Controls

The view of a plot is controlled by three components:

  1. The axis range, which defines the coordinate system for the plotted points.
  2. Zoom and rotation for 3D plots. Zoom is the distance from viewer to axis box and rotation can be defined by the three Euler angles:
  3. The preimage range. For graphs and vector fields this is equal to the axis range, but it's independent for parametric plots. For S¹ and S¹ × S¹ this is fixed to [0,2π) and [0,2π) × [0,2π).

These can be set precisely with text fields in the "Axis" box or via mouse or keyboard:

2D plots

MouseKeyboard
Axis Centerleft click & drag←↑↓→
Axis Rangescroll wheel
⇧ + left drag
⇧ + arrows
+/- keys
Preimage Centerright drag
^ + left drag
^ + arrows
Preimage Rangeright button + scroll wheel
^⇧ + left drag
^⇧ + arrows

3D Plots

MouseKeyboard
Zoomscroll wheel
⇧ + left drag up/down
+/- keys
⇧ + ↑↓
Rotationleft click & drag←↑↓→
Axis Centermiddle drag←↑↓→
Axis Range⇧ + scroll wheel
⇧ + left drag left/right
⇧ + ←/→
Preimage Center
(same as 2D)
right drag
^ + left drag
^ + arrows
Preimage Range
(same as 2D)
right button + scroll wheel
^⇧ + left drag
^⇧ + arrows

Other Hotkeys

These work when the plot view has focus: