How to exit edit group mode

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Hello I am Omar, I am new to the forum. Really enjoying SketchUp.

I edited a group, (Right click - Edit group)
But, I don’t know how to exit from that mode. Can anybody help me? It’ll be a pleasure.

Thank you,
Omar K.

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The easy way is to click with the Select tool outside the group. Or you can right click and choose to exit edit mode by selecting Close group.

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Thank you, I double clicked outside the group…

Appreciate it! :smile::smile:

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Single click would be adequate.

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Two comments:

  • you don’t have to double-click to exit edit mode. A single click will suffice provided it is outside the group’s bounding box
  • To get the context menu with “Close group” you must right-click off of any of the group’s geometry. If you right-click with the cursor over any element of the group’s geometry you will get a different menu relevant to that element, not to closing the group edit.
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Thank, you for your answer. It’s working Appreciate it! :grinning::+1:

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You can also press Esc to exit, but only when the Select Tool is active.

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Another option I use especially when deep inside many groups/components is to assign a shortcut key to the “edit/close group/ component” command. Access it through “window/preferences/shortcuts”. I assigned ctrl+D for this.
close

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To start editing the group, select it and press ‘Enter’. It will save you some more clicks!
(This is one of the benefits of using groups,:wink: @DaveR)

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It works on components, too. :wink:

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And Click tap is so much easier on your hand than double click.:rofl:

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Thank you so much @MikeWayzovski for the tips!

Appreciate it!!