Configuring Mouse Settings

You can customize the behavior of the left, middle, and right mouse buttons to best suit your needs by configuring the mouse button settings. For example, you can select Drag to Swap for the left mouse button and eliminate using the context menu for that action.

Note:

When you customize drag options for the left, middle, or right mouse button for pan options, you cannot use the ALT key for pan delta.

Path

User Settings > Image Display > Mouse

Steps

  1. Modify the following settings as needed.
  2. Optional: When you finish configuring all settings, click Close.

Mouse Button Shortcuts Settings

Synapse supports these mouse button shortcuts:

Setting

Description

Mouse button shortcuts

Select an option from the drop-down list:

  • WL/Zoom/Pan (default): Hold the left-mouse button and click the right mouse button to cycle through window level, zoom, and pan.
  • WL/Zoom/Pan/Free Pan Hold the left-mouse button and click the right mouse button to cycle through window level, zoom, pan, and free pan.
  • WL/Zoom/Pan/All Dynamic Scroll options: Hold the left-mouse button and click the right mouse button to cycle through window level, zoom, and pan, while using a dynamic scroll option.

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Left Button Drag Settings

Synapse supports these left button drag options:

Setting

Description

Left button drag

Select an option from the drop-down list:

  • Drag to Swap: Use the left mouse button to drag and swap an image between viewports. Default setting.
  • Drag to Copy: Use the left mouse to drag and copy an image between viewports.
  • Drag to Replace: Use the left mouse button to drag a replacement image between viewports.
  • Window Level: Use the left mouse button to drag an image or series to window level.
  • Zoom: Use the left mouse button to drag and zoom an image or series.
  • Pan: Use the left mouse button to drag and pan an image or series.
  • Free Pan: Use the left mouse button to drag and pan an image or series. If you have Link Zoom/Pan (LZP) turned on, Synapse does not change the position of any linked images.

You can also use the left button to drag and scroll through a series using one of the following options:

  • Dynamic Scroll-Rapid
  • Dynamic Scroll-Standard (default)
  • Dynamic Scroll-Precision
  • Dynamic Scroll-Custom

Note: Dynamic Scroll-Rapid and Dynamic Scroll-Standard might skip images with large mouse movements.

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Middle Button Drag Settings

Synapse supports these middle button drag options:

Setting

Description

Middle button drag

Select an option from the drop-down list:

  • Window Level: Use the middle mouse button to drag an image or series to window level.
  • Zoom: Use the middle mouse button to drag and zoom an image or series.
  • Pan: Use the middle mouse button to drag and pan an image or series.
  • Free Pan: Use the middle mouse button to drag and pan an image or series. If you have LZP turned on, Synapse does not change the position of any linked images.

You can also use the middle button to drag and scroll through a series using one of the following options:

  • Dynamic Scroll-Rapid
  • Dynamic Scroll-Standard (default)
  • Dynamic Scroll-Precision
  • Dynamic Scroll-Custom

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Middle Button Click Settings

Synapse supports these middle button click options:

Setting

Description

Middle button click

Select an option from the drop-down list:

  • Mouse Flythrough: Use the middle mouse button to rapidly and smoothly scroll without skipping images. (default)
  • Dynamic Scroll-Rapid
  • Dynamic Scroll-Standard
  • Dynamic Scroll-Precision
  • Dynamic Scroll-Custom

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Right Button Drag Settings

Synapse supports these right button drag options:

Setting

Description

Right button drag

  • Window Level: Use the right mouse button to drag an image or series to window level (default).
  • Zoom: Use the right mouse button to drag and zoom an image or series.
  • Pan: Use the right mouse button to drag and pan an image or series.
  • Free Pan: Use the right mouse button to drag and pan an image or series. If you have LZP turned on, Synapse does not change the position of any linked images.

You can also use the right mouse button to drag and scroll through a series using one of the following options:

  • Dynamic Scroll-Rapid
  • Dynamic Scroll-Standard
  • Dynamic Scroll-Precision
  • Dynamic Scroll-Custom

Note:

  • Dynamic Scroll-Rapid and Dynamic Scroll-Standard might skip images with large mouse movements.

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Custom Window Level Settings

Custom Window Level (WL) assigns mouse movement direction to the preferred + and - for window width and window center options. When you select a different W/L option, the other applicable options are changed.

Setting

Description

Custom W/L:

Select a different mouse direction option for W/L operations from the following drop-down lists:

  • C-
  • C+
  • W-
  • W+

Dynamic Scroll Custom Rule

Use this option to apply different dynamic scroll modes based on the modality of the series.

Setting

Description

Dynamic Scroll Custom Rule

  • Select a modality from the drop-down list to display the options for that modality:
    • BT - Precision
    • CT - Standard
    • MR - Standard
    • PET - Standard
    • NM - Standard
    • US - Standard
    • XA - Standard
    • Other - Standard
  • Select the option for each modality.

Dynamic Scroll Sensitivity

Personalize dynamic scroll sensitivity with the slider bars for the following dynamic scroll types:

  • Standard
  • Rapid
  • Precision

This setting is only available in Administrator mode.

Wheel Scroll Custom Rule

Use this option to apply different wheel scroll modes based on the modality of the series.

Note:

Different wheel scroll options are available for this setting depending on the Synapse client. Both of the options below display in Administator mode.

Synapse ZV (Thin Component/Zero Viewer)

Setting

Description

Wheel Scroll Custom Rule

Select the Precision or Adaptive option.

Synapse VX

Setting

Description

Wheel Scroll Custom Rule

  • Select a modality from the drop-down list to display the options for that modality:
    • BT
    • CT
    • MR
    • PET
    • NM
    • US
    • XA
    • Other
  • Select the option for each modality. The default for all modalities is Precision.
  • When you select the Apply to all Modalities check box for that wheel scroll rule, Synapse applies the wheel scroll rule to all modalities.

Wheel Scroll Sensitivity

Personalize wheel scroll sensitivity with the slider bars for the following wheel scroll type:

  • Adaptive: More responsive to varied mouse wheel speeds

This setting is only available in Administrator mode.

Results

Synapse automatically saves any updated options and displays the following message in the bottom left corner of the window: Successfully saved.

Synapse displays the following message that you must take the following action to apply the settings: Refresh the Synapse browser window for settings to apply.

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Additional Options

You can also change the window level, zoom, and pan using the context menu:

  • Select Tools > Apply to All Images in the Viewer context menu to apply window level, zoom, and pan to the series.
  • Select Tools > Apply to Selected Images in the Viewer context menu to apply window level, zoom, and pan to the selected image or images.

Related Topics

Image Paging and Scrolling Overview

Using Dynamic Scroll and Middle Mouse Flythrough

Window Level Overview

Changing the Window Level