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other informational displays. See View ports (page
3–772)
.
Viewport Naviga tion Buttons
Thebuttonclusteratthelower-rightcornerof
the main window contains controls for zooming,
panning, and navigating within the viewports. See
View por t Controls (page 3–778) .
S peci a l Contr ols
3ds Max uses some special user interface controls,
which are described in this topic.
•
Right-click menus (page 1–12)
• Flyouts (page 1–12)
• Rollouts (page 1–12)
• Scrollingpanelsandtoolbars(page1–13)
• Spinners (page 1–13)
• Nu merical Expression Evaluator (page 1–13)
• Entering numbers (page 1–14)
• Cont rols and color (page 1–14)
• Undoing actions (page 1–14)
Right-Click Menus
The program uses several different types of
right-click menus.
For object editing and
ActiveShade control (page
3–21)
,youusethe quad menu (page 3–741) .
Commands on the quad menu vary depending on
thekindofobjectyouareeditingandthemode
you are in.
Right-clicking a viewport label displays the
viewport r ight-click menu (page 3–774) ,which
lets you change v iewport display settings, choose
which view appears in the viewport, and so on.
Also, the command panel and the Material Editor
have right-click menus that let you manage rollouts
and navigate the panel quickly. And most other
windows, including Schematic View and Track
View, have right-click menus that provide fast
access to commonly used functions.
Fl y out s
1. Flyout arrow
2. Flyout buttons
A flyout (page 3–1037) is similar to a menu,
except that its items are buttons. A flyout button
is indicated by a sma ll ar row in the lower-right
corner. To display the flyout, click and hold the
button for a moment, then choose a button by
dragging the cursor to it and then releasing the
mouse button.
Note: You can define customized text annotations
for flyouts by editing the
maxstart.cui file. S ee
Customize Menu (page 3–731) .
Rollouts
Rollouts are areas in the command panels and
dialogs that you can expand (roll out) or collapse
(roll in) to manage screen space. In the i llustration
above, the Keyboard entry rollout is collapsed, as
indicatedbythe+sign,andtheParametersrollout
is expanded, as indicated by the
sign.