[Qgis-user] Modifier Key to activate Mouse Panning/Zooming of Map Canvas

[Nathan Woodrow]

You can also pan by pressing space at anytime with any tool selected.  The
location of the pan becomes the start drag point

- Nathan

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Given that one can already pan and zoom with the middle mouse button/wheel
> I am not sure what the modifier keys would add to usability, rather than
> making things more complicated (collisions with selector tools and with
> shortcuts - complications with different OS/platforms)?
>
> Andreas
>
>
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:29:45 +1300, Alister Hood wrote:
>
>> Hi Mars,
>> Could you be slightly more specific about what you want the modifier key
>> to do?  Do you want it to pan if you hold down a key while clicking and
>> dragging, regardless of what tool is selected, and to zoom if you hold
>> down another key?
>> Do you realise that you can pan by dragging with the middle mouse
>> button, regardless of what tool is selected?  And zoom by scrolling the
>> mouse wheel?
>>
>> Alister
>>
>>  Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:28:10 -0700
>>> From: Mars Sjoden <marsofearth at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Qgis-user] Modifier Key to activate Mouse Panning/Zooming of
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just wondering if there is a Modifier Key to activate Mouse
>>>
>> Panning/Zooming
>>
>>> of the Map Canvas while using another tool so as to not need to switch
>>>
>> back
>>
>>> and forth between tools.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> mars
>>>
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