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jss
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My husband uses Archicad 20. He double clicks the mouse to edit text without having to right click the mouse to get into the text to edit. Due to a disability he cannot right click the mouse so this double click option is important.  Today this option stopped working, and we do not know how / where to find that option to turn it back on.  Would appreciate any help.

Thank you, Jill

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I just tried it and it works... I think what may be happening is that you have your magnet/quick selection button turned off in your Info Bar. When "off" you can NOT double click on text to edit. When turned "on" then you can. I just tested it and it works.

 

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If you press and hold alt (option on mac) on the keyboard and click the mouse to pick the properties of the text up it will auto activate the text tool and then you can single click in the text to edit it. I’ve not used double-click before. Maybe there is an accessibility option in the computer preferences to activate that feature which may have turned off. 

Lee Hankins
ArchiCAD 4.5 - Archicad 27UKI Apple Silicon 27.1.1
macOS Sonoma (14.2)
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I just tried it and it works... I think what may be happening is that you have your magnet/quick selection button turned off in your Info Bar. When "off" you can NOT double click on text to edit. When turned "on" then you can. I just tested it and it works.

 

Screen Shot 2022-08-05 at 10.24.27 AM.jpg

Rex Maximilian, Honolulu, USA - www.rexmaximilian.com
ArchiCAD 27 (user since 3.4, 1991)
16" MacBook Pro; M1 Max (2021), 32GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, 32-Core GPU
Apple Vision Pro w/ BIMx
Creator of the Maximilian ArchiCAD Template System

Well… you learn something new every day. Does it work if you temporarily activate quick select with the space bar and double-click?

Lee Hankins
ArchiCAD 4.5 - Archicad 27UKI Apple Silicon 27.1.1
macOS Sonoma (14.2)

Yes, but if you hold the space a millisecond too long it starts typing spaces 😂

Rex Maximilian, Honolulu, USA - www.rexmaximilian.com
ArchiCAD 27 (user since 3.4, 1991)
16" MacBook Pro; M1 Max (2021), 32GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, 32-Core GPU
Apple Vision Pro w/ BIMx
Creator of the Maximilian ArchiCAD Template System

I have tried highlighting the magnet as suggested and that doesn't seem to do it. I hve tried the idea Lee mentioned. But he can only use one hand. I am now sure it is in the accessibility option in the computer. preferences. Thanks for the suggestions.

You may be able to set a selection of keyboard shortcuts with a single letter to activate certain tools like ‘T’ for text. I haven’t tried it so I’m not sure. Then you can click and edit the text after activating the tool. 

Lee Hankins
ArchiCAD 4.5 - Archicad 27UKI Apple Silicon 27.1.1
macOS Sonoma (14.2)

I get that all the time when I have changed a Layout name and then use spacebar to quick select on the open model window, it ads a load of spaces to the end of the name and then errors when they are published! 🤦🏻

Lee Hankins
ArchiCAD 4.5 - Archicad 27UKI Apple Silicon 27.1.1
macOS Sonoma (14.2)
Laszlo Nagy
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Currently I do not have Archicad with me but as far as I remember, there is a way of entering edit mode in the Text Tool. If you have the Text Block selected, you can press CTRL+ENTER, or CTRL+ENTER on the numeric pad instead of the normal ENTER key, and Archicad will enter the Text Editor. 

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Hello, you suggesting about the magnet/quick selection does work. My earlier response about this was incorrect. With the magnet on it is working.  Thank you so much