TIG 2D Tools Line Style and Hatch Dialog Box Not Opening
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Hello,
TIG 2D Tools line style and hatch dialog box will not open when right clicking in an open space as per the instructions. I am using SketchUp Pro 2022 on a Windows computer. I have uninstalled 2D Tools and reinstalled the plugin without fixing the dialog failing to open. When a new SketchUp drawing is started, the dialogs will open when either the hatch tool or the line style tool is selected. After the initial dialog opening, there is no way to change the line style or the hatch pattern. Please help.
Thank you,
GBR -
The click-in-open-space action was prevented from working by recent changes to SketchUp.
I've replaced that with a TAB key press to avoid it, but unfortunately I've not published it, because some of the 'draw' routines in its other tools now cause a crash on newer MAC OSs [but not on older MACs or any PCs !] and I'm working with a MAC expert to try and trap for that...I'll send a PM to you with half-baked version of the toolset attached so you can install it, because you're a PC user the 'draw' glitches shouldn't affect you...
Watch for the 'message'...
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Thank you TIG,
Please also send me a way to contribute to your work.
Best regards,
GBR -
I think you've found it. Thank you.
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Hi Tig
I have been using SketchUp Pro for many many years. Recently I had to switch to MacBook. (Frustration abounds)
I'm trying to use your 2D Line Styles tool and of course the right click for menu doesn't work. In my previous installation on a PC, I had to use TAB. That's not working either.
I'm on SketchUp pro 2026. Any tips for getting menu to work? Part of my workflow depends on your tool. Send me a link to donate as well.
Thanks
Joseph -
Because the right-click menu issue introduced in earlier SketchUp Ruby changes, TAB was introduced as the key press/up to call various functions, like to change the Z= setting and to open the linestyle dialog.
Because onKeyDown doesn't work on the MAC with TAB and onKeyUp method was used.
Also because TAB returned a different value on PC and MAC I include a test for 9 or 15 - however, newer MACs return the same 9 code.
On my PC TAB returns 9 on key up, but in 2026 I see that I must press/up 4 or 5 times to get it to call 9 properly and open the linestyle tool's settings dialog.
I don't know why there's a reluctance to work first time.
On your MAC can you try opening the linestyle tool and press/up TAB 4 or 5 times to see if the dialog opens...
Then report back. I can't see what the issue is...PS: I've tested it in earlier PC versions and TAB works on first press/up - so it's a glitch with v2026. If several press/up works it's at least a temporary solution...
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A new signed Version 8.0 of the toolset is available as an RBZ in the PluginStore https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=2Dtools or for AutoInstall/Update through the ExtensionStore dialog.
It addresses the TAB keycode weirdness recently reported when trying to open a dialog for certain tools, like LineStyle and Hatching etc.
The TAB press/up was itself introduced for >=v2020 when the right-click in empty-space context-menu option was removed from the Ruby API. It had to be a TAB press/up because MAC has always ignore a simple TAB press.Recently it's been found that in v2026 on a MAC a TAB press/up sometimes fails to work at all, and other times on PCs x4 press/up were needed to get TAB to call the dialog - whilst weirdly some users experienced no issues with it at all, on either OS !
I have now error trapped the keycode capture for TAB as best I can, note that on <=v2025 there's no problems with TABx1 press/up [sadly my own PC still needs TABx4 press/up with v2026], and TABx1 may work with v2026 for some users and OSs,
BUT as a fallback I've now introduce an alternative additional key press/up - Shift - which [I hope] works with one press/up on any OS and SketchUp version. So if you have any v2026 TAB annoyance you can now just press/up the Shift key instead to open the dialogs.Please try it and report any issues.
I've updated the More-Info>Release-Notes and the toolset's Help HTML files to reflect these changes.
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