On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 21:00:42 +0000, you wrote: >It sounds like you're already aligned with my thoughts on how keyboard >macros should be handled. > >On 6/28/2021 9:26 AM, Terry Pinnell wrote: >> Did others try reproducing the behaviour I described? At present I >> have half a dozen files open, from various sources. All covering >> aspects I'm trying to learn, predominantly in Preview mode. Using >> promising code copy/pasted into my own WIP. Maybe there's a setting I >> haven't found which will automate it, but, as I said, at present when >> I switch from window X to Y, the last view previewed in window X is >> displayed (or is displayed when I hit F5, and possibly also then View >> All). > >I assume that you really mean tabs, rather than windows. Yes, wrong term, sorry! >Yes, switching tabs in the editor doesn't switch what's shown in the 3D >pane Thanks for confirming. >If you use multiple windows then each editor gets its own 3D pane and >the problem doesn't exist. Agreed. And Windows also allows fast toggling with Alt+Tab. But conversely tabs let me see all associated ('project') SCAD files at a glance, without finding them and clicking in the taskbar. IMO OS just needs some code to automate at least the preview directly after activating a tab. Or an external macro like mine ;-) Terry