Mouse gestures
Hover
- strip: show comment in tool tip
- radar scope: show selection-to-mouse info
- unpinned navpoints and elements on the radar scope: show short name, and frequency/channel if navaid
- entry in navigator or ATC list: show a tool tip with true heading and distance from radar centre
Click
Left button:
- on aircraft body, radar tag, strip or FPL: select
- on radar background: deselect
- on navpoint:
- plain click: fill navigator filter and instruction navpoint fields
- with SHIFT if selection contains a strip with a recognised route: add/remove enroute waypoint
- with ALT: send "proceed direct" instruction through CPDLC to selected callsign ("request direct" if teaching)
- on radio text chat message: recall dest./message in entry line
- own message: recalls both
- other: fill dest. and focus message field
- on instruction panel button, with ALT: send instruction through CPDLC (or request if teaching)
Middle button:
- on aircraft body, radar tag, strip or FPL: link to current selection if any and possible
- with SHIFT on aircraft body, radar tag, strip or FPL (if selected and linked): unlink from rest of selection
Double-click
No modifiers:
- on strip: open strip detail sheet
- on aircraft body or radar tag: open linked strip if any
- on rack, under strips: create new strip on rack
- on loose strip bay background: create new strip in bay
- on empty RWY box: start/reset separation timer
- on rack tab or column title: edit/delete rack
- on radar navpoint: pin/unpin label
- on navigator entry: indicate point on radar screen
- on notification: notification-dependant
- on ATC callsign: raise text chat private channel
- on ATC phone line icon: switch outgoing status
- if "idle": place call
- if outgoing or call in progress: hang up (drop line)
- if incoming: answer call
With SHIFT:
- on strip: indicate linked ACFT or XPDR identification
- on ATC callsign: indicate position if known
- on aircraft body: remove hdg/alt./FL/speed assignments
- on radar tag: reset text box position
- on radar background: add custom text label (annotate radar)
- on custom text label: remove label
With ALT:
- on strip, aircraft body or radar tag: open current/last CPDLC window for callsign
Click & drag
Left button:
- radar scope background (if not locked) or loose strip bay: pan view
- radar tag: move tag
- aircraft body: vector/instruct (*)
- without SHIFT: assign heading or instruct taxi if detected on ground
- with SHIFT, dragging vertically: assign alt./FL
- with SHIFT, dragging horizontally: assign speed
- strip:
- within/between racks, loose bays or runway boxes: rerack/reorder/reposition flight strip
- drag loose strip with SHIFT: move and keep within bay, pushing edges as needed
- drop on shelf: shelve strip, e.g. when releasing a contact
- drop on ATC callsign, without ALT: send strip to ATC (handover)
- drop on ATC callsign, with ALT if callsign connected to CPDLC: data authority transfer or handover instruction (as teacher: request handover)
Right button:
- on radar scope
- without SHIFT: quick heading and distance measuring tool + show ground elevation if available
- with SHIFT as teacher: create new traffic
- in tower view window when not following an aircraft (FlightGear input): look around
(*) Notes on click & drag vectoring:
- with ALT (except taxi): send instruction through CPDLC (or request if teaching)
- press right button while dragging to abort
- in solo sessions if voice recognition turned off: action instructs callsign
- as teacher: all actions take direct control of aircraft (no strip callsign look-up)