Node View Panel Commands
The node view panel provides a number of actions that may be triggered by user actions within the view rendering panel.
Node View Motion
DepanFX provides a number of ways to change the view of node graph. Many of the view changing commands act on the viewpoint, or camera. The actions of these commands can be broken done into a number of categories.
- dolly: move the camera on the indicated direction, typically one of the three standard axes.
- rotate: rotate the camera on the indicated axis.
- forward: move the camera in the direction it is looking.
- reverse: move the camera in the away from the direction it is looking.
Note that forward or reverse have effects that resemble zooming in or out. Zooming in changes the cameras field of view, effectively magnifying the included items. Moving forward brings the camera closer, which also magnifies the included items.
Keyboard Commands
The node view panel provides a number of keyboard commands.
| Key | Ctrl | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Home | no | home |
| Up | no | dolly y one unit positive |
| yes | rotate about x 10° negative | |
| Down | no | dolly y one unit negative |
| yes | rotate about x 10° positive | |
| Left | no | dolly x one unit positive |
| yes | rotate about y 10° negative | |
| Right | no | dolly x one unit negative |
| yes | rotate about y 10° positive | |
| Page Up | no | dolly z one unit positive |
| yes | forward one unit | |
| Page Down | no | dolly z one unit negative |
| yes | reverse one unit | |
| Plus ("+") | no | zoom in (90%) |
| Minus ("-") | no | zoom out (110%) |
Mouse Commands
| Gesture | Shift | Ctrl | Alt | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouse Drag | no | no | no | Dolly camera |
| Mouse Drag | Move selection | |||
| Mouse Drag | yes | no | no | Selection rectangle |
| Mouse Click | no | no | no | Select node |
| Mouse Click | no | yes | no | Add selected node |
| Mouse Click | no | no | yes | Remove selected node |
| Mouse Release | X - drag option | no | no | Select nodes |
| Mouse Release | X - drag option | yes | no | Add selected nodes |
| Mouse Release | X - drag option | no | yes | Remove selected nodes |