[Plugin] Selection Memory (1.0.1) — 09 January 2012

[thomthom]

Overview
Response to this thread: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtop ... 15&t=42390
Will let the user cycle through the five last selection sets. Useful when you for instance accidentally deselects a carefully crafted selection.

Important!
This plugin has not been tested under OSX! It is not known how it will behave under SketchUp OSX where one process can have multiple models open. Unpredictable behaviour will most likely occur - possibly bugsplats.

Modification
To modify the number of saved sets, modify this constant:
SELECTION_STACK_SIZE = 5
I recommend you do not change this to a too large number.

Access
Edit > Cycle Previous Selections

Features

• Cycle Previous Selections
  Cycles through the last 5 selection sets.

Requirements

• SketchUp 8 or newer - ( Other versions untested )
• Might work with older version. Just test for yourself. Either it works or it doesn't.

Download

tt_selection_memory.rb

Footprint

<Sketchup>/Plugins/
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tt_selection_memory.rb

[Rich O Brien]

Nice tool

Works like a charm

[mitcorb]

Thanks, thomthom:
Tested in Sketchup 7, also. Worked on first try.

[thomthom]

Tested in Sketchup 7, also. Worked on first try.

[massimo]

Thanks!
It seems not working with edges with the last selection. I mean select a rectangle with a double click-->deselect-->"cycle previous selection" and only the face is selected. But if you've made another selection and go back to the initial selection then it works.
SU pro 7.1

[thomthom]

When you double click - two selections sets are made. One for the first click on the face - and one on the second click when edges are selected.
If you deselect after a doubleclick you need to cycle two times to restore the selection with both borders. It is a bit counter-intuitive some times like that.

Basically how it works:
Every times you change the selection - the selection set is stored in the selection stack.
Cycle selection advances the internal index and fetches the selection set associated with that index.

The plugin is a bit rough around the edges like that.

[massimo]

Oh, I see. Thanks again.

[massimo]

Another thing: it seems not working with selection window from left to right. Is that normal?
Also not working with artisan's select brush.

[thomthom]

Another thing: it seems not working with selection window from left to right. Is that normal?

Seems to work here. SU8?
As far as I've seen - it work with any selection.

Not sure how Artisan's selection brush works. If it continuously updates the selection then it might cause unexpected behaviour - as the stack will the flushed very quickly. It works by using SketchUp's selection observer...

[numerobis]

WOW! This sounds great! I have to test it...
thanks!!!

[massimo]

I have SU 7.1 and can confirm that here not works with left-->right selection while it works with right-->left selection.

[thomthom]

I have SU 7.1 and can confirm that here not works with left-->right selection while it works with right-->left selection.

Just tried it myself - I see no problems with Left to Right as oppose to Right to Left...

Are you able to make a short video of what you see?

[massimo]

Ehm...I'm afraid not. Anyway this is what i do:
- Draw a simple rectangle for example;
- Select all (edges and face) with a left-->right window.
- click anywhere to deselect;
- run "cycle previous selection" and nothing happens.
EDIT it's not working with right-->left selection either.

[thomthom]

Ah - it's something to do with how it retrieves back the previous selections. What you are experiencing is probably that it retrieves an earlier selection set. Might be empty.

There is five slots of selection sets - always - even when you start a fresh model. Keep cycle through and it will come back. I'll have a look at it. But this plugin isn't on top of my priority list.

[massimo]

There is five slots of selection sets - always - even when you start a fresh model

Ah! That's maybe the reason. Thought that with a fresh model the "memory" would have been deleted.

[thomthom]

Well, it does - but there's a pre-reserved set of slots regardless. Which then are "filled" as you use it.

The plugin was written very quickly so unfortunately it has this behaviour which is illogical from a user point of view. :/

[massimo]

Ok, no problem.

[andybot]

Thanks Thomthom
works as expected for me!

[thomthom]

Version 1.0.1
Did a quick tweak to it. I believe it should retrieve the previous selection more predictably now.

[massimo]

Now it seems to work just fine.

[john2]

yeeeeeeeeeaaa

[Ben Ritter]

Sweet! Thank you so much, again.

[john2]

thanks a llllot thomthom..great plugin. saves a lot of time during accidents

[EarthMover]

Thanks bro for this great tool. I've always enjoyed having the selection in the undo stack with 3ds Max, now it's possible in sketchup as well! You deserve a chocolate fudge covered peanut butter chocolate chip cookie with oreo filling!

[thomthom]

You deserve a chocolate fudge covered peanut butter chocolate chip cookie with oreo filling!

[TomDC]

Thanks, Thom. Most useful.

[halroach]

Thanks Thom!

You could add it to your already marvelous set of tools in 'selection toys'.

That's it!
I'm all out of keys on my keyboard for another shortcut for such a good tool. either I scrap some short cut I barely use, or I'll bump it up to them less used Shift+ and Ctrl+ shortcuts

[VICTOR HUGO]

Buenos Dias.

If I want to revert the "selection_stack size" to default which number would be; or by removing the plugin it will go back to default?

Thanks.

[thomthom]

If you reinstall then it would revert back, yes.