topic Re: activating command mode through keyboard in Fusion Electronics Forum

activating command mode through keyboard

djon_3V3 — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 07:13:00 GMT

Hi there,

All attempts failed. On macOS, French keyboard, "slash" key does not activate the commandline mode. This is one of the most used mechanism to switch between functions in the user interface and not having it forces me to have to click everywhere, which is a huge loss of (my precious) time.

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

Cocoader — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 17:08:11 GMT

Same for the german keyboard. Please fix this.

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

panpan_fan — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 10:20:47 GMT

Hi @Cocoader @djon_3V3

I hope you are doing well!

Thanks for reporting this issue to us.

I test the 'slash' and here is my conclusion:

Case 1: If you only open one schematic(Or one 2d PCB file) -> Then you Press Slash to activate command line -> It works well.

Case 2: If you open 2 schematic files (Or two 2d PCB files) -> Then you switch between two schematic files (Or two 2d PCB files) -> Then the Slash can't work well.

For Case 2, I have reported this issue to our develop team to track this issue.

Workaround for case 2: When you find that the Slash can't work. You can just click on the schematic or 2d PCB to activate the file, then you Press Slash. It will work.

Can you confirm if you meet this issue with two schematic files open? If you meet this issue in different scenarios, please leave your comment.

Regards,

Panpan Fan

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

djon_3V3 — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 12:38:01 GMT

Hi there.

Thanks for your extensive testing.

I did check your two solutions but unfortunately none works.

I made an unlisted screencast that i can pm you. (if that is even possible)

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

panpan_fan — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 03:42:07 GMT

Hi @djon_3V3

I hope you are doing well!

I just record a video to show what I have seen during my testing.

https://autode.sk/2FeyTzw

The Slash works well when I just open one schematic and one 2d CPB file.

Then I create a new schematic and back to the original schematic, then the slash can't work well.

But If I click on the canvas at any position to activate the original, the Slash will work again.

If you think something is different with your steps, please leave your comment. Thanks!

Regards,

Panpan Fan

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

djon_3V3 — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 04:32:24 GMT

Errr. So this is weird and definitively an i18n problem. Not sure its is due to macos/fusion/some api somewhere but at least screencast is quite not getting the right key strokes. Not sure if the key strokes are sent by fusion to screencast or if screencast is intercepting them but be sure i can still correctly type on my keyboard.

Please check the video below.

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

panpan_fan — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 07:16:28 GMT

Hi @djon_3V3

I hope you are doing well! Sorry that I misunderstand your issue here.

I changed the Language in Fusion 360 performance but I didn't change the keyboard.

I test with French Keyboard and other non-English keyboard. It seems that Fusion 360 can't support the Slash in all non-English Keyboards.

My suggestion is that you can add the English Keyboard and use the Ctrl+Space to Switch to English Keyboard when you want to activate command line.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,

Panpan Fan

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

djon_3V3 — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 07:40:21 GMT

Hi there.

Thanks for checking again.

That is an issue i knew from experience, when managing keyboard from the "mechanical" point of view instead of the logical one. Mechanical only works when you stay within your own locale, but does not adapt to I18N.

Now that the issue is understood, i hope we'll have a fix soon, so that we can work at full speed. Again, from experience, this is no big issue so i am pretty confident someone can manage to correct rapidly.

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

panpan_fan — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 09:11:19 GMT

Hi @djon_3V3

Thanks again!

I have logged a ticket to track this non-US keyboard issue and our developers will fix it.

I will keep you updated.

Regards,

Panpan Fan

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

djon_3V3 — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 20:09:04 GMT

Hi.

Any news on this?

Thanks.

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

panpan_fan — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:53:34 GMT

Hi @djon_3V3

Sorry that this ticket is not fixed yet.

By the way, I am not sure if you try to check the 'Legacy Command Line Focus' box to see if it can make it easier for you to type commands. Please have a try, thanks!

Regards,

Panpan Fan

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

aabmar — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:33:47 GMT

Hi,

This seems to not be fixed. Now that Eagle is going to die this HAS TO be fixed! I'm using a Norwegian keyboard and NO keyboard shortcuts work. / does not activate the command line (in any state). The user defined key shortcuts do never trigger.

We have discussed this in the "Eagle is dying" thread, but no change.

Can you please fix this? Eagle is not a productive tool to use without keyboard.

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

djon_3V3 — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:03:39 GMT

Sure, still not fixed.

Autodesk is way too fixated on adding new features and does not spend enough time on correcting all the quirks that make our life more and more miserable, bit by bit.

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

jorge_garcia — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:39:46 GMT

Hi @aabmar,

I hope you're doing well. I reported the issue you are having with your keyboard layout. From what I have seen this seems to be a limitation of Fusion itself. For now the only workaround is to use a US layout while we get this sorted.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

djon_3V3 — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 22:16:10 GMT

Hi Jorge.

Thanks for coming in.

As you might have heard a thousand times, this is an over three year old report with no fix. Almost day to day.

@aabmar would have been slapped for reviving a dead thread, if we were on stack overflow. This thread is slap old.

So no, switching keyboard layout is a nightmare i do not want to go through. Nor much would, imho.

Having a physical layout different from logical layout just corrupts brains. I give that as a fact. This ain't no fix for the problem, have some mercy.

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

jorge_garcia — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 20:23:12 GMT

Hi @djon_3V3,

I hope you're doing well. The issue has been reported and the developers are looking into it. That's as much as I can do.

I totally understand that changing the layout is an extreme measure and not a long term solution.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

panpan_fan — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 02:19:42 GMT

Hi @Cocoader @djon_3V3 @aabmar

I hope you are doing well!

Today we release Fusion V2.0.20754 and the French keyboard slash issue should be fixed now.

Please have a try, thanks a lot!

Regards,

Panpan Fan

Re: activating command mode through keyboard

djon_3V3 — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:54:53 GMT

Hi !
Seems to work now. Thanks.

I will keep on checking in case it has some corner cases, but so far it looks good.