User manual

Tip: The mode “simple window” presents all the basic function from Aladin. It can be

used by default (see 8.1 – user profiles) and in particular if Aladin is used as an applet

(see 7.2 – Aladin in a web browser)

5.1.3 The tool bar

Located vertically in between the stack and the view, the “tool bar” enables a quick access

to the most used tools:

 select Mode: select objects in the view

 pan. Mode: moving the view

 zoom Mode: adjusting the zoom factor for the view

 dist Graphical addition for measuring distances

 draw Graphical addition for hand-drawings

 tag Graphical addition to tag a location

 text Graphical addition to write text

 filter Generate filters for catalogues

 cross catalogues cross-match tool

 rgb Colour images generator

 assoc Generate images associations (mosaics or animated sequences)

 cont Contour generator

 mglss Activate/deactivate the magnification glass

 pixel Opens the window that controls the pixel dynamics

 prop Open the properties window

 del Deletes the current element

Activating

Buttons are activated depending on the selected planes in the stack. Some buttons

remain in grey if they are not relevant for the plane type or if the number of selected

planes does not correspond to the action to perform.

Modes and tools

The three first buttons are related to the action modes of the mouse in the view in order

to select objects, move the field of view or zoom in and out (see below the three viewing

modes). These buttons are mutually exclusives. As indicated previously, moving the

mouse pointer out of the view re-activates the default mode “Select”.

All the other buttons are related to tools. Here will be detailed, only the tools those are

not described in the other sections of this document.

The graphic tools: dist, draw, tag and text

Menu: Overlay => dist, draw, tag, text

Short key: Alt+D (distance)