Command Reference

Menus and shortcut keys

The File Menu
O File Open... 	Opens a map file.
File Open Recent 	 This is a shortcut to open recently opened maps. Clicking on this item opens a list to the side of the menu with several of the most recently opened files. Clicking on a specific file will open it in - if the file still resides at the same location.
N File Download Maps... 	Displays the Get Hot New Stuff! dialog to download additional maps for , among others maps for Mars and Venus.
File Create a New Map... 	Displays the Map Theme Creation Wizard dialog to create a new map using Web Map Service data, your own image file or Open Street Map indexed tiles.
File Download Region... 	Displays the Download Region dialog to download map data in different zoom levels for offline usage. See Download Map Regions for details.
S File Export Map... 	Exports a screenshot of 's map to an image file.
P File Print... 	Prints a screenshot of 's map.
File Print Preview 	Opens a window that shows a preview of the printed map.
File Work Offline 	If this option is selected will no longer download map data from the Internet. The search feature gets restricted to the local database. New routes cannot be retrieved.
Q File Quit 	Quits

The Edit Menu
C Edit Copy Map 	Copies a screenshot of 's map to the global clipboard.
Edit Copy Coordinates 	Copies the current coordinates to the global clipboard.
E Edit Edit Map 	Allows you to open the current map in the external map editor. The current version supports Potlatch (in a web browser), Merkaartor and JOSM map editors.
R Edit Record Movie 	Records a movie with Marble.
S Edit Stop Recording 	Stops the current recording of movie.

The View Menu
View Current Location 	Toggle the display of the location page in the left panel. If a GPS device is connected with your computer, displays longitude and latitude of your current location.
View Crosshairs 	Toggle the display of a simple crosshair in the center of the map.
F5 View Redisplay 	The currently visible part of the map is downloaded again and refreshed on the screen.
View Info Boxes 	In this submenu you can to lock the position of the infoboxes and show or hide the plugins you have enabled in the Plugins page of s configuration dialog.
View Online Services 	The Wikipedia plugin displays georeferenced Wikipedia articles as an icon on the map. A click onto the icon launches a browser window that displays the referenced site. The data is provided through a webservice via GeoNames.org. Likewise a Photos plugin currently provides photos via the FlickR photo sharing site
View Clouds 	Show real-time cloud cover. A real-time cloud map that gets updated every 3 hours. It uses GOES, METEOSAT, and GMS satellite imagery downloaded from the Geostationary Satellite Imagery page at Dundee University. Credits: Hari Nair, Xplanet Project
View Atmosphere 	Show the diffuse reflection of the atmosphere around the Earth.
View Stars 	Show the star map as seen from the Solar System.
View Sun Control... 	Displays the Sun Control where you can set the Sun Shading and center the map on subsolar point position.
View Time Control... 	Displays the Time Control dialog where you can set date and time and the simulation time speed.
View Eclipses in year 	 Displays the list of the eclipses for the year chosen using View Browse Eclipses... menu item.
This menu item will be shown only when Eclipses plugin is enabled
View Browse Eclipses... 	Displays the Eclipse Browser dialog where you can set the year to show eclipses for, open plugin settings dialog, view data on eclipse start, end, type and magnitude. Choose some eclipse item from the list and click on Go To Selected Eclipse to view the location of the eclipse on the globe.
This menu item will be shown only when Eclipses plugin is enabled

The Settings Menu
Settings Show Toolbar 	Toggle the display of the toolbar.
Settings Show Statusbar 	Toggle the display of the status bar.
Settings Panels 	Toggle the display of the panels.
You can make hide all panels or show them by selecting the Settings Panels Hide All Panels/Show All Panels menu item or pressing F9 key on your keyboard.
Settings View Size 	Switches between various sizes of map area. You can choose one of the sizes that are suitable for capturing frames for screencast or keep map area resizable (Default (resizable) menu item).
F Settings Full Screen Mode 	Switches between normal view and full screen view. In full screen view, the titlebar is hidden and the actual application window is resized to the entire screen.
Settings Configure Desktop Globe... 	Display the configuration dialog.

The Help Menu
has the common Help menu item, for more information read the section about the Help Menu of the Fundamentals.