Right Mouse Button

The right mouse button has three uses in SAP2000:

• Right click in the menu/toolbar area to customize the menus and toolbars. See Customize Toolbars for more information.

• Right click on an object in a display window to open a form with information about that object. The type of information shown depends on what is being displayed in the window.

• Right click in the background (not on an object) of a display window to access a menu of selected commands that includes the following:

• • Edit Grid Data

  • Edit Reference Line

  • Create Reference Lines on Plan

  • Plan Fine Grid Spacing

  • Plan Nudge Value

  • Lock OnScreen Grid System Edit - This is a toggle that locks or unlocks on-screen editing of the grid system.

  • Show Selection Only

  • Invert View Selection

  • Remove Selection from View

  • Restore Previous Selection

  • Show All

  • Delete - Left click on an object to select it, then right click anywhere in the active display window and select the Delete option to delete the selected object.

  • Edit Dimension Preferences - This command accesses the form used to set the dimension and tolerance preferences.

For all other mouse functions in SAP2000, use the left mouse button.

See Also

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