short cut for workbenches

[bernd]

In the following post (viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7559#p61711) something I have been thinking about quite a few times allready has been mentioned. Short cuts for changing workbenches. Has this been discussed allready? Do there exists some short cuts for the wbs allready?

[jmaustpc]

in the Assembly branch, automatic wb switch has been enabled to a limited extent....so if you edit something it automatically switches to the appropriate wb for that item. It seemed to work quite well within the limited testing I did.

You still have to manually change to an appropriate wb to create something in the first place of course.

[bernd]

I mostly switch between. Part an Arch. Is it worth to make a Mantisentry?

[r-frank]

Hello Bernd.

That depends.
I switch a lot between different workbenches.

Having them on the F1-F12 keys would be GREAT.
Also i would like to know if there is any news on reducing toolbar space ?

Roland

[bernd]

... Having them on the F1-F12 keys would be GREAT. ...

Not a good idea to use F-keys because only 12 wbs could be addressed and it is not easy to keep in mind which F-key is which wb. My opinion.

I was not aware of the thread viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7339&hilit=switch+removed&start=10

But if the switcher is in the menue a alt+w+wbletter would switch the wb. That will do the trick.

[yorik]

Note that a very simple macro containing one line would do the job...

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FreeCADGui.activateWorkbench("ArchWorkbench")

I'm not too sure how heavy would be the work needed to add keyboard shortcuts to workbenches, though...

[ediloren]

Well that would be great, though. I think this should be fully configurable in the preferences, and we can discuss only about the default. There won't ever be a single set of keys satisfying all users.

Ciao
Enrico

[NormandC]

Guys, Jürgen has already plans to replace the workbench switcher with a dedicated menu. With a menu, keyboard shortcuts will be possible.

There's a discussion about it on the "Development" section, but I can't try to locate it ATM.