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
Toggle Select
Select Another
Toggle Select Another
Special Select
Toggle Special Select
Special Select Another
Toggle Special Select Another 
Information
Creation
Rectangle Select
Rectangle Zoom
Wire/Technology Edit
Constrained Move
left
shiftleft
ctrlleft
shiftctrlleft 
metaleft
shiftmetaleft
ctrlmetaleft
shiftctrlmetaleft
DOUBLE
left
right
metaright
shiftmetaright
shiftright
ctrlright
left
shiftleft
ctrlleft
shiftctrlleft 
altleft
shiftaltleft
ctrlaltleft
shiftctrlaltleft
DOUBLE
left
right
altright
shiftaltright
shiftright
ctrlright
click
shiftclick
ctrlclick
shiftctrlclick 
optclick
shiftoptclick
ctrloptclick
shiftctrloptclick
DOUBLE
click
cmdclick
cmdoptclick
shiftcmdoptclick
shiftcmdclick
ctrlcmdclick


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