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Mouse actions and keyboard accelerator

Temporary quick and dirty manual.

Mouse

Left button Rotate scene around axis in plane of display
Shift-Left button
Display the coordinates (or other properties) "under" the mouse cursor in a pop-up window. See mouse for details.
Control-Left button
(cmd-clik on mac)
Change orientation of cross section plane

Control-Left double click
(cmd-doubleclik on mac)
Set orientation of cross section parallel to the screen

Middle button
(alt-click on mac)
Translate scene

Shift-Middle button
(shift-alt-click on mac)
Change light direction

Right button
(ctrl-click on mac)
Abort pause

Wheel Rotate scene around axis perpendicular to plane of screen
Shift-Wheel Same as wheel, but with smaller steps
Control-Wheel (cmd-wheel on mac) Increase/decrease crossdis
Control-Shift-Wheel (cmd-shift-wheel on mac) Increase/decrease crossdis in smaller steps

Keyboard

Page up/down Zoom in/out
Keypad +/- Increase/decrease column
ScrollLock Abort from replay
shift-Pause Abort from replay
Pause sleep/wake up
Less/greater than Increase/decrease crossdis
Esc Open/close command window
alt-Q quit
alt +/- Same as keypad +/-