papalovesmambo Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Help. Let me acknowledge that I've searched first and didn't find it, so I come to you, oh learned users... Why can't I make a symbol in the resource browser active by double clicking on it? I can make it active by right clicking on it and choosing "Make Active" which as you might imagine kinda slows down the fun of drafting. But no dice on double clicking. I tried re-setting the double click speed of the mouse, but nuttin'. VW Spotlight 11.0.1, imac 17" flat screen 1ghz, osx 10.2.8, macally icemouse. There's got to be something exceptionally simple I'm missing and I confer the right to taunt me mercilessly after you help me fix it. Please. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 You should be able to double click the symbol to make it active. It sounds as though you do not have the 2d symbol insertion tool active though. Make sure that is the active tool, then double click on the symbol and see if you can plot them down in the drawing. Quote Link to comment
papalovesmambo Posted December 5, 2004 Author Share Posted December 5, 2004 Nope, 2d symbol insertion tool chosen, double clicking doesn't work to chose a symbol. Double clicking will also not open folders within the resource browser. Quote Link to comment
papalovesmambo Posted December 5, 2004 Author Share Posted December 5, 2004 OK, that only happens when in the Spotlight Workspace. In Classic or Standard, it'll double click until my twitching fingers are content. The Resource Browser also looks different in the Spotlight workspace. Is this just, go read the %@! manual? ;-) Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted December 5, 2004 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 5, 2004 The Spotlight workspace probably has the Resource Browser in list view mode, you can switch to an Icon view from the menu in the Rsource Browser. If it's in list view, and you are on a Mac, you need to double click on the name and not the icon on the List Browser. The Icon to the left of the name will not work. Quote Link to comment
bruce johansen Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Double- clicking a symbol in the resource browser on my g5, os 10.3.6 sl 11.x.x will select the symbol, make the symbol and the insertion tool active . As it did on last machine (g4,os 9.2.2, sl 10.5.x) But on my friend's g3 ibook, os 9.2.2 and sl 10.5x, it does not. Clicking on the symbol opens a window that let's you select "make active". If you choose to, then the insertion tool is automatically selected also. Either choosing the insertion tool before clicking on the symbol combined with the fact that you are in list or thumbnail view has no effect at all. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 On the 9.2.2 computer, is the mouse a one button or two button mouse? Quote Link to comment
bruce johansen Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 hi katie, i suspect that you are refering to the g3 ibook. it is an apple laptop with a one button touch pad. he also has a macnally (2 buttons, second one is programmable) mini mouse and it behaves the same way. if it was the g4, it's an apple tower with the original one button mouse. i have tried matching my friends preferences to mine , with no results. it's my impression that the situation is caused by how the OS is implemented on apple machines that are not towers. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 IF you are using the mouse - it sounds like the right button has been programmed as the primary button and vice versa. You can right click on a symbol in the RB to get the flyout box. IF you are getting this when clicking with the mouse on the box- then the buttons are refersed. Quote Link to comment
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