# \#shortcut

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## [Tool to "unsmooth, unsoft, unhide"?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tool-to-unsmooth-unsoft-unhide/320463)

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**Author:** [@Sovmot](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Sovmot)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tool-to-unsmooth-unsoft-unhide/320463 "2025-03-24T12:19:52Z")

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Is there any tool or plugin that can easily unsmooth/uunsoft/unhide lines the same way an eraser can smooth and hide the lines?

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## [Some Shortcut keystrokes show in Status Bar entry field](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/some-shortcut-keystrokes-show-in-status-bar-entry-field/257087)

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**Author:** [@ItsBrett](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ItsBrett)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/some-shortcut-keystrokes-show-in-status-bar-entry-field/257087 "2024-01-26T17:13:30Z")

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I’m using Sketchup 2023.1.340. Windows 11 latest updates, 64-bit. Most of the time – though oddly, not all of the time, shortcut keystrokes will show up typed in the status bar where the value is usally entered. e.g. I…

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## [LO feature request: shortcuts for lock / unlock](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/lo-feature-request-shortcuts-for-lock-unlock/224226)

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**Author:** [@hnrkndr](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/hnrkndr)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/lo-feature-request-shortcuts-for-lock-unlock/224226 "2023-05-03T21:04:35Z")

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Layout 2023 feature request: Please add lock and unlock to the list of shortcuts. Thanks!

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## [Merge multiple layers](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/merge-multiple-layers/208341)

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**Author:** [@sean86robertson](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/sean86robertson)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/merge-multiple-layers/208341 "2022-12-16T10:01:28Z")

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First of all apologies if this has been discussed or my post lands in the wrong spot but im interested to know if there is a plugin that can perform multiple layer merges. I currently use eneroths merge layers however i…

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## [SketchUp Pro keyboard shortcut stickers (Mac)](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-pro-keyboard-shortcut-stickers-mac/198123)

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**Author:** [@Arkeytekt](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Arkeytekt)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-pro-keyboard-shortcut-stickers-mac/198123 "2022-05-11T19:22:29Z")

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I haven’t used SketchUp in a handful of years and recently downloaded the app to get back into 3D modelling again. As it turns out, I managed to forget all keyboard shortcuts except push/pull and pan :sweat\_smile: — so I…

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## [Layout - modifer key for quick matching of object properties](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/layout-modifer-key-for-quick-matching-of-object-properties/189788)

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**Author:** [@hnrkndr](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/hnrkndr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/layout-modifer-key-for-quick-matching-of-object-properties/189788 "2022-02-15T04:57:47Z")

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Hi LO developer team To increase working speed, it would be great to have quick access to the eyedropper tool WITHOUT leaving a drawing tool (i.e. line tool). Could you add a modifier key to toggle temporarily to the ey…

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## [Accidently reset all my shortcut! How do I retrieve it back?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidently-reset-all-my-shortcut-how-do-i-retrieve-it-back/172568)

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**Author:** [@mange.drawing.123](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mange.drawing.123)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accidently-reset-all-my-shortcut-how-do-i-retrieve-it-back/172568 "2021-08-13T11:03:05Z")

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LOL, the reset all button didn’t make any notice or warning that make me so confused for a minutes of why my tool didn’t work. My question is it possible to get back my recent shortcut? sketchup make a warning when we …

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## [Alternative to arrow keys/paging keys while reading forum - the space bar!](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/alternative-to-arrow-keys-paging-keys-while-reading-forum-the-space-bar/170837)

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**Author:** [@sjdorst](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/sjdorst)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/alternative-to-arrow-keys-paging-keys-while-reading-forum-the-space-bar/170837 "2021-07-22T13:34:04Z")

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I don’t know if it’s a feature of the forum software, or of my Window’s OS, or the Chrome browser I use, While reading the forum, I often want to go down a list of posts, or the replies within a post, quickly. I HAVE be…

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## [When drawing a circle, how do I toggle between midsection and vertice radii?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/when-drawing-a-circle-how-do-i-toggle-between-midsection-and-vertice-radii/47183)

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**Author:** [@Sydewinder](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Sydewinder)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/when-drawing-a-circle-how-do-i-toggle-between-midsection-and-vertice-radii/47183 "2017-06-26T18:07:43Z")

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When drawing a circle, the default setting is that your radius is from the center of the circle to a vertice on the circle’s edge. However, in the past, there was a shortcut or modifier that I used to cause the radius to…

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## [Can't seem to get SketchUp to work with keyboard shortcut](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cant-seem-to-get-sketchup-to-work-with-keyboard-shortcut/42896)

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**Author:** [@daniel1italia](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/daniel1italia)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cant-seem-to-get-sketchup-to-work-with-keyboard-shortcut/42896 "2017-04-17T07:43:32Z")

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Hi everyone, just downloaded sketch up pro which won’t work with my keyboard letters, to be more precise, if I press E for erase nothing happens. It only changes tools if I select them with mouse. Can anyone help?

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## [U for push/pull](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/u-for-push-pull/32491)

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**Author:** [@Wade](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Wade)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/u-for-push-pull/32491 "2016-10-20T14:52:44Z")

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Out of curiosity is anyone still using Key U for push/pull still? Was anyone ever using this? When I learned Sketchup in 2009 I bought a set of keyboard stickers to help learn the shortcuts & mapped them to the stickers…

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## [The trick of customizing shortcuts in 2016](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/the-trick-of-customizing-shortcuts-in-2016/26879)

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**Author:** [@billkeck](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/billkeck)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/the-trick-of-customizing-shortcuts-in-2016/26879 "2016-06-21T22:43:19Z")

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In order to customize shortcuts in SU 2016 click on “Sketchup” on the top menu bar, select “Preferences”, then “Shortcuts” and enter the customized shortcut in the box at the bottom center. This is all the same as previ…
