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

[Boaz Shaanan]

Hi Tom,

Thanks. This works as you described.

Thanks a lot.

  Boaz



Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D.
Dept. of Life Sciences
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva 84105
Israel

E-mail: bshaanan at bgu.ac.il
Phone: 972-8-647-2220
Fax:   972-8-647-2992 or 972-8-646-1710




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From: Tom Goddard <goddard at sonic.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 2:34 AM
To: בעז שאנן <bshaanan at bgu.ac.il>
Cc: Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu>
Subject: Re: [chimerax-users] Removing unwanted models from the chimerax panel

Hi Boaz,

  Ok, I added a "Clear file history" menu entry, in tomorrow's (March 28, 2023) ChimeraX daily builds.  You right click on the panel of thumbnail images and you will see this new menu entry.  It doesn't allow you to delete specific thumbnails.  But at least you can clear them all without searching for the hidden history file.

Tom


On Mar 27, 2023, at 2:11 PM, Boaz Shaanan <bshaanan at bgu.ac.il> wrote:

Hi Tom,
Yes, please do add such option and we'll take it from there.
I tried Elaine's suggestion but it's really awkward, particularly on W10 which I also use (sorry😉) along with linux. I gave up and decided to wait until the fast access panel is full and spilled over, assuming, naively perhaps, that images will soon disappear for lack of space.
 I remember that when the editing  option was introduced to Chimera it became so much easier to experiment with various options and delete the useless sessions.
 Thanks for the suggestion.
Boaz


Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D.
Dept. of Life Sciences
Ben Gurion University
Beer Sheva, Israel

On Mar 27, 2023 22:43, Tom Goddard <goddard at sonic.net<mailto:goddard at sonic.net>> wrote:
Hi Boaz,

  I could add a menu entry when you right click on the file history thumbnails to clear all the history.  Would that be useful?  Or do you just want to remove some of them?  Unfortunately when I looked at allowing you to remove individual thumbnails it proved difficult, because that panel is a actually an HTML browser, and figuring out which thumbnail you clicked on or selected and getting it from Javascript in the HTML page into Python (which ChimeraX is written in) is not simple.

        Tom


> On Mar 26, 2023, at 10:16 AM, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu<mailto:chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu>> wrote:
>
> 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://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2frbvi.ucsf.edu%2fchimerax%2fdocs%2fuser%2ftools%2ffilehistory.html&umid=392400B7-F7E6-F405-B307-2557E7154B36&auth=701951cf8dfb7cd99762e0f5be252082d875f1cf-88e6e730fe5fc74b4e6fea45e03c0b3d67dec259<https://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2frbvi.ucsf.edu%2fchimerax%2fdocs%2fuser%2ftools%2ffilehistory.html&umid=2BC99048-F7EA-3105-893F-7AC63382BA06&auth=701951cf8dfb7cd99762e0f5be252082d875f1cf-174420a63b28dfa2ab36ddda50d5cff182e623cb>>
>
> 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
> -----
> 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<mailto: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
>
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