Pan and Zoom

Navigating complex architectures with hundreds of services requires fast, ergonomic viewport controls. Rekhic offers multiple methods to navigate smoothly.

1. Panning Modes

Two-Finger Trackpad Pan

On macOS or modern Windows laptops, simply drag two fingers in any direction across your trackpad to pan the canvas fluidly.

Spacebar + Mouse Drag

Hold down the Spacebar on your keyboard. Your cursor will turn into a hand grab icon. Left-click and drag anywhere on the canvas to move your viewpoint.

Middle-Mouse Button Pan

If you use a three-button mouse, click and hold the scroll wheel (middle button) to drag the canvas.

2. Zoom Controls

Rekhic supports zoom levels ranging from 10% (overview mode) up to 200% (close-up inspection).

• Pinch-to-Zoom: Pinch on a trackpad to zoom centered on your cursor.
• Mouse Wheel: Hold Cmd/Ctrl while scrolling the wheel.
• Viewport Toolbar: Click the + or - buttons in the bottom toolbar.
• Zoom to 100%: Press Shift + 0 to reset the zoom level to 1:1 scale.

3. Fit View (Shift + 1)

When working with expansive distributed systems, it is common to scroll far away from your components.

Click the Fit View button in the lower toolbar (or press Shift + 1) to instantly calculate the bounding box of all active nodes and center the entire topology on your screen.

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