Unable to use shortcut for Make Group after Pasting in Place

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Hello, using the newest version on Windows 11, 26.2.243. Found a new bug regarding Paste in Place and then immediately attempting to Make Group while having the Paste in Place still selected using the shortcuts.

To recreate this bug, draw a rectangle. Select and Copy the rectangle. Now Paste in Place (shortcut ALT+V) and then use shortcut CTRL+G to Make Group in the same process without clicking. Unfortunately the shortcut CTRL+G to Make group does not work any longer, and you have to go to Edit>Make Group to get it to Group. Please fix this very annoying new bug.

Thank you.

EDIT - Further investigation show that I can also not UNDO with CTRL+Z after Pasting in Place. In fact it appears that after Pasting In Place, no other shortcuts that use CTRL can be used while the Pasted object is still selected.

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Alt key on Windows shifts focus to the top menu bar, which blocks the next shortcuts until you click back into the workspace… try remapping Paste in Place to Shift+V. That should fix it.

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For some users. Not for all.

Alt+V works fine as a shortcut for Paste in place for me and Alt does not shift focus to the top menu bar.

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thanks for pointing that out… i thought it was a general windows thing. anyway, worth trying shift+v to see if it works.

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I’ve been using Alt+V for years. I’m not going to change that due to a bug in the program.

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I have been, too.

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@DaveR Does that mean you can confirm this bug as the same problem for you?

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As I wrote:

So, no. Right now it is not a problem for me. I’m aware it has been a problem for others. It was a problem for me in one release of an earlier version of SketchUp but it is not in the current 2026 release. I’ve also used Alt+C to activate CleanUp3 and it works as expected.

My reply saying I have been, too was related to using Alt+V for Paste in place. I’ve used that shortcut for more than 15 years.

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Check your shortcut settings, I suspect it may be set to Shift+g by default.

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Thanks, but no, it’s Ctrl+G here and it works all of the other times, except Immediately after Pasting in Place. I guess I need to open yet another support ticket…

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What happens if you do Cut>Paste in Place>Make Group?

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It will only work if I do not use the shortcut keys. I can do it if I use the menu Edit>…

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Alt key shortcuts focusing the menu bar is a bug we’re tracking, if it’s any consolation. This is related to menu bar mnemonics, where the Alt key is prematurely triggering navigation mode.

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Alt Key issue makes more sense because even using M for Move after Pasting in Place with Alt+V no longer works either.