You can show or hide this toolbar by selecting View→Toolbars→Tools from the menu bar.
Pointer Tool
Use this tool to perform a variety of miscellaneous design surface tasks, including selection and repositioning. Use the mouse wheel to scroll up and down.
The following keyboard modifiers apply to the Pointer Tool:
Use this tool to zoom in to and out of the design surface. Click to zoom in by preset increments. Click and drag to create a zoom rectangle defining the extent of a zoom-in operation. Use the mouse wheel for continuous zoom-in/out.
The following keyboard modifiers apply to the Zoom Tool:
Alt
All click/drag operations become zoom-out operations
Use this tool to drag the design surface around within the viewport. The Pan Tool is only of use when the design surface extends beyond the bounds of the viewport.
The following keyboard modifiers apply to the Pan Tool:
Use this tool to create connections between pairs of connectors. The rules for creating connections are covered here. Click down on any connector and drag the connection outline to another connector. While hovering over another connector, you will see one of four cursors.
You are trying to connect an input to an input or an output to an output, which is not possible.
The attempted connection would contravene the connection rules.
The connection is allowed but there may be data conversion problems at runtime.
The connection is allowed and there will be no data conversion problems.
The following keyboard modifiers apply to the Connection Tool:
Shift
The mouse wheel will scroll left and right
Ctrl
The Connection Tool becomes the Zoom-in Tool
Space Bar
The Connection Tool becomes the Pan Tool
Alt
The Connection Tool becomes the Pointer Tool
The Connections Manager offers an alternative means of creating connections.
