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 -- Martin Chatterjee [ Freelance Technical Director ] [ http://www.chatterjee.de ] [ https://vimeo.com/chatterjee ] On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Francois Lord <flordli...@gmail.com> 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. > > > On 28-Nov-14 12:19, Peter Agg wrote: > > 'p' should do it, or are you after something else? > > On Fri Nov 28 2014 at 17:17:25 Francois Lord <flordli...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> On 26-Nov-14 05:39, adrian wyer wrote: >> >> Eric hit most of the salient points, however one thing i would add is >> selection modes >> >> >> >> it's massively intuitive and productive being able to select a hierarchy >> with middle click >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> a >> >> >> >> >> >