I wanted to change the tool modifier for “Constraint Direction” from the default Ctrl to Shift because I would like it separate from “Disable Snapping” which is also using Ctrl.
I can’t get it to work. After I reassigned the Tool Modifier, holding shift does not appear to do anything when moving objects around. It appears Ctrl is still the modifier.
Hi,
Have you tried to really use it?
Isn’t the Shift modifier assigned to other function?
Confirmed here (Cubase 13.0.41), using the Drag & Drop tool. Under the Constraint Direction option, it behaves as expected, using the mouse with ctrl . With shift, no drag & drop possible : the tool traces a vague rectangle, disappearing as soon as I release the key mouse button, with no move of any kind.
EDIT - correction done, and the Drag & Drop → Constraint Direction used with shift key behaves actually exactly like the Select tool without added key…
Works fine here.
Remember, constrain direction only works after the move has initiated.
Click → Start dragging → Press Shift (Constrain Direction)
Yes. That’s how I found out it didn’t work.
Yes, but so is the default Ctrl key.
(The Shift key is used in Time Warp Tool - Adjust or Delete.)
You’re right. But there is still a behavior difference, on my end : with the use of the ctrl key, I don’t need to start the move before pressing it…
I’m aware.
I am trying on automation nodes. Pressing shift doesn’t do anything.
Pressing Ctrl however does engage Contstraint Direction, but it also disables Snap because:
Plain object selection tool? Number 1?
Edit:
Confirmed. Shift does nothing, instead Ctrl still works for direction constraint. But it’s specific to automation nodes. (Are there any more objects we can check?)
MIDI CC nodes in the Key Editor behaves the same, the defined Constraint Direction modifier is ignored. Same goes for nodes on the Tempo Track (both in the Tempo Track Editor and on a track in the Project Window).
It does seem to work when moving MIDI Notes as well as parts in the Project Window.
Changing the Modifier key for Disable Snapping also does not have any effect on nodes.
My goal is to separate the Constraint Direction and Disable Snapping into two separate modifiers specifically for when editing automation nodes. Can this be done?
It seems so, but in an unexpected way, on my end. Context : edition of few MIDI CC7 nodes in the key editor.
I have set the Drag&Drop category like this :
… and the Size Objects one as :
Result :
Using these on MIDI CC7 nodes, I get a direction constraint, using the ctrl key, as expected. OTOH, the snapping is not disabled when using the shift one, BUT… Using both the ctrl+shift together does work : I’m able to position a node precisely at a given place, no matter the quantize setting … 
I just tried the same setting and am getting different results.
With the above settings, Shift alone doesn’t do anything.
Ctrl both constrain direction and disables snapping.
Ctrl+Shift has no different effect than Ctrl alone.
All other tool modifiers are default.
I’ve tried on MIDI CC nodes in the Key Editor as well as automation nodes in the Project Window with both the Pen tool and Object Selection tool.
@cubic13 Are you sure Ctrl doesn’t also disables snapping with those settings?
No, you’re right, sorry. Using only the ctrl key, I was looking at the direction constraint side of things. 
I would probably be a bad beta tester… 
So, we are back to the same issue : as a tool modifier, the shift key doesn’t work as expected in several contexts. 
@Martin.Jirsak Do you have any insight into this? Would you agree it’s a bug?
