Zooming and Scrolling

You can define a zoom area and synchronize the zooming with other charts. Zooming is possible for the following chart types: plot, scatter, histogram, interval, and timeplot.

To zoom

1. Click into the chart that you want to zoom and keep the left mouse button pressed.

2. Move the mouse cursor.

   A gray rectangle indicates the zoom area.

   

3. Release the mouse button.

   The defined area is shown in the chart.

4. To show the complete chart again, click .

To synchronize zooming

1. To zoom into several charts simultaneously, you can synchronize the zooming. Right-click a chart and select Zoom-Synchronisation from the context menu.

2. In the Configure synchronised charts window, search for the chart that you want to synchronize.

   As soon as you enter your search string a list with possible matches is shown.

3. Select the chart from the list.
4. If you want to add more charts, repeat step 3.
5. Click Save.

6. Perform the zooming as described in To zoom.

7. To stop the synchronization, open the Configure synchronised charts window again as described in step 1 and remove the synchronized charts from the list.

To scroll in the zoomed view

1. To scroll along the axes in zoomed view, you must switch to the scroll mode. In the upper right corner of the chart, click .

   The symbol of the mouse pointer changes.

2. Click into the chart and keep the left mouse button pressed while moving the mouse along the axes.

   The chart is scrolled according to your mouse movement.

3. To switch back to the zoom mode, click .