I am giving Rhino 8 a try, but this function or bug is making it unworkable.
Running a default shortcut like ctrl+alt+e starts typing a command starting with an E in the command prompt. Running another shortcut, for instance ctrl+alt+r while keeping ctrl and alt pressed continues to type in the command prompt but doens’t run the shortcut.
If I understand what you describe as a bug here might be solved just by adding an exclamationmark in front of the Command?
Changing the shortcut to start with ! _ doesn’t change the behaviour.
Although if it would that is still not ideal, as you wouldn’t want to cancel a command you are working on while changing, for instance, render modes with a shortcut.
Hi Niels - these work here as far as I can see- can you please run SystemInfo in Rhino and post the results?
-Pascal
Rhino 8 SR2 2023-12-12 (Rhino 8, 8.2.23346.13001, Git hash:master @ dbefe46c12cda06610a9ab683a211aa3d16f0030)
License type: Evaluation, build 2023-12-12
License details: Cloud Zoo
Expires on: 2024-02-04
Windows 10 (10.0.19045 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 32Gb)
.NET 7.0.0
Computer platform: DESKTOP
Standard graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 12-6-2023 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 546.33
> Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display attached to adapter port #0
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU's maximum)
Anti-alias mode: 8x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 12-6-2023
Driver Version: 31.0.15.4633
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 8 GB
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Cyberstrak\R8\CS_ModelingPlugIn.rhp "Cyberstrak Modeling PlugIn"
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp "Commands" 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp "Renderer Development Kit"
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp "Rhino Render" 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp "RDK_EtoUI" 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp "Snapshots"
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp "MeshCommands" 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp "RhinoCycles" 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCode\RhinoCodePlugin.rhp "RhinoCodePlugin" 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp "Toolbars" 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp "3Dconnexion 3D Mouse"
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp "Displacement"
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp "SectionTools"
Hi Neils, does it make any difference if Cyberstrak is disabled in Options > Plug-ins page and then Rhino closed and re-opened?
-Pascal
No difference
Hi Niels - so, in a new file, if you make a box and Ctrl-Alt-e, you get an e on the command line, is that correct? Can you press F2 and copy/paste the last few lines from that Command History here?
-Pascal
Hi Pascal,
Command: _Box
First corner of base ( Diagonal 3Point Vertical Center )
Other corner of base or length ( 3Point )
Height. Press Enter to use width
1 closed extrusion added to selection.
Command: '_Zoom
Drag a window to zoom ( All Dynamic Extents Factor In Out Selected Target 1To1 ): _Selected
Command: _CommandHistory
Before being able to enter CommandHistory with F2 I had to delete the E from the commandpromt, see screenshot.
Thank you for looking into this.
Hi Niels - Ctrl-Alt-E should have this macro
'_Zoom _All _Extents
But either way, the 'Zoom command does seem to be registering, but without All. Can you verify what macro is being run? (Options >Keyboard page)
-Pascal
Yes, I changed the macro to test if it made a difference from the default.
The problem is not that the first macro doesn’t run, but that consecutive shortcuts won’t run but instead continue typing in the command prompt.
Hi Niels -I see… I cannot repeat this so far.
Your example Ctrl-Shift-e followed by Ctrl-Shift-r zooms extents in all and then sets the current vp to rendered. I hate to fall back on suggesting a re-boot but I can’t think of what else might help, at the moment.
-Pascal
I have tried a reboot. On a sidenote, Rhino 6 or 7 on the same PC, OS and drivers don’t have this problem, so it could be R8 related.
Hi Niels - a colleague suggests running Reset and doing a full reset - last check box. This will reset everything. If you have made customizations at all that you care about, push the button to save the settings first.
-Pascal
I have tried a full factory reset with a reboot, to no avail. Rhino 8 showed this behaviour straight after the first fresh install.
Hi Niels - are you using a localized keyboard layout? One of my colleages sees something similar to what you report using a non-English set up.
-Pascal
United States-International Keyboard Layout. Windows 10 English UK.
I am not running any third party keyboard programs either to map shortcuts. Although I am running GHUB for the mouse.
Hi Pascal,
Do you have any news on this? Is it still just me experiencing this?
I made a video with a keyboard input overlay, just to show you it’s real, and well I am afraid to say, but also kind of really annoying.
It means everytime I use a shortcut I need to clear the command input field before I can type a command. Also it will occasionally continue typing in there without registering the shortcut.
Hope you might have an idea what it could be.
I hope there might be any news on this. I am running the latest service release candidate.
I thought maybe it’s the keyboard or the drivers so I have tested those on my laptop, but I see no problems there.
Would there be anyway to best diagnose this?
It makes it very frustrating to work in Rhino 8 together with a lot of other small issues and a general sluggishness of menu’s, panels, materials, etc. Unfortunately it makes R8 unworkable for me and I will be forced to revert back to R6 where I don’t have these problems.
So there is no way this will be reported as a bug unless it gets reproduced?