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Special Controls 13
To open and close a rollout:
• Clicktherollouttitlebartotogglebetween
expanded and collapsed.
To move a rollout:
• You can move a rollout in the expanded or
collapsed state. To move t he rollout, drag the
rollout title bar to another location on the
command panel or dialog. As you drag, a
semi-transparent image of the rollout title bar
follows the mouse cursor. When the mouse is
positioned over or near a qualifying position
for the rollout, a blue, horizontal line appears at
the position where the rollout will drop when
you release the mouse button.
Scrolling Panels and Toolbars
Sometimes a command p anel or dialog is not large
enough to display all of its rollouts. In this case,
a pan ("hand") cursor appears over the inactive
parts of the panel. You can scroll command panels
and dialogs vertically, and you can scroll a toolbar
along its major axis.
To scroll a panel:
1.
Place the pointer over an empty area of a panel
to display the pan cursor .
2. When the pointer icon changes to a hand, drag
the panel up or down.
A thin scroll bar a lso appears on the right side
of the scrolling panel. You can use the pointer
to drag the scroll bar as well.
To scroll a toolbar:
You can scroll a toolbar only when some tool
buttons are not visible. This typically occurs when
the program w indow is smaller than full screen.
1. First, follow either of the procedures below:
• Place the p ointer over an empty area of a
toolbar to display the pan cursor.
• Place the pointer over any part of a toolbar,
then press and hold the middle mouse
button.
2. When the pointer icon changes to a hand, drag
the toolbar horizontally.
Spinners
A spinner is a mouse-based control for numeric
fields. You can click or drag the spinner arrows to
changethevalueinthefield.
To change a value using a spinner, do any of the
following:
• Click the spinner’s up arrow to increment the
value; click the down arrow to decrement the
value. Click and hold for continuous change.
• Drag upward to incr ease the value, or drag
downward to decrease it.
•Press
Ct rl while you drag to increase the rate
at which the value changes.
•Press
Alt whileyoudragtodecreasetherate
at which the value changes.
•Right-clickaspinnertoresetthefieldtoits
minimum value.
Numerical Ex pression Evaluator
While a numeric field is active, you can display
a calculator called the Numerical Expression
Evaluator. To display the calculator, press
Ctrl +N .