Shortcuts preferences when a Group or ComponentInstance is selected in the model or if you have already assigned a shortcut to it.

Second, you can assign a shortcut to this action when it is listed, as proved by the attached screenshot where I assigned shift-U. I also tested, and this shortcut works as expected.

You aren't perchance attempting to assign a command key keychord shortcut are you? That is not permitted on Mac, because Command keychords are reserved for the compiled-in menu items. Sometimes you can get a command keychord to work for a single session, but they won't be remembered the next time you start SketchUp. Have you succeeded in assigning shortcuts for other actions?