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marvin042
08-25-2003, 09:05 PM
Hello,

I'm hoping this is a simple question to answer. I want to assign the hotkey "h" to open the hypershade window. How do I do this? I know how to make a shelf, I know how to assign a hotkey for a marking menu, but how do I get it so if I hit "h" to open the hyepershade? Something similar to ctl "a" opens the Attribute Editor.

I don't know if this matters, but I'm running maya 4.5 on Windows XP.

Thanks

marvin
dmcgrath
08-25-2003, 09:13 PM
You need to use the hotkey editor. It's that simple.
Randolph
08-25-2003, 10:54 PM
Originally posted by dmcgrath
You need to use the hotkey editor.

...that can be found at Window > Settings/Preferences > Hotkeys...
marvin042
08-26-2003, 02:08 AM
Thanks for the quick reply guys. I knew about the hotkey editor. I tried searching all through there. Problem 1 was hypergraph couldn't be found in there (even under the windows menu). Then what I did was made a custom buttom for it in a custom tab. Then it showed up in hotkey editor. To assign h to it, it had to be "press" and h. First off, this already had something else assigned to it.

Say I would have assigned "press" h as the hotkey anyway and overwritten the other one, does the "press" thing affect it? What I mean by that is, can I just press the letter h on my keyboard and the hypergraph will come up? Thanks again everyone.

marvin
Trolloc003
08-26-2003, 04:19 AM
It seems easier just to make it Alt+h...thats what i have for mine
dmcgrath
08-26-2003, 06:59 AM
Alt+h works, so would capital h. Or even Ctrl+h (maybe).
marvin042
08-26-2003, 05:12 PM
Thanks fellas. I figure out that I can re-assign h to be the hotkey for the hypershade. Initially it's the hotkey for UImodeMarkingMenu. The menu to change between model, animate, etc. To activate this menu, you have to hold h then press the left mouse button. If it's reassigned to hypershade, you just hit h. That's it.

Thanks for all of the help guys. In the end I assigned it to shift h (or H) because ctrl h, alt h and h already had things assigned.

marvin
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