How to stop cursor from automatically moving to grips?

[Ceecis]

When hovering close to a grip, the cursor will automatically move to the middle of it. See : https://streamable.com/x4io7o

I find this behavior very irritating. Is there a way to disable it? I have already tried turning off the magnet setting and making the aperture size 0 with no effect.

Thank you.

[Kent1Cooper]

What is your GRIPSIZE setting?  Does it help to make that smaller?

[Ceecis]

It's set to 4. Setting it to 1 sort of helps prevent the grips from catching the cursor, but then the grips become almost impossible to grip.

[RobDraw]

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@Ceecis wrote:

It's set to 4. Setting it to 1 sort of helps prevent the grips from catching the cursor, but then the grips become almost impossible to grip.

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It sounds like you are contradicting yourself. Why do you want to turn off this feature if you want to select the grips?

[Ceecis]

There is nothing contradicting about this. Maybe you need to read again?

[RobDraw]

You're asking how to turn off the feature to help select grips and complaining that you are having trouble selecting them.

Sounds contradictory to me.

[Ceecis]

I think you need to read again because that is not what I asked at all.

Edit : Here, I created a short video for you that shows the behavior that I wish to disable. https://streamable.com/x4io7o

[RobDraw]

Maybe you need to reword your statement. 

[Kent1Cooper]

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@RobDraw wrote:

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[RobDraw]

I don't know what I was trying to type. Fixed it though.

[Ceecis]

I clearly described the behavior I am observing and I clearly stated that this is the behavior I want to disable. I even added a video displaying said behavior. If you still cannot understand what I am talking about, it's okay, I'm sure someone else out there can answer.

[RobDraw]

I understand the behavior. You were given a solution that helped. Then you said it was hard to select a grip. In order to make it easier to select the grip, you need the feature that you find annoying.

I don't see how that isn't contradictory, unless you don't know what contradictory means.

[JoseMandirigma]

Just asking, how did you find this feature irritating? And what actions are you taking that cause you to find this feature irritating? I am asking because perhaps I may have other solutions that could alleviate your situation.

[pendean]

Greetings @Ceecis

1) GRIPSIZE is one solution.

2) Zooming in closer and closer to the area around the grip (what your mouse wheel does best in AutoCAD) is another option.

3) Not pre-selecting the object to prevent grips from showing up is a third option (hard to tell what it is you are trying to actually do honestly).

4) Toggling grips on/off with a LISP (if you are not an LT user) would be fourth option (GRIPMULTIFUNCTIONAL system variable): can possibly be created as a button on a menu/Ribbon to click-on if you are an LT user.

How would you like to proceed?

EDIT: this just occurred to me as an additional setting to explore if you wish to try it

[Washingtonn]

I’m sure OP knows what contradictory means.

OP did not propose that grips would never be used again, only that the behavior mentioned was irritating and wanted to disable it - OP's postings are not contradictory.

OP still needs to work within the limitations of the software and this means that in order to disable the behavior and also be able to have grips large enough to select, a workflow compromise will be needed. Grips need to be ON in order to select but simply toggling GRIPS off may not be sufficient to disable the undesired behavior. OSNAP settings may still allow the behavior. OP should try turning Grips off AND turning all OSNAPs off (except possibly Nearest) to see if that result is acceptable.

If the results are acceptable, a lisp routine (button) as suggested by @pendean could be developed.

[Kent1Cooper]

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@pendean wrote:

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EDIT: this just occurred to me as an additional setting to explore if you wish to try it

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Message 1 includes:  "I have already tried turning off the magnet setting."

[RobDraw]

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@Washingtonn wrote:

OP did not propose that grips would never be used again, only that the behavior mentioned was irritating and wanted to disable it - OP's postings are not contradictory.

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Which is exactly my point. He wants to disable something that assists in selecting grips. Finds something that helps. Then complains about not being able to select grips.

If you don't see the irony in that, I'm sorry, but it's plain as day to me.

[Washingtonn]

Please clarify your point. Is OP being contradictory as you said earlier or not?

The proposed solution didn't work for the OP - it had an undesirable side effect as the OP stated.
Turning off the irritating feature may require changing settings for both GRIPS and OSNAPS. This might present an acceptable solution for the OP (which may well require toggling one or more settings - something most users do on a daily basis).

Does changing settings for GRIPS and OSNAPS in an AutoCAD session make users contradictory?
Why call OP contradictory simply because there was no expressed indication of settings changes?

[RobDraw]

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@Washingtonn wrote:

Why call OP contradictory simply because there was no expressed indication of settings changes?

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I was just pointing out something obvious. I'm sorry that you don't see it.

[Washingtonn]