Question on some keyboard controls

[Alessandro]

Hi, could i ask the functionality of Shift+C, i mean what is it for exactly, because even if it is interesting use it i dont understand compared to the explanation in help controls:

Shift+C : Center/orbit--center the selected object without changing the
position of the reference object.

i see that the referenced object stay in the center of screen and do not move and the selected object seems to go behind the first one.
I tried it with Saturn as referenced object and any of his moons selected.

Hope he question is clear.
Thank's for all your answers.
Alessandro

[selden]

What you describe is exactly what should be happening.

I usually use the mouse to move the foreground object (e.g. Cassini) away from the center of the screen so that the object being centered by the C command can be seen beyond the previous object and is not hidden behind it.

[Alessandro]

ok Selden i see what you mean.

infact using how i did has no much sense because Saturn is bigger then his moons then it covers them.

i just was using the control in wrong context (way).
another question please?
the keys PgUp and PgDown seems to reset to the previous... last position?
or something like these?
i did not find the explanation of these keys.

thank you very much Selden.
Alessandro

[selden]

Sorry, I never use the page up/down keys. I agree they don't seem to work in reasonable ways.

[rra]

I asked the same question a few weeks ago ,
see:

http://www.celestiaproject.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10219


the page-up/down keys work as a stack for "changes" in contex,
through which one can walk using the keys.
its output is (for me at least) sometimes surprising


Ren?©

[Adirondack]

the page-up/down keys work as a stack for "changes" in contex, through which one can walk using the keys.

This is a new feature in the coming 1.5.0 (W32).

Adirondack