The view of a plot is controlled by three components:
To set all of these precisely there are text fields in the "Axis" box in the inspector pane on the right of the plot window. Caveat: If you change their value to a precise value (say input range to π), hitting enter will set the right value, but unfocusing the textfield sets the value again, this time to the currently displayed rounded value (3.14 or such). Skip hitting enter in that case.
Graphically they can be changed via mouse, trackpad, keyboard or Space Navigator (a 3D mouse). The different gestures for each device are listed below.
Apart from the preimage controls there are only the two axis intervals, defined by their center and size:
Axis Range | Axis Center | |
---|---|---|
Mouse | scroll wheel ⇧ + vertical drag | left click & drag |
Trackpad | pinching ⇧ + vertical scroll | scrolling |
Keyboard | ⇧ + ↑/↓ +/- keys | ←↑↓→ |
Space Navigator | push in Y direction | push in X and Z directions |
There are two types of zooming, both mostly using the Shift key:
Zoom | Rotation | |
---|---|---|
Mouse | scroll wheel ⇧ + vertical drag | left click & drag |
Trackpad | pinching ⇧ + vertical scrolling | scrolling rotation gesture for θ |
Keyboard | ⇧ + ↑/↓ +/- keys | ←↑↓→ |
Space Navigator | push in Z direction | rotate |
Axis Range | Axis Center | |
---|---|---|
Mouse | ⇧ + scroll wheel ⇧ + horizontal drag | ⌘ + drag right button drag |
Trackpad | ⌘ + pinching ⇧ + horizontal scrolling | ⌘ + scrolling |
Keyboard | ⇧ + ←/→ | ⌘ + ←↑↓→ |
Space Navigator | ⇧ + push in Z direction | push in X and Y directions |
This has an effect only for image modes and parametric plots on ℝ and ℝ² (parametrics on S¹ and S¹ × S¹ always use the full range).
Range | Center | |
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Mouse | ⌥ + scroll wheel ⌥ + ⇧ + left drag | wheel button drag ⌥ + left drag |
Trackpad | ⌥ + pinch ⌥ + ⇧ + scroll | ⌥ + scroll |
Keyboard | ⌥ + ⇧ + ↑↓ ⌥ + ⇧ + ←→ | ⌥ + ←↑↓→ |
Space Navigator | ⌥ + Z direction | ⌥ + X and Y directions |
The ones without the ⌘-modifier will only work when the keyboard focus is on the graph view (see ⌘G).