# Separate 'undo' between view changes and model changes

**URL:** <https://community.qonic.com/t/separate-undo-between-view-changes-and-model-changes/252>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [May 6, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://community.qonic.com/t/separate-undo-between-view-changes-and-model-changes/252 "2026-05-06T08:08:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Johan\_De\_Cock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.qonic.com/johan_de_cock/32/235_2.png) [@Johan\_De\_Cock](https://community.qonic.com/u/Johan_De_Cock)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://community.qonic.com/t/separate-undo-between-view-changes-and-model-changes/252/1 "2026-05-06T08:08:24Z")

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In my opinion the undo functionality has a couple of unfortunate side effects:

1. When undoing something, the view angle changes back to the situation from before that change. For example: 1. I use push/pull to change something; 2. I change view angle and zoom to see better and notice the change I made was on the wrong element; 3. Hit undo to restore the push/pull action =\> but now the view angle also reverts back; 4. I have to find the correct angle/… again
2. Creating a section is also considered as an undo action. For me, it isn’t (unless saving that section to a saved view).

Seeing the undo list would also be a nice addition. And then maybe the ability to undo a specific action even if that is not the last action in the list.

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**Author:** ![user16](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.qonic.com/user16/32/273_2.png) [@user16](https://community.qonic.com/u/user16)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.qonic.com/t/separate-undo-between-view-changes-and-model-changes/252/2 "2026-08-07T21:14:30Z")

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Solution could be:

Command + Z to undo Operations

Command + Shift + Z to undo View Change

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**Author:** ![Johan\_De\_Cock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.qonic.com/johan_de_cock/32/235_2.png) [@Johan\_De\_Cock](https://community.qonic.com/u/Johan_De_Cock)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://community.qonic.com/t/separate-undo-between-view-changes-and-model-changes/252/3 "2026-08-10T06:21:30Z")

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Or the other way around …

I was talking to a colleague last week who is using mostly read-only views. And then it does make a lot of sense to have the view changes undoable with ctrl+Z (we are on Windows 😉 )  
In that view, it makes a lot of sense to have the “common” feature set the most intuitive and make things that are specific to modelling/editing a bit more complex, compared to the other way around.

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**Author:** ![user16](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.qonic.com/user16/32/273_2.png) [@user16](https://community.qonic.com/u/user16)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://community.qonic.com/t/separate-undo-between-view-changes-and-model-changes/252/4 "2026-08-12T01:59:39Z")

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> [@Johan\_De\_Cock](#):
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> Or the other way around …
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> I was talking to a colleague last week who is using mostly read-only views. And then it does make a lot of sense to have the view changes undoable with ctrl+Z (we are on Windows 😉 )  
> In that view, it makes a lot of sense to have the “common” feature set the most intuitive and make things that are specific to modelling/editing a bit more complex, compared to the other way

Yep, an entirely logical reasoning. So there, we’ve solved a problem with two approaches. Also could leave it up to the user to decide in preferences 😉