Zooming and Panning Options
The Graphics Editor supports zooming and panning within the active canvas.
Select the topic related to your task:
Aerial View
- You have a graphic open and would like to zoom in/out or pan to a specific area of the graphic.
- Do one of the following:
- Navigate to the docked Aerial view.
- Add it to the dock panel. From the View tab, on the Display Views group, check the Aerial View box to display the view.
- In the Aerial view, do one of the following:
- To pan the viewport rectangle, click anywhere within the viewport rectangle and drag the viewport to the desired location
- To resize and zoom in or out using the viewport rectangle, click anywhere on the green viewport border, and with the double-headed arrow drag the border to resize the viewport.
Pan Mode
- You are in Design or Test mode and have a graphic open.
- On the Home tab, in the Zoom group, click Pan .
- The mouse pointer changes to the four-arrow cursor displays.
- You can do one of the following to pan in or out of the drawing board and canvas:
- Right-click the canvas and drag the canvas in the direction you want to view.
- Select the LEFT, RIGHT, UP and DOWN arrow keys on the keyboard pad to navigate in the direction you want to view.
- When you are finished zooming, click Pan to change the cursor back to the normal cursor.
Zoom Group Functions
A zoom factor of a graphic can be changed using one of the following methods from the Zoom group:
- You are in Design or Test mode and have a graphic open.
- On the Home tab, in the Zoom group, you have the following zooming options available to you:
- Click 100% to display the active graphic at 100% magnification.
- Click Fit Size to scale the graphic so that the entire graphic and all the elements on the graphic are visible.
- Click Free Zoom to draw a zoom rectangle directly on the canvas; the magnification is adjusted as you increase and decrease the size of the zoom rectangle magnifies. Repeat as needed.
- Click and drag the Zoom Slider either increase or decrease magnification of the active elements.
- Repeat as needed.
Related Topics
For workspace overview, see the following:
For background information, see Zooming and Panning.