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Roll your mouse's scrollbar to zoom the map in and out. Drag on the map to rotate its orientation. Click on a star to center it in the window. (''Note that you cannot drag the map sideways or up and down. To move the map that way you have to click on a star - when the star comes to the center, the map will move in that direction.'') | Roll your mouse's scrollbar to zoom the map in and out. Drag on the map to rotate its orientation. Click on a star to center it in the window. (''Note that you cannot drag the map sideways or up and down. To move the map that way you have to click on a star - when the star comes to the center, the map will move in that direction.'') | ||
When you open the map, it will be | When you open the map, it will be <span style="color:#eeffcc">centered on a Selected Solar System</span>. This is at first the system where you are currently located, but you can change the selection by clicking on any star. You can use your mouse wheel to zoom in until you see the system in great detail ... planets, moons, stations, asteroid belts, etc. ... or, you can zoom out until you see the entire universe. | ||
Three buttons at the top right of the map control window activities. | Three buttons at the <span style="color:#c46960">top right</span> of the map control window activities. | ||
*Clicking on the X will <span style="color:#c46960">Close</span> the Map Beta window. | *Clicking on the X will <span style="color:#c46960">Close</span> the Map Beta window. | ||
*Clicking on the magnifying glass icon will open the <span style="color:#c46960">Search</span> box. As you begin to type in the box, the search will give you a list of matching star systems. Click on a star name to focus the map on that system and draw a dotted line to there from your current position. If you click on a moon or other object, that object will be focused in the center of the map, and the map will zoom in to show the star system in detail.) | *Clicking on the magnifying glass icon will open the <span style="color:#c46960">Search</span> box. As you begin to type in the box, the search will give you a list of matching star systems. Click on a star name to focus the map on that system and draw a dotted line to there from your current position. If you click on a moon or other object, that object will be focused in the center of the map, and the map will zoom in to show the star system in detail.) | ||
*Clicking on the little square with the dot in the middle will open the <span style="color:#c46960">Resize</span> option box. Here you set the map window to full screen mode, dock it to either side of your screen, or tell it to float in the middle of your screen. The docked windows can be resized left or right ... the floating window can be resized in any direction. | *Clicking on the little square with the dot in the middle will open the <span style="color:#c46960">Resize</span> option box. Here you set the map window to full screen mode, dock it to either side of your screen, or tell it to float in the middle of your screen. The docked windows can be resized left or right ... the floating window can be resized in any direction. | ||
Four buttons at the top left of the map control formatting. | Four buttons at the <span style="color:#85c08a">top left</span> of the map control formatting. | ||
*The rightmost "Focus" button will always center the map on <span style="color:#85c08a">your position</span>. | *The rightmost "Focus" button will always center the map on <span style="color:#85c08a">your position</span>. | ||
*The leftmost <span style="color:#85c08a">Layout</span> button opens a menu that lets you change the display of star groups and jump lines. You can group systems by region or constellation, or you can have no grouping. Similarly, you can show all jump gate lines, all the ones in the region you are looking at, or just the ones connected to the star you have selected. At the bottom of this menu is a box labeled "Abstract Layout." Checking this box collapses the map into a flat, more 2-dimensional view. | *The leftmost <span style="color:#85c08a">Layout</span> button opens a menu that lets you change the display of star groups and jump lines. You can group systems by region or constellation, or you can have no grouping. Similarly, you can show all jump gate lines, all the ones in the region you are looking at, or just the ones connected to the star you have selected. At the bottom of this menu is a box labeled "Abstract Layout." Checking this box collapses the map into a flat, more 2-dimensional view. | ||