The Zoom Control

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Purpose:

The Zoom Control allows the user to zoom in and out of plots.

The Zoom Control:

This is what the zoom control looks like:


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The Zoom Control Menu:

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By clicking on the M, the Zoom Control Menu is shown:

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The Zoom Control Menu
Zoom On - When the plot is clicked on, the plot is zoomed.
Zoom X - When the plot is clicked on, only the X-axis is zoomed.
Zoom Y - When the plot is clicked on, only the Y-axis is zoomed.
Zoom Off - Turns zoom off.
Reset - Resets the plot's x and y axis's back to their original values.

The Zoom Control Panning Buttons:

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By clicking on the arrows of the Zoom Control, the plot is panned left, right, up and down.