Select mode

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

Select mode, a selection box is used for zooming, panning, rotating, stretching, and skewing.

To enter Select mode from 

Normal mode

, simply click and drag inside the fractal window. 

Alternatively, click Select Mode on the Fractal menu, or make sure the Select mode button in the 

toolbar is down.

In the fractal window, a selection box appears.

The area inside the selection box will be magnified to fill the fractal window when you zoom in. You 

can manipulate the selection box by dragging the handles and edges.

To:

Do this:

Move the selection box

Click inside the box and drag

Resize the selection box

Drag the edges or the handles at the corners

Rotate the selection box

Drag the top handle

Stretch the selection box

Hold down Ctrl and drag the edges or the handles at the corners

Skew the selection box

Hold down Ctrl and drag the top handle

Cancel

Click outside the selection box

When you are finished, double click inside the selection box to zoom in. To zoom out, hold down Ctrl 

while double clicking. Alternatively, right click inside the fractal window to open a menu with the 

following commands:

Zoom In

Magnifies the area inside the selection box to fill the fractal window

Zoom Out

Shrinks the area of the fractal window to fill the selection box

Crop

Resizes the fractal window to fill the selection box

Reset

Restores the default position of the selection box

Resize Fractal

Resizes the fractal window to match the aspect ratio of the selection box

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