Larger workflows sometimes require a little extra effort to navigate around. We are exploring some enhancements to make it easier to move across a large canvas and we would love to hear your thoughts, suggestions, and concerns.
Current Functionality
Several navigation controls are fairly obvious, such as dragging the scroll bars and clicking the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons on the Toolbar.
There are also some additional Navigation controls listed on the Alteryx Help Hot Keys page:
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Scroll Up/Down
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Mouse Wheel
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Scroll Left/Right
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Shift + Mouse Wheel
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Zoom In/ Out
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Control + Mouse Wheel (Zooming centers on the mouse arrow position)
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Pan
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Hold Mouse Wheel
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Alt+ Left Mouse Button
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Your Feedback Needed
There are a few obvious opportunities for improvement: Several of those controls require a mouse wheel, which isn’t available with all hardware configurations; and the controls aren’t as easily discoverable as we would like.
What are some of the other ways we could improve canvas navigation? We’d like to know:
- What are your biggest challenges in navigating around a large workflow?
- What key commands would you like to see for canvas navigation?
- What new functionality could we add to make canvas navigation easier?
- How would you prefer to learn about navigation controls? What types of interface prompts work best for you?
Please use the comments to share your answers, and don’t forget to click the star if you see an idea that you like.
