March 2010 | Tips and tricks
What to do when the mouse reaches the edge of a Multiport™
Submitted by Nicholas C. Rosengarten
Senior systems engineer
The following tip is helpful to know when a user is annotating a polyline or using any tool such as the magnifying glass.
- When approaching the edge of a Multiport™, do not exit the current tool and roam to the next portion of the screen to continue the task.
- While annotating or using any other tool and the mouse reaches the edge of a Multiport, a small dashed-line box appears.
- After the dashed-line box appears, press the space bar to continue roaming in the direction of the mouse.
- Press the space bar again to stop and continue the current task.
- This prevents the user from having to add vertices and connect disjointed annotations that span more than the extent of a Multiport.