Format for Key and Mouse Bindings
The following format is used for key and mouse binding modifiers:
[modifiers]<operator>detail[(occurrences)] [EF]
where:
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Binding
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Description
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modifier
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(Optional) Specifies the modification key that get used with the bound key(s) or mouse button.
Valid values are:
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
Meta
None
Super (or Hyper): This is a custom modifier that may not always work with mouse bindings. A Super (or Hyper) modifier can be set through the use of xmodmap, where, for example, you can re-define the use of the ride-sided Alt key (Alt_R) for use as a Super or Hyper modifier and assign that to an unused modifier bit.
After the Super or Hyper modifiers are defined, they also get listed by hiBindKeyModifiers.
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operator
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Specifies the bound key or mouse button
Surrounding angle brackets (<>) are required.
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Key
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Keyboard key
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Btn1Down
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Left mouse button
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Btn2Down
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Middle mouse button
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Btn3Down
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Right mouse button
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Btn4Down
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Scroll wheel up
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Btn5Down
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Scroll wheel down
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Btn8Down
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Thumb button closest to the wrist
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Btn9Down
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Thumb button farthest from the wrist
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DrawThru1
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Click and hold left mouse button while moving mouse
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DrawThru2
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Click and hold middle mouse button while moving mouse
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DrawThru3
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Click and hold right mouse button while moving mouse
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DrawThru8
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Click and hold closest thumb button while moving mouse
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DrawThru9
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Click and hold farthest thumb button while moving mouse
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detail
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Specifies the name of the keyboard key, such as A, B, F3, Tab, or Del
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occurrences
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(Optional) Specifies the number of times to use a mouse button. Should not be specified for Btn4Down or Btn5Down.
Use 2 for double-click, 1 for single-click. If you do not specify a value for occurrences, the software uses 1 (single-click). If you do specify a value, the surrounding parentheses are required.
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EnterFunction Command
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(Optional) Indicates that the binding is effective during a user entry function (such as drawing a rectangle).
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A number of hard-coded keys have been set to be recognized for pan and zoom when performing a DrawThru command.
For example, if you are performing a drag-zoom (typically using the right-mouse button) or a drag-select (typically using the left-mouse button), you can use the Arrow keys and Z and Shift+Z to pan and zoom during that operation.
This is achieved where:
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The Arrow keys pan in the appropriate direction by calling
hiAbsolutePan -
Z calls hiZoomInAtMouse -
Shift+Z calls hiZoomOutAtMouse
These are however all hard-coded not editable through the bindkey interface and are in addition to the Esc key, which calls cancelEnterFun() during the Drawthru command. Apart from this, you can also use the f key to zoom-fit a design. The f key calls the hiZoomAbsoluteScale() function.
Related Topics
hiAbsolutePan
hiZoomInAtMouse
hiZoomOutAtMouse
hiZoomAbsoluteScale
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