Any fix forALT+Click Zooming

The ALT Click to shift focus to an object or avatar so you can zoom in and circle it for doesn't work.

Has anyone found a work-around?

The best I can do is get is "M" gives me an uncontrollable zooming view.

Alt-Click works here. However, wall and floor collisions seem to be off a bit in the 1.16.0.5 build.

What version of Linux and what desktop?

I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 and Gnome

"M" is the default mouselook activation key - you can deactivate it with ESC.

The mouselook will basically set the game point of view in your avatar's head, so to show you "what your avatar would be seeing", and lets you look around moving the mouse (hence the name).

It *seems* a zooming feature because you will have a closer view than when you use the normal "behind avatar's back" viewpoint.

As why ALT+click doesn't work, I have no idea. If you press ALT, does the cursor change in a magnifying glass with a "+" within?

Yes, the cursor changes. But, unlike the Windows version, I can't zoom in to look at the item I clicked on.

It makes building things very difficult.

There exists a mouse/keyboard shortcut collision with some desktop systems. With some Linux destops, alt + left mouse will move the window around. There may be other uses too. Check to see if something special happens in other windows besides SL. If so, see if you can disable it or assign it to a different key. Also, try full-screen mode to see if that works for you.

Full-screen mode "works", for some value of "work".

I can use ALT-zoom when I'm running fullscreen, but SL doesn't give me any way to get the 1280x1024 resolution my LCD monitor has.

So I'm looking at Fuzzy, Squished, or Stretched.

Hit Ctrl-P to get to the Preferences dialog, switch to the Graphics tab, and uncheck "Run in a window" (at the top).

The dropdown list underneath the checkbox will then let you select the resolution to run in when in fullscreen mode. (Mine lets me select everything up to and including my monitor's native resolution of 1280x1024 - oddly, though, I get a lower framerate in fullscreen mode than in windowed.)

As for Alt-click in windowed mode, check your desktop environment's settings; there should be a way to disable its handling of Alt-click.

Johanna -
What versions Linux and what graphics card?

I can't make the prefrences stick!

Nefertiti,

I'm running Debian Etch 32-bit, using KDE, with an nVidia GeForce 7600 GS.

Ubuntu 7.04 ... and the same graphics card as you,

Hmmmmmmmm ... may be time for Kubuntu.

i added a bug report on this issue at jira.
https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-889

i use the sl client now with ati radeon mobility firegl 9000 (rev250)
with 8.28.8 flgrx driver on a 2.6.18 kernel (debian environment)
and have some odd UI issues.

most annoying issue: alt+left click doesn't work to zoom on objects.
camera jumps somewhere or stops zoom in.

running on a similar environment with a nvidia graphic card doesn't
have this problem.

see the attached ogg/theora video capture

tx Oh

It's KDE. I've found that if I start with Control-Alt-leftDrag and then release the Control key, it zooms. (Your Mileage May Vary)

Just discovered that from the KDE "Control Center", Desktop, Window Behavior, Window Actions, you can choose the Modifier key to be "Meta" instead of "Alt"--which finally puts some use to that ugly Windoze button on the keyboard, and prevents the Alt key from dragging windows around.

Fedora Core 6 or OpenSuSE 10.2. In each case, using Nvidia 9755 driver and KDE (3.5 I believe).