Holding the CTRL Button to relocate the gumball doesn’t work as in R7. I can only use the double click to relocate the gumball option.
I have the Version 8 SR7 (8.7.24138.15431, 2024-05-17).
Depends a bit on the action to be done with the gumball. You can read up on the gumball in Rhino 8 from the online help on Gumball. Check the sections on the different actions.
As I see, and as it was also in R7 it serve for ** Extrude - Ctrl (⌘ on Mac)
Drag with Ctrl (⌘) to constrain extruding direction on the plane.**
However, when no face are selected the +CTRL have no use at all and I invite you to try it, why not having it back the useful function of moving the gizmo when nothing is selected?
I don’t recall the specifics why exactly it was no longer possible to have ctl+click work the old way. Perhaps @Joshua_Kennedy can share some useful info.
Double clicking any part of the gumball is used for relocation now. It is unlikely to change back to the way it was. Previously the gumball depended on order of key presses to determine what would happen. CTRL then click would relocate. Click then pressing CTRL was extrude. This is easy to mess up and difficult to teach and learn. I understand that order was ingrained behavior for you but we went this way to make the gumball more accessible. Now you can toggle between extrude or the other mode as you drag. I think things are more intentional now and you don’t have to restart the whole process if you get the order wrong.
From my understanding, the CTRL button had two functions and could be easily confusing for a beginner. So, the choice was made to assign the CTRL button for extruding shapes instead of relocating the Gumball. However, I believe the function of extruding a shape with the gumball already exists and doesn’t require any extra button to be pressed on the keyboard. It’s easier to click directly on the ball of the axis and hold it to extrude(please refer to the attached video).
Over time, advanced Rhino users certainly develop ingrained behaviour but, in this case, I believe that double-clicking on a thin axis line, like the rotation line, the center of the gumball, or the X, Y, Z axis of the gumball, is a challenge in a fast-paced workflow and that holding a shortcut button to relocate the gumball is faster than double clicking.
If possible, I would suggest having an option to set up a shortcut key for relocating the gumball.
I want to add an issue I encounter with the new gumball double-clicking relocation shortcut.
When moving text and trying to relocate the gumball and without the CTRL-click relocation shortcut the text got selected instead of the gumball,