Keyboard shortcuts are used by pressing the key while the mouse cursor
is in the appropriate view. You do not have to select the view before
pressing the key.
Visual Filter Shortcuts
- 1 or End: zoom in in Y
- 2 or down arrow: move the visual filter down
- 3 or Page Down: zoom out in Y
- 4 or left arrow: move the visual filter left
- 5: set the visual filter to the "home" location (the default is to
show all data)
- 6 or right arrow: move the visual filter right
- 7 or Home: zoom in in X
- 8 or up arrow: move the visual filter up
- 9 or Page Up: zoom out in X
- Backspace: toggle between the last two visual filter
settings
- c or C: fit cursor to current visual filter (cursor fills
view)
2D Mouse Actions
- Click: select view and move cursor (if view contains a cursor)
- Drag: move cursor (if on a cursor) or zoom in
- Control-drag: X-only zoom (if not on a cursor).
- Alt-drag: zoom out (if not on a cursor)
- Shift-drag: zoom out (same as Alt-drag)
- Shift-click: show data records, if any, at mouse location
- F1: toggle display of help information for the current view
3D Mouse Actions, Jmol view
Note that a Jmol view is one that shows both atoms and bonds.
- Right click: show Jmol popup menu
- Control-left click: show Jmol popup menu
- Left click on atom (with or without shift): drill down (show
associated record values)
- Double-left click on atom: go into distance measurement mode
- Left drag: rotate object
- Shift-drag, left/right: rotate object in the plane of the screen
- Shift-drag, up/down: zoom in (move mouse down) or out (move
mouse up)
- Alt-drag: same as shift-drag
- Control-right drag: move object
- Scroll wheel: zoom in (scroll down) or out (scroll up)
3D Mouse Actions, non-Jmol view
- Mouse drag: rotate object
- Control-drag: zoom in (move mouse down) or out (move mouse up)
- Alt-drag: move object
- Shift-drag: move object (same as Alt-drag)
Other 3D Shortcuts, non-Jmol view
- r or R: reset coordinate system to default
Symbol Display Shortcuts
- +: increase symbol size
- -: decrease symbol size
- v or V: toggle display of data values as text superimposed on symbols
- s or S: toggle display of symbols (disabled)
If you have any trouble using this software, please contact
devise-sup@cs.wisc.edu
Last updated 2004-01-05.