Chapter 3. Menus and Shortcuts

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Menu Reference

Menu Reference

File → New Window (Ctrl+N): Opens a new KMagnifier window.
File → Save Snapshot As... (Ctrl+S): Saves the zoomed view to an image file.
File → Print... (Ctrl+P): Prints the current zoomed view.
File → Quit (Ctrl+Q): Quits the application

Edit → Copy (Ctrl+C): Copy the current zoomed view to the clipboard which you can paste in other applications.

View → Start/Stop (F5): Start/Stop updating of the display. Stopping the update will zero the processing power required (CPU usage)
View → Zoom: Select the zoom factor.
View → Zoom Out (Ctrl+-): Click on this button to zoom-out on the selected region.
View → Zoom In (Ctrl++): Click on this button to zoom-in on the selected region.
View → Rotation: Select the rotation degree (No Rotation (0 Degrees), Left (90 Degrees), Upside Down (180 Degrees), Right (270 Degrees).
View → Refresh: Select the refresh rate (Very Low, Low, Medium, High, Very High). The higher the rate, the more computing power (CPU) will be needed.
View → Colors: Select different color vision deficiencies to simulate color blindness. This is not useful for people with color blindness, but good for designing accessible interfaces.

Settings → Show/Hide Menu (Ctrl+M): Toggles the menubar on/off.
Settings → Show/Hide Main Toolbar: Toggles the main toolbar on/off.
Settings → Show/Hide View Toolbar: Toggles the view toolbar on/off.
Settings → Show/Hide Settings Toolbar: Toggles the settings toolbar on/off.
Settings → Follow Mouse Mode (F1): In this mode the area around the mouse cursor is shown in a normal window.
Settings → Selection Window Mode (F2): In this mode a selection window is opened. The selected area is shown in a normal window.
Settings → Whole Screen Mode (F3): In this mode the whole screen is magnified in the zoom window.
Settings → Show/Hide Mouse Cursor (F4): Show or hide the mouse cursor in the magnified image.
Settings → Configure Shortcuts...: Opens a window that lets you configure the keyboard shortcuts for many menu commands.
Settings → Configure Toolbars...: Opens a window that lets you choose which icons are visible in the toolbar.

Help → KMagnifier Handbook (F1): Invokes the KDE Help system starting at the KMagnifier help pages. (this document).
Help → What's This? (Shift+F1): Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark. Clicking on items within KMagnifier will open a help window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's function.
Help → Report Bug...: Opens the Bug report dialog where you can report a bug or request a “wishlist” feature.
Help → Switch Application Language...: Opens a dialog where you can edit the Primary language and Fallback language for this application.
Help → About KMagnifier: This will display version and author information.
Help → About KDE: This displays the KDE version and other basic information.