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other informational displays. See Viewports (page
3–729).
Vi ewpor t Navi gation B uttons
Thebuttonclusteratthelower-rightcornerof
the main window contains controls for zooming,
panning, and navigating within the view ports. S ee
View por t Controls (page 3–729).
S peci a l Cont rol s
3ds Max uses some special user interface controls,
which are described in this topic.
• Right-click menus (page 1–12)
• Flyout s (page 1–12)
• Rollouts ( page 1–12)
• Scrolling panels and toolbars (page 1–13)
• Spinners (page 1–13)
• Numerical Expression Evaluator (page 1–13)
• Entering numbers (page 1–14)
• Controls and color (page 1–14)
• Undoing actions (page 1–14)
Right-Click Menus
The program uses several different types of
right-click menus.
For object editing and ActiveShade control (page
3–22),youusethequad menu (page 3–694).
Commands on the quad menu vary depending on
thekindofobjectyouareeditingandthemode
you are in.
Right-clicking a viewport label displays the
viewport right-click menu (page 3–731),which
lets you change v iewport display settings, choose
which view appears in the viewport, and so on.
Also, the command panel and the Material Editor
have right-click menus that let you manage rollouts
and navigate the panel quickly. And most other
windows, including Schematic View and Track
View, have right-click menus that provide fast
access to commonly used functions.
Fl y out s
1. Flyout arrow
2. Flyout buttons
A flyout (page 3–943) is similar to a menu, except
that its items are buttons. A flyout button is
indicated by a sma ll arrow in the lower-right
corner. To display the flyout, click and hold t he
button for a moment, then choose a button by
dragging the curs or to it and then releasing the
mouse button.
Note: You can define customized text annotations
for flyouts by editing the maxstart.cui file. S ee
Customize Menu (page 3–683).
Rollouts
Rollouts are areas in the command panels and
dialogs that you can expand (roll out) or collapse
(roll in) to manage screen space. In the illustration
above, the Keyboard entry rollout is collapsed, as
indicatedbythe+sign,andtheParametersrollout
is expanded, as indicated by the
sign.