![]() ![]() ![]() Filter Keys is a way to ignore brief or accidentally-repeated keystrokes. Eight seconds later, Windows thinks you’ve asked for something called “Filter Keys”. Perhaps you’re just lost in thought as your finger slowly descends on the Shift key. Windows does present a confirmation dialog, but that’s easy to miss if you’re still pounding your keys and happen to hit Return. When the Shift key is pressed five times in a row, Windows assumes you’re asking for Sticky Keys. Let’s say you’re frustrated with your computer and start hitting the Shift key (or in my case, alternately pounding on both Shift keys). Sticky Keys is enabled in two ways: in the settings app, or by pressing and releasing the Shift key five times in a row. ![]() It can seem like it’s “stuck” if you don’t realize what’s happening. Press and release it again, Shift is off. Press and release the Shift key, and Shift is on. Sticky Keys is a feature that makes the Shift, Alt, Ctrl, and Windows keys toggle instead of needing to be held down. Several of those options relate to the keyboard, and are fairly easily enabled.įor example, hitting the Shift key five times in a row. Windows includes what are known as “accessibility options” - also referred to as “ease of access” settings - designed to make the computer more usable by those with various physical challenges. You can disable this possibility by changing the corresponding “Allow the shortcut key” options in the Settings app. They all have corresponding shortcut sequences to turn on - which can be done accidentally. Once you’ve located Filter Faces and Filter Vertices, click the command(s) and use the Remove Shortcut button to disable it.Sticky Keys, Filter Keys, and Toggle Keys are Windows features that modify keyboard behavior. To make things easier, I recommend typing “filter” into the search box available here to narrow down the available commands. To disable these hotkeys, navigate to Tools > Customize and access the Keyboard tab. These keys are extremely easy to bump unintentionally, but fortunately they’re very easy to disable. By default, Filter Faces is bound to the X key, while Filter Vertices is bound to the V key. How Did This Even Happen?Īt this point you may be thinking, “But I’ve never seen that toolbar in my life!” The truth is, Selection Filters are usually enabled accidentally through their default hotkeys, which are in an uncomfortably close proximity to keys we use very regularly, such as Ctrl, Alt, and Shift. If you have multiple Selection Filters active and do not wish to clear all of them at once, you can alternatively click individual filters to toggle them on/off. If you’d prefer, however, you can also use the second icon in the Selection Filters toolbar to clear any active filters. In case you missed it at the beginning of the article, you can simply press F6 on the keyboard to clear any active Selection Filters without ever opening up the toolbar mentioned above. They will remain active until you turn them back off. ![]() You can also enable more than one filter at a time – so if you’d like to restrict selections to edges and vertices, for example, simply turn both Selection Filters on by clicking on the appropriate icon. In this toolbar, you’ll find a filter for nearly every SOLIDWORKS entity to assist you in making precise graphical selections. If you’d like to browse the available Selection Filters for future reference, turn on the Selection Filter toolbar by clicking View > Toolbars > Selection Filter or by simply pressing F5 on the keyboard. This is actually the intent of these filters, however, which can be exceptionally useful in certain situations (like to allow only edge selections while adding a complex fillet feature, or only solid bodies when running a Combine command, for example). If you’ve seen this icon before, you probably noticed that your selections in the graphics area became restricted, likely preventing you from selecting anything other than faces, or perhaps vertices. This icon indicates that a Selection Filter is currently active. You can thank me later! For those who’d like to stick around and figure what this thing is, how it got there and how to prevent it from happening again, read on! What Does This Icon Mean? Every SOLIDWORKS user has had it happen – you’re minding your business, modeling away, when suddenly and without warning:įor those of you looking for the quickest tip you’ll ever receive, simply press the F6 key in SOLIDWORKS and then move the cursor to get rid of this icon. ![]()
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