Icons in the Molecule Display tab of the
Toolbar allow
changing the display of atomic models with a single click.
They apply to the displayed models only
(those with 
checkboxes in the
Model Panel
checked for themselves and any parents), and if those models contain
a selection, only the selected parts.
See also:
Actions menu,
Presets menu,
Basic Actions,
making images
Clicking an icon shows the executed command in the Log. Molecule display icons act on the currently selected atoms, if any (specified as sel), otherwise the currently displayed atomic models (specified as a list of model numbers). There may be alternative commands for performing the same action.
| icon | description | command(s) |
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show atoms/bonds | show |
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hide atoms/bonds | hide |
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show biopolymer ribbons (cartoons) |
show ribbons
(same as cartoon) |
 |
hide biopolymer ribbons |
hide ribbons
(same as ~cartoon) |
 |
show molecular surface |
show surfaces
(same as surface) |
 |
hide molecular surface |
hide surfaces
(same as surface hide) |
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stick-style atoms/bonds | style stick |
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sphere-style atoms | style sphere |
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ball-and-stick atoms/bonds | style ball |
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nucleotide styles (more in Nucleotides tab)
|
nucleotides atoms; style nucleic stick nucleotides fill; style nucleic stick nucleotides tube/slab shape box nucleotides ladder |
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color-code heteroatoms by element | color byhetero |
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color-code chains by chain ID | color bychain |
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color-code by polymer identity | color bypolymer |
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rainbow-color chains blue → red | rainbow |
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color molecular surface by Coulombic electrostatic potential | coulombic |
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color
molecular surface by hydrophobicity
(molecular lipophilic potential) |
mlp |
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color by B-factor | color bfactor |
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color-code nucleic acids by residue type | color bynucleotide |
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show hydrogen bonds | hbonds |
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remove all hydrogen bonds | ~hbonds |
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show unique sequence(s) | (none, but see sequence chain) |
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show chain-interface network | interfaces ~solvent |