topic Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac in Modeling

Shift+Tab problem in mac

Anonymous — Tue, 09 May 2023 13:54:05 GMT

Hello, sorry if this question is repeated, I just jumped from win to mac, so I used to use shift+tab in win to put coordinates, when I'm making a line or wall. But in mac, i couldn't do it I have tried to find in settings something similar, but unfortunately unsuccesefully...

Thanks in advance....

Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac

Stress Co_ — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:07:07 GMT

Do you have "Tracker" turned on?

If so... tab cycles through the options.
Shift+tab cycles in reverse.

Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac

Barry Kelly — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:17:48 GMT

Yes, you probably don't have the tracker turned on.
I am assuming that MAC is the same as Windows in this case.
SHIFT constrains the angle and so long as the tracker is turned on, the first TAB will activate the expanded tracker and then subsequent TABs will cycle through the tracker.

Barry.

Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac

Stress Co_ — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:34:16 GMT

A little bit different Barry:
Shift (held down) jumps to the nearest preset incremental angle.

Option + A locks the angle.

Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:44:37 GMT

Sorry, I’m new in mac, when you say “tracker” you mean in mac or in archicad? And how I should turn it on?
Thanks

Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac

Barry Kelly — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:50:37 GMT

Akmal wrote:
Sorry, I’m new in mac, when you say “tracker” you mean in mac or in archicad? And how I should turn it on?
Thanks

It may be in a menu somewhere as well but this is the toolbar button that turns it on or off.

Barry.

Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac

Barry Kelly — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:54:51 GMT

Stress wrote:
Shift (held down) jumps to the nearest preset incremental angle.

That is what I meant by constrains the angle.

Barry.

Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac

Stress Co_ — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:20:42 GMT

Barry wrote:
It may be in a menu somewhere as well but this is the toolbar button that turns it on or off.

It's here as well:
(Work environment settings)

Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac

Stress Co_ — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:21:32 GMT

Barry wrote:

Stress wrote:
Shift (held down) jumps to the nearest preset incremental angle.

That is what I meant by constrains the angle.

Barry.

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Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:27:31 GMT

My tracker is on, the problem is, when I draw a line for example, with mouse I choose a direction, with shift I straight the line, when I press tab with holding shift, the tracker is not work, when I release shift and press tab, tracker is working.

I didn’t see like this problem in Windows

Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac

Stress Co_ — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 17:25:39 GMT

Akmal wrote:
My tracker is on, the problem is, when I draw a line for example, with mouse I choose a direction, with shift I straight the line, when I press tab with holding shift, the tracker is not work, when I release shift and press tab, tracker is working.

That's true for me as well.
If you hold shift and press "D" (for distance)...
are you then able to input the length?

Re: Shift+Tab problem in mac

Oosh — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:19:17 GMT

I'm having the same problem as Anonymous.

The issue is that on Windows you can click and drag, hold shift, and while holding shift press tab. This allows you to continue dragging the object along a polar coordinate while pressing tab.

On Mac you click and drag, hold shift, and after letting go of shift press tab to enter a numerical input into the tracker. By having to let go of shift the object often loses its inference to a polar coordinate so it moves in an arbitrary direction which is quite frustrating.

It seems like this is either an AC bug or an issue with the Mac keyboard settings. It looks like shift+tab is being used as a 'System shortcut' which may be why Archicad isn't acting the same way it does on Windows.

If anyone has suggestions for how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated.