Mouse Functions

The toolbar changes the function of some of the mouse clicks, but in general the following summarize the basic mouse click functions.

Repositioning Legend & Other Objects

To reposition EFDC_Explorer pop-up's, the legend, labels, notes, dialog windows and frames the user may left mouse click, hold it down and drag it to move the object to another location on the plot. If the legend is moved off the display and the form resized so that the legend is no longer visible, it will be repositioned to the center of the current view.

Cell Information

Using the mouse, point to a specific cell and then left mouse click (LMC) to display that cell's general information along with the data of the currently selected parameter, with any sub-options. Right mouse click (RMC) copies this information to the Windows clipboard. Figure 1 shows an example for salinity.


Figure 1 Cell Information example.

Right Mouse Click

Right mouse click (RMC) on the object to perform the following:

The Legend  Brings up the Display Options form.

A Cell (BC)  Displays the pop-up shown which allows the options of editing the cell, deactivating the cell, or Set as show I,J. This sets the I and J in Run Time Status form within the Grid & General tab. Depending on the BC type clicked, the view cell will display the primary boundary condition parameter as well as the corresponding concentrations. The view group displays total group flows or fluxes.

A Cell (Edit)  When displaying the domain with the Enable Edit check box selected, except for boundary conditions, a Modify Cell form (Figure 2) is displayed that allows the user to modify many of the cells properties in one location.


Figure 2 Modify Cell form with bed layer-sediment mass sub-option.

In addition to these functions, RMC'ing on zones for the water quality, diagenesis and vegetation zones allows the user to edit the data for the entire zone.

During post-processing water quality, if viewing dissolved oxygen with the time series toggle on, the user can select from a series of pre-defined "bundles" of nutrients.