Menu Commands > View Menu

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Display the full plot extents, dependent on whether Manual Scaling is in effect.

Shortcut:

CTRL+1

Zoom In

Allows you to specify the extents of the plot using the mouse. For polar plots, drag the mouse to define the radius. For all other supported graph types, drag the mouse to define a rectangle, or click and release the mouse on a point to zoom in by a factor of 2. Press the ALT key while dragging to force the zoom rectangle to be square.

Restrict zooming to the X direction by first pressing and holding the CTRL key. Restrict zooming to the Y direction by first pressing and holding the SHIFT key.

NOTE: With a linear or logarithmic scale or a Mercator projection, you can pan up, down, left and right by using your arrow keys or by clicking and dragging the mouse (if Click and drag to zoom is unchecked). When using the mouse, you can restrict the panning motion to horizontal, vertical, or 45 degree increments by simultaneously pressing the Shift key.
Arrow keys shift the plot by 1/2 the window width or height. Press Ctrl+arrow key to shift by 1/20 of the window width or height.

Shortcuts:

Click on the toolbar.

You can also zoom in by a factor of 2 by rotating the mouse wheel forward, and undo previous zooms by rotating the mouse wheel backward. When zooming in, new extents are based on the current mouse position. If the mouse is not within the plot, the new extents are based on the center of the plot. You can restrict zooming to the X direction by simultaneously pressing the CTRL key, or to the Y direction by pressing the SHIFT key. If you find that you often unintentionally zoom in or out by accidentally rotating your mouse wheel, you can disable this feature with the Disable zooming with mouse wheel checkbox under the General Options menu command.

If Click and drag to zoom on the General Options screen is checked, you can zoom by clicking and dragging without first clicking the Zoom toolbar button. (If this option is unchecked, clicking and dragging pans the plot.)

Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3, Ctrl+4, and Ctrl+5 zoom in by a factor of 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively, on the current mouse position. If the mouse is not within the plot, the new extents are based on the center of the plot.

Related macro commands

SetPanFraction

Zoom Out

Displays the previous view (before the last Zoom In command) of a plot.

Shortcut: Click on the toolbar.

Hide curves...

Allows you to hide one or more curves on an XY plot, which might be useful with multiple curves. Alternatively, if the document has a legend you may right-click on the legend entry for a curve and select "Hide all but <label>" to hide all curves other than the selected curve, or "Hide <label>" to hide the selected curve.

Related macro commands

HideCurve

ShowCurve

Unhide all curves

Makes all curves visible (turns off the invisible flag set with "Hide all curves but...")

Reorder Curves/Groups

Allows you to shift a curve (XY plots) or group (1D plots) up or down in the list of curves/groups. Alternatively, for XY plots if the plot has a legend you may right-click on the legend entry for the curve you want to move and select "Move up" or "Move down".

Related macro commands

ReorderCurves

Keep DPlot on top

If checked, the DPlot window will remain on top of all other windows, even when another application's window has the input focus.

Status Bar

Toggles the display of the status bar at the bottom edge of the window.

Related macro commands

ViewStatusBar

Toolbar

Toggles the display of the toolbar. See Toolbar Description

Related macro commands

ViewToolBar

Large Buttons

Toggles the size of the toolbar buttons between the default 24x22 pixels and 32x30 pixels.

32-bit Toolbar Icons

Check this item to display 32-bit toolbar icons. Uncheck this item to use 4-bit images. This command is disabled on Windows 2000 and earlier versions, as well as on systems set to display 256 or fewer colors.

Crosshair Cursor

Toggles the display of crosshairs in place of the normal cursor. This feature is useful for visually comparing the amplitude of a point to a reference value.

Shortcut: Click on the toolbar.

Restrict mouse panning to H/V/45°

If checked, panning a 2D plot by dragging the mouse is restricted to horizontal, vertical, or 45° increments. Normally this restriction requires pressing the Shift key while dragging.

Playback

Allows you to animate XY plots.

Acceleration (or Velocity/Displacement)

Toggles the view in Data Processing mode for data types that produce multiple plots. This menu command is hidden if Data Processing mode is not in effect.

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