topic Re: Editing Custom Field Text in AutoCAD Forum

Editing Custom Field Text

tmcquade — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 20:45:38 GMT

I've created several custom text fields:

When I insert the field in the mtext editor I see the contents of the field with a gray background as expected. When I right click on the field and choose "Edit Field..." I get this box:

I can place the cursor in the box that displays the contents of the field and I can highlight the text but cannot edit the the text. Is there a way to edit the field contents without going back to File/Drawing Properties/Custom?

Re: Editing Custom Field Text

pendean — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 20:48:39 GMT

You cannot "override" a FIELD and it stay a FIELD: just EXPLODE it to be TEXT then edit away as you wish to do since editing the source is not an option for you.

Re: Editing Custom Field Text

TheCADnoob — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:18:43 GMT

That information only flows in one direction.

You can just type the DWGPROPS command to open the drawing properties dialog. Itll be quicker than going through the file menues.