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Accidental Move with Click and Drag

ryan_anderson
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Accidental Move with Click and Drag

ryan_anderson
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Every so often, I unintentionally move objects by panning or selecting on things while working. Is there a setting to turn off "click-drag-move?"...sorry for the lack of better words.

 

Thank you,

 

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pendean
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@ryan_anderson wrote:

....Is there a setting to turn off "click-drag-move?"....


 

Not to be confused with the system variable with the same name...

 

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ryan_anderson
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I think this is what Im after?....Im confused

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pendean
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@ryan_anderson wrote:

I think this is what Im after?....Im confused


Yes. Only thing holding you back now is just trying it.

ryan_anderson
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Gotter dialed in sir.

Thanks for being a huge help over the years, patrolling these forums!

 

Much appreciated!

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pendean
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Thank you for the compliment, an you are most welcome.
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ryan_anderson
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So the issue is when I left click and highlight a block or object, then accidentally left click the same object and drag the mouse, the highlighted block/object will move. It is always unintentional.

What is strange is that the move does not show up in the command line?

 

I appreciate you bearing with me as I try to explain this.

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cadffm
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Hi,

there are two function and the left one is the standard windows feature drag&drop.

You will find more about by searching for "DROPGEOM"

Also a code to supress this feature only (not the whole windows standards).

 

But I prefer: Train to use the mouse more accurate.

 

 

 

Sebastian

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ryan_anderson
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"Train to use the mouse more accurate" LMFAO

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pendean
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@ryan_anderson wrote:

"Train to use the mouse more accurate" LMFAO


DROPGEOM is an interesting ability if you want to explore it

https://www.cadforum.cz/en/qaID.asp?tip=3939 

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pendean
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@ryan_anderson wrote:

...when I left click and highlight a block or object, then accidentally left click the same object and drag the mouse, the highlighted block/object will move...


Beware of the "slow" right-click action: your 3rd party mouse driver might let you fix the issue by changing the timing for a long click (called something like minimum hold time or something like that).

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Alexander.SanchezVBJ2Z
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I loathe the click + drag option. I often work in a remote citrix environment, and so with that little lag my session often interprets my selections as click drag. I have wished for many years for a variable to be introduced to disable this functionality.

 

Hilarious enough I see below the comment section "Drag and drop here or browse files to attach". Almost as if it is mocking me hahaha.

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zhuluyao2011
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Alias has the same problem and I have not found a solution to it yet.
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