Chapter 1
Keyboard and Mouse Quick Reference
1.1
Main image window
These keyboard and mouse operations are available when the main image window has the focus.
1.1.1
Panning and Zooming commands
Scroll wheel turned
Zoom in or out
Digit (1234567890)
Zoom image to 1X, 2X, ..., 9X, 10X
Shift + Digit
Zoom image to 1/2X, 1/3X, ..., 1/9X, 1/10X
Backquote (`)
Zoom image to fit window
Minus, Underscore (- )
Zoom out
Equals, Plus (=+)
Zoom in
Middle (scroll) button drag
Pan image freely (when zoomed in)
p
Set pan position for zooming
Shift + Left click
Set pan position for zooming
q
Pan image freely (when zoomed in); move mouse (no button press);
left click to terminate)
Ctrl + Left drag
Proportional pan (press and drag left mouse button)
apostrophe (')
Set autozoom for new images to override
doublequote ('')
Set autozoom for new images to on
1.1.2
Cut levels and colormap commands
a
Auto cut levels
comma, left angle (,>)
Interactive cut low (with left mouse button)
period, right angle (.<)
Interactive cut high (with left mouse button)
slash (/)
Interactive shift colormap (with left mouse button)
semicolon (;)
Set autocuts for new images to override
colon (:)
Set autocuts for new images to on
Ctrl + Scroll wheel turned
Adjust both high and low cut levels (coarse adjustment)
Shift + Scroll wheel turned
Adjust both high and low cut levels (fine adjustment)
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1.1. MAIN IMAGE WINDOW
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Ginga FITS Viewer Manual
1.1.3
Transform commands
Left bracket ([)
Flip image in X
Left brace (
{)
Restore image in X
Right bracket (])
Flip image in Y
Right brace (
})
Restore image in Y
Backslash (
\)
Swap X and Y axes
Vertical bar (
|)
Restore X and Y axes
r
Interactive rotate (with left mouse button)
R
Restore rotation to 0 degrees
1.1.4
Tab Navigation
I
Raise Info tab
H
Raise Header tab
Z
Raise Zoom tab
D
Raise Dialogs tab
T
Raise Thumbs tab
C
Raise Contents tab
?
Raise Help tab
1.1.5
Plugins
Escape
Stop current plugin operation
F1
Start Pick
Stellar evaluation
F2
Start Ruler
Measure distances
F3
(Reserved for future use)
F4
Start MultiDim
Browse HDUs and image slices
F5
Start Cuts
Graph pixel values along a line
F6
Start Histogram
Graph pixel values in a region
F7
Start PixTable
Show maxtrix of pixel values around cursor
F8
(Reserved for future use)
F9
Start Preferences
Set preferences for a channel
F10
Start Catalog
Access image and star catalogs
F11
Start Drawing
Draw graphics on an image
F12
Start FBrowser
Browse and load files
If there are one or more plugins active, additional mouse or keyboard bindings may be present. In
general, the left mouse button is used to select, pick or move, and the right mouse button is used to
draw a shape for the operation. On the Mac, control + mouse button can also be used to draw or
right click.
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