Creating a linked copy on Mac OS?

flo

Hi,

I decided to make an effort to learn the basics of OpenSesame and will have to put together a number of tasks in the next couple of months. Therefore, I wanted to start with the basics and work through a couple of tutorials and look at examples. I started with the step-by-step beginner tutorial but get stuck pretty early on. I am at this step: Append a new loop item, containing the previously created sequence, for the experimental phase. It says,

[...] However, because the trials of the practice and experimental phase are identical, they can use the same sequence. Therefore, instead of dragging a new sequence from the item toolbar, you can re-use the existing one (i.e. create a linked copy). To do this, drag the previously created sequence from the overview area onto _loop while holding the Ctrl key pressed. In the pop-up menu that appears, select ‘Set as item to run for _loop’.

But: holding the Ctrl key doesn't seem to work on Mac OS (Yosemite; OpenSesame 2.9.6). The sequence gets moved to Unused Items. I also tried using other keys (cmd, shift, and alt) but the result is always the same.

Therefore, my question is: how can I create a linked copy of an object on Mac?

Thank you for your time!

• Florian

PS: I just finished the tutorial (without the practice loop so that I don't need a linked copy of the block_sequence). Thank you very much for putting together such an amazingly detailed tutorial!

sebastiaan

Hi Flo,

As an alternative, you can simply select an existing item in the 'Item to run' drop-down box of the loop. Does that clear things up?

Cheers,
Sebastiaan

flo

Hi Sebastiaan,

I knew there should be an alternative way to get this done but couldn't figure it out. Thank you!

• Florian