Note that this topic is highly (mis)configuration dependent...
Usually, "Button 1" refers to the left mouse button, "Button 3" to the right
one. The "Delete"/"Backspace" keys have their own long story on
Unix systems and will often not work as expected.
Key
| Action
|
Cursor Up/Down/Left/Right |
scroll drawing by 40% of the displayed width/height |
PageUp, PageDown, Home, End |
scroll drawing to its boundaries |
Ctrl+Tab, Shift+Ctrl+Tab |
switch to next/previous page |
Button 1 Motion |
pan page or move selected objects |
Shift+Button 1 |
select/deselect object |
Shift+Button 1 Motion |
select objects within a box |
Ctrl+Button 1 Motion |
move object |
Button 1 in "text mode" |
popup the text object creation dialog |
Button 1 in "arrow mode" |
"rubberband" drawing of an arrow line |
Esc |
deselect all objects, leave text or arrow mode, refresh drawing |
Delete |
delete selected objects |
Button 3 |
popup the context menu |