Recovering and Repeating Actions

You can retrieve actions that have been reversed by the Undo command.

Before you begin:
  • The Redo action can only be used to recover what you have canceled by performing an Undo. It cannot be used to perform actions not canceled by an Undo.
  • We assume that at least one object is open and that actions have been canceled (so that they can be recovered).
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  1. Open at least one object and reverse actions that can be recovered.

    In this scenario, the object looks like this:

  2. Click Redo in the Standard toolbar or select Edit > Redo xxx (or press Ctrl+Y), "xxx" corresponding to the name of the last action recovered.

    The last action is repeated.

  3. To recover the last action more than once, simply repeat step 1 as many times as required.

    Important:
    • When there is no action to recover, Redo is replaced by Repeat, putting you in the right conditions to restart a command that you just used. However, when a command run in repeat mode (i.e. when you double-click a command) is interrupted, it is automatically restarted afterwards and this, even if you click Cancel. The only way to interrupt a command in repeat mode is to select another command, such as Select, for instance.
    • Immediately after a Redo, the Repeat command is not available.

  4. Click Undo/Redo Overview .

    An overview of the actions that can be recovered in the active object is displayed and the name of the object open in the current editor is displayed at the top of the Reversing Actions (where you can see "Product2").

  5. Select the actions to be recovered then click in the dialog box.

    All recovered actions are transferred to the left part of the dialog box and you can reverse them, if needed:

    Important: To recover the first action only, click in the dialog box: as the first action is already highlighted in the list, it is recovered and removed from the history. To recover the first four actions for instance, click the fourth action in the list: clicking an action implies that all former actions are selected as well and thus, redone in order to keep the history.

    In this scenario, "Offset definition" has been selected in the right column which means that the line and offset creation has been recovered. The result now looks like this:



  6. Click Close.

    The Undo/Redo Overview dialog box is closed.

    Warning: Sometimes, the command is not grayed out but when it is run, no action is recovered. The reason is that a modification has been registered meanwhile and therefore, no Redo action is allowed. In that case, the Redo stack is emptied after clicking the Redo icon which is then grayed out.