Tip for F1 Key Haters

[QSI_Tech]

Finally found a great way to repurpose my F1 key - versus yanking it off my keyboard - So here's what I did. Open up the CUI interface. In the top left window (customization files) scroll down far enough you will see a menu for "Keyboard Shortcuts." Expand that menu. Then click "Shortcut Keys." Click on the QSave command and to the right you will see the properties box. Now click on the box that says Access Key(s) to the right yu wil see 3 dots. Click those. Now change the hotkey to F1.

Now when you accidently hit the key you will qsave the drawing instead. Also if you hover your mouse over an icon & then press the F1 key you can get information about the icon too.

Hope this helps.

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[JONTHEPOPE]

You could program it to f12 if it really bothers you

[JONTHEPOPE]

oh wait f12 does something now

[pendean]

I prefer the button to cancel vs a qsave, since there are times when I have a drawing open with no intentions of saving it and I hate when I accidentally do so 😞

[scot-65]

Ours had the OSNAP setting of "_Cen", which was useful back in the day when the little icons could not "scroll" to that particular one. Now that it is no longer needed, we still keep it due to old habits.

[rkmcswain]

scot-65 wrote:
Ours had the OSNAP setting of "_Cen", which was useful back in the day when the little icons could not "scroll" to that particular one.

Ha. Our F keys have been set to OSNAPS (except F8) for almost 20 years now. Still going strong....

[vlsheehan]

My F keys are osnaps except F2 and F8.

[ampster401]

If I were to do anything with the F1 key I think I'd lean towards Deans suggestion since that is usually what I'd want to do when aiming for the esc key to cancel something.

But I'd also tend to leave it alone and live with it due to the F1 key is usally considered the Help key for many apps and is default for the OS Help system as well. 

Still it's a good suggestion for those who are interested.

[tq1918]

I had mine repurposed for cancel as well. Then I found myself on someone else’s computer without my .cuix and learned some new tricks by hovering over his ribbons (which I hate) and hitting the F1 key.  

There is so much I don’t know about AutoCAD.  I find myself starving to find out more.  By coming here and hitting the F1 key every day I satiate that desire. 

I encourage everyone to leave the F1 key alone and strike it purposefully.  

[GrantsPirate]

I have the F keys assigned to Osnaps, if I need help I can use Ctrl+F1, or ? enter.  Any of the F key's original function can be accessed with Ctrl+F key.

[QSI_Tech]

Lots of great tips here on esolving F1 key issues. I prefer it as my qsave key, but i can still access the help functions by clicking the question mark or hovering the icon and pressing F1. But the other suggestions you guys have are great too. Thanks!