Chapter I: INTRODUCTION

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The Mouse

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Electric supports a number of different mouse configurations on different platforms. It presumes that Macintosh mice have 1-button, PC mice have 2, and UNIX mice have 2 or 3 (only 2 are used). In addition, it allows different keys to be combined with the clicks for advanced functions.

To simplify this manual, each of the different mouse commands is given a name. The table below shows the actual button and key combinations for each named mouse command.

For example, the selection mouse command is used to highlight objects on the display. On systems with 1-button mice (i.e. Macintosh), the selection mouse command is a plain click of the button, but on systems with two or three buttons, the selection mouse command is the left button.

Here are a list of all mouse commands and their button/keyboard combinations:

Command
Macintosh
One-Button
Windows
Two-Button
UNIX
Three-Button
Selection
click
left
left
Toggle Select
shift-click
shift-left
shift-left
Select Another
control-click
control-left
control-left
Rectangle Select
cmd-opt-click
alt-left
meta-left
Information
double-click
double-left
double-left
Creation
cmd-click
right
right
Special Select
control-shift-click
alt-right
meta-right
Wire/Technology Edit 
opt-click
shift-right
shift-right
Constrained Move
cmd-shift-click
control-right
control-right


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