AutoCAD/system variables

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Expert: - 4/9/2007


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earlier today i was able to double click objects in my drawing and the appropriate dialogue editor would come up (ie, multitext editor for multitext and hatch dialogue for hatchediting) however at some point during the day i must have inadvertently changed a system variable and now when i double click on an item nothing happens.  i have checked the "dblclkedit" variable and it is set to "on" yet i am still not able to double click edit.  is there another variable in the system that controls double click editing that i am missing.

thanks.

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Sorry I took so long to answer.  I thought I had already answered this one.  I think I remembere telling you to reboot the machine and then get back to me.  Sometimes that's all it takes.  However, there is another system variable that can mess things up.  That is PICKFIRST.  If PICKFIRST is set to 0, DBLCLKEDIT won't work.  Make sure PICKFIRST is set to 1.

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