Tool: Selection Inspector

The Selection Inspector lists certain attributes of the currently selected items and allows their values to be changed. It can be opened:

• by clicking the magnifying-glass icon in the Home tab of the Toolbar
• by choosing Inspect from the Actions menu
• from the General section of the Tools menu

The Selection Inspector dialog can be manipulated like other panels (more...). In the dialog, the balloon help for each setting shows the corresponding attribute name, as needed for use in attribute-specific commands such as setattr and color byattribute, as well as for general command-line specification by attribute value. Alternative ways to change attribute values are with attribute assignment files or setattr.

• Atomic models
• Atoms
• Bonds
• Pseudobond models
• Pseudobonds
• Residues

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• Autochain – whether “chain trace” pseudobonds should be added between consecutively bonded residues when the covalent bonds are hidden (e.g., when α-carbons are the only backbone atoms shown)
• Ball scale – fraction of atom radius to use in ball style
• Name – model name as shown in the Model Panel
• Shown – whether display is enabled at the model level, see display hierarchy

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• B-factor – atomic B-factor, initially read from the input coordinate file
• Color – atom color (the color well can be clicked to adjust the color interactively)
• IDATM type – atom type (shown in gray; cannot be changed in this tool, but see attribute assignment files, setattr, and Build Structure)
• Occupancy – atomic occupancy value, initially read from the input coordinate file
• Radius – radius in Å used in sphere style (and scaled down in ball style), initially set to an approximate VDW radius; see also size
• Shown – whether display is enabled at the atom level, see display hierarchy
• Style – atom display style
  • ball
  • sphere
  • stick

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• Color – color, only visible when the bond is colored independently of atoms (halfbond mode turned off)
• Halfbond mode – whether bond coloring is in halfbond mode, meaning that each half of the bond takes on the color of the atom on that end of the bond; turning this mode off shows the bond's own color setting, above.
• Length – length in Å (shown in gray; cannot be changed in this tool, but see Build Structure)
• Radius – radius in Å used in stick style; see also size
• Shown – whether display is enabled at the bond level, see display hierarchy

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• Color – color, only visible when the pseudobond is colored independently of atoms (halfbond mode turned off); adjusting the color sets it for all pseudobonds currently in the model and makes it the default for any pseudobonds subsequently added to the model.
• Dashes – number of dashes in a pseudobond, with 0 indicating solid sticks. Odd numbers are rounded down to give an even number of dashes. See also: style
• Halfbond mode – whether pseudobond coloring is in halfbond mode, meaning that each half of the bond takes on the color of the atom on that end of the bond; changing the option applies to all pseudobonds currently in the model and sets the default for any pseudobonds subsequently added to the model.
• Name – model name as shown in the Model Panel
• Radius – radius in Å; entering a value uses it for all pseudobonds currently in the model and makes it the default for any pseudobonds subsequently added to the model. See also: size
• Shown – whether display is enabled at the model level, see display hierarchy

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• Color – color, only visible when the pseudobond is colored independently of atoms (halfbond mode turned off)
• Halfbond mode – whether pseudobond coloring is in halfbond mode, meaning that each half of the bond takes on the color of the atom on that end of the bond; turning this mode off shows the bond's own color setting, above.
• Length – length in Å (shown in gray; cannot be changed)
• Radius – radius in Å; see also size
• Shown – whether display is enabled at the pseudobond level, see display hierarchy

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• Cartoon color – color of the residue's cartoon segment, if any
• Cartoon hides backbone – whether showing the residue's cartoon segment hides its backbone atoms (details...)
• Fill rings – whether to fill any rings in the residue; see also style
• Ring fill color – color of the residue's ring fill, if any
• Ring fill style – see also style
  • thick
  • thin
• Secondary structure ID – secondary structure ID number (details...)
• Secondary structure type – secondary structure type of peptide/protein residues
  • coil
  • helix
  • strand
• Show cartoon – whether to show the residue's cartoon segment, if any
• φ angle – amino acid residue φ angle, if applicable
• ψ angle – amino acid residue ψ angle, if applicable
• ω angle – amino acid residue ω angle, if applicable
• χ1 angle – amino acid residue χ1 angle, if applicable
• χ2 angle – amino acid residue χ2 angle, if applicable
• χ3 angle – amino acid residue χ3 angle, if applicable
• χ4 angle – amino acid residue χ4 angle, if applicable