This toolbar allows to select the mouse operation you want to perform. The current available operations are from top to bottom of the toolbar :
Box Selection
: It enables to select a set of objects. If CTRL key (ALT key on Mac) is pressed, the selection is added to the
current selection else it replaces the current selection.
Get Information
: When this operation is selected, if you click on an element of a graph (node or edge), Tulip displays all available properties of that node/edge using the Element
tab of the Info Editor sub-window
.
Magic Selection
: It enables to select all the graph connected nodes having the same metric. It works like the magic selection in image editing software. The difference is that the topology of the graph.
Navigation
: In enables to navigate in the 3D view, the available operations are : translate, rotate, zoom, zoom and pan. Translation is the default operation, Rotation is activated using SHIFT key, zoom is activated using CTRL key (ALT key on Mac), zoom and pan is activated using the wheel of the mouse (APPLE key on Mac).
Zoom Box
: It enables to zoom on an area defined by the user.
Selection move
: It enables to modify the current selection. Available operations are horizontal stretch, vertical stretch, all axis stretch, z axis rotation. If no key is pressed, coordinates and sizes are modified. if SHIFT key is pressed, only coordinates are modified.
Delete element
: Enable to delete node or edge by a simple click.
Add node
: When it is selected, you can add a node in the graph by a simple click on the 3D graph view window. The Node is placed at the coordinates you clicked.
Add edge
: When it is selected, you can add an edge in the graph by clicking first on the source node then on the target node.