Eric Martz wrote: >For Zooming on a Mac (one button mouse) it appears to me that >Shift-Drag-Left-Button is the only way. But I find it very cumbersome to >have the Z rotations tied to the left-right drag, since I can rarely drag >perfectly up-down for a pure zoom. I am unable to do a pure zoom without >inadvertantly rotating around Z. Frustrating! > > > Eric, I agree. Have you tried this on 10.9? I noticed the same thing and adjusted it somewhere along the way so that there was a region around which only zoom or only z-rotation happens. It still could use some tweaking probably, but for me at least it is far better than in 10.2.
>On Windows, the scroll wheel is perfect for Zoom and avoids this frustration. > >Am I missing some trick on the Mac? > >I suggest (for Macs) that Z rotation be removed from Shift-Drag (only >button), or else that a double shift be enabled to disable the Z rotation, >such as Shift-Alt-Drag (which seems to be unused). > >This would mean we need a new mouse gesture for Z rotation. How about >Alt-Drag since that appears to be unused? > >Sorry if this issue has already been beaten to death and I missed it. >Wanted to put in my two cents before v11 comes out. > >Thanks, -Eric > >---- >Eric Martz, Professor Emeritus, Dept Microbiology >University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA US >http://www.umass.edu/molvis/martz > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your >opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash >http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >_______________________________________________ >Jmol-users mailing list >Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
