So I just found out that by pressing shift+ctrl+click I can get a patch cord from the inlet of an object to connect to an outlet!! This is an awesome feature and I don't know how I have missed it for all this time...

Anyway, I am wondering about the following: when two objects are close together (say two buttons), and I use the above trick on the left button, the object on the right will connect itself to the object to the left, plus I get the patch cord as above.

Is this normal behaviour (I might misunderstand the proper usage of this feature) or a bug?

Is this normal behaviour (I might misunderstand the proper usage of this feature) or a bug?
Here is a patch to demonstrate:

patch-cord-weirdness

actually i think the answer to that problem is that you simply need to ctl+click an inlet in order to have a patch cord sticking from it, ready to connect to any outlet you design. With an additional shift key pressed, maybe you just activate it once more, so the first time it is super fast and connects to the nearest outlet if there is one near enough to be directly highlighted... something like that ? :)

and btw if you press shift there, or even after having first ctl-clicked and having a patch cord sticking to your mouse, you can continously connect to any number of outlet you want, like in the normal way of shift-clicking from an outlet.

! didn't know that feature ! thanks !
actually i think the answer to that problem is that you simply need to ctl+click an inlet in order to have a patch cord sticking from it, ready to connect to any outlet you design. With an additional shift key pressed, maybe you just activate it once more, so the first time it is super fast and connects to the nearest outlet if there is one near enough to be directly highlighted... something like that ? :)
and btw if you press shift there, or even after having first ctl-clicked and having a patch cord sticking to your mouse, you can continously connect to any number of outlet you want, like in the normal way of shift-clicking from an outlet.
anyway that's pretty useful.


I´m trying to do this trick with Windows 7 64, but it doesn´t work. May be there is another key combination?

You only really need to be pressing the ctrl key. Holding the shift key allows you to make multiple connections from the same place, this is true for the ctrl-reverse connections and regular ones. Saying that I can reproduce the behaviour you mention if both are held down at the same time. The trick is to hold down ctrl, select your inlet and then if you need multiple connections release ctrl and hold shift.

patch cord weirdness?