Different ways to do the same thing

Torley's dashing down some quick ideas...

There are often "different ways to do the same thing" in Second Life, or in other words, various paths to one goal. For example, a newcomer may prefer using the mouse to click menu options, but when you know there are keyboard shortcuts, you can graduate to those. Here are some quick examples and links to more info:

Movement controls

In the Viewer's user interface, there's the Move controls. All of these have keyboard equivalents, which is the more common usage.

	"Special" keys	"Letter" keys (when chat bar doesn't have focus)
Move forward	↑	w
Move backward	↓	s
Turn left (strafe left in mouselook)	←	a
Turn right (strafe left in mouselook)	→	d
Jump	tap Page Up	tap e
Fly up	hold Page Up	hold e
Fly down (or crouch, when on the ground)	hold Page Down	hold c

Camera controls

In the Viewer's user interface, there's the Camera controls. Like Move, all camera controls have keyboard equivalent. These shortcuts are more complicated than movement controls because they require pressing several keys (and/or the left mouse button) simultaneously.

	"Special keys" keyboard shortcut	"Letter keys" keyboard shortcut	Mouse-inclusive equivalent
Change focus point (and center it in the Viewer window)	n/a	n/a	Alt + left-click
Zoom in	Alt + ↑	Alt + w	Alt + hold left mouse button and drag up
Zoom out	Alt + ↓	Alt + s	Alt + hold left mouse button and drag down
Orbit up	Alt+Ctrl +	Alt+Ctrl + w	Alt+Ctrl + hold left mouse button and drag up
Orbit down	Alt +	Alt + s	Alt + hold left mouse button and drag down

On the Viewer's bottom bar, there are Move and View controls you can click on.

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