Unable to Properly Hotkey "Layer Toggling" Using Alt/Shift/Ctrl #46907

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Doug Cox · 2015-12-01T14:51:15+01:00

Doug Cox commented

2015-12-01 14:51:15 +01:00

Blender Version
v2.76b

Short description of error
I do not have a numpad on this (small mechanical) keyboard, so I tried to remap the view3d.layers key bindings to use the ALT key. It seems that the code for toggling and extending a layer checks internally if ALT or SHIFT is pressed, so it is currently impossible to bind say Alt+1 to toggle layer 1. Similar issues for using SHIFT or CTRL keys exist. Fixing this would be of great help to those without a numpad.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Edit User Preferences
Select Input Tab
Search for Key-Binding: 1
Rebind the 3D View / Layers mapping from 1 to Alt 1
Notice how Layer 11 is now selected when pressing the hotkey. Alt seems to be used to imply 'Add 10 to the layer'. If Shift 1 is used (and the other camera hotkey disabled), Shift appears to override the toggle behavior and force it to "Extend" similar to how it works on the Layers UI control.

Note: This seems to be a bug regardless of having Emulate Keypad enabled.

**Blender Version** v2.76b **Short description of error** I do not have a numpad on this (small mechanical) keyboard, so I tried to remap the `view3d.layers` key bindings to use the `ALT` key. It seems that the code for toggling and extending a layer checks **internally** if `ALT` or `SHIFT` is pressed, so it is currently impossible to bind say `Alt+1` to toggle layer **1**. Similar issues for using `SHIFT` or `CTRL` keys exist. Fixing this would be of great help to those without a numpad. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** - Edit User Preferences - Select Input Tab - Search for Key-Binding: **1** - Rebind the 3D View / Layers mapping from **1** to **Alt 1** - Notice how Layer **11** is now selected when pressing the hotkey. `Alt` seems to be used to imply 'Add 10 to the layer'. If `Shift 1` is used (and the other camera hotkey disabled), `Shift` appears to override the toggle behavior and force it to "Extend" similar to how it works on the Layers UI control. **Note:** This seems to be a bug regardless of having `Emulate Keypad` enabled.

Doug Cox commented

2015-12-01 14:51:15 +01:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Doug Cox commented

2015-12-01 14:51:15 +01:00

Added subscriber: @ziflin

Bastien Montagne commented

2015-12-02 17:37:19 +01:00

Added subscriber: @mont29

Bastien Montagne commented

2015-12-02 17:37:19 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Bastien Montagne closed this issue

2015-12-02 17:37:19 +01:00

Bastien Montagne self-assigned this 2015-12-02 17:37:19 +01:00

Bastien Montagne commented

2015-12-02 17:37:19 +01:00

Thanks for the report, but still having way too much hard-coded shortcuts in Blender is a known TODO, not really considered as a bug currently.

Further more, no need to have an English keyboard (or one with a numpad) to use default layers shortcuts, it should work with pretty much any keyboard (at least, works here on my french one, without having to press shift or anything). Note that alt + number toggles layers from 11 to 20.

Thanks for the report, but still having way too much hard-coded shortcuts in Blender is a known TODO, not really considered as a bug currently. Further more, no need to have an English keyboard (or one with a numpad) to use default layers shortcuts, it should work with pretty much any keyboard (at least, works here on my french one, without having to press shift or anything). Note that alt + number toggles layers from 11 to 20.

Doug Cox commented

2015-12-02 17:57:46 +01:00

If you do not have a numpad (smaller laptops don't), and want to use the camera views on 1-0 keys, then I was not able to select layers. In order to fix this I attempted to remap the layer toggles to Alt+1-0, but because of hardcoded shortcut keys this can't be done. Is there some other task for this cleanup as it definitely seems like a bug?

Bastien Montagne commented

2015-12-02 18:11:49 +01:00

Getting rid of hard-coded shortcuts is in our TODO list afaik…

Getting rid of hard-coded shortcuts is in our [TODO list](http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.5/Source/Development/Todo) afaik…

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Unable to Properly Hotkey "Layer Toggling" Using Alt/Shift/Ctrl #46907