Chapter I: INTRODUCTION

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8: The Mouse

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

Command
UNIX
Three-Button
Windows
Two-Button
Macintosh
One-Button
Selection
left
left
click
Toggle Select
shift-left
shift-left
shift-click
Select Another
control-left
control-left
control-click
Toggle Select Another 
control-shift-left 
control-shift-left 
control-shift-click 
Special Select
meta-shift-left
alt-shift-left
cmd-control-click
Rectangle Select
meta-left
alt-left
cmd-opt-click
Rectangle Zoom
meta-right
alt-right
shift-opt-click
Information
double-left
double-left
double-click
Creation
right
right
cmd-click
Wire/Technology Edit
shift-right
shift-right
opt-click
Constrained Move
control-right
control-right
cmd-shift-click


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