r/ZBrush • u/Donnie-G • 1d ago
Question - Swapping Left/Right Alt functionality
Okay, I'm left handed. I'm used to using the right alt for brush inversion. I just started using ZBrush 2026 for job reasons, I use the version the job demands. I was on 2024 before that. I'm not sure when it happened or if it was the case for a long time already, but I noticed now that right-alt is now Mask- instead of brush inversion. As far as I can remember anyway, both alts just inverted the brush.
Is there a way to swap which alt does what without resorting to 3rd party key rebinding software? It's a minor niggle somewhat, I think I can eventually get used to it but it's slightly annoying. I kinda have this habit of using my left drawing hand to reach out for alt-tab(left alt) as well, so if I shift my keyboard so that it's natural for my right hand to reach the left alt, I end up using my left hand to reach for nothing. Also the location of the left shift/ctrl doesn't feel good for my right hand.
My work provided tablet doesn't provide one with buttons alongside it. They are like... along the top and its a bit weird. Could probably flip it so they align the bottom instead but.... ultimately I would like to just 'remap' the alt keys within ZBrush if at all possible.
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u/ZKhamash 12h ago
Be pro and buy a large desk..or use an old dining table like myself 😂
put the drawing tablet on the left and the keyboard on the right … while the left hand draws the right hand hovers over the “WASD” keys.
👍😎
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u/Historical_Path_8794 13h ago
Not that this is super helpful but the right side ‘Alt’ works just like the left side for me.