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Re: Must I constantly use the 'alt' key?

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Spirographic is not online. Spirographic
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22 Sep 2015 07:44 PM
I just came back from a long leave of absence to build some things and am finding that it seems I have to hold the 'alt' key constantly due to the studio assuming I want to select things constantly.

Even when I'm holding the alt key, sometimes I end up with erratic behavior and it's overall a frustrating building experience.

Please tell me there's some way to build without constantly having to hold 'alt' in studio.
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RecurringNightmare is not online. RecurringNightmare
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22 Sep 2015 08:52 PM
that's not normal. post in technical support i guess
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DevelopmentStatus is not online. DevelopmentStatus
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22 Sep 2015 08:54 PM
Un-group everything and keep it as its own individual part.
Ctrl + Alt allows you to click on multiple parts in a model.

wiki.roblox.com/index.php/Keyboard_Shortcuts
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blobbyblob is not online. blobbyblob
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22 Sep 2015 08:57 PM
Is your concern that you have to hold alt because all your parts are grouped & the alt key is necessary to select one single part?

You may benefit from switching tools. Of course, I'll plug my own, but it just has a different group-selection mechanism. Click to select a part, double click to select its group, triple click to select that group's group (if you like big hierarchies), and so on.
http://www.roblox.com/Build-v4-item?id=143383965

Other than that, your solution might be to ungroup everything. Or figure out a way to "lock" alt key into the depressed mode. Maybe if you depress it, switch windows, release it, it will be stuck?
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Spirographic is not online. Spirographic
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22 Sep 2015 09:12 PM
It's not that everything's grouped. I just started a new baseplate and have been working off of that. And it's not an issue of selecting. Actually, it's the other way around.

I can't /manipulate/ the part without holding down alt. IE, resizing, dragging with anchors, etc. I can select parts just fine, holding down alt or not. But when I go to manipulate them, I need to hold down the alt key, otherwise it tries to select whatever's behind the part, or just deselect altogether.
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DevelopmentStatus is not online. DevelopmentStatus
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22 Sep 2015 09:19 PM
What kinds of plugins do you use?
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Spirographic is not online. Spirographic
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22 Sep 2015 09:26 PM
qCmdUtl.
Animation Editor by ROBLOX.
Quenty's OozleDraw.
ResizeAlign and GapFill.
Content auto-correct.
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DevelopmentStatus is not online. DevelopmentStatus
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22 Sep 2015 09:40 PM
Depending on what version, it could be qCmdUtl.
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Spirographic is not online. Spirographic
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22 Sep 2015 09:42 PM
Yeah, I just updated and it seems like that was the culprit. I'm not gonna speak too soon, but it /looks/ like this is solved.
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