Navigating the Active View

The controls for navigating the active View in the Slate Material Editor are similar to those for navigating geometry in 3ds Max viewports.

Mouse Options

If your mouse has a middle mouse button or a wheel, you can use these controls to navigate the active View, even while the Select tool is active:

• Dragging with the middle mouse button pans the view.
• Ctrl+Alt+drag with the middle mouse button zooms the view.
• Using the wheel temporarily zooms the view.

Tip: While you use one of the modal navigation tools (Pan, Zoom, or Zoom Region), you can right-click to return to the Select tool.

Navigator Window

The Navigator window appears by default in the upper-right corner of the Slate Material Editor dialog. It shows you a map of the active View.

The Navigator centered on nodes in the View

The corresponding appearance of the active View

The red rectangle in the Navigator shows the border of the active View. Dragging the rectangle in the Navigator changes the focus of the View.

Moving the View border in the Navigator to change the focus

The corresponding focus change in the active View

The Navigator is most useful when you have a lot of material trees displayed in the active View. You can toggle display of the Navigator by a choice on the Tools menu.