Can I move around the scene to place objects?

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I mean, I can only zoom in and out and that’s it.

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I had a similar issue

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Thanks :smiley: You know, i’ve thought that I tried all keys… except alt … haha

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I thought about posting this up on the forum but I didn’t want to look stupid XD I guess I’m not the only one with this problem

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Maybe we should put these instructions inside the editor somewhere. Perhaps as a dismissible help popup or text in the scene editor?

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Making the alt key optional for middle mouse panning would help a lot. Would be like Unity then in the viewport navigation (docs say alt+middle like maya, but you don’t really need to), and people are used to that. Also: You can drink coffee while panning.

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The Controls can be set in File -> Preferences -> Defold -> Scene Editor -> Mouse Type

The problem is that the navigation is supposed to be like this for three-button-controls:

PAN: Alt+Right Mouse Button
ZOOM: Alt+Middle Button

But it is the other way around for me. I need to pan with the middle mouse button -.-
At this point, the doc is simply wrong. (no I did not change any settings at all)
And my biggest Problem: I wanna work on a laptop. I HAVE NO MIDDLE BUTTON!!
Meaning I cannot pan at all -.-

The one-button-controls are not explained at all anywhere.

I must say the documentation on this engine is very weak and often contains mistakes (the mistakes are not unusual for game engines, though), and I have just started using it…

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Have you read this? http://www.defold.com/manuals/scene-editing/

If you spot mistakes in the documentation, don’t hesitate to point out where they are and we’ll fix them. Same thing if you spot some undocumented thing.

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Alt + right click doesn’t work with mouse pad on linux. Is it possible to do something?

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Alt+left click should work.