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Zoom Tool

Turns on the Zoom tool so dragging in the current View zooms the View.

The Zoom tool remains active until you choose another modal navigation tool, or turn the Select tool on again.

Keyboard shortcut: Alt+Z

Zoom Region Tool

Turns on the Zoom Region tool so you can drag a rectangular region in the View to zoom in on that region.

The Zoom Region tool remains active until you choose another modal navigation tool, or turn the Select tool on again.

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+W

Zoom Extents

Zooms the View so all nodes in the view are visible and centered.

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+Z

Zoom Extents Selected

Zooms the View so all selected nodes in the view are visible and centered.

Keyboard shortcut: Z

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Show Grid

Toggles display of a grid as the View background. Default=on.

Keyboard shortcut: G

Show Scrollbars

Toggles display of scrollbars at the right side and bottom of the View, as needed. Default=off.

Lay Out All

Automatically arranges the layout of all nodes in the View.

The layout can be either horizontal or vertical, depending on the current layout choice on the toolbar.

Keyboard shortcut: L

Lay Out Children

Automatically arranges the layout of the children of the currently selected node. This does not change the position of the parent node.

Keyboard shortcut: C

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Open / Close Selected Nodes

Opens (expands) or closes (collapses) the selected nodes.

Auto Open Nodeslots

When on, all newly created nodes are open (expanded). When off, newly created nodes are closed (collapsed). Default=on.

Hide Unused Nodeslots

For a selected node, toggles display of the unused slots when the node is open.

Keyboard shortcut: H