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zooming and scrolling

ctrl mouse scrollzoom in or out around the mouse pointer location
ctrl +zoom in around the mouse pointer location
ctrl -zoom out around the mouse pointer location
ctrl 1reset the zoom factor to 1
ctrl 0zoom such that the whole diagram fits on the canvas
mouse scrollscroll the diagram up or down
shift mouse scrollscroll the diagram left or right
shift down arrowscroll the diagram down
shift up arrowscroll the diagram up
shift right arrowscroll the diagram right
shift left arrowscroll the diagram left

dragging

ctrl mouse dragdrag the canvas

selecting

mouse click elementselect the element and send its file location to the IDE:
instanceselect the instance
portselect the port, and all connected bindings and ports
bindingselect the binding
ctrl mouse click elementselect as above, but send the following file location to the IDE:
instancethe defining component
portthe defining interface
bindingthe defining interface
(ctrl) mouse click canvasdeselect any element

system opening and closing

mouse click on system [-] or [+] buttonclose or open the system
ctrl mouse click on system [-] or [+] buttonclose or open the system and all its sub systems

component navigation

ctrl down arrowselect first sub component of the selected system
ctrl up arrowselect the parent system of the selected component
right arrowselect the component to the right of the selected component
left arrowselect the component to the left of the selected component
down arrowselect the first component in the row below the selected component
up arrowselect the first component in the row above the selected component
- on system selectionclose the system
+ on system selectionopen the system
enterlimit the view to the selected component
backspaceundo the enter effect

save

ctrl ssave the diagram as an svg file