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5. Mouse and key bindings

Mouse bindings in the Main and the Zoom window

The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is either on the displayed page or on a zoomed area:

- press button 1, move mouse, release button 1

Scrolls the displayed page 'proportionally'.

- press button 3, move mouse, release button 3

Scrolls the displayed page 'absolutely'.

- double-click with button 1

In the main window this displays the previous/next page if the double-click occured in the left/right half of the window. In a zoom window it does nothing.

- press button 2, release button 2

Pops up a small menu which allows to choose a magnification for a certain area around the current mouse position. After selecting a magnification a zoom window pops up displaying the area at the chosen scale.

- press button 2, move mouse, release button 2

This draws and thereby defines a rectangular region which can be displayed in a zoom window. The magnification for the area can be selected by means of a popup menu which appears after releasing button 2.

- press button 1, press button 2

Redisplays the current page.

- press button 3, release button 3

Pops up a small menu which offers a few standard actions like 'Redisplay', 'Mark Page', etc.

Mouse bindings in the File Selection popup

The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is in the window of either a file or a directory list:

- press button 1, move mouse, release button 1

Scrolls a file or directory list 'proportionally'.

- press button 2, move mouse, release button 2

Scrolls a file or directory list 'absolutely'.

- press button 2, release button 2

Scrolls a file or directory list one page up/down if the button was pressed in the upper/lower half of the list.

Mouse bindings in the table of contents

The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is in the window showing a list of page numbers of the current file:

- press button 1 on a page number

Go to this page.

- press button 2 on a page number

Mark this page if it is unmarked, but unmark it if it is marked.

- double-click with button 2 on a page number

Unmark all other marked pages and mark all other unmarked pages.

Mouse bindings in the Panner widget

The Panner widget is the rectangular region located close to the left edge of the main window. It indicates the size and the position of the visible area of the current page relative to the total page.

The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is in this region:

- press button 1, move mouse

Scrolls the displayed page.

- press button 2

Display the previous page.

- press button 3

Display the next page.

Key Bindings

A          Toggle antialiasing on and off
C          Center the page
O          Open a new file
Q          Quit gv
R          Reopen the current file
Z          Toggle gv's resizing behaviour
I          Respect/Ignore document structuring
S          Save the marked pages
Shift-S    Save the current file
P          Print the marked pages
Shift-P    Print the current file
B          Go to the previous page
BackSpace  Go to the previous page
Delete     Go to the previous page
Prior      Go to the previous page
F          Go to the next page
Space      Go to the next page
Return     Go to the next page
Next       Go to the next page
.          Redisplays the current page
Ctrl-L     Redisplays the current page
M          Mark the current page
N          Unmark the current page
Shift-5    Set magstep to -5
Shift-4    Set magstep to -4
Shift-3    Set magstep to -3
Shift-2    Set magstep to -2
Shift-1    Set magstep to -1
0          Set magstep to 0
1          Set magstep to 1
2          Set magstep to 2
3          Set magstep to 3
4          Set magstep to 4
5          Set magstep to 5
+          Increase magstep by 1
-          Decrease magstep by 1
U          Scroll up
D          Scroll down
H          Scroll left
K          Scroll up
J          Scroll down
L          Scroll right
Arrow      Scroll in the direction of the arrow


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