Setting a shortcut key for tracing offset; potential bug with minus off set values

TimLangner — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:52:01 GMT

Hi there

Is their away of setting a shortcut key for changing the tracing offset when editing in 10.1? Previous versions of Arc used the TAB key but this shortcut has been discontinued.

The longer alternative is to type in minus [ - ] in front of the numbers in the tracing options box. However I have noticed a couple of things with this which I think could be considered bugs.

1. Type in -1.5 into the tracing box;
2. Go back to the tracing options window and the minus sign will have disappeared and all you see is 1.5;
3. Now type in -2. Instead of it moving further out in the direction of the initial -1.5, it swops over to the opposite direction of the line.

The reason I might do number 3 is if I find -1.5 is not enough offset. If the above is designed as ESRI intended then I find it very confusing and not helpful.

If others consider it to be a bug, I can always contact ESRI to file it.

Kind regards

Tim

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