Modifying Shortcuts

[BarryW]

Hi everybody
(QCAD pro 3.17.3, windows 10)

If I use the "Applications - Tool Settings" menu to change a shortcut, that seems to work OK. However if I unbind a shortcut, the shortcut stays deleted only until QCAD is restarted, when the original shortcut re-appears.

For instance - I have no use for <+> and <-> to work zoom in/out, (I use the mouse wheel to zoom), and would prefer <+> and <-> to rotate, like I'm used to with Autosketch. So I unbind the shortcuts for the zoom command, and change the rotate shortcuts to use <+> and <->.

That works OK until you close and re-start QCAD, after which the original shortcut is re-applied for zoom, which then conflicts with my setting to rotate.

Is this intentional ? If I decide to unbind a shortcut, surely it should stay unbound ?
Andrew?

thanks
BarryW.

[TSG]

With my QCAD 3.17.3 it works well.

1. find the command with the assigned key you want to use elsewhere (i.e. Zoom In)
2. remove this assigned key (Shortcuts/Remove)
3. find the new command you want to assign the now free key to (i.e. Rotate Clockwise)
4. Assign the free key to the new command (Shortcuts/Enter new shortcut/Add).

The new assigned shortcut is available immediately.
Same after restarting QCAD.

regards Thomas

[BarryW]

Hello Thomas,

Thanks for that observation.
I have no problem changing shortcuts, until QCAD is restarted.
At that point the zoom command, from which the shortcut was unbound, is re-populated with the original shortcut, giving two commands with the same shortcut.

Have a look at the zoom command from which you unbound the shortcut. Has the original shortcut re-appeared?

It seems to me that you cannot leave a command with no shortcut. The only way I can keep rotate on the <+> key is to assign another new useless shortcut to zoom, which then does not get over-ridden.

(Windows 10, QCAD 3.17.3 pro, intel i7)

thanks,
BarryW

[TSG]

Hi BarryW,

yes, you're right. If you delete ALL key shortcuts for a specific command QCAD will restore them all after restarting.
Some people say, its not a bug, its a feature.
When you leave at least ONE key shortcut the assignments will not be replaced by the originals after restarting.
I can't imagine that this could be a problem.

regards Thomas

[BarryW]

Hi Thomas,
Yes It's OK if you know about it, it just surprised me by restoring what I had just deleted...
No worries,

thanks,
Barry