hi,
i am a newbie just starting learning zbrush and computers in general.
my notebook’s keyboard is screwy and i need to unassign the F4 keyboard shortcut. presently it is assigned to pop-up quick-pick.
please help with step by step guide as i am new to computers.
tnx much for any help.
Lee.
You can’t just “unassign” a hotkey. You will have to assign something else to it.http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/customizing-zbrush/hotkeys/
hi zber2,
tnx for your reply. but, my problem is this…
when i hit the “ctrl” on my notebook, it registers as “ctrl+F4”. told you my keyboard is screwy. so every time i hit the “ctrl” the quick-pick panel opens up, same also when i hit “ctrl” and “z”…the quick-pick panel opens up.
some googling and i found out “F4” is the hotkey for the quick-pick.
more googling and i found out you can edit the hotkey assignments in the text file in Users\Public\Documents\ZBrushData\ZStartup\Hotkeys
so i added in these two lines inside that file[EDIT:UNDO,634] // Ctrl+F4+Z
[EDIT:TOOL:UNDO,634] // Ctrl+F4+Z
now, when i hit “ctrl” and “z”, i get both: undo and the quick-pick panel opens up. its a PITA to deselect the quick-pick before continuing on.
so, i figured if there is a way to make the F4 not assigned to anything then i am good.
any help?
In Zscript, anything following a double forward slash ie: // on the same line is just a comment and has nothing to do with the code itself so changing Ctrl+Z to Ctrl+F4+Z does absolutely nothing.
If you add the line:
[ALPHA:MORE ITEMS,0]
to your StartupHotkeys.txt file I think it should remove the F4 hotkey from the Alpha Quick Pick.
zber2,
tnx for clearing up that for me. i am just starting to feel my way around in the dark.
marcus_civis,
i did as you said but it didn’t work. that quick-pick still comes up. any other suggestion?
Not really. It works for me. You could try:
[ALPHA:MORE ITEMS,107]
That assigns the hotkey ‘K’ instead. Remember to restart ZBrush for the changes to take effect.
hi marcus_civis,
sorry to be such a slow learner but…
pls see attached jpeg of my screen for the txt file i saved and tell me what i screwed up.
i tried adding a second line with the 107 version but when i restarted zbrush both “F4” and “K” will open up the alpha quick-pick.
tnx for your help so far.
There’s nothing wrong with the file. (You could take out the blank line so that the one you added is immediately after the others but I don’t think it will make any difference.)
I’m afraid it sounds as though your set up works in a different way to mine. This does happen, and the hotkeys such as this one which are set by ZBrush internally can be tricky.
I don’t have any other suggestions except to get yourself a new keyboard!
marcus_civis,
oh no…no…no…but i’m using a notebook.
do you think a fresh install might help?
No, I don’t think a fresh install would help. And presumably you could use an external keyboard.
Are you using ZB4R6 P2? If not, please update.
marcus_civis,
guess stuff happens and you got to live with it. tnx for looking into this.
doug jones,
let me find out how to update and get back to you. tnx.
http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/keyboard-shortcuts/defaulthotkeys-file/
And >> ZPlugins:AutoUpdate
Update Zbrush and get an external keyboard.
If the external keyboard works then your built-in keyboard is the issue and in that case it wouldn’t matter if you change shortcuts as the problem is hardware. If the external keyboard acts the same then it’s probably an OS issue.