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Hide with TAB Key.

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I'm sure we are all familiar with this feature.
Hover your mouse/cursor over a component and hit the "Tab" key. It disappears.

Does anyone here know how to disable this function..?
Only because I sometimes inadvertantly suffer it.

I dont know about you guys but if I do actually wish to hide a component it is easy enough to do in several other ways that require more deliberate thought and action..
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Goto Tools - Customise - Keyboad tab.Search for Hide the Hovered.
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Damo wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:54 pm I'm sure we are all familiar with this feature.
Hover your mouse/cursor over a component and hit the "Tab" key. It disappears.

Does anyone here know how to disable this function..?
Only because I sometimes inadvertantly suffer it.

I dont know about you guys but if I do actually wish to hide a component it is easy enough to do in several other ways that require more deliberate thought and action..
lol, alt-tabbing and solidworks doesn't pick up the alt and just tabs and hides the part. I know the pain :lol:
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Yup. For ALT+TAB or CTRL+TAB it is a good idea to hold down ALT or CTRL before pressing TAB. :)
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acmall wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:02 am Goto Tools - Customise - Keyboad tab.Search for Hide the Hovered.
Thanks. Note that you will find it way down in the "Others" category.
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AlexLachance wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:44 am lol, alt-tabbing and solidworks doesn't pick up the alt and just tabs and hides the part. I know the pain :lol:
:lol:

Interestingly (and frustratingly,) I too often find solidworks doesn't pick up the tab key when panning too.. I'm expecting the model to drag across the screen, instead it spins in place..
Sometimes I question if I'm going crazy or just getting clumsy . 🙄
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acmall wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:02 am Goto Tools - Customise - Keyboad tab.Search for Hide the Hovered.
OMG ... This works.. 😃😃😃
All those years of using this and I never knew i could save myself this frustration.. 😉
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Damo wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:13 pm :lol:

Interestingly (and frustratingly,) I too often find solidworks doesn't pick up the tab key when panning too.. I'm expecting the model to drag across the screen, instead it spins in place..
Sometimes I question if I'm going crazy or just getting clumsy . 🙄
I'm not sure if this is what you are talking about, but by default, it is the ctrl key + the middle mouse button that "pans" the model.
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Tahhhd wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:23 am I'm not sure if this is what you are talking about, but by default, it is the ctrl key + the middle mouse button that "pans" the model.
Ah yes,.. This is what I meant.
My stoopid brain was fixating on the TAB key. But yes, CTRL and Middle mouse Pans..
Cheers for the correction. 😉
Damo wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:13 pm
:lol:

Interestingly (and frustratingly,) I too often find solidworks doesn't pick up the tab "CTRL" key when panning too.. I'm expecting the model to drag across the screen, instead it spins in place..
Sometimes I question if I'm going crazy or just getting clumsy . 🙄
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