Quick ways to navigate the map

 

You can use keyboard shortcuts and your mouse for quicker navigation with maps and layout pages. For example, you can pan and zoom the map without having to go to a toolbar and click a different tool.

Using the wheel mouse you can zoom and pan without changing the tool you are currently using.

Mouse wheel action	Navigation function
Roll wheel back and forth	Zoom in and out
Hold down Ctrl and roll	Zooms in and out but with finer increment. Use for small adjustments.
Click mouse wheel (or middle mouse button)	Center map at location where you clicked
Hold down mouse wheel (or middle mouse button) and drag	Pan
Hold down Ctrl and click mouse wheel	Center and zoom in at location you clicked
Hold down Ctrl and drag with the mouse wheel	Zoom in

Rolling the mouse wheel is applied to whichever part of the user interface the pointer is currently over. In this way, you can just move the pointer over the map and roll the wheel to zoom in or out, regardless of which window or dialog box has keyboard focus.

You can use the middle mouse button on a three-button mouse instead of the mouse wheel for all the shortcuts except for rolling to zoom in and out.

Other navigation shortcuts:

• The arrow keys scroll the map in the direction you press, unless a graphic or map element is selected, in which case they nudge that element.
• The Home and End keys also scroll the map left and right. PageUp and PageDown scroll the map up and down.
• The + and - keys zoom in and out, the same as the Fixed Zoom In and Fixed Zoom Out buttons.