Floating Over Highlight

[wesley2005]

The new "Float your mouse over an object and it 'Highlights'" Feature has now annoyed me. Cute at first, but annoying now.

How do I turn it off?

Thanks,

W

[wesley2005]

Found this in the Help. Seems you can't turn it off, but you can change the appreance. Thanks Autodesk. This ranks right up there with not being able to save the Expert System Variable anymore!!!

PREVIEWEFFECT System Variable
Concepts Procedures Commands


Type: Integer
Saved in: Registry
Initial value: 2


Specifies the visual effect used for previewing selection of objects.

0
Dashed lines (the default display for selected objects)

1
Thickened lines

2
Dashed and thickened lines

[wesley2005]

AH! Finally, I found it. After much searching through all the System Variables. Here is how you turn this annoyance off.

SELECTIONPREVIEW System Variable
Concepts Procedures Commands


Type: Bitcode
Saved in: Registry
Initial value: 3


Controls the display of selection previewing. Objects are highlighted when the pickbox cursor rolls over them. This selection previewing indicates that the object would be selected if you clicked. The setting is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the following values:

0
Off

1
On when no commands are active

2
On when a command prompts for object selection

[wesley2005]

Still not happy about the Expert System Variable not being saved though!

[Anonymous]

If you want to change the expert variable, you can always add a line to the acad2006doc.lsp.