SMART Cursor, Mouse & Buttons

The cursor, mouse and exit buttons are configured within SMART to have helpful additional properties.

List Selection

Multiple entries may be selected from large, scrollable lists in several different ways :

1. Continuous block - click on the first required entry to highlight it and then drag the cursor arrow downwards with the mouse button still pressed until the last required entry is reached.
2. Continuous block - click on the first required entry to highlight it and then scroll down with the "down arrow" key while the "Shift" button is pressed.
   Keep scrolling down until the last required entry is reached.
3. Continuous block - click on the first required entry to highlight it then scroll down and shift-click on last required entry to select whole block.
   This may be faster than using the down arrow in some cases.
4. Discontinuous block - First use one of the above methods to highlight the entire range from first to last.
   Then de-select unwanted entries by moving the cursor to them and clicking the mouse with the "Ctrl" (control) key pressed.
Multiple entries within a block selection may be de-selected by either :
1. Multiple indivdual clicks with the mouse button and "Ctrl" still pressed. (Useful for removing scattered indivdual entries.)
2. Draging the cursor arrow downwards with the mouse button and "Ctrl" still pressed until the last required entry is reached. (Useful for removing blocks.)

NOTE: For more detail on using the Dataset manager window shown above see Project Manager

SMART IDEA window Mouse Functions

To select a box on the SMART IDEA image (as shown) place the mouse pointer at the top left hand corner of the required area,
then hold down the right mouse key and drag to the required bottom right position.

To zoom in on displayed data the "Freeze" button must be selected first. Select the region to be zoomed by placing the mouse pointer at the top left hand corner of the required area,
then hold down the right mouse key and drag to the required bottom right position. The selected region will automatically be zoomed (magnified) to fill the entire display box.
To return to the original plot click on "Unzoom".

When using a two key mouse any function that requires a middle mouse button click can be accessed by clicking right and left buttons together.

Exiting the SMART IDEA window

1. On exiting the SMART IDEA window changes made to the dataset are not automatically saved.
2. Clicking "Quit" on the SMART IDEA window exits the GUI.
3. Once "Quit" is clicked a second decision box appears and must be clicked "Yes" to confirm exiting. ("No" to cancel.)



4. Clicking "Yes" will display a second prompt box to save the data being worked on.
5. Click"Yes" to save, "No" to quit without saving. Clicking "Yes" will save the changes made as part of the current project.

Exiting SMART

1. On exiting SMART changes made to the dataset are not automatically saved.
2. First close the Dataset window by clicking the "Close" button on it.
3. Clicking "Exit" on the Project Manager exits SMART.
4. Once "Exit" is clicked a decision box appears and must be clicked.
5. Clicking "Yes" saves a new project. A pre-existing project is updated with the changes.
6. Clicking "No" does not save a new project. A pre-existing project is not updated.



7. If no updates at all a made to a pre-existing project the window will not appear.
8. After SMART has exited IDL will still be invoked. "IDL>" will be displayed at the prompt and SMART defaults will be set.
9. To exit IDL and return to the system Unix/Linux prompt, type "exit" at the "IDL>" prompt.

WARNING :
In general, do NOT attempt to exit SMART by clicking on the "X" buttons at the top right of each window.
At best doing this will cause SMART to exit without saving current session data. (IE. Work will be lost.)
A pre-existing open project is not updated by the current session unless the user specifically clicks on a "Save" button.
Exiting with "X" and then re-accessing the project will present the project as it was at the last "Save".