en:documentation:keyboard_shortcuts

# Keyboard Shortcuts

## Scale, Field of Vision

- +: Zoom in
- -: Zoom out
- 1, 2, …9, 0, a: predefined FOV range #
- Mousewheel push: Zoom in
- Mousewheel pull: Zoom out
- Continuous left mouse click with drag of the mouse cursor: select a zone to Zoom in
  - Continuous left mouse click with drag of the mouse cursor: move the selected zone over the chart
  - left-click in the selected zone: confirm the Zoom

For a precise form of control over the Field of Vision, see the lower part of View → Postion.

The left mouse click behavior can be changed by using the Change mouse mode button

## Directions and displacements

- n: Display the North horizon
- e: Display the East horizon
- s: Display the South horizon
- w: Display the West horizon
- z: Display the Zenith
- keyboard and numpad arrows (even diagonal): chart displacement in the direction of the arrow
  - + Ctrl: faster displacement
  - + Shift: slower displacement
- Mousewheel click and drag: chart displacement
- shift + left mouse key pressed and drag: chart displacement

For a precise positioning of your chart, see the upper part of View → Position.

## Finder mark

Enter the rotation mode

- Shift+C : Rotate the main camera rectangle.
- Shift+G : Rotate the guider position around the main camera center.
- Shift+S : Rotate both the main camera and guider at the same time.

Rotate

- Left arrow : Rotate counterclockwise by five degrees.
- Right arrow : Rotate clockwise by five degrees.

Quit the rotation mode using the same key as to enter

## Telescope

- Ctrl+K : Abort slew

## Stars

The following is only applicable when the display of stars is set to parametric mode.

- ctrl + q: increase faint stars size
- ctrl + a: decrease faint stars size
- ctrl + w: increase brightness
- ctrl + s: decrease brightness
- ctrl + e: increase contrast
- ctrl + d: decrease contrast
- ctrl + r: increase color saturation
- ctrl + f: decrease color saturation
- ctrl + i: show/hide the background pictures

## Object selection

- left-click on an object: Select the nearest object in the cursor radius and show selection label.
- Ctrl + left-click on an object: Selects an extended object whose cursor is within the diameter.
- Alt + left button down : Continuously identify objects under the cursor.

## Object information and label

- left-click on an object selection label: Open the detail information window
- right-click on an object: object pop-up menu
- Ctrl+L: Display the chart informations.
- Ctrl+Shift+L: Display the chart legend.

While “edit label” mode is on:

- left-click on label: detailed information
- right-click on label: edit label pop-up menu

## Window

- F1: contextual help (These documents)
- F11: full screen
- ctrl + b: show/hide toolbars
- ctrl + c: copy chart to clipboard
- ctrl + l: reload the translation file for the current language
- ctrl + tab: activate the next chart