Rubber Band Zoom and Selection

Rubber Band Selection  allows multiple items to be selected or lassoed by defining an area with the mouse. When selected, the mouse pointer is displayed as a crosshair. Clicking and dragging the mouse defines the selected area in grey. Once confirmed the selected items are highlighted. 

Rubber Band Selection  is supported for the Network Graph and other visualizations that have:

  • Numeric X and Y axes
  • Date/Time X and Y axes

 

   
Before

Click the Rubber Band Selection   icon on the header control. The mouse turns into a crosshair  .

During
Mouse pointer has been dragged to define an area of interest.

After
The selected items are highlighted.

To unselect, click on any part of the visualization.

 

Rubber Band Zoom is supported for visualizations that have:

  • Text axes
  • Numeric X and Y axes
  • Date/Time X and Y axes

NOTE: 

  • Rubber band zoom is available on all visualizations except Shapes.
  • When the cross tab consists of two Text axes, Rubber Band Zoom is not available.

 

   
Before

You can enter:

  • Select Zoom in the context menu, or

  • Click the Rubber Band Zoom   icon on the header control.

The mouse turns into a crosshair  .

During
Mouse pointer has  been dragged to define an area of interest.

After
Selected items is zoomed in and the Zoom Out   icon has is displayed.

To revert to the original state of the visualization you can either:

  • Click the Zoom Out   icon at the top right of the visualization, or
  • Select Zoom Out in the context menu.

 

 

 

 

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