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Pop-up windows

This matrix shows the results of on-the-chart mouse actions:

action	target	opens on the chart:
Left click on a	displayed object	a label
Right click on a	displayed object	the chart pop-up window with extra object possibilities
Left click on a	label (edit label mode: on)	the detailed info window
Right click on a	label (edit label mode: on)	the editable label pop-up window
Right click on a	label (edit label mode: off)	the chart pop-up window
Right click on a	empty spot on the chart	the chart pop-up window

The Chart pop-up window

When the “edit label” mode is set to “off”, the chart pop-up windows are shown when you do a right-click anywhere on the chart. Entries in the pop-up window are:

About … this entry only appears if you do a right-click on an object on the chart. Clicking this line opens the detailed information window containing specific information about the object.
Centre This moves the chart to center the postion where the right click occured.
Zoom + Centre same as “Centre” and a division of the FOV by 2.
Zoom - Centre same as “Centre” and a multiplication of the FOV by 2.
New Finder Circle shows a floating finder circle. You can fix this to the chart by a left-click on the chart. You can create as many Finder Circles as you want. These Finder circles are independent of the “Chart → Lines/Grid → Show Mark” command or the icon in the object tool bar.
Remove Last Circle deletes the last finder circle created by the previous command.
Remove All Circles deletes all finder circles created by the “New Finder Circle” command.
New Label puts a user defined label on the chart. See Labels.
Remove Last Label deletes the last label created by the “New Label” command.
Remove All Labels deletes all the labels created by the “New Label” command.
Telescope shows a secondary menu :
- Slew same command as Telescope → Slew or the icon
- Sync same command as Telescope → Sync or the icon
- Connect same command as Telescope → Connect or the icon
- Abort Slew Stops the execution of a “Slew” command.
Lock/Unlock Chart same as Window -> Lock on ....]** or the {{en:documentation:i80.png|}} \\ \\ {{ en:documentation:label_popup.jpg|}} ==== The Edit Label pop-up window ==== The **Edit Label** pop-up window is only shown when you right-click a label while the "edit label" mode is set to "on". You can change this mode setting by clicking the {{en:documentation:label_updt.jpg|}} icon in the object tool bar, or from the menu by clicking **Edit -> Edit label**. For further information, see **[[labels|Labels.