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Hide with TAB Key.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:54 pm
by Damo
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..
Re: Hide with TAB Key.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:02 am
by acmall
Goto Tools - Customise - Keyboad tab.Search for Hide the Hovered.
Re: Hide with TAB Key.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:44 am
by AlexLachance
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
Re: Hide with TAB Key.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:52 pm
by Alin
Yup. For ALT+TAB or CTRL+TAB it is a good idea to hold down ALT or CTRL before pressing TAB.
Re: Hide with TAB Key.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:22 pm
by Dwight
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.
Re: Hide with TAB Key.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:13 pm
by Damo
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
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 .
Re: Hide with TAB Key.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:17 pm
by Damo
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..
Re: Hide with TAB Key.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:23 am
by Tahhhd
Damo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:13 pm
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.
Re: Hide with TAB Key.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 4:16 pm
by Damo
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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
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 .
