topic Re: Input to execute the PURGE command in AutoCAD Forum

Input to execute the PURGE command

ecasanoYC36E — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:44:12 GMT

When executing the PURGE command, I cannot type the letter "A" for ALL. It does nothing. Is there a setting I am missing? I played around with dynamic input but that did nothing.

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

user181 — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:58:47 GMT

I think you have to hold down the ALT key and press A if you are using the dialog box

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

pendean — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:39:20 GMT

Show us the screenshot of your PURGE command's pop-up in full please.

Or are you using -PURGE and commandline version, in which case you just type A then <enter> to activate that ALL option.

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

ecasanoYC36E — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:55:56 GMT

Normally from this screen, I could just type A to continually Purge All. But now I have to continually click the Purge All Button.

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

jreidKVSUZ — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:43:10 GMT

Why type it out? Make a Toolbar button and you never have to type again.

Just click and let it run. I have this typed in multiple times because it does not always remove everything on one pass.

The first one is for Purge. The next one can wipe out everything you have in a drawing. I call it PC for Purge All Clean. This is great if you want to have a fresh start up drawing. See attached Image. My Toolbar screen shot is in the middle.

Hope you give it a try. Then you can add many other commands that you have to type several words to have it run.

Thanks, JRR!

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

paullimapa — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:00:46 GMT

what if you unchecked "Confirm..."

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

cadffm — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:11:49 GMT

@paullimapa wrote:
what if you unchecked "Confirm..."

May I ask why you adking this? Does it mean it works on your side?

I thought the TO is wrong with it (in old versions with the old purge dlg it worked that way),

and user181 wrote above, you need a [ALT]+[A]

???

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

paullimapa — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:21:40 GMT

Alt+A keyboard combination is required to execute the Purge All button since any letter that is underlined on the dialog box requires the Alt key combination in order for it to work.

Now back to unchecking the "Confirm..." toggle button. Then you won't get this alert window for each item:

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

cadffm — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:33:32 GMT

Thanks for confirming, TO wrote 2x about a simple "A"

I didn't realize you are refering to "another" issue.

Thanks

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

paullimapa — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:35:16 GMT

You are welcome….cheers!!!

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

pendean — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:17:38 GMT

@ecasanoYC36E wrote:

Normally from this screen, I could just type A to continually Purge All. But now I have to continually click the Purge All Button.

There is literally NOTHING to purge going by your screenshot

Does the hold-CTRL-button-down top from the other reply fix your issue?

Do you have this issue in all of your files (with content to purge)?

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

ecasanoYC36E — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:02:49 GMT

I know there is nothing to purge. I was trying to respond quickly and was just showing the screen where I would just keep hitting A, to purge all. Never had to use CTRL or ALT before. It's not working anyway, but thank you.

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

ecasanoYC36E — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:04:14 GMT

I will try that. Thank you.

Re: Input to execute the PURGE command

pendean — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:16:19 GMT

@ecasanoYC36E wrote:
....Never had to use CTRL or ALT before...

Most likely because you/someone turned something off in Windows OS like...