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Vidarr

Dec 01, 2019; 6:24pm

Spacebar as Enter

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Is there any way to set the "spacebar" as the "enter" key. I saw an old post on this forum about it, but it was from many years ago. Has this been addressed since then?

I don't know about others, but without this functionality, I cannot use this app at all (yes, I know it's free). There is no way people can transition over to this app from any Autodesk products. Of all the keys and commands, the "spacebar" as "enter" is probably the most used key when drafting -- It Follows Every Single Command. (Followed closely by "escape", and then, all the drawing commands.)

I hope this has a solution.

rolgiati

Dec 01, 2019; 6:28pm

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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On Sun, 1 Dec 2019 11:24:59 -0700 (MST)
"Vidarr [via LibreCAD]" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Is there any way to set the "spacebar" as the "enter" key. I saw an old post
> on this forum about it, but it was from many years ago. Has this been
> addressed since then?
>
> I don't know about others, but without this functionality, I cannot use this
> app at all (yes, I know it's free). There is no way people can transition
> over to this app from any Autodesk products. Of all the keys and commands,
> the "spacebar" as "enter" is probably the most used key when drafting -- It
> Follows Every Single Command. (Followed closely by "escape", and then, all
> the drawing commands.)
>
> I hope this has a solution.

What is wrong with using the "Enter" key ?

Cheers,

Ron.
--
Sodd's Second Law:
Sooner or later, the worst possible set of circumstances is bound to occur.

-- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Vidarr

Dec 01, 2019; 6:57pm

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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Are you serious?

dellus

Dec 01, 2019; 7:21pm

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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In reply to this post by Vidarr

In the recent 2.2.0 rc1 at Options - Application Preferences - Defaults:

flywire

Dec 02, 2019; 12:43am

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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This post was updated on Dec 02, 2019; 12:03pm.

In reply to this post by Vidarr

@rolgiati totally agree. Still, I also agree that @Vidarr or any user should be able to assign commands to whatever keystrokes they like. No reason an enhancement request can't be made for user configurable command keystrokes to be made available as part of or like librecad.alias.

It's open source - you could always change the code and recompile it.

Edit: https://forum.librecad.org/Command-line-focus-tp5708099.html
"Also, is there a way to treat space as enter like in AutoCAD?"

Fair request.

ACL

May 16, 2020; 5:29pm

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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This post was updated on May 16, 2020; 8:14pm.

Funny, reading through the documentation it sounds like space as enter is a done deal a long time ago, but it sure doesn't work for me on Mac.

From https://librecad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guides/cmdline.html

Start typing any command, e.g. li, rect, etc. and then [Enter] or the [Space bar].
Press the [Space bar], type any command and then [Enter] or the [Space bar].
Press [Ctrl + M], any command and then [Enter] or the [Space bar].
Press [Shift], any command and then [Enter] or the [Space bar].
Press [F1], any command and then [Enter] or the [Space bar].
With the Keycode Mode on, type a two letter command, e.g. li, ci. Pressing [Enter] is not required.

So what gives? Did this get taken out again?

EDIT: OK, I see that even though I just downloaded it, it's an older release: 2.1.3 from 2016. Seems to be the latest DMG. I guess I have to figure out how to compile 2.2.0.

flywire

May 16, 2020; 10:42pm

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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https://forum.librecad.org/Test-new-macOS-package-td5718795.html

ACL

May 17, 2020; 4:57pm

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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YES!!! It installed properly, and the space bar works. SO HAPPY.

People who haven't used Autodesk products for a long time aren't going to understand the importance of the space bar.

MrCAD

May 18, 2020; 6:35am

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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In reply to this post by dellus

Where on earth do you have Keyboard settings in Preference menu???

As I am also looking for Enter replaced by Spacebar

I have latest version installed though I do not have this option in entire software...!!!

dellus

May 18, 2020; 12:58pm

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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Probably not really the latest version. Latest is
Version: 2.2.0-rc1-190-g51b21cc7
Compiler: GNU GCC 4.9.1
Compiled on: Mar 16 2020
Qt Version: 5.4.1
Boost Version: 1.53.0

dellus

May 18, 2020; 10:05pm

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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Sorry, I have to correct myself. The latest is
Version: 2.2.0-rc1-192-g24027e44
Compiler: GNU GCC 4.9.1
Compiled on: Apr 25 2020
Qt Version: 5.4.1
Boost Version: 1.53.0

It has those keyboard settings.

MrCAD

May 19, 2020; 4:02am

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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Thanks for sharing an information about the version.

I'll check and updates and see if this version available for Windows/Linux !!!

MrCAD

May 19, 2020; 4:18am

Re: Spacebar as Enter

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In reply to this post by dellus

Thank you sooooooo much!!!! The version you told me I checked, downloaded and it works!!!!

I got this !!!