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Can't zoom in and out when using certain hotkeys.

mstaub

I use hotkeys for pretty much every command I use on a daily basis in Allegro. That said, I've found that when running certain hotkeys/commands, I cannot zoom in or out in the canvas until I finish the command. Additionally, Allegro is aware that I am trying to zoom in/out because when I finish the command, the zoom in/out then happens. For example:

I have the following hotkey setup: funckey zc zcopy shape to run the Edit->Zcopy command

1. I enter 'zc' on the keyboard and Allegro enters the interactive zcopy command.

2. I mouse scroll in to zoom in and nothing happens. 

3. I right-click->Done and my canvas now zooms in. It's as if Allegro was storing these commands waiting for me to finish the zcopy command first.

This also only presents itself on certain commands. For example with the following hotkeys, I can still zoom in/out when executing them:

funckey cc copy

funckey mm move

Lastly if I change 'funckey' to 'alias' for 'zcopy shape' it seems to fix the issue. The problem is, I don't want to have to hit the Enter key to execute this command, which is the benefit of using 'funckey'

Anyone else run into this?

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    When looking at the jrl file, it looks like a cmds.cxt file is getting called. Anyone know what this is and why it's getting called here? I confirmed that other designers are able to reproduce this. 

    Executing zcopy through a hotkey:

    \i (00:00:17) zcopy shape
    \t (00:00:17) Select cline, cline segment, shape, rectangle or closed polygon.
       (00:00:17) Loading cmds.cxt
    \i (00:00:20) prepopup -16.8106 76.1593
    \i (00:00:26) pop Done
    \i (00:00:26) generaledit

    Executing zcopy through the menu (notice the cmds.cxt file isn't being called)

    \i (00:00:34) zcopy shape
    \t (00:00:34) Select cline, cline segment, shape, rectangle or closed polygon.
    \i (00:00:36) zoom in 1
    \i (00:00:36) setwindow pcb

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