{"id":17150,"date":"2017-06-14T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=17150"},"modified":"2017-06-13T13:18:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T17:18:56","slug":"no-disappearing-menu-boxes-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2017\/06\/no-disappearing-menu-boxes-trick.html","title":{"rendered":"No More Disappearing Menu Boxes with this Trick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017-06-12_13-33-20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-17158\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017-06-12_13-33-20-120x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>When it comes to designing, speed and efficiency definitely matter most. In SOLIDWORKS, the best way to do something usually turns out to be the quickest or most efficient way. One of the most best ways to focus on your designs and model quicker is to take advantage of the context menus that appear as you click on an item. These are those boxes that appear offering you quick access to things like sketch relations or mates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/gif.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-17152 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/gif-300x169.gif\" alt=\"SOLIDWORKS Menu Boxes\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/gif-300x169.gif 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/gif-768x432.gif 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/gif-615x346.gif 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/gif-728x409.gif 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Click on an entity and a box appears; but move your mouse anywhere but directly to it and it will disappear. This may seem passive aggressive at first but really it makes sense. If you don&#8217;t immediately need or use the functionality it disappears so it won&#8217;t come between you \u00a0and your model. But what \u00a0if you want to use that functionality? How do you get these context boxes to appear again?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017-06-12_13-36-28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17162 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017-06-12_13-36-28-120x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy! Just move your mouse to the area where the box was press the <em><strong>control key<\/strong><\/em>. This will bring the box back, giving you access to that quick and direct modeling functionality.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1140px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-17150-1\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/7-Return-context-menu.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/7-Return-context-menu.mp4\">https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/7-Return-context-menu.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to designing, speed and efficiency definitely matter most. In SOLIDWORKS, the best way to do something usually turns out to be the quickest or most efficient way. 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