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=== Mouse Navigation === | === Mouse Navigation === | ||
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Moving the mouse shows the current sky coordinates of the mouse in the statusbar.</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Clicking the mouse identifies the nearest object in the statusbar; the object's "long name" is shown </font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Hovering the mouse attaches a temporary label to the nearest object.</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Hover labels fade out when the mouse moves</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Hover labels only appear when the map is not in motion</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Double-clicking attaches a label to the nearest object, centers it in the display, and engages tracking.</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">The double-click label is removed when the object is no longer centered</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Click-and-drag moves the map such that the cursor remains roughly in the same place in the sky. </font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Dragging the sky disengages tracking</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Dragging the sky to one of the poles does not cause odd behavior</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Click-and-drag with Ctrl pressed draws a rectangle in the map that defines a new area to be displayed when the mouse button is released</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Click-and-drag with the middle mouse button zooms in and out according to the vertical motion of the mouse</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Scrolling the mouse wheel zooms in and out.</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Right-click opens a context-sensitive popup menu for the object nearest the mouse cursor.</font> |
=== Keyboard commands === | === Keyboard commands === | ||
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">Arrow keys: scroll the display. Holding Shift increases the speed</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">[0-9] center on a major solar system body (0 is the sun, 3 is the moon; the rest are planets in order from Mercury to Pluto)</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">[<,>] Advance clock forward/backward by one time step (clock will be paused if it isn't already)</font> |
==== Object Actions: ==== | ==== Object Actions: ==== | ||
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">C: Track object</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">D: Open the Details window</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">L: Attach/Remove the label</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">O: Add object to Observing List</font> |
| − | * <font color="# | + | * <font color="#00AA00">T: Attach/remove trail (solar system only)</font> |
| + | * <font color="#CC8800">Pressing Shift targets action on the focused object, rather than the clicked object</font> | ||
=== Menu functions and keyboard shortcuts === | === Menu functions and keyboard shortcuts === | ||
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[1]: Should the epoch box be preset to the current clock's epoch, rather than J2000?
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