# Shift key linked motion - crosshair centered in slice view
**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/shift-key-linked-motion-crosshair-centered-in-slice-view/373
**Category:** Feature requests
**Tags:** feature
**Created:** [May 24, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/shift-key-linked-motion-crosshair-centered-in-slice-view/373 "2017-05-24T15:23:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@hherhold](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/hherhold)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/shift-key-linked-motion-crosshair-centered-in-slice-view/373/1 "2017-05-24T15:23:24Z")
I often use the shift key to jump to the same stack position in all views, but if I’m zoomed in on one or more views, the slice does not translate to the same point. Is there a way to do this? Meaning, it should center the point in all views, not just jump the slice to the point.
Hope this makes sense…
Thanks in advance!
-Hollister
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### Author:  [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/shift-key-linked-motion-crosshair-centered-in-slice-view/373/2 "2017-05-24T17:24:30Z")
The SliceNode [supports this](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/blob/6d1f4bb820d02c86c865517d7524f3641836ccf4/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLSliceNode.h#L356-L374) but it looks like it’s not used in [the InteractorStyle](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/blob/84f11249053c6da1c4f3abcb3edd9d20d226ef44/Libs/MRML/DisplayableManager/vtkSliceViewInteractorStyle.cxx#L543-L556). It seems like we could add a setting for this.
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### Author:  [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/shift-key-linked-motion-crosshair-centered-in-slice-view/373/3 "2017-05-24T17:36:41Z")
I agree it can be useful sometimes, and it should be easy to implement. I’ll have a look.
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### Author:  [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/shift-key-linked-motion-crosshair-centered-in-slice-view/373/4 "2017-05-24T19:16:29Z")
I’ve added a centered slice jump option for crosshair behavior. It’ll be available in the Crosshair menu in tomorrow’s nightly version.
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### Author:  [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/shift-key-linked-motion-crosshair-centered-in-slice-view/373/5 "2017-05-24T20:38:54Z")
Just tried this in my local build and it’s great!
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### Author:  [@hherhold](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/hherhold)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/shift-key-linked-motion-crosshair-centered-in-slice-view/373/6 "2017-05-24T22:03:24Z")
Me too - this is fantastic! I can’t even guess how much time this is going to save me.
Thank you very much!!
-Hollister
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### Author:  [@Fernando](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Fernando)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/shift-key-linked-motion-crosshair-centered-in-slice-view/373/7 "2018-06-22T15:37:32Z")
FYI a clinician just asked me if this feature was available in Slicer, so thanks again!
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### Author:  [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/shift-key-linked-motion-crosshair-centered-in-slice-view/373/8 "2023-03-21T02:59:33Z")