lamensterms Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Hi guys, I have been experiencing some odd behavior when trying to CTRL+TAB between open drawings on ACAD2014... just wondering if anyone else is having the same problem or if anyone knows a way to correct it. The problem is... I cannont CTRL+TAB from one open drawing to another without moving the mouse a bit first. For example, I have 2 drawings open (SDI = 0), without moving the mouse at all, I... : - enter a command (CTRL+V or PASTECLIP > "0,0" > ENTER - CTRL+TAB.... nothing If I then nudge the mouse, CTRL+TAB will work again. It doesn't seem to matter if I complete the command prior to CTRL+TABing or not. I can hit any key on the keyboard, then ESC > CTRL+TAB still fails... until I move the cursor. I have experiemented with FILETABS on or off and the behavior is the same. Has anyone else had this one? Thanks a lot for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danellis Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Works fine on mine (ACA 2014). I thought CTL-TAB was a windows thing rather than an AutoCAD thing. Does it work in, say, Internet Explorer? dJE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamensterms Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Yes, CTRL+TAB seems to work fine in other programs (IE, Opera, Directory Opus). And I'm quite sure it used to work fine in ACAD2012 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamensterms Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Still haven't been able to resolve this one. Does anyone else see this behaviour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I have been able to replicate this behavior, spent longer than I would care to admit, looking for a solution in the dynamic input drafting tooltip settings, I thought I was on to something, but ultimately was wrong, and couldn't solve the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamensterms Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Hi Dadgad, Glad to hear I'm not the only one. I think it has something to do with ACAD or Windows not recognising that the cursor is active in the current view port. On my machine, when the issue is apparent, I am able to use TEXTSCR/GRAPHSCR toggle as a work around. This will activate the cursor in the viewpoint and enable CTRL+TAB. I don't consider this a solution, only a work around. For example, I often will be CTRL+TABing and PASTIECLIPing a bunch of drawings. I have include a line in a LISP routine which will toggle TEXTSCR to allow me to CTRL+TAB. If you follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamensterms Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 UPDATE I am now realising the the un-responsiveness is not limited to CTRL+TAB, it also affects CTRL+V. I've also noticed the presence of a duplicate cursor. At times when this duplicate cursor is visible, the CRTL+TAB & CTRL+V shortcuts do not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Have you tried a different keyboard and mouse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I had also found what I thought might have been a related issue in AutoCad 2015 that turned out to be something else. Sometimes, dynamic input seemed to not recognize the first keystroke. for instance, type PL(ine) >> slide the cursor over a snap then move a little to acquire a tracking vector and tracking marker "x", type 12 for distance, get 2 instead, or error "requires a numeric...." if my distance typed happened to be an architectural units fraction. I have also had it ignore "D" for dimensions within the RECTANGLE command, "R" for radius in the fillet command.... I Tested on three wireless bluetooth keyboards and mouses, and one wired keyboard and mouse. The error does not occur at all using hardwired (USB) equipment and I found items in my system Event Log about Bluetooth driver problems. Windows and the OEM site says my bluetooth drivers don't need updating. So then, I shrug and budget money for yet another piece of cutting edge electronic equipment? I am dreaming of ways to leave "The Grid" and spend my life ass in the sand, toes in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamensterms Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Hi guys... Rob, tried on a few different machines at work. All win7 64bit with ACAD 2014. But with different versions of the Microsoft wired keyboard & mouse (some black, some white - can't recall the name of the keyboard/mouse). Problem occurs on all machines. Dana, I have dynamic input disabled. I'll try enabling it and report back. Are you guys able to replicate this at all? What version ACAD & OS are you running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I have never run into this problem and I use Ctrl+Tab all the time. Are you using any sort of drawing tab LISP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamensterms Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 I have never run into this problem and I use Ctrl+Tab all the time. Are you using any sort of drawing tab LISP? No, just the OOTB drawing tabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamensterms Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 So... with Dynamic Input enabled (DYNMODE = 1 or 3) - this CTRL+TAB issue is not present. Enabling dynamic input is not a solution though, as I don't like working with dynamic input enabled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I don't know what to tell you. Ctrl+tab works here whether dynmode is off or on, whether I am in a command or not, model or paperspace... Pretty much just works. I don't even have a theory what might be wrong, other than slappin' "Ye olde off/on Switch" to restart the computer. Yeah, I'm tired of that answer too. The other day I had a ballpoint pen quit writing, and my smart aleck daughter told me to turn it off and back on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamensterms Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 It sure is a tricky one. I might venture over to the Autodesk forums and see if anyone else is having the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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