Moving Elements in the Diagram

Moving Using the Mouse and the Left Mouse Button Pressed

You need to hover the mouse pointer over one of the elements you want to move. The mouse pointer turns into a hand if the left mouse button is pressed so you can see the element can be moved.

• If the mouse is not on an element which can be selected, the mouse pointer becomes an arrow cross when the left mouse button is pressed.Moving the mouse with the left mouse button pressed moves the diagram section; if [Shift] is pressed at the same time, a capture frame appears.

• If the mouse is on one of the selection rectangle's handles, the mouse pointer becomes a moving pointer (double arrow) when the left mouse button is pressed. Moving the mouse with the left mouse button pressed changes the size of the selected element.

• If the mouse is on a connection's handle, the mouse pointer becomes a precision selection pointer (cross) when the left mouse button is pressed. Moving the mouse with the left mouse button pressed moves the selected handle.

Moving Using the Mouse and the Right Mouse Button Pressed

The mouse pointer becomes an up/down or left/right mouse pointer, depending on the direction you started to move first

Moving the mouse with the right mouse button pressed affects all elements within the container you started moving in (e.g. a process frame). The container shows the primary selection and all elements in this container that are to the right or below the mouse pointer (depending on the direction you are moving in) make up the secondary selection.

• If not using the modifier key, moving to the right or down increases the distance between the elements in the secondary selection and the other elements; moving to the left or down decreases the distance between the elements in the secondary selection and the other elements.

  

• If the [Ctrl] key is pressed, the surrounding container is automatically expanded as soon as you try to move to the right or down outside of the container.

  

Moving Using the Keyboard

You can also use the arrow keys to move selected elements. Each time you press an arrow key, the selected elements are moved one raster in the corresponding direction.