It would help a lot to include a live search box in the “Select Name” window, especially for scenes with hundreds or thousands of named objects. [Select%20by%20name] I like that the “Properties” window remembers its custom size and position even after closing and re-opening Rhino. However, the…

Hello - got that, thanks. https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-54775 https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-54774 https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-54773 -Pascal

Hi Pascal, glad to see that all 3 of these proposed enhancements are being considered for Rhino 7. Thanks!

Hi Pascal, sorry for disturbing you again about this topic after 2 years, but I wondered if there is any progress with regards to the remembering of the size and position of the “Select by object name” pop-up window, as well as adding a search box on the top to make finding parts easier? …

Just a reminder that this much needed feature is still not implemented after so many years of requests. Selecting objects by name across a huge number of named objects is a real pain in Rhino currently. While selecting by typing the first character is nice, the lack of a proper search bar inside the…

@Rhino_Bulgaria I hope to get to these YT issues before much longer. A total rewrite of this dialog is in order but it shouldn’t take me long.

Thank you! Will it be available for Rhino 7? :slight_smile: I usually work with thousands of named objects in the scene. Since the '_SelName command will take into account only the first character and lack a search bar, it’s quite slow to select the ones I want based on their name.

Rhino 7 is now in bug fix mode only, so any new functionality will end up in v8.

It’s sad that those old requests that were officially documented (as seen in the links posted above by @Pascal 3 years ago) were ignored for the past 3 years :innocent: and will never be implemented in Rhino 7. Losing the custom vertical size of the “Select name” window is also a very irritating bu…

[image] Travis Serio: Rhino 7 is now in bug fix mode only, I would imagine that the users with hundreds of objects (layers, materials, etc) definitely think this is a bug. Perhaps if you keep retrofitting to 7 in mind as you develop it, perhaps the powers that be would agree if you are succes…

I’m too hoping to see improvements in that window. Preferably in V7 of course, because I don’t think V8 is just right around the corner. Unfortunately, I can’t use the WIP version with Rhino Inside Revit.

Wish: Improvements of the "Select by object name" command

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RH-54775 is fixed in Rhino BETA

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Wish: Improvements of the "Select by object name" command

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