Note: aiSee offers a number of complex selection procedures
(e.g. for selecting sets of subgraphs). The user is guided through these
procedures by instructions in the message bar under the graph window.
Accessing the main menu
- Click in the graph window using the middle or
right mouse button; hold the button down.
- Move pointer over the '=>' arrows to access the submenus.
- Release mouse button to invoke the operation selected.
Navigating through graphs
- Scroll through graphs using the cursor keys (up, down, left, right).
- Use the scrollbars for fine-positioning.
- Move graphs:
- Press the left mouse button and hold it down.
- Drag across the graph window.
- The graph is moved after the mouse button is released.
- Use the submenus Scroll, Pick Position, Center Node...,
or Follow Edge to access advanced navigation features.
- Using the panner window:
- Select Panner in the Scroll submenu to open the panner window.
- Move the dashed rectangle around in the panner window to browse through the graph.
- Use picking position:
Strike 'p'. The mouse pointer turns into a +.
Now you can do either of the following:
- Changing the focus: Click in the graph window using any
mouse button to shift the focus to the upper right corner of
the window (in normal view) or to set the focus (in fish eye-view).
- Rubberbanding: Press the left mouse button and hold it down.
Now drag the mouse pointer across a portion of the graph to zoom
it to window size.
- Strike 'n' to open the Center Node dialog box.
- Strike 'e' to initiate Follow Edge navigation.
Detailed instructions will be given in the message window.
Scaling the graph
- Use the right scaling scrollbar to scale graphs.
- Use the keys '+' or '-' to magnify or to scale down the graph.
- Strike 'm' to set the scale factor so that the entire graph fits in the
graph window (maximum aspect).
- Strike '0' to set the scale factor to normal (100% absolute).
Show node information
- See the submenu Information.
- Use hot keys:
- Strike 'i', 'j', or 'k' to select information field 1, 2, or 3
- Select the node to show its information field
- Clicking inside the field causes it to be closed again
Grouping of nodes
- See the submenu Folding.
- Use hot keys:
- Strike 'f' to fold subgraphs into a summary node (Fold Subgraph),
'x' to unfold a summary node into a box (Unfold into Box),
'u' to unbox/unfold a summary node (Unbox/Unfold)
- Select one or several node(s)
- Right-click to apply
Quit aiSee
- Strike 'q' to quit aiSee.