Mouse
Rhinoceros > Preferences > Mouse
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The Mouse preferences control mouse operation for selecting and dragging.
Mouse
Mouse group select
Specifies how dragging to select works.
Method
Combo
- Drag a rectangle from left to right for window select.
- Drag a rectangle from right to left for crossing select.
Crossing Box
Always uses a crossing selection unless you use SelWindow command.
Window Box
Always uses a window selection unless you use SelCrossing command.
Force a window/crossing/combo selection any time by pressing Option and dragging with the left mouse button. This lets you start your window/crossing very near objects that would otherwise be selected by a single pick.
Choose what action is performed either by clicking the middle mouse button on a three-button mouse or by pressing the wheel on a wheeled mouse.
Popup menu
Pops up two-part menu at the cursor location. You can list your favorite commands in the top section. The bottom section is the list of most recent commands used.
Popup this Toolbar
Choose a toolbar to pop up at the cursor location. Create a toolbar containing your favorite commands or object snaps to use as a pop-up toolbar.
Run this Macro
Lists a series of commands that run when you click the middle mouse button.
Manipulate view
Click and hold to access the default middle button actions: Popup menu, Popup this toolbar, or Run this macro.
Pan - press Option to rotate
Pans the view.
Option + middle mouse button rotates the view.
Rotate - press Command to zoom)
Rotates the view.
Shift + middle mouse button pans.
Control / + middle mouse button zooms.
Swap pan and zoom
Swaps the Shift and Control key behavior for middle mouse button.
Shift + middle mouse button zooms the view
Control + middle mouse button pans the view.
To reverse the mouse wheel zoom direction, set the Zoom Scale factor to a value larger than 1 in View Preferences.
Use wheel / scroll ball to pan or rotate views.
Click and drag
Drag selected objects only
Lets you drag just the objects that are already selected. Enabling this option can prevent accidental dragging.
Control point drag threshold ___
The distance in pixels you must drag control points before the drag initiates. Set to higher values for high-resolution display. This helps prevent accidental dragging.
Object drag threshold ___
The distance in pixels you must drag objects before the drag initiates. Set to higher values for high-resolution display. This helps prevent accidental dragging.
Right mouse button
Enable context menus
Displays a context menu with right mouse click and hold.
Context menu delay ___ milliseconds
Number of milliseconds you must click and hold the right mouse button to display the context menu.
- When the delay time is set close to 0, the right mouse button will not manipulate views.
Selecting
Allow window selection of sub-objects
Allow selecting objects with points on
Turn on control points when selecting a curve, light or annotation
Turns on control points automatically. This does not apply to objects in models attached to a worksession.
Make control polygon pickable
Makes control polygons that connect two NURBS or SubD control points selectable.
Double-click a control polygon to select an entire row of NURBS or SubD control points.
Buttons
If your mouse has more than the default three buttons, you can add commands or macros to the buttons.
Commands for additional mouse buttons
Buttons 4 through 12
Write macros to apply to the buttons.
See: Rhino Scripting.
Screen Edges
You can program actions that happen when you touch the edge of the screen with the mouse.
Main Screen
Program the action for the main screen edges.
Left edge, Right edge, Top edge, Bottom edge
Write macros to apply to the screen edges.
See: Rhino Scripting.
Second Screen
If you are using two monitors, program the action for the secondary screen edges.
Magic Mouse
If you use an Apple Magic Mouse, you can enable gestures for navigation.