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Function Keys - suggested change.

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Is there any possibility of changing the use of F3 ???

In many  editors it is used to move to the next instance of a search term.

OpenScad unfortunately uses F3 to reload the sketch, discarding any
edits.  It does show a warning prompt so it's not necessarily a
disaster, but it would be nicer if it behaved as other editors.

Perhaps move "reload" to shift+F3 or ctrl+F3.

Dave

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Re: Function Keys - suggested change.

jon_bondy
I agree with this proposal, but expect some push-back from users who are
used to the existing UI.

Allowing some/all of the key combinations to be re-mapped would
ultimately satisfy everyone.

Jon

On 4/13/2021 9:55 AM, Dave wrote:

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> Is there any possibility of changing the use of F3 ???
>
> In many  editors it is used to move to the next instance of a search
> term.
>
> OpenScad unfortunately uses F3 to reload the sketch, discarding any
> edits.  It does show a warning prompt so it's not necessarily a
> disaster, but it would be nicer if it behaved as other editors.
>
> Perhaps move "reload" to shift+F3 or ctrl+F3.
>
> Dave
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lar3ry
On Tue, 2021-04-13 at 10:20 -0400, jon wrote:
> I agree with this proposal, but expect some push-back from users who
> are used to the existing UI.
> Allowing some/all of the key combinations to be re-mapped would
> ultimately satisfy everyone.

A big +1 for allowing remapping!
For the number of times I have hit F3 to search-next (A lot), and the
number of times I have hit it to reload (never, as I use Ctrl-r or the
menu), this change would be a great one.

> On 4/13/2021 9:55 AM, Dave wrote:
> > Is there any possibility of changing the use of F3 ???
> >
> > In many  editors it is used to move to the next instance of a
> > search
> > term.
> >
> > OpenScad unfortunately uses F3 to reload the sketch, discarding
> > any
> > edits.  It does show a warning prompt so it's not necessarily a
> > disaster, but it would be nicer if it behaved as other editors.
> >
> > Perhaps move "reload" to shift+F3 or ctrl+F3.
> >
> > Dave
> >
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tp3
Well, it's sitting there, in need of some final touches...
https://github.com/openscad/openscad/pull/3338

ciao,
  Torsten.
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I never use the hotkey for reload, and it's such a rare thing to use that I don't even think it needs a hotkey.
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+20!
I've been waiting for this feature a very long time to escape hotkey habit caveats and fat finger pitfalls.

E.g. I never found it a good solution to have CSG rendering (F5), which is fast and the usual key you press many times during development, next to CGAL rendering (F6), which can take hours (and, after years of development, still cannot be interrupted).  
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+1 Yes – being able to properly abort an accidental render would be very stress reducing!

 

The only way I’ve found is to save the .scad  then close and reopen OpenSCAD.  But this kills any ‘undo’ path that you might want to take if the thing done before hitting F6 turns out to have been duff!

 

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+20!
I've been waiting for this feature a very long time to escape hotkey habit caveats and fat finger pitfalls.

E.g. I never found it a good solution to have CSG rendering (F5), which is fast and the usual key you press many times during development, next to CGAL rendering (F6), which can take hours (and, after years of development, still cannot be interrupted).  

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CGAL rendering (F6), which can take hours (and, after years of development, still cannot be interrupted)
+1 Yes - being able to properly abort an accidental render would be very
stress reducing!
All that CO2 that could have been prevented...for want of a click


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...however Cancel is granular on calls to CGAL, so if it entered the final union() it has to finish and can take some time.
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