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drawing

Drawing

The current cell is displayed here. The mouse function depends on the activated mode. But three functions are always possible:

mouse right The main menu is opened by a right click in the drawing.
mouse right move Hold the right mouse-button to scroll.
mouse scroll Use the mouse-wheel to zoom in/out. You will get a fine zoom, if the mouse wheel is used together with the Shift or Control key.

layer

Layer Button

Via this buttons the display of the drawing is controlled. Visibility, color, fill-style, etc. is set via these buttons. All setup can (like any other function) also be done via the main menu.
The most important functions are:

mouse right Left click to make layer active.
mouse middle or mouse shift left Shift left/middle click to toggle visibility of a layer.
mouse shift ctrl leftshift+ctrl left click to edit layer properties.

mousehelp

Mouse Help

mouseShows the occupancy of all mouse buttons. Following mousebuttons modifier combinations are used:

mouse left left mouse click
mouse shift left shift + left mouse click
mouse ctl left ctl + left mouse click
mouse shift ctl left shift+ctl left mouse click
mouse left move move mouse with pressed left button
mouse shift left move move mouse with pressed shift and left button
mouse left wait hold the left mouse button for a few seconds
mouse middle middle mouse click
mouse scroll mouse-wheel scroll
mouse right right mouse click
mouse shift right shift + right mouse click
mouse ctl right ctl + right mouse click
mouse right move move mouse with pressed right button

toolbuttons

Tool Buttons

Most functions are available direct via a tool button. Help on the individual buttons is accessible through the "What's This" function (Shift+F1).The visibility of the different toolbars can adjusted via a right click on a free place in the dockarea. After program start the last setup is recovered.

mouse right Right mouse click to adjust toolbar setup.

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multitool


Multitool Buttons

Some Tool Buttons are Multitool Buttons. A subfunctions can be selected.

mouse middle or mouse shift left Shift left/middle click to select subfunction.
mouse left wait hold the left mouse button to show a menu.

position


Position Indicator

Shows the absolute coordinates. In some modes also relative coordinate are displayed in braces.

grid


Grid Indicator

Shows the grid size. It is also displayed, if a adaptive gride mode is active (AUTO).

select


Select Indicator

Shows a statistic on selected elements.

time


Time Indicator

Shows some performance information on computing intensive operations like drawing time or DRC operation.

shotkeys


Shortkeys

Nearly all functions can also be accessed via shortkeys. The most important functions like select and zoom are mapped on number-block. A list of all shortkeys can be found here. With the "CapsLock" key you can display all available shortkeys on the associated tool buttons.