[chimerax-users] mousemode and ISOLDE

[Alexis Rohou]

Hi Tristan,

I think you hit the nail on the head. I should have tried to reproduce this
with a simpler setup with a single model before asking for help! This is
the first time I am working with a multi-model setup (single PDB, multiple
models), and indeed this is what threw me off.

So I think I will manipulate my PDB to have everything in a single model -
will make my life easier I think.

I guess it would be nicer if mousemode worked as expected... but I can see
how that might be tricky if the user selects outside of the model ISOLDE's
currently dealing with.

Thanks!
Alexis

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 1:29 PM Tristan Croll <tic20 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hmm... that sounds problematic. ISOLDE *does* use a customised select
> mouse mode that limits mouse selections to atoms*, bonds and ribbons from
> ISOLDE’s currently-selected model. Could this be throwing you off?
>
> — Tristan
>
> * an approach that made sense at the time (around 2 years ago)... now that
> things are more mature perhaps it’s time I looked at making ISOLDE play
> nicely with the default select mode.
>
> On 6 Sep 2020, at 19:29, Alexis Rohou <a.rohou at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Not sure whether this is a ChimeraX question, or an ISOLDE question, or a
> bit of both.
>
> I am using ChimeraX 1.0 (2020-06-04) and ISOLDE
> version ChimeraX_ISOLDE-1.0.1-cp37-cp37m-macosx_10_13_x86_64.whl.
>
> When I start ChimeraX, I get the following left mouse bindings, which I
> believe are default:
> - ctrl-left click = select
> - shift-ctrl-left click = select add
>
> When I just start ISOLDE via the GUI menu (no further action), this seems
> to clear the mousemode. Or, at least, ctrl-click does not select anymore,
> and shift-ctrl-click also doesn't seem to do anything.
>
> To remedy this, I issue the following commands:
> mousemode control left select
> mousemode control shift left 'select add'
>
> This restores ctrl-left to 'select' as expected, but shift-ctrl-left also
> triggers 'select', not 'select add'.
>
> Couple of questions:
> (1) Is ISOLDE intentionally overriding mousemode when it is launched? I'm
> 99.9% this didn't use to be the case pre-1.0...
> (2) How do I restore shift-ctrl-left to 'select add'? I assume I am
> getting the syntax wrong, but I did read the doc and thought I was
> following it, so I guess I need some help understanding the syntax.
>
> Cheers,
> Alexis
>
>
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