Disable F1 Help Key

Disable F1 Help Key

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Disable F1 Help Key

Base12
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It is strange to me that a program which relies relentlessly on constantly smashing the Esc key for every point of use that we cannot disable the the adjacent F1 key (which launches a browser for the Help site).  Does anyone know how to do this?  It is possible on other Autodesk products.  Not sure if this is the right forum for this post - please relocate or delete if not.

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jeremy_tammik
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You can certainly disable the F1 key if you wish. For a radical solution, you can easily implement a Windows keyboard hook that disables it completely for all programs, selected programs only, certain situations only, etc.:

  

   

As you suggest, this solution has nothing to do with the Revit API, but I still think this is an appropriate place to raise the issue.

   

Jeremy Tammik Developer Advocacy and Support + The Building Coder + Autodesk Developer Network + ADN Open
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MarryTookMyCoffe
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In past there where file with schortcuts:
C:\Users\<YOUR_USER_NAME>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit [version]\KeyboardShortcuts.xml

And it exist in 2022 but in 2023 and 2024 file is missing, but if you work on 22 you can try to remove line with help from file and see what will happen.
BTW: what happen in 23-24 that I no longer have it. Did you move it some where?

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do not worry it only gonna take Autodesk 5 years to fix bug
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