The Arrow Pad is common to both the Joy Of Hex game and editor, with much of the functionality in common. The main use of the Arrow Pad is to help on navigate about hex maps that are too large to appear in the window all at once. If the game or editor is in a state where you are not meant to scroll the hex map, then the Arrow Pad shall not appear.
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If the Arrow Pad is meant to appear, then it will always appear at the far right of whatever toolbar one is using. By clicking in one of the buttons of the arrow pad, one can cause the map to move about on the screen. Clicking quickly will cause the view of the map to move one hex in the direction chosen. Clicking and holding will cause the map to move an entire screen size everytime a small delay passes. |
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The center button of the Arrow Pad is only useful for the Joy Of Hex game where there is the concept of the active unit. Clicking on the center button of the Arrow Pad will cause the map to be centered on the presently selected active unit. Since the editor has no concept of the active unit, clicking this button in the editor will do nothing. |
If you find the arrow pad inconvenient to use, you can always press the equivalent keys (1-9) on the numerical keypad on extended keyboards. Pressing a key quickly will cause the map to move one hex, while holding the key down will cause the map to scroll. If you press the central key (5) the map will center on the active unit.