[REQ] un-select everything
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@jeff,
esc works on my iMac. but I have never used it...
I don't think it did on my mac book, so haven't tried it since...
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Hi all,
I use ESC to exit components/groups i have no problem with that. I dont even need a function exit all, because its not that difficult to hit esc four times to exit from the nested group. And even i thing it helps me to be aware on witch layer in the nest am I.
But still sometimes I loose track of things and i would like some visual clue. I know there is outliner and it serves this purpose well. But it gets messy sometimes and for good orientation takes a lot of my screen space. I would like something illustrator has. see attachment.
what do you think?T.
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@unknownuser said:
@unknownuser said:
But it gets messy sometimes
Sure if all components are named "Component"!
Have you been looking at my models again Pilou?
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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
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@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
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@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
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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
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@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'
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Thanks:I was looking for 'deselect all'
@unknownuser said:
but in the shortcuts menu there is an option for 'deselect all'
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@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
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@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) -
@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.
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@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..)
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