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How to Assign a Hotkey for "Temp Group" in Allegro Using ENV File?

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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to assign a hotkey to activate the Temp Group option in Allegro (version 23.1), using the ENV file. I wrote the following line:

funckey t "prepopup;pop dyn_option_select 'Temp Group'"

However, pressing t during commands like Copy or Move (where Temp Group normally appears in the right-click menu) doesn't trigger anything.

I understand that Temp Group is context-sensitive and only appears during certain operations, but I was hoping it could be triggered similarly to other dynamic options like:

funckey p "prepopup;pop dyn_option_select 'Snap pick to@:@Pin'"

So my questions are:

  • Is it technically possible to assign a hotkey to Temp Group?
  • Is my syntax incorrect, or is Temp Group simply not accessible via dyn_option_select?
  • Are there any workarounds or SKILL-based methods to simulate this behavior?

Thanks in advance!

  • Hi, 

    A very nice way of writing and figuring out what hotkeys do is by letting the tool print out all the items you are doing into the command line. This can be done by using the scriptmode +e command. This can then be turned off by calling scriptmode -e

    When this has been invoked, it can be seen that pressing the Temp Group button when doing a copy calls a group command. I therefore assume that your hotkey assignment could be as simple as the following:

    funckey t group

    Hope this helps

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