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6.1 The Mouse

An active Vivant instance, whether in a slide show or a web page, is interactive and can be manipulated with the mouse.

Vivant shares a very similar mouse map as VIDA. Vivant does not allow selection or a right click popup menu, but otherwise it is identical to VIDA.


Table 6.1: Vivant Mouse Map
Function Mouse Buttons and/or Keyboard Modifiers
Zoom Wheel
  XY motion while holding Middle button
  XY motion while holding Left+Right buttons
Rotate XY motion while holding Left button
Rotate around Z axis XY motion while holding Left button and Alt
Translate in XY plane XY motion while holding Left button and Shift
Translate in Z plane Wheel and Alt
  XY motion while holding Left button and Alt+Shift
Change clipping plane Wheel and Control+Shift
Change far clipping plane (if enabled) Wheel and Alt+Control
Change near clipping plane (if enabled) Wheel and Alt+Shift
Text Scale Wheel and Control
Adjust contour level Wheel and Shift
Show labels XY motion and Control

Figure 6.1: Vivant in a PowerPoint slide show
 
Image vivant_powerpoint

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Documentation released on 17 August 2007.