General Tools

mode_copyvisualstyle_32 Copy Visual Style

This tool allows you to copy visual properties (e. g., color, size, line style) from one object to one or more other objects. To do so, first select the object whose properties you want to copy. Then, click on all other objects that should adopt these properties.

mode_delete_32 Delete Object

Click on any object you want to delete (also see command Delete).

Note: You can use the edit-undo.png Undo button if you accidentally deleted the wrong object.

mode_move_32 Move

Drag and drop free objects with the mouse. If you select an object by clicking on it in
mode_move_32 Move mode, you may…

·        … delete the object by pressing the Delete-key

·        … move the object by using the arrow keys (see section Manual Animation)

Note: You can quickly activate the mode_move_32 Move tool by pressing the Esc-key of your keyboard.

mode_translateview_32 Move Drawing Pad

Drag and drop the drawing pad in the Graphics View to change its visible area.

Note:

·        You can also move the drawing pad by pressing the Shift-key (MS Windows: also Ctrl-key) and dragging it with the mouse in any mode.

·        In this mode you can also scale each of the axes by dragging it with the mouse.

mode_recordtospreadsheet_32 Record to Spreadsheet

This tool allows you to move an object and to record a sequence of its values in the Spreadsheet View. This tool works for numbers, points, and vectors.

Note: GeoGebra will use the first two empty columns of the Spreadsheet View to record the values of the selected objects.

mode_relation_32 Relation

Select two objects to get information about their relation in a pop-up window (also see command Relation).

mode_moverotate_32 Rotate around Point

Select the center point of the rotation first. Then, you may rotate free objects around this point by dragging them with the mouse (also see command Rotate).

mode_showhidelabel_32 Show / Hide Label

Click on an object to show or hide its label.

mode_showhideobject_32 Show/Hide Object

Select the object you want to show or hide after activating this tool. Then, switch to another tool in order to apply the visibility changes to this object.

Note: When you activate this tool, all objects that should be hidden are displayed in the Graphics View highlighted. In this way, you can easily show hidden objects again by deselecting them before switching to another tool.

mode_zoomin_32 Zoom In

Click on any place on the drawing pad to zoom in (also see section Customizing the Graphics View).

Note: The position of your click determines the center of zoom.

mode_zoomout_32 Zoom Out

Click on any place on the drawing pad to zoom out (also see section Customizing the Graphics View).

Note: The position of your click determines the center of zoom.


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