4.7. To Add or Edit some Text

To add or edit text, use the text tool:

Figure 4-21. GChemPaint toolbox when the text tool is selected

When this tool is selected, you can select an existing text and edit it or add a new text by clicking on the background.

The text tool property page looks like:

Figure 4-22. Text Tools Bar

You can decorate the text by changing the selection in the various widgets.

GChemPaint also recognize some keyboard shortcuts specific to text edition. Some of these shortcuts are:

Ctrl+b

Toggles between bold and normal text if current font family exists for both weights.

Ctrl+i

Toggles between italic and normal text if current font family exists for both styles.

Ctrl+k

Toggles between strikethrough and normal.

Ctrl+u

Toggles between single underscore and normal.

Ctrl+^ or Ctrl++

Toggles between superscript and normal. The size of the font will be reduced to two thirds of the original value and the position raised to the new font size.

Ctrl+_ or Ctrl+=

Toggles between subscript and normal.

Toggles between superscript and normal. The size of the font will be reduced to two thirds of the original value and the position lowered to the half of the new font size.

Ctrl+Space

Restores default values according to the theme associated to the active document.