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Left side Keyboard Short for 'Enter'

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Left side Keyboard Short for 'Enter'

Anonymous
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Hey, I'd like to be able to "enter" with my left hand. Does anyone know how I can make the key below the escape key on the upper left side be an shortcut/alias for “enter” ? Working on Windows 10. Thanks!

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user181
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Not sure if you are aware but the space bar works as enter in autocad

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Anonymous
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Duh. Thank you. I should have known that! All this time I've been doing the cross-over enter maneuver!

Kent1Cooper
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@user181 wrote:

... the space bar works as enter in autocad


... for certain purposes, such as to complete object selection in editing commands, and to accept most offered defaults.  But it doesn't work in a text string, whether you're typing textual content or things like Layer or Block names [which are allowed to include spaces].  For those, you still need the left-hand crossover, or to move your right hand off the mouse, or to use the mouse on the left side, or to use a more-buttons mouse if you can assign it to one of those, unless someone knows how to assign Enter to a keyboard shortcut.  I tried assigning it [macro content just  ; ] to Ctrl+Shift+Z, and that worked to complete object selection, but not in a text string, nor for accepting the default  <use first point as displacement>  option in MOVE.  I didn't try other things -- it may work in some other circumstances, but it may not be of much use if it isn't equivalent to Enter in all circumstances.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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Bhargav0143
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Community Visitor

1. What about in revit software there space bar won't work as enter key is there any alternate

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Kent1Cooper
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Consultant

@Bhargav0143 wrote:

1. What about in revit ...


There are Forums for that.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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wispoxy
Advisor
Advisor
No, so do the following...

Keyboard Shortcuts: Navigate to the options menu in Revit and assign a different shortcut to the command you want to repeat. While the space bar won’t directly function as “repeat last command,” you can choose another key combination to achieve similar functionality.

~or~

Third-Party Add-Ons: Consider using third-party tools like BIM Repeat Remapper. This add-on allows you to remap the “repeat last command” action to either the space bar or the right mouse button.
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