## Mouse Usage Hints

Mouse usage in Scribus has some subtle, but once learned, very useful shortcuts with the mouse.

- Space Bar + Left Click - toggles panning mode for the mouse
- Click third button, or on two button mice ("chord" them by click left and right together), refreshes the view
- Control-shift left click for select thru level on the same layer
- Control left click resize/move for lower objects. Release + drag resizes. Hold down Control+Drag moves.
- Left Click >Drag Resizes Frames
- Right Click >Drag Copies or Moves Frames- a context menu will pop up asking your choice
- Ctrl >Wheel - Zooms the view in and out.
- Ctrl >Right Button Drag - Allows you to pan the document up or down and/or left to right depending on the zoom factor.

#### Working with the Color Eye Dropper

- Fill color with click
- Text color with Control click
- Line color with Alt click.

#### In the Properties Palette

- Ctrl +Wheel - Increases/Decreases units 10 at a time.
- Shift +Wheel - Increases/Decreases units 1/10 at a time.
- Ctrl +Shift +Wheel - Increases/Decreases units 1/100 at a time.

Alternatively:

- Shift + Arrow Key Increases/Decreases units 10 at a time.
- Crtl + Arrow Key Increases/Decreases units 1/10 at a time.