[chimerax-users] Removing unwanted models from the chimerax panel

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Boaz,
I don't know what .ctx files are.  At first I thought you meant open models in the Models Panel, but I am pretty sure that you already know how to close models. 

However, my coworker suggests that you actually meant the previously opened files and thumbnails in the File History or Rapid Access panel.  If the files no longer exist, you can easily clear them by using the context menu in that tool (File History or Rapid Access), shown with right-click (or on a Mac with trackpad or single button mouse, Ctrl-click):  Remove deleted files

<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/filehistory.html>

However, if the files still exist but you don't want to see them in this tool, you would need to delete the specific preferences file that has the file history.  The File History help link above says how to figure out what directory on your system contains this file, which is named file_history

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

> On Mar 25, 2023, at 2:25 PM, Boaz Shaanan via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Excuse the trivial question: I am experimenting with various options and end up filling the panel of sessions with unwanted models. Do I have to delete the .ctx file of the session from outside Chimerax to make it disappear from the panel or is there a way to do this from within the program (i.e. the equivalent of of the Edit option in chimera)? I couldn't find such an option in the 'help' or documentation. Sorry.
> Thanks,
> 
>              Boaz