Double-Click Text, Blocks, Attributes or anything else!

Since the release of AutoCAD 2002, double-clicking (left mouse button) an object will perform an action. For example, if you double-click a piece of text, either DTEXT or MTEXT, the text editor will appear. When you double click a block the "Edit Block Definition" dialogue box appears, it is just like using the REFEDIT command. When you double click on a simple object like a LINE or a  RECTANGLE, the proprties palette appears. This is controlled by a system variable called DBLCLKEDIT. The variable has two options, ON or OFF. By default this variable is set to <ON>.

So if by chance, your double-click stops working, check the DBLCLKEDIT system variable to see if it is turned ON.

Comments

[Gordana]

AutoCAD 2007
double klick problem, pickfirst is (1)
DBLCKEDIT is (ON)
Please help me.
Thaks Gordana

[dave]

I thought i had the same problem, editing a block by double-clicking. In fact nothing would happen by double-clicking any object. I also wasn't able to identify a layer by selecting it first.

If this should happen, you might want to check the following command: pickfirst

This should be set to "1".

I can stop pounding my head on the desk.

[Steve Reynolds]

Morning Gents, actually not a comment but a plea for help. I'm an older Acad 2006 user [66 yrs old], and I can't keep up with the ongoing changes each year. My question is : how do I fix the rotation of a text notation in a block to zero degrees i.e. horizintal so that the text retains the same alignment when the block is rotated.

I'll be indebted for ever if you can provide a solution.

Best Regards.

[Jim Smith]

Unfortunately, it seems that AutoCAD 2006 no longer supports double-click editing of text in dimension objects. You have to call either the MTEXT or DTEXT editor to edit text now. This is more than a little inconvenient, since double-click text editing is the norm for all other objects. Any idea why this capability was removed?