Francois,
I agree - and for exactly this reason I never drag-and-drop in the explorer
to change hierarchy.
Instead I use these shortcuts: (much faster and less error-prone)
*' / ' --> middle click * to parent* current selection* under *clicked-on
item*
*' / ' --> left click * to parent *clicked-on item* under *current
selection*
*' Ctrl + / ' * to un-parent current selection
Works great for me - plus this also works consistently in the Schematic
View.
(yes, I am one of those 5 users left that make heavy use of the Schematic
View...)
Cheers, Martin
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On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Francois Lord <[email protected]> wrote:
> No, I'm talking about the way Softimage does it. You can just drag and
> drop objects around to change the hierarchy. I would prefer if you had to
> press a key to be able to mess with the parenting by drag and drop.
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> On 28-Nov-14 12:19, Peter Agg wrote:
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> 'p' should do it, or are you after something else?
>
> On Fri Nov 28 2014 at 17:17:25 Francois Lord <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> However, I would prefer to have a shortcut key pressed to be able to
>> reparent things in the explorer. Right now, it's too easy to mess a
>> hierarchy when selecting an object and slipping the mouse too much. You
>> don't even realize you did it.
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>> On 26-Nov-14 05:39, adrian wyer wrote:
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>> Eric hit most of the salient points, however one thing i would add is
>> selection modes
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>> it's massively intuitive and productive being able to select a hierarchy
>> with middle click
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>> add to this the drag and drop features in the softimage explorer (for
>> both parenting and copying materials/properties) and you can do a huge
>> amount of work with minimal clicks
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