3ds Max: unable to drop out of sub-object mode

Toku

Hey peeps, I have a small issue with my max setup which I'm hoping someone has the answer to.

When you press 1-5 with an edit poly selected it usually cycles between the subobject modes. if you press the number corresponding to the subobject mode you are in, then it toggles it off and goes back to object mode allowing you to select another object. My problem is that I have rebinded some hotkeys such as connect. For this to work you have to enable keyboard shortcut override, once that is enabled the behavior of 1-5 changes and only selects the sub object mode, no longer toggles it if you press the button again. This means I have to click the object in the modifier stack to drop out of it. It isn't a massive issue but for the sake of efficiency I'd rather use the toggle. Is there any way to fix this? or is it a bug with the program?

divi

6 is object mode as well, just fyi

Toku

Yep thanks, I knew you could do that also, but was wondering if there wasa way to enable the toggle feature again

pablohotsauce

In Max 2014 (not sure if it's in earlier versions), by default, Ctrl+B is assigned to an action called "Sub-object Selection Toggle," which will jump you in and out of sub-obj mode. It works on any object or modifier that has sub-objects, not just ePoly, which means you don't have to spend time thinking about which number on the number row you need to hit to get yourself in/out of sub-obj mode.