All our posts

1 post tagged with "maya"

View All Tags

Autodesk Maya - HotKey for Selection Highlighting

Ben Tey

Ben Tey

To add a new HotKey in Autodesk Maya to switch the Selection Highlighting option in the Show menu of the viewport follow this steps:

  1. Go to Windows > Settings/Preferences > HotKey Editor.

  2. On the right side you can see a keyboard, showing which keys are already assigned.

  3. Found an unassigned key or combination, go to Runtime Command Editor and press the New button.

  4. Choose a name for this command (e.g. SelectionHighlighting) and be sure that MEL is the selected language.

  5. Paste the following string in the text field:

string $mp = `getPanel -wf`; modelEditor -e -sel (!`modelEditor -q -sel $mp`) $mp;

  1. Press the Save Runtime Command button. A message should pop up, confirming that your runtime command has been saved.

  2. In the dropdown menu close to Search By choose Runtime Command and write in the text field the name of the command you have just created.

  3. The command will appear in the Custom Scripts list.

  4. Doubleclick in the HotKey column and enter the key or the keys combination you have chosen before.

  5. Press the Save and Close button.

Now you should be able to switch the Selection Highlighting option with your new hotkey.