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Select Window
Zoom Factor
This button allows you quickly selecting a map window.
When you build a really big map (50 by 50 hexes for ex ample), the Main Window may not be large enough to let
view the entire map. Sometimes however, you want to see
it entirely so that you can judge the map final aspect or
you want to edit more precisely a peculiar aspect of the
map. This is the purpose of the Map Overview area.
Clicking on it brings a popup menu that contains the list of
all map windows you have opened. To bring one to the
front, simply select its name in the popup menu.
Tool Access Area
When you click on the button with a wrench inside, a
popup menu appears. It contains the list of all the available
tools and allows you quickly selecting a tool without hav ing to click inside the Tools Pallet drawing tools area.
When you click on the black arrow, a popup menu ap pears. It allows you viewing the map at the following pre defined zooming resolutions: 800%, 400%, 200%, 100%
(the default), 50% and 25%. Once chosen, the resolution is
displayed into the editfield located at the left of the arrow.
Note: For finer control over the zooming resolution, you
can enter directly a value inside the editfield.
Map Overview
When you click onto the small magnifying glass
button (area (2) in the image above), the Map
Overview window appears (area (3) in the image
below). It displays the Main Window map at 20%
of its size. In addition, there is a blue rectangle that
shows you the visible part of the map.
The Map Overview window is first opened at a
location situated at the bottom right corner of the
main window. It remains visible until you click
again into the small magnifying glass button.
When you resize your map, this window is moved
accordingly i.e. it put again at the bottom right
corner of the main window.
It is perfectly possible to move the Map Overview
window outside its default location. However, if
you resize your map, the Map Overview window
is placed again at the bottom right corner of the
main window.
Zoom Control Area
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(1): Zoom Factor area.
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(2): Map Overview button.
If you click into the blue rectangle, the cursor
changes into a hand, meaning you can drag it over the re duced map. Without releasing the mouse, move the hand to
the desired location then release the mouse. The blue rect angle is now located onto another portion of the map and
the visible part of the map (in the main window) is changed
accordingly.
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