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Start an Angular Distance measurement at the current mouse cursor position. The
angular distance between start and end points is displayed at the endpoint.
Ctrl+G
Open the Set Geographic Location window
Ctrl+C
Open the AstroCalculator
Ctrl+A
Open the Altitude vs. Time tool
Ctrl+U
Open the What's Up Tonight? tool
Ctrl+W
Open the “What's Interesting” tool
Ctrl+B
Open the Script Builder tool
Ctrl+Y
Open the Solar System Viewer
Ctrl+J
Open the Jupiter Moons tool
18.3.3 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 Settings →Statusbarsubmenu. 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 wheel, you can hold
the middle mouse button and drag vertically.
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