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Gestures won't delete?

Shippo Goodliffe
Your local furry Fox
Join date: 2 Jan 2006
Posts: 17
05-10-2007 19:08
Hey, um. I have a problem. Awhile ago when I was new to SL pretty much (like over a year ago), I got a lot of gestures and all, but now, I want them all gone except for like 3. Only problem is that I trashed and purged all the ones I don't want, thinking they would be gone.. But they're still on my list! Without having them in inventory, I don't know how to deactivate them so they don't show... Anyone know how..? =x Any help is appreciated.
Mistylee Usitnov
Registered User
Join date: 14 Aug 2006
Posts: 6
05-10-2007 19:51
Having the same problem - i have about 8 gestures "missing from database" and unable to delete or deactivate them..
Kitty Barnett
Registered User
Join date: 10 May 2006
Posts: 5,586
05-11-2007 05:14
Create a new gesture (Right-click on a folder, and pick "New Gesture" from the context menu) and give it the same trigger as one of those you can't delete (you can find the triggers listed in the gestures dropdown in the lower-right corner). When you activate that one, it'll tell you it replaced the existing gesture and you can just deactive the new one.

Do that for all the ones you can't remove or that are missing :).
Shippo Goodliffe
Your local furry Fox
Join date: 2 Jan 2006
Posts: 17
05-12-2007 07:41
I'll try, but isn't there any other way? It's really annoying having them fill up my gestures list, I only want like 3, but they're all deleted so I'm stuck with like 70... I don't want them to show up at all x.x
Kitty Barnett
Registered User
Join date: 10 May 2006
Posts: 5,586
05-12-2007 10:46
From: Shippo Goodliffe
I'll try, but isn't there any other way? It's really annoying having them fill up my gestures list, I only want like 3, but they're all deleted so I'm stuck with like 70... I don't want them to show up at all x.x
The only reason to create a new one is to deactive it and remove it from the dropdown:

/hey <- this one is missing
/mews <- this one is deleted
/purrs <- this one you want to keep

So you create a new gesture with "/hey" as the trigger, activate it, deactivate it, change the trigger to "/mews", activate it, deactivate it, and delete.

You'll end up with the one gesture you want to keep.
Shippo Goodliffe
Your local furry Fox
Join date: 2 Jan 2006
Posts: 17
05-12-2007 14:36
From: Kitty Barnett
The only reason to create a new one is to deactive it and remove it from the dropdown:

/hey <- this one is missing
/mews <- this one is deleted
/purrs <- this one you want to keep

So you create a new gesture with "/hey" as the trigger, activate it, deactivate it, change the trigger to "/mews", activate it, deactivate it, and delete.

You'll end up with the one gesture you want to keep.


Thanks! Now I've gone down from 70 gestures to the only four I use. =3