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    CTRL and ALT modifiers on Mac (and PC) - Call to Mac users

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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      Based on some relevant remarks by Oxer, I just realize that

      • I did map CTRL on Windows PC to the ALT on Mac,

      • whereas it's probably more natural to map CTRL on PC to a Command⌘. for instance, we use CTRL-Z on PC and ⌘Z on Mac for Undo.

      The reason is that the Sketchup API imposes this mapping of CTRL on PC to ALT on Mac (COPY_MODIFIER constant).

      I can indeed change the behavior for all my plugins, whether for some shortcuts (CTRL-Z, CTRL-Y) or for modifiers when you click.

      My question and the purpose of this post is to get a feedback from Mac users.

      Many thanks

      Fredo

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      • pbacotP Offline
        pbacot
        last edited by

        I support that idea, in an attempt to make commands fit in better. For example, we generally see option (alt) used where a duplication is performed. To switch that to command is less intuitive therefore.

        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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