[Chimera-users] Convenient way to move 2D labels around

[Prathvi Singh]

Awesome, thanks!

On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 10:04 PM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Prathvi,
> You can label anything you want with 2D labels, i.e. you can put any
> text/symbols in any part of the window.  The tool also has a section for
> adding 2D arrows.  The example image in the help page shows labeling an
> alpha-helix and beta-strand using text and arrows;
>
> <
> https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/2dlabels/2dlabels.html
> >
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
> > On Jan 6, 2022, at 11:02 PM, Prathvi Singh via Chimera-users <
> chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks once again Elaine!
> >
> > Can we label secondary structures as well?
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 10:30 PM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> > Hi Prathvi,
> > Depends what you mean by "convenient," but your two choices are:
> >
> > (1) open the 2D Labels dialog again
> > <
> https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/2dlabels/2dlabels.html
> >
> >  - OR -
> > (2) open Preferences (from Favorites menu), and in that dialog go to
> Category: Mouse, then assign some button to the move-2D-labels function.
> The icon looks like a vertical "ABC".  There are also icons for the mouse
> modes that move the regular "3D" labels, or 2D arrows, or color key.
> However, if you want to use that mouse button for its normal function
> again, you have to change it back manually in this Mouse preferences
> dialog.  (So it might still be easier just to reopen the 2D Labels tool
> instead.)
> > <
> https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/preferences.html#Mouse>
> >
> > In ChimeraX it is different and maybe more convenient: the mousemode
> icons are on a toolbar across the top for easy switching.
> >
> > I hope this helps,
> > Elaine
> > -----
> > Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> > UCSF Chimera(X) team
> > Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> > University of California, San Francisco
> >
> >
> > > On Jan 4, 2022, at 6:00 AM, Prathvi Singh via Chimera-users <
> chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Elaine,
> > >
> > > Is there a convenient way (a keyboard or mouse shortcut) to move 2D
> labels around once the 2D labels window has been closed?
> > >
> > > Thanks
>
>

-- 
Prathvi Singh,
Research Fellow,
Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016
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