Hello, I have a pretty basic question: is it possible in Rhino to assign a command or a script to a single key without having to press enter in Rhino? This way the workflow for often used commands could be boosted considerably IMHO. best Andreas

Hi Andreas - [image] Andreas Walther: is it possible in Rhino to assign a command or a script to a single key without having to press enter in Rhino? Yes, to all the keys that are available on the Rhino Options -> Keyboard page. -wim

[image] Wim Dekeyser: Yes Well, not entirely. The only single keys available are Home, End, Tab and the F-keys. All others involve either multiple keys (Ctrl, Shift, Alt as modifiers) or Enter/Space/Right click to confirm the execution of the command. Single key commands has been discussed ma…

thank you Wim, I was looking at the alias section… Sorry for the noob question, I guess it is still too early in the morning for me :wink: However, I saw that apart from the F keys and some special keys like e.g. Tab, everything needs the crl key to work. Is there any reason that I cannot have nor…

Hi @walther I think the main argument is that it will interfere with Rhino’s approach to aliases; being able to have “multi-letter” aliases. I use aliases a LOT (currently have 300+) and that would be impossible if only single letter aliases were allowed. SW is sweep1, SWSW is sweep2, PL is Polylin…

[image] Andreas Walther: Does anyone know if such a thing is commercially available? Google Macropad and programmable keypad - plenty to choose from! :slight_smile: -Jakob

Thanks for the summary Jakob, that is very interesting! I completely understand the problem with existing aliases users, but it would be sice if this could be an option in the Rhino settings, letting the user chose if he would rather have : a) the current system with the possibility to use multi l…

The programmable macropad, or even keyboard is an interesting udea. I should create a new key layer on my Kyria split keyboard where I can give myself exactly that: single keypress shortcuts. I have in my current layout one shortcut for TestMooCow (: jesterKing/qmk_firmware/blob/0fb0b372a74…

this looks interesting: [How to draw 2X faster in AutoCad with Stream Deck - infinite macros] should also work for Rhino I suppose. I think I will try it out and report back :wink: If I got it right you could even save and share your layouts and create different layout environments (…

They even have a pedal :rofl: [image] that is so cool : step on gas → fullscreen !

We have been working on this feature in Rhino 9 [image] Rhino 9 Feature : Instant Aliases (hot keys) Serengeti (Rhino WIP) Give your spacebar a break. The latest Rhino 9 WIP has a new feature called “Instant Aliases”. Any alias can be made instant in that it immediately e…

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We have been working on this feature in Rhino 9

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