I can't edit properties of multiple objects with 'Alt' selected

posted to: Bone Tools

Aroung the 8 minute mark you say to press the 'Alt' key to change multiple values. 'Alt' key prevents any value from being changed instead of allowing multiple values to change. Without the 'Alt' key being pressed only the active element is affected. With 'Alt' nothing can be changed.

  • Omar Domenech replied

    You may be using Emulate 3 Button Mouse, that basically gets a hold of the Alt key. Try turning it off and see if Alt works after that:

    mulate 3 B Mouse.png

  • steveeger replied

    Yes! That's it, thank you!

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  • Martin Bergwerf replied

    ...and, if you want both, you can use the OS key, to emulate and have the ALT key free:

    Emulate.png

  • Omar Domenech replied

    Oh nice, I didn't know that. That should be the default.

  • steveeger replied

    Which version of Blender are you using? 3.5 doesn't seem to have that OS-Key option.


  • Omar Domenech replied

    I'm using 3.5.0 and I can see it in this one:

    Alt OS Key.png

  • Martin Bergwerf replied

    ssteveeger ,

    Maybe you can't see it, because you need to enable the Emulate 3 Button Mouse first...???

    The feature has been around for quite a while now; in the earlier versions it was visible at all times, like in 2.83, but maybe in more recent versions they changed that...

    As you can see in Omar's first screenshot, it wasn't there, but in his second one, it was...

    ...Or wait, the first one was from Windows and the second from MacOS....


  • Martin Bergwerf replied

    Okay, found it:

    Emulation.png


  • Omar Domenech replied

    Nice catch Martin. Now we know. Another tiny thing Mac users get for a better user experience.

    • and Linux
  • Nathi Tappan(nathitappan) replied

    But we don't get the extra juicy graphics card... ;)

    Unfortunately the OS key is too far off the way for my small hand with bad tendons,  so I found another way around it (in case it can be used to someone): apply the change once, then select all others, right click and copy to selected.