Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 155

8 | Preferences and customization How do I? > Assign a marking menu to a hotkey ™ "Add a marking menu to the hotbox" on page 155 Assign a marking menu to a hotkey Marking menus appear when you hold a hotkey and press the left mouse button. You can set a hotkey to show one of the pre-made marking menus that come with Maya, or a custom marking menu you have created. To assign a marking menu to a hotkey 1 Select Window > Settings/Preferences > Marking Menus. 2 Click the marking menu in the list. 3 Set the Use Marking Menu In option to Hotkey Editor. 4 Click Apply Settings. 5 Select Window > Settings/Preferences > Hotkeys. 6 In the Categories list on the left, click User Marking Menus. 7 For each marking menu you've created, the list has two items in the Commands list: "menu_Press" and "menu_Release". Click the "press" command. 8 Type a key name in the Key text box and turn on any modifiers you want on the hotkey. For example, type m in the text box and turn on the Alt setting to assign the marking menu to alt + m. As you edit these settings, Maya shows the command currently assigned to the hotkey, if any. Only assign the hotkey if you don't mind overriding this command. 9 Set the Direction option to Press. 10 Click Assign. If the hotkey you set already has a command assigned, Maya asks if you want to override it. 11 Maya warns you that it should assign the release command also. Click OK to do this. Related topics ™ "Create or edit a marking menu" on page 153 ™ "Add a marking menu to the hotbox" on page 155 Add a marking menu to the hotbox Marking menus appear in the hotbox when you point above (north), below (south), left (west), or right (east) of the hotbox menus and press a mouse button. Basics 155