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Is there a way to clean keymaps belonging to orphaned add-ons?

CASE: Prior to reinstalling Blender I exported a Keymaps.py containing my favorite keymaps. After importing the keymaps in vanilla Blender, I ended up with a ton of redundant keymaps belonging to add-...
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Does Blender allow me to change the key mapping for moving the text cursor in the Outliner text fields?

I'm a macOS user, and I am used to the standard text cursor navigation found in apps like Adobe After Effects, Xcode, web applications, and text editors: CMD + L/R Arrow : Moves cursor to the start or ...
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Lock view to orthographic view and remove need for shift modifer to pan whilst in that view

The auto perspective option in the navigation preferences or any of the view settings in the N-Panel don't keep it locked. Quad view is as close as I can get to keeping it locked but I'd like to not ...
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Search keymap by exact binding

Is it possible to search a keymap by its exact binding? For example if I want to see only keymaps for the F key and not also all the maps that have modifiers but include F. I tried a * and ! before ...
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System consol keep showing the warning: empty keymap 'Grease Pencil'

My consol is going crazy: Can I somehow fix this? =D First, I'm not sure if this warning is related to my own key configuration which I keep updating occasionally. I could have messed up with some ...
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Constrict view2d.pan mapping to specific editor type - Right mouse panning in node editors only

I'd like to remap panning in node editors to the right mouse button and not have it affect other windows such as the Outliner and Asset Browser. Is there another mapping similar to view2d.pan or some ...
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Assign NDOF button action

In Blender 3.6.0 under Ubuntu 22.04 I'm trying to configure my SpaceMouse Compact buttons. In the configuration panel I first tried to emulate a keypress: but in Blender it has no effect. Then I ...
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What is the difference between Global and Generic Keymaps?

What is the difference between Global and Generic Keymaps? What happens if I set a hotkey in Global, and what happens if I set a hotkey in Generic?
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How to set keymap direction

I want to make an operator for the keymap that will set a value for the click-drag direction. I added a button above the click-drag direction, and have tried a lot of different things in python to set ...
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When I press S for scale it wants to shrink/flatten

So when I want to scale (still a noob) it just raises the plane. In the top right (when I press S) it says 'Shrink/Fatten', not 'Scale'
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How to use keyboard in VR scene inspection?

I've created some basic keyframed animations (just objects moving around) and I'd like to use it in a VR context. I have planned to buy an occulus quest 2 with the occulus Link, but before saying ...
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change radius in proportional editing without mouse wheel

I am working with Wacom Cintique and its quite annoying to change from the pen to the mouse in order to change the radius. Here I found the keys "page up" and "down which" would be ...
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Setting a shortcut to split the current screen in half using screen.area_split

I'm trying to set a key bind to activate the screen.area_split so that I don't have to use the mouse, and instead splits the screen 50/50 down the middle. Does ...
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How to change a 'keymaps_items' property using Python

I try to change the properties value, but it's not working in the console: ...
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Imitate 2000s era renders in 3.3+

Is there any way to recreate these kinds of renders? I have been able to only replicate the old Perlin noise with texture paint, sadly. Utilizing the layer weight node for some of the materials. The ...
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3.3 Keymap for 2.79

I have been doing some retro looking renders in 2.79 as of late, but I am unfamiliar with its Keymap and switching between 3.3 and 2.79 breaks my workflow quite a bit. Is there any way to quickly ...
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How to set 3D cursor angle with a shortcut?

While the default views for the 3D cursor are useful, as a 2D artist using Grease Pencil, I think it would be great to have a middle ground between the Front/Side and View orientations for drawing on ...
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Can't map D+mousebuttons to navigate the viewport

D+MMB for zooming works great, but D+RMB (rotate view) and D+LMB (pan view) work in Object Mode but not in Edit Mode, where they get superseded by the contextual menu and regular selecting ...
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Changing key maps in a new key configuration also changes the default key maps

I'm trying to create a new key configuration preset so that I can use Blender with my graphics tablet, primarily for sculpting. I have to change some key shortcuts because my tablet does not take ...
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How do I define a shortcut key that snaps on off (toggle)?

How do I define a shortcut that snaps on off (toggle)?
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Sculpting problems: sculpt.brush_stroke invert doesn't work when assigning to Alt key. Can't assign Ctrl to mask brush. Anyone know why? Thanks!

Like the title say. I'm trying to replicate the zbrush way in blender, but when assigning Alt key to sculpt.brush_stroke it doesnt work. The interface still move when pressing Alt and doesnt carve/...
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How to remove imported blender keymap?

I imported keymap settings from 2.8 to 3.3 with filename blender.py (2nd preset) but it didn't work very well so I tried to remove it. However I couldn't delete the imported preset later on, Blender ...
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Key binding Zoom views and dolly views

Can anyone tell me why Blender has so many zoom and dolly view entries? I've been asking myself that all these years.
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How to transform and other actions activated instantly after press in industry compatible mode?

When you turn your keymap scheme to industry compatible after pressing W for move, nothing happens. But if I press G in Blender native scheme, the object instantly starts moving with my mouse. How to ...
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How to get that pretty key name that Blender shows in a keymap button?

