I recently had to reinstall SU 2016 Pro as suddnely failed to open any file on my server. THe reinstall worked ok but I had to go thru and reinstall my shortcuts I have them on a file so reloated that and yes most worked BUT I have a very frequently used shortcut “X” to explode a group… It is a …

Thanks Dave , but your misunderstanding the issue I am not talking about “X” being the default - I am talking about EDIT/ITEM/EXPLODE being default and it is now missing from my SU install but still exists in an earlier SU install on another PC… [image] Tried to attach the screen capture above… …

@john_mcclenahan , from his title and description it appeared to me that he expected X to be the default shortcut, which of course it is not. A keyboard shortcut can be set for EDIT/ITEM/EXPLODE by selecting an entity which can be exploded and then filtering the command list.

[image] gsharp: I am talking about EDIT/ITEM/EXPLODE being default and it is now missing from my SU install but still exists in an earlier SU install on another PC… It does indeed still exist. Select something in the model that can be exploded and then filter for it. [image]

The key I assign to a command can be anything I want, the issue is the EDIT/ITEM/EXPLODE sequence has vanished from my install!

[image] gsharp: The key I assign to a command can be anything I want, Yes it can. Although be aware the operating system native shortcuts can override. [image] gsharp: It is a shortcut of the standard command sequence EDIT/ITEM/EXPLODE But when I typed X nothing exploded… This is wha…

Here is my screen capture - excuse the bad mouse writing – I want to add a shortcut for explode - [Yes I have explode in the context menu when I right button] but I do NOT see it what I go into preferences / Shortcuts in the list of standard command sequences ! [image]

As we have said, you must have something selected in the model that can be exploded to get it to show in the list. [image]

DaveR - I have been using X as a shortcut to explode groups for almost 10 years - now I cannot reassign it in the lastest install of SU 2016 - my simple question was - is my SU 2016 install corrupted or is it missing from the latests SU2106?

And here, no selection, no menu item. [image]

Default Shortcut command gone missing - Edit/Item/Explode

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Have you missed selecting something to explode?
Note selected group under the dialog.

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Default Shortcut command gone missing - Edit/Item/Explode

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