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| + | | << [[grids|Grids]] | **[[geda:gschem_ug|gEDA gschem User Guide]]** | [[components|Components]] >> | | ||
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| + | ===== Moving and copying ===== | ||
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| + | ==== Moving objects ==== | ||
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| + | There are three main ways to move an object: | ||
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| + | - Left-click on an object and drag it. If it is [[selecting|selected]], everything else that is currently selected will be moved with it. | ||
| + | - Select one or more objects and press <key>m</key> to begin moving, and then left-click to place them in their new position. | ||
| + | - Select one or more objects, and then use **Edit→Move Mode**. Left click once to begin moving the objects, and again to finish. | ||
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| + | Any nets connected to objects that you are moving will stretch (or "rubberband") so that they stay connected. You can turn this behaviour on and off using **Options→Toggle net rubberband**. | ||
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| + | If you hold <key>Ctrl</key> while moving, the movement will be constrained to be only horizontal or vertical. | ||
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| + | ==== Rotating and mirroring objects ==== | ||
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| + | You can also rotate and mirror objects or groups of objects. | ||
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| + | To rotate the selection 90° anticlockwise around the current position of the mouse pointer, press <key>e</key><key>r</key>. If you are in the process of placing an object on the page (for example, while moving it), you can also rotate by middle-clicking. | ||
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| + | To flip the selection left-to-right around the mouse pointer, press <key>e</key><key>i</key>. | ||
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| + | ==== Copying objects on the page ==== | ||
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| + | When you have objects selected, you can make a quick copy by pressing <key>e</key><key>c</key>, and then left-clicking to place the copied objects. You can right-click while placing to cancel the copy. You can also make a quick copy by selecting **Edit→Copy mode** from the menu, in which case you must then left-click to begin copying and again to finish. | ||
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| + | If you need to make more than one copy, you can use **Edit→Multiple Copy Mode**, or press <key>e</key><key>y</key>. This is like a normal quick copy, except you can left-click multiple times to make several copies of the selection, and right-click to finish copying. | ||
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| + | If you hold <key>Ctrl</key> while making quick copies, the copy will be constrained to be in line with the original either horizontally or vertically. | ||
| + | ==== Copying and pasting the clipboard ==== | ||
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| + | You can copy and paste selected objects using the //system clipboard//. To copy the selection to the system clipboard, select **Edit→Copy**, or to remove it from the page and put it in the clipboard, **Edit→Cut**. | ||
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| + | If the clipboard contains gEDA schematic or symbol data, you can place it on the page with **Edit→Paste**. While placing the clipboard data, you can right-click to cancel. | ||
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| + | ==== Using buffers ==== | ||
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| + | gschem supports several //buffers//, which work just like the system clipboard, except they are not accessible to other applications. You can access them through the **Buffer** menu. | ||
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| + | Buffers can be useful when you have a set of objects that you wish to paste multiple times during an editing session, but not all at once. | ||
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