Normal mode

The mouse mode determines what happens when you click and drag inside the fractal window. By 

default, a fractal window is in Normal mode.

To put the fractal window in Normal mode, click Normal Mode on the Fractal menu, or make sure 

the Normal mode button in the toolbar is down.

In Normal mode, you can zoom, pan, rotate, stretch, and skew the fractal simply by clicking and 

dragging inside the fractal window. Before you click, hold down one of the Ctrl, Shift, or Alt keys to 

indicate what you want to do. 

To:

Do this:

Zoom

Hold down Shift, click and drag

Pan

Hold down Ctrl, click and drag

Rotate

Hold down Alt, click and drag

Stretch

Hold down Shift and Ctrl, click and drag

Skew

Hold down Ctrl and Alt, click and drag

Enter Select mode

Click and drag

While still holding down the left mouse button, move the mouse around to make adjustments. The 

fractal window continually shows a preview of the result. In the status bar, additional information is 

shown, such as the current rotation angle. 

The status bar also shows extra keys that you can hold down for fine adjustments or to constrain 

rotation to 45  increments, for example. To use them, first release the key that you have been 

holding down (still holding down the left mouse button) and then press and hold down the 

appropriate key.

When you are finished, release the mouse button and the fractal will recalculate to apply your 

changes. To cancel the operation while you are still holding down the left mouse button, briefly click 

the right mouse button. If you have already released the mouse button, click Undo on the Edit menu 

to undo the operation.

Notes

G     

The table above displays the default set of actions. Use the Mouse tab in the 

Options dialog

to customize them. The 

Fractal Mode

 tool window always shows the current key bindings.

G     

If the fractal contains multiple layers, only the 

editable layers

 are affected. 

Next: 

Select mode

See Also

Animating locations

Fractal windows

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