Display a shortcut menu
for quick access to commands that are relevant to your current activity.
You can display different shortcut menus when
you right-click different areas of the screen. Shortcut menus typically
include options to
- Repeat the last command entered
- Cancel the current command
- Display a list of recent user input
- Cut, copy, and paste from the Clipboard
- Select a different command option
- Display a dialog box, such as Options
or Customize
- Undo the last command entered
You can customize right-click
behavior to be time-sensitive, so that a quick right-click acts
the same as pressing Enter, and a longer right-click displays a shortcut
menu.
Shortcut menus can be
customized using a customization (CUIx) file. The main CUIx file
is called acad.cuix by default.
To display a shortcut menu
- Move the cursor over an area, feature,
or icon.
- Right-click your mouse, or press the
equivalent button on your pointing device.
A shortcut menu relevant
to the cursor location is displayed. If one or more objects are
selected when you right-click in the drawing area, an editing-oriented
shortcut menu is displayed. You can also display a shortcut menu
during PAN or ZOOM.
To turn off shortcut menus
in the drawing area
- In the Options dialog box, User Preferences
tab, under Windows Standard Behavior, clear Shortcut Menus in Drawing
Area.
- To control Default, Edit, and Command
shortcut menus individually, select Shortcut Menus in Drawing Area.
Right-Click Customization.
- In the Right-Click Customization dialog
box, under Default Mode or Edit Mode, select one of the following
options to control what happens when you right-click in the drawing
area and no command is in progress:
- Repeat Last Command. Repeats
the last command. Selecting this option turns off the Default and
Edit shortcut menus. Right-clicking is the same as pressing Enter.
- Shortcut Menu. Displays
the Default or Edit shortcut menu.
- Under Command Mode, select one of the
following options to determine what happens when you right-click
in the drawing area while a command is in progress:
- Enter. Turns
off the Command shortcut menu. Right-clicking is the same as pressing
Enter.
- Shortcut Menu: Always Enabled. Displays
the Command shortcut menu.
- Shortcut Menu: Enabled
When Command Options Are Present. Displays the
Command shortcut menu only when options are currently available in
the Command prompt. In a Command prompt, options are enclosed in
square brackets. If no options are available, right-clicking is
the same as pressing Enter.
In addition to turning
the Default, Edit, and Command shortcut menus on and off, you can
customize the options that are displayed on them. For example, you
can add options to the Edit shortcut menu that are displayed only
when circles are selected.
To turn on time-sensitive
right-click behavior
- In the Options dialog box, User Preferences
tab, under Windows Standard Behavior, click Right-Click Customization.
- In the Right-Click Customization dialog
box, select Turn on Time-Sensitive Right-Click.
You can specify the duration
of the longer click. The default is 250 milliseconds
- Click Apply & Close.
- In the Options dialog box, click OK.
To control the display
of recent input
- At the Command prompt, enter inputhistorymode.
- Enter a sum of one or more of the following
values:
- 0. No history
of recent input is displayed.
- 1. History of
recent input is displayed at the Command prompt with access through
Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys.
- 2. History of
recent input for the current command is displayed in the shortcut
menu.
- 4. History of
recent input for all commands in the current session is displayed
in the shortcut menu.
- 8. Markers for
recent input of point locations are displayed in the drawing.
The default value is
15.
- (Optional) At the Command prompt, enter cmdinputhistorymax.
- Enter a value to control how many unique
values entered at a prompt are remembered and available to be displayed
as recent input.
CommandsCOPYCLIP
Copies selected objects
to the Clipboard.
COPYHIST
Copies the text in the
command line history to the Clipboard.
CUI
Manages the customized
user interface elements in the product.
CUTCLIP
Copies selected objects
to the Clipboard and removes them from the drawing.
OPTIONS
Customizes the program
settings.
PAN
Moves the view planar
to the screen.
PASTECLIP
Pastes objects from
the Clipboard into the current drawing.
PROPERTIES
Controls properties
of existing objects.
TRAYSETTINGS
Controls the display
of icons and notifications in the status bar tray.
U
Reverses the most recent
operation.
ZOOM
Increases or decreases
the magnification of the view in the current viewport.
System VariablesCMDINPUTHISTORYMAX
Sets the maximum number
of previous input values that are stored for a prompt in a command.
INPUTHISTORYMODE
Controls the content
and location of the display of a history of user input.
PICKFIRST
Controls whether you
select objects before (noun-verb selection) or after you issue a
command.
SHORTCUTMENU
Controls whether Default,
Edit, and Command mode shortcut menus are available in the drawing
area.
TRAYICONS
Controls whether a tray
is displayed on the status bar.
TRAYNOTIFY
Controls whether service
notifications are displayed in the status bar tray.
TRAYTIMEOUT
Controls the length
of time (in seconds) that service notifications are displayed.
