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ManuelM
03-10-2004, 11:29 AM
hi folks...

i recently discovered a strange behaviour when using the move tool.

when maya is in transform mode and i left-click on an object, it gets selected, but i can already move it by not releasing the mouse button. because of this, it often happens, that i unintentionaly move the object, although i just wanted to select it.
i never discovered this problem before.
elektronaut
03-10-2004, 11:52 AM
never discovered that... have to check it out... should be possible to disable...

grüsse
marco.
antweiler
03-10-2004, 12:20 PM
im sure you switched on mayas click-drag behavior by mistake. in this mode you dont need to select your objects before transforming them, just click drag on them. Quite useful for doing a lot of tweaks, i have a hotkey for it, but you are right it can be annoying when you forget to disable it. unfortunately, it doesnt work in the UV-Editor.

antweiler
ManuelM
03-10-2004, 12:23 PM
thx antweiler - but how to disable it ???:shrug:
antweiler
03-10-2004, 01:47 PM
i will check it when i am at home tonight, one can create a togglebutton for it.

how cool would it be, if one could define this behavior "per object" for example for the controllers of a characters wrist...
annaleah
03-10-2004, 02:07 PM
Preferences>Selection>

Click Drag Select

Lets you perform one-step click-dragging with the transformation tools. You can move one object using the Move tool, then click on a second object and the Move tool displays. This means you do not have to select the object and the Move tool again-you can keep using the Move tool on any subsequent selected object. The default is off.



Maybe this perhaps?








Annaleah
sp0rk3d
03-10-2004, 05:05 PM
yes annaleah is right....
it is under : Window>Settings/Preffrences>Prefrences

then go to "selection" prefs and you want to uncheck "click drag select"

this is a great tool for modeling... but i find it horrible for doing rigging... becuase you accidentally move objects every time you select them in that mode... my $0.02
:)
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