# Grab to pan UI?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grab-to-pan-ui/86136>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [4 March 2024 20:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grab-to-pan-ui/86136 "2024-03-04T20:15:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![kagey-cmd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@kagey-cmd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kagey-cmd)\
**Post date:** [4 March 2024 20:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grab-to-pan-ui/86136/1 "2024-03-04T20:15:40Z")

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I imagine this has been asked before, as I can't be the only one that wants this, but is there any plan to add a "grab screen to pan" functionality to the flow UI?  
Could be tied to a hotkey (e.g. "ctrl+click and drag to pan") or simply right-click, hold and drag. I think it might already be tied to scroll-wheel click, but this fights with "wheel click and drag to scroll".

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**Author:** ![christopher-lambe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/christopher-lambe/32/69369_2.png) [@christopher-lambe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/christopher-lambe)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2024 07:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grab-to-pan-ui/86136/2 "2024-03-05T07:13:10Z")

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CTRL and SHIFT modifier keys are already taken as is right click. The browser mouse wheel button 3 scrolling is a terrible user experience. Probably the browser is the culprit here.

SHIFT and mouse wheel scrolls horizontally.

I do like the right click and hold in irfanview or miro for panning around

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**Author:** ![kagey-cmd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@kagey-cmd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kagey-cmd)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2024 14:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grab-to-pan-ui/86136/3 "2024-03-05T14:06:29Z")

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We're in agreement on the Middle-click-Drag to scroll being bad. But maybe the ctrl-drag or shift-drag need functionalities need to be reevaluated... they don't even copy/paste or direction-lock nodes.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [4 May 2024 14:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grab-to-pan-ui/86136/4 "2024-05-04T14:06:41Z")

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