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R23D
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Double clicking a part behaviour has changed...

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After recently upgrading to the Freecad Version below, I find that double clicking a part in the combo view area no longer initiates the transform command but instead takes you to 'tasks'. I don't want it to do that. I want the old behaviour. I assume it's a preference setting but I'll be damned if I can find it. :?

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Re: Double clicking a part behaviour has changed...

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'Part' as in Std_Part?
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Re: Double clicking a part behaviour has changed...

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'Part' as in component of a model as listed in the model window...
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Behavior depends on which kind of objects you're double clicking on. And it has been like that for a pretty long time. :)
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openBrain, I can't move a cube... It's never been like that... well, I mean, I can but I have to right-click it and choose 'transform'.
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R23D wrote: Sun May 02, 2021 8:37 pm openBrain, I can't move a cube... It's never been like that... well, I mean, I can but I have to right-click it and choose 'transform'.
Sweet Marcel, now we know you're talking of a cube...
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I'm talking about all primitives and other objects that form the hierarchical treed structure of a model... You can no longer double click anything to get to 'transform'.
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I miss the old feature too, but I have accepted that the new behaviour is much more consistent. This was changed for the Part primitives, and shows now what was missing before: Double opens a panel for the object specific parameters.
In the old days no editing dialog existed, and calling the transform tool was only a temprary solution.

You can, however, add the transform function to an icon in your own toolbar.
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Re: Double clicking a part behaviour has changed...

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OMG... you mean this is intentional and unchangeable? :shock: It might be more consistent but it's VERY inconvenient! :? Perhaps if this feature isn't coming back, a click of the third mouse wheel button or one of the more modern side mouse buttons could bring back the old behaviour on a new mouse button. It would be VERY easy to program that change. In the meantime, I will take your suggestion of creating a custom toolbar button because choosing it from the context menu just seems too cumbersome for something that is in CONSTANT use.
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R23D wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 5:13 am OMG... you mean this is intentional and unchangeable? :shock: It might be more consistent but it's VERY inconvenient! :?
Actually it has some logics as FC is a parametric CAD software. Part positioning (assembly) should be done by constraining or using expressions in placement, theoretically not 'by rough hand'. ;)
I eventually will look at the code later to see if some switch is available to change that. But I don't think.

Perhaps if this feature isn't coming back, a click of the third mouse wheel button or one of the more modern side mouse buttons could bring back the old behaviour on a new mouse button.
Should be optional though. Let's see what part of the community is missing this. :)

It would be VERY easy to program that change.

So please do. The code is on Github.

In the meantime, I will take your suggestion of creating a custom toolbar button because choosing it from the context menu just seems too cumbersome for something that is in CONSTANT use.
More efficient, you can just assign a keyboard shortcut to the function. ;)
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