Panning / Scrolling

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Panning / Scrolling

If an image is larger in one or both dimensions than the Image area, it can be scrolled to see different areas of the image. When this is the case, the mouse cursor will change to a hand shape.

Using the mouse

Left button:
oscaling by selecting necessary rectangle area on the drawing:
Viewer mode - this functionality is always switched on
Editor mode - press Rect Zooming button on the toolbar or select [View > Rect Zooming] menu command
oscaling by selecting necessary rectangle area on the drawing when Rect Zooming is switched off: press Alt key and select necessary rectangle
oselecting entities when Rect Zooming is switched off
Right button - panning image by the button held down.
Wheel:
oincrease and decrease the image by rotation of the wheel
opanning an image by the wheel held down
ofitting an image to the ABViewer's window by double click on the wheel

Using the keyboard

The cursor keys (arrow keys, Home, End, Pg Up, Pg Dn) can be used to scroll in the respective directions. Hold down Ctrl to increase scroll speed.