Using Electric 1-8: The Mouse

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION

| ## 1-8: The Mouse |

Electric supports a number of different mouse configurations on different platforms. It presumes that Macintosh mice have 1-button, PC mice have 2, and UNIX mice have 2 or 3 (only 2 are used). In addition, it allows different keys to be combined with the clicks for advanced functions.

To simplify this manual, each of the different mouse commands is given a name. The table below shows the actual button and key combinations for each named mouse command.

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.

Here is a list of all mouse commands and their button/keyboard combinations:

| | | UNIX | | | Windows | | | Macintosh
Command | | | Three-Button | | | Two-Button | | | One-Button
Selection | | |  |  |  | left | | |  |  |  | left | | |  |  |  |  | click
Toggle1 Select | | | shift |  |  | left | | | shift |  |  | left | | | shift |  |  |  | click
Select Another2 | | |  | ctrl |  | left | | |  | ctrl |  | left | | |  | ctrl |  |  | click
Toggle Select Another | | | shift | ctrl |  | left | | | shift | ctrl |  | left | | | shift | ctrl |  |  | click
Special3 Select | | |  |  | meta | left | | |  |  | alt | left | | |  |  |  | opt | click
Toggle Special Select | | | shift |  | meta | left | | | shift |  | alt | left | | | shift |  |  | opt | click
Special Select Another | | |  | ctrl | meta | left | | |  | ctrl | alt | left | | |  | ctrl |  | opt | click
Toggle Special Select Another | | | shift | ctrl | meta | left | | | shift | ctrl | alt | left | | | shift | ctrl |  | opt | click
Information | | | DOUBLE | left | | | DOUBLE | left | | | DOUBLE | click
Creation | | |  |  |  | right | | |  |  |  | right | | |  |  | cmd |  | click
Rectangle Select4 | | |  |  | meta | right | | |  |  | alt | right | | |  |  | cmd | opt | click
Rectangle Zoom5 | | | shift |  | meta | right | | | shift |  | alt | right | | | shift |  | cmd | opt | click
Wire/Technology Edit6 | | | shift |  |  | right | | | shift |  |  | right | | | shift |  | cmd |  | click

- 1: "Toggle" implies inversion of the selection, deselecting what is already selected and adding unselected objects.
- 2: "Another" implies cycling through a list of objects that are under the cursor.
- 3: "Special" allows the selection of "Hard-to-Select" objects.
- 4: Defines a rectangular area.
- 5: Defines a rectangular area and zooms into it.
- 6: Same as "Creation" except that it does not connect if over another object. Also used in Technology Editing to make changes.

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".

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