Post #5578: See the exchange between me, groomedmonkey, and Metemer since this post:
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- Author: Pluglug
- Date: 2025-08-17 13:56:22
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discussion - Quality Score: 8/10
- Reply to: post_05577
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v1-18-8 hotkeys configuration conflicts advanced
⚙️ Related PME Features
- Hotkey Configuration
- Keymap Management
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See the exchange between me, groomedmonkey, and Metemer since this post:
Pie Menu Editor 1.18.8 Released Scripts and Themes
I’m not deeply familiar with keymap issues since I rarely encounter them myself. I’ve had similar strange situations using Blender’s native export/import tools, and the 4.1 to 4.2 transition was also troublesome. Is there at least a way to prevent this from happening again? The simplest approach is starting from a completely clean environment without inheriting any previous preferences. Technical background: When PME registers/removes keymaps, it relies on identifying KeyMapItems through co…
Pie Menu Editor 1.18.8 Released Scripts and Themes
@Pluglug !!! I ran this version of the cleaner and it removed 279 empty PME items. Incredible score — a new world record. From now on please call yourself “Ghost-Buster” I promised some key-map tips last time, but I’m no expert either, so take this as a working memo. Corrections are welcome. Why duplicate / ghost key-map items appear They tend to show up whenever you run one of these three operators while Blender thinks at least one edited shortcut exists – technically, touching even a …
Pie Menu Editor 1.18.8 Released Scripts and Themes
Lovely write-up of the nightmare that is the keymap system, let me continue. One nitpick is that the factory settings and the reset target are not the same thing, except in the standard case. For add-on hotkeys, the reset target is keyconfigs.addon, and for non-addon hotkeys, it’s keyconfigs.active. But, when the keymap template is set to “Blender”, active and default are literally the same thing: >>> keyconfigs = bpy.context.window_manager.keyconfigs >>> keyconfigs.active == keyconfigs.defau…
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