RevitCat: Revit’s Most Hidden Commands (part 5)

The title of this post is somewhat ironic – because the command in question is right there on screen, all the time in Revit.  However, it is remarkable how many Revit users never see it and don’t know what it does.

I’m talking about the Selection Locks at the bottom right of the screen, in particular the one called “Drag Elements on Selection”. 

It used to be called ‘Press + Drag’.  I didn’t like it then, and I don’t like it now.

In the words of Captain BIMCad, it is the “Little Button of Evil”.  I am glad that someone else considers this little icon to be the bane of Revit Users lives.

It is astonishing how many Revit users do not have this set correctly – unfortunately the default out of the box Revit setting is wrong.    Just Plain Wrong!   Downright Evil!

The correct setting is for the little evil icon to have a red cross on it so that users cannot select and move an element with one mouse movement – something that is all too easy when trying to make a multiple…