--- title: 'Controls sidebar' linkTitle: 'Controls sidebar' weight: 8 description: 'Overview of available functions on the controls sidebar of the annotation tool.' --- ## Navigation **Navigation block** - contains tools for moving and rotating images. |Icon |Description | |-- |-- | |![](/images/image148.jpg)|`Cursor` (`Esc`)- a basic annotation pedacting tool. | |![](/images/image149.jpg)|`Move the image`- a tool for moving around the image without
the possibility of editing.| |![](/images/image102.jpg)|`Rotate`- two buttons to rotate the current frame
a clockwise (`Ctrl+R`) and anticlockwise (`Ctrl+Shift+R`).
You can enable `Rotate all images` in the settings to rotate all the images in the job| --- ## Zoom **Zoom block** - contains tools for image zoom. |Icon |Description | |-- |-- | |![](/images/image151.jpg)|`Fit image`- fits image into the workspace size.
Shortcut - double click on an image| |![](/images/image166.jpg)|`Select a region of interest`- zooms in on a selected region.
You can use this tool to quickly zoom in on a specific part of the frame.| --- ## Shapes **Shapes block** - contains all the tools for creating shapes. |Icon |Description |Links to section | |-- |-- |-- | |![](/images/image189.jpg)|`AI Tools`|[AI Tools](/docs/manual/advanced/ai-tools/)| |![](/images/image201.jpg)|`OpenCV`|[OpenCV](/docs/manual/advanced/opencv-tools/)| |![](/images/image167.jpg)|`Rectangle`|[Shape mode](/docs/manual/basics/shape-mode-basics/); [Track mode](/docs/manual/basics/track-mode-basics/);
[Drawing by 4 points](/docs/manual/advanced/annotation-with-rectangles/)| |![](/images/image168.jpg)|`Polygon`|[Annotation with polygons](/docs/manual/advanced/annotation-with-polygons/); [Track mode with polygons](/docs/manual/advanced/annotation-with-polygons/track-mode-with-polygons/)| |![](/images/image169.jpg)|`Polyline`|[Annotation with polylines](/docs/manual/advanced/annotation-with-polylines/)| |![](/images/image170.jpg)|`Points`|[Annotation with points](/docs/manual/advanced/annotation-with-points/)| |![](/images/image241.jpg)|`Ellipses`|[Annotation with ellipses](/docs/manual/advanced/annotation-with-ellipses/)| |![](/images/image176.jpg)|`Cuboid`|[Annotation with cuboids](/docs/manual/advanced/annotation-with-cuboids/)| |![](/images/image171.jpg)|`Tag`|[Annotation with tags](/docs/manual/advanced/annotation-with-tags/)| |![](/images/image195.jpg)|`Open an issue`|[Review](/docs/manual/advanced/review/) (available only in review mode)| --- ## Edit **Edit block** - contains tools for editing tracks and shapes. |Icon |Description |Links to section | |-- |-- |-- | |![](/images/image172.jpg)|`Merge Shapes`(`M`) - starts/stops the merging shapes mode. |[Track mode (basics)](/docs/manual/basics/track-mode-basics/)| |![](/images/image173.jpg)|`Group Shapes` (`G`) - starts/stops the grouping shapes mode.|[Shape grouping](/docs/manual/advanced/shape-grouping/)| |![](/images/image174.jpg)|`Split` - splits a track. |[Track mode (advanced)](/docs/manual/advanced/track-mode-advanced/)| ---