Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
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1-8: The Mouse
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Electric's mouse button commands adapt to the different types of mice in the world:
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UNIX
Three-Button
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Windows
Two-Button
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Macintosh
One-Button
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| Selection |
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left |
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left |
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click |
| Toggle1 Select |
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shift |
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left |
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shift |
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left |
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shift |
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click |
| Select Another2 |
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ctrl |
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left |
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ctrl |
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left |
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ctrl |
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click |
| Toggle Select Another |
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shift |
ctrl |
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left |
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shift |
ctrl |
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left |
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shift |
ctrl |
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click |
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| Special3 Select |
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meta |
left |
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alt |
left |
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opt |
click |
| Toggle Special Select |
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shift |
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meta |
left |
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shift |
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alt |
left |
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shift |
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opt |
click |
| Special Select Another |
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ctrl |
meta |
left |
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ctrl |
alt |
left |
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ctrl |
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opt |
click |
| Toggle Special Select Another |
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shift |
ctrl |
meta |
left |
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shift |
ctrl |
alt |
left |
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shift |
ctrl |
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opt |
click |
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| Information |
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DOUBLE
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left |
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DOUBLE
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left |
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DOUBLE
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click |
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| Creation / Tech. Edit |
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right |
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right |
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cmd |
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click |
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| Rectangle Select4 |
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meta |
right |
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alt |
right |
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cmd |
opt |
click |
| Rectangle Zoom5 |
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shift |
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meta |
right |
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shift |
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alt |
right |
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shift |
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cmd |
opt |
click |
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| Wire6 |
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shift |
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right |
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shift |
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right |
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shift |
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cmd |
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click |
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Electric presumes that Macintosh mice have 1-button, PC mice have 2, and
UNIX mice have 2 or 3 (only 2 are used).
Therefore, different versions of the mouse commands combine key presses with clicks.
For example, the selection button is used to highlight objects on the display.
On systems with 1-button mice (i.e. Macintosh),
the selection button is a plain click of the button, but on systems with two or three buttons,
the selection button is the left button.
A note to users of the KDE 2.1 window system (Linux/UNIX): The Alt-Left button
is used by the window system, and as a result, you may not be able to issue the
Special Select button. To disable the window systems use of this button
combination, use the KDE control tool, select "Look & Feel", "Window behavior",
"Actions" tab. Near the bottom, select "nothing" instead of "default move".
Notes from mouse table:
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1: "Toggle" implies inversion of the selection, deselecting what is already
selected and adding unselected objects.
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2: "Another" implies cycling through a list of objects that are under the
cursor.
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3: "Special" allows the selection of "Hard-to-Select" objects.
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4: Defines a rectangular area.
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5: Defines a rectangular area and zooms into it.
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6: Same as "Creation" except that it does not connect if over another object.
Also used in Technology Editing to make changes.
