"loadbang inhibited" ctrl-shift key binding interferes with opening a help patcher
Max inhibits loadbangs when you hold ctrl+shift while opening a new patcher. I believe this might be a recently-added feature. The option of preventing loadbangs from firing is great, but the fact that it's bound to ctrl+shift clashes with the keyboard shortcut for opening a help patcher (ctrl+shift+h). Perhaps different default keys would be better? Alternately, is there a way to switch the binding for this feature or disable it?
hey, i'm on Mac os and there is the same problem, ev en though the incrimated keys are cmd+shift, not ctrl+shift, but they do serve the same double purpose on Max... only "workaround" ive found is to quickly release the cmd+shift after pressing h. It's not ideal to say the least.
edit maxinterfaces.json file
Where can I find this JSON file in a Mac installation? Having a hard time finding information about this. One of these keyboard shortcuts needs to be changed, or give us the ability to change it ourselves.
edit: I found maxinterface.json in Max.app > show package contents > Contents > Resources > C74 > interfaces
However I am not sure what I should be changing - my json is identical to the screenshot posted by @Source Audio above.
edit2: I changed the shortcut by changing this line, for the message "help" (as depicted in above screenshot):
"shortcut" : "L",
This bound the "open <selected object> help" command to "cmd+L".
This shortcut was previously bound to "Show on Lock", which I changed to
"shortcut" : "shift+L",
which is shift+cmd+L
Hello Evan,
another option is is to use option+click to open the help patchers, this way you don't have to edit the default shortcuts and it's also a quick way to navigate there.