Mouse Commands- Moving the mouse
The sky coordinates (Az/Alt, RA/Dec and J2000.0 RA/Dec) of the mouse cursor are updated in the status bar. The status bar is located in the right bottom corner of the screen. The status bar can be customized by selecting → submenu. Here you may choose what coordinates systems KStars will display in the status bar. Furthermore, you can hide the status bar by unchecking the Show Statusbar checkbox.
- "Hovering" the mouse
A temporary name label is attached to the object nearest to the mouse cursor.
- Left-clicking
The object nearest the mouse click is identified in the status bar.
- Double-clicking
Center and track on the location or object nearest the mouse click. Double-clicking on an Info Box will “shade” it to show/hide extra information.
- Right-clicking
Open the popup menu for the location or object nearest the mouse cursor.
- Scrolling the mouse wheel
Zoom the display in or out. If you do not have a mouse , you can hold the middle mouse button and drag vertically.
- Click-and-dragging
- Dragging the sky map
Pan the display, following the drag motion.
- Ctrl+dragging the sky map
Define a rectangle in the map. When the mouse button is released, the display is zoomed in to match the field-of-view to the bounds of the rectangle.
- Dragging an Info Box
The Info Box is repositioned in the map. Info Boxes will “stick” to window edges, so that they remain on the edge when the window is resized.