Customizing the Graphics View

In order to adjust the visible part of the drawing pad in the Graphics View, you can drag the drawing pad by using tool Move Graphics View Tool and use the following ways of zooming:

• You may use the Zoom In Tool and Zoom Out Tool in order to zoom in the Graphics View.
  
  Note: The position of your click determines the center of zoom.
• You may use the scroll wheel of your mouse in order to zoom in the Graphics View.
• You may use keyboard shortcuts to zoom in (Ctrl +) and to zoom out (Ctrl -).
• After right clicking (Mac OS: Ctrl-click) on an empty spot on the drawing pad a Context Menu appears which allows you to Zoom.
• You may specify a zoom rectangle by right clicking (Mac OS: Cmd - click) on an empty spot in the Graphics View and dragging the mouse to the opposite corner of your desired zoom rectangle. Release the mouse button in order to finish the zoom rectangle, which will then automatically adjust to fill all the space in the Graphics View.

Note: Another way of showing or hiding the axes and the grid is by right clicking (Mac OS: Ctrl-click) on the drawing pad and selecting the corresponding items Axes or Grid from the appearing Context Menu.

Showing and hiding objects

In the Algebra View, the icon to the left of every object shows its current visibility state (shown shown or hidden hidden). You may directly click on the little marble icon in order to change the visibility status of an object. For more information see visibility.

Customizing Coordinate Axes and Grid

The coordinate axes and grid can be customized using the Properties Dialog of the Graphics View. After right clicking (Mac OS: Ctrl-click) on the drawing pad, you can open this dialog window by selecting Graphics... from the appearing Context Menu of the Graphics View.

• On tab Basic, you can, for example, change the line style and color of the coordinate axes, and set the the ratio between the axes . Clicking on tabs xAxis and yAxis allows you to customize the axes individually, set the distance of the tickmarks, labeling, axes visibility, units and more.

• On tab Grid, you can change the color and line style of the coordinate grid, set the distance and ratio for grid lines to a certain value, and the grid visibility. Three types of grid are available: Cartesian, polar and isometric.

Note: Axes scaling is possible in every mode by pressing and holding the Shift-key (PC: also Ctrl-key) while dragging the axis.

Note: The Properties Dialog of the Graphics View is different from the Properties Dialog for objects.