Is there a way to get the complex label that Blender shows for keymap items, when the only thing I have is the key type for that keymap? That is, getting the "Spacebar" string, when all you ...
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How to change a shortcut for edit mode

I am trying to change the shortcut of Box select to a simple Left mouse drag in both Object and Edit mode. Just to be sure, I changed every single possible shortcut to Box select in all the options ...
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Enter key doesn't add new line in text editor or submit command in console

I'm using a custom keymap and while trying to script on Blender for the first time, I found out that the Enter key is not working, that is, it isn't adding new line in the Text Editor and doesn't ...
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Is it possible to remap the pan function in node editors? Middle Mouse -> Right Click

I didn't see this in the keymap. I'm thinking it's hardcoded and haven't found an addon that'll do it either. I use a few other applications that all use right click to pan the node graph so I'd like ...
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How to unhide a layer with shortcut

In the blender outliner, the shortcut H is used for hide a layer, but there isn't any shortcut for unhide a specific layer, only Alt+H for unhide all. I want to know why not just use H for toggle a ...
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Batch / string commands together. (cursor to selected, then set orgin to 3D cursor)

Is there a way to batch / string commands together. The commands I want to execute right after each other is (Cursor to selected, then set origin to 3D cursor) I would like to just select the faces of ...
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Hotkey for selecting edge loops doesn't work in XFCE window manager [duplicate]

I'm using Blender 3.2 with the XFCE window manager on Xubuntu Linux. For some reason, when I try to select edge loops using the default hot key of Alt+Mouse select, it doesn't do anything. I've ...
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Precision transform (holding shift) is not working at all

When you are moving/rotating something in 3D, you're supposed to be able to hold shift for the precision mode where things move more slowly. https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/scene_layout/...
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Keymaps added with python don't work in addon `__init__.py`

For the life of me I can't figure out why this is happening. I have an addon I wrote, nothing terribly complicated, just some pie menus and custom operators. I store the kwargs for the keymaps in a ...
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Scroll panel paramters without the Ctrl key

Instead of scrolling to scroll panel, I'd like to scroll to scroll hovered parameter slider(surface roughness for example) and ctrl+Scroll to scroll panel since many of my panels are custom and don't ...
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Activate specific N-Panel Tab via hotkey [duplicate]

Is it possible to select a specific N-Panel tab via hotkey like you can with workspaces using the wm.context_set_id and ...
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Can't move to collection

I have an object. There is no parenting or anything that I think would make it unable to move the collection. I have it in a collection but I need to move it to another. I don't have any collections ...
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On Linux/Gnome, how to use right Alt? [duplicate]

If I try to use the right Alt key while on Linux/Gnome, Blender doesn't register it. If I try to assign a new shortcut and press right Alt, Blender displays the message "Unsupported key: Unknown&...
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Is it possible to set specific space area types with hotkeys?

For example, I'd like to set a custom hotkey to change a window to shader editor specifically. The way it works right now is that you have major types of area types ...
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tab does not switch to edit / object mode

On my main computer I press tab to switch between edit mode and object mode. But on my second computer (with the same blender version 3.01 installed) hitting tab just opens the radial menu where I can ...
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Delete Keyframe hot key not working

Hey I just downloaded Blender 3.1.2 and I am trying to use (Alt+I) to delete a keyframe while in the 3D viewport but nothing is happening. It would really speed things up if I didn't have to go to the ...
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How to give an addon keymap item priority over built in selection tools

I'm currently trying to make an operator that adds new selection methods to the node editor. To do this, I want to bind my operator to click-dragging the left mouse button with: ...
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How do I change the snapping toggle from CTRL to some other key?

I'm trying to make Blender snapping function work in the way Maya does, ie snapping stays on only while the shortcut key is pressed down and then turns off when the key is released. I see from ...
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How to set up a keymap to use RMB to roll the viewport?

I tried to set a keymap like this: However, while the viewport rolls when I press Ctrl+Alt and drag RMB, it simply resets itself when I release RMB. What's the correct way to set up a keymap to roll ...
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Restore default keymap

I followed a tutorial to install an addon that change the keymap. However, I found that some of the keys that I familiar with changed and is not convenient. I note that there is a "Load factory ...
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Frames > Frame Offset overrides arrow key assignments in 3d viewport?

For the 3d viewport, I have assigned different shortcuts to the arrow keys. However, this also prevents me from using the arrow keys to navigate the timeline in a dedicated editor. Is there a way to ...
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Delete Hierarchy (Like Outliner.delete with hierarchy checked) in 3d viewport?

In the outliner, you can now delete hierarchies. Which, if you select a collection deletes the collection and objects/ collections nested within. Is it also possible to activate this tool in a 3d ...
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How to detect events in modal by keymap

Root problem: I have a modal for the 3DView where I want to allow users to use any 3DView navigation input (pan, zoom, FPS walk) via {PASS_THROUGH} but no other ...
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Is there a shortcut to open documentation of a given (geometry) node in browser?

Using geometry nodes, I often want to go to the documentation of a given node, to read more about its semantic. I think I saw a shortcut to open documentation of the current node (eg. this link for ...
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ALT (opt) key on MacBook Pro not working as hotkey modifier

I'm on a MBP running macOS Catalina, and using a fresh install of Blender 3.0. My opt key isn't working when I attempt to use it as a hotkey modifier. For instance, when I have try to move a vertex ...
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Edge slide modals (E)ven: On/off, Alt or (C)lamp: On/off - conflicts in keymap

I have customised my transform modal map (with E to scale, Alt for Precision mode and C for Clear constraints) and now my Vertex/ Edge slide modals cannot be used to toggle Even and Clamping. What do ...
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