# Ability to switch tool options with hotkey

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-switch-tool-options-with-hotkey/30142>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [February 2, 2024, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-switch-tool-options-with-hotkey/30142 "2024-02-02T08:32:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![HarrisonDavies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/harrisondavies/32/24464_2.png) [@HarrisonDavies](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/HarrisonDavies)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-switch-tool-options-with-hotkey/30142/1 "2024-02-02T08:32:41Z")

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Please follow the format below for requesting a feature.

**The problem that this feature will solve:**

Not having to manually select tool options.

 ![IMG_4936](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/6/a/6a45bf46727ebffa244c085d8aa5618e2b8695a0.jpeg)

_Consider adding screenshots and as many details as possible, to help the Shapr3D team and the community understand why you need this feature. Describing your workflow helps us building the right feature._

**Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature:**

If I can double press ‘O’ (or other tools’ hot key) it can switch between Loop and Single without having to manually choose this option with my mouse.

_Eg. “this feature should allow me to edit and create constrained assemblies with 100 000+ parts” or “using this feature I should be able to create G2 continuous lofts and manipulate the shape real time” or “with this feature I want to be able to quickly find a part in my designs by searching for its name”.  
Understanding the outcomes that you expect from this feature helps us more than describing an actual implementation of the feature that you’d expect._

**What can’t you achieve without this feature?**

It’s slower manually selecting Loop or Single.

_Is this a workflow blocker for you? Is this why you can’t use Shapr3D for work? Is this slowing you down?_

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Gy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/peter_gy/32/9251_2.png) [@Peter\_Gy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Peter_Gy)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-switch-tool-options-with-hotkey/30142/2 "2024-02-02T09:16:52Z")

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Hi – thanks for the report!

It works like that for many tools (most notably in sketching), but it indeed does not work everywhere. It just came up in a different thread, see my answer there:

> [@Offset tool doesn't switch to sketch mode](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/offset-tool-doesnt-switch-to-sketch-mode/30126/2):
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> Nice catch! slight_smile That’s indeed a known limitation of the Offset tool that has a bunch of weird deep technical reasons that I won’t bore you with. As we are working on multiple things that’ll change how it works as part of the parametric feature set we decided to focus on that effort instead of investing into fixing this particular workflow. Thanks for the tip about the repeated shortcuts for union and others, we’ll consider it!