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#19781 feedback defect
CliX: QTextCursor::setPosition: Position '1' out of range
| Reported by: | Owned by: | Eric Pettersen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Third Party | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | Hanjin Liu, chimera-programmers | |
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Notify when closed: | Platform: | all | |
| Project: | ChimeraX |
Description
The following bug report has been submitted:
Platform: macOS-14.8.3-arm64-arm-64bit
ChimeraX Version: 1.11.1 (2026-01-23 05:51:34 UTC)
Description
ChimeraX 1.11.1 and plugin Clix 0.25 on MacOS 14.8.3 gave me the following errors.
ui tool show CliX
QTextCursor::setPosition: Position '1' out of range
[Repeated 55 time(s)]
There is no error in ChimeraX 1.10.1 on MacOX or ChimeraX 1.11.1 on Ubuntu. It seems to be a MacOS only problem. Here is the related discussion on Clix github https://github.com/hanjinliu/Chimerax-clix/issues/59.
Log:
> mousemode middleMode "center or translate"
> functionkey F1 clip near -2
> functionkey F2 clip near 2
> functionkey F3 clip far -2
> functionkey F4 clip far 2
> ui tool hide "command line interface"
> ui tool show clix
Error running startup command 'ui tool show clix': No running or installed
tool named "clix"
UCSF ChimeraX version: 1.11.1 (2026-01-23)
© 2016-2025 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
How to cite UCSF ChimeraX
> ui tool show Shell
> toolshed show
Installed ChimeraX-clix (0.2.5)
> ui tool show CliX
QTextCursor::setPosition: Position '1' out of range
[Repeated 55 time(s)]
OpenGL version: 4.1 Metal - 88.1
OpenGL renderer: Apple M2 Pro
OpenGL vendor: Apple
Python: 3.11.9
Locale: en_US.UTF-8
Qt version: PyQt6 6.9.1, Qt 6.9.0
Qt runtime version: 6.9.2
Qt platform: cocoa
Hardware:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: Mac14,10
Model Number: MNW83LL/A
Chip: Apple M2 Pro
Total Number of Cores: 12 (8 performance and 4 efficiency)
Memory: 16 GB
System Firmware Version: 13822.61.10
OS Loader Version: 10151.140.19.700.2
Software:
System Software Overview:
System Version: macOS 14.8.3 (23J220)
Kernel Version: Darwin 23.6.0
Time since boot: 3 days, 58 minutes
Graphics/Displays:
Apple M2 Pro:
Chipset Model: Apple M2 Pro
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
Total Number of Cores: 19
Vendor: Apple (0x106b)
Metal Support: Metal 3
Displays:
BenQ PD3200Q:
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (QHD/WQHD - Wide Quad High Definition)
UI Looks like: 2560 x 1440 @ 60.00Hz
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Color LCD:
Display Type: Built-in Liquid Retina XDR Display
Resolution: 3456 x 2234 Retina
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Automatically Adjust Brightness: Yes
Connection Type: Internal
Installed Packages:
aiohappyeyeballs: 2.6.1
aiohttp: 3.13.1
aiosignal: 1.4.0
alabaster: 1.0.0
annotated-types: 0.7.0
anyio: 4.12.1
appdirs: 1.4.4
appnope: 0.1.4
asttokens: 3.0.1
attrs: 25.4.0
babel: 2.17.0
beautifulsoup4: 4.13.5
blockdiag: 3.0.0
blosc2: 3.12.2
build: 1.3.0
certifi: 2025.7.14
cftime: 1.6.5
charset-normalizer: 3.4.4
ChimeraX-AddCharge: 1.5.20
ChimeraX-AddH: 2.2.8
ChimeraX-AlignmentAlgorithms: 2.0.2
ChimeraX-AlignmentHdrs: 3.6.1
ChimeraX-AlignmentMatrices: 2.1
ChimeraX-Alignments: 3.1.1
ChimeraX-AlphaFold: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-AltlocExplorer: 1.2
ChimeraX-AmberInfo: 1.0
ChimeraX-Animations: 1.0
ChimeraX-Aniso: 1.3.2
ChimeraX-Arrays: 1.1
ChimeraX-Atomic: 1.61.4
ChimeraX-AtomicLibrary: 14.2.1
ChimeraX-AtomSearch: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-AxesPlanes: 2.4
ChimeraX-BasicActions: 1.1.3
ChimeraX-BILD: 1.0
ChimeraX-BlastProtein: 3.0.0
ChimeraX-Boltz: 1.1
ChimeraX-BondRot: 2.0.4
ChimeraX-BugReporter: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-BuildStructure: 2.13.1
ChimeraX-Bumps: 1.0
ChimeraX-BundleBuilder: 1.6.0
ChimeraX-ButtonPanel: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-CageBuilder: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-CellPack: 1.0
ChimeraX-Centroids: 1.4
ChimeraX-ChangeChains: 1.1
ChimeraX-CheckWaters: 1.5
ChimeraX-ChemGroup: 2.0.2
ChimeraX-Clashes: 2.3
ChimeraX-clix: 0.2.5
ChimeraX-ColorActions: 1.0.5
ChimeraX-ColorGlobe: 1.0
ChimeraX-ColorKey: 1.5.8
ChimeraX-CommandLine: 1.3.0
ChimeraX-ConnectStructure: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-Contacts: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Core: 1.11.1
ChimeraX-CoreFormats: 1.2
ChimeraX-coulombic: 1.4.5
ChimeraX-Crosslinks: 1.0
ChimeraX-Crystal: 1.0
ChimeraX-CrystalContacts: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-DataFormats: 1.2.4
ChimeraX-Dicom: 1.2.7
ChimeraX-DistMonitor: 1.4.2
ChimeraX-DockPrep: 1.1.4
ChimeraX-Dssp: 2.0
ChimeraX-EMDB-SFF: 1.0
ChimeraX-ESMFold: 1.0
ChimeraX-FileHistory: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-FunctionKey: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Geometry: 1.3
ChimeraX-gltf: 1.0
ChimeraX-Graphics: 1.4.1
ChimeraX-Hbonds: 2.5.3
ChimeraX-Help: 1.3
ChimeraX-HKCage: 1.3
ChimeraX-IHM: 1.1
ChimeraX-ImageFormats: 1.2
ChimeraX-IMOD: 1.0
ChimeraX-IO: 1.0.4
ChimeraX-ItemsInspection: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-IUPAC: 1.0
ChimeraX-KVFinder: 1.7.3
ChimeraX-Label: 1.2
ChimeraX-ListInfo: 1.2.2
ChimeraX-Log: 1.2.2
ChimeraX-LookingGlass: 1.1
ChimeraX-Maestro: 1.9.2
ChimeraX-Map: 1.3
ChimeraX-MapData: 2.0
ChimeraX-MapEraser: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-MapFilter: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-MapFit: 2.0
ChimeraX-MapSeries: 2.1.1
ChimeraX-Markers: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Mask: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-MatchMaker: 2.2.2
ChimeraX-MCopy: 1.0
ChimeraX-MCPServer: 0.1.0
ChimeraX-MDcrds: 2.17.2
ChimeraX-MedicalToolbar: 1.1
ChimeraX-Meeting: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Minimize: 1.3.2
ChimeraX-MLP: 1.1.1
ChimeraX-mmCIF: 2.16
ChimeraX-MMTF: 2.2
ChimeraX-ModelArchive: 1.0
ChimeraX-Modeller: 1.5.22
ChimeraX-ModelPanel: 1.6
ChimeraX-ModelSeries: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Mol2: 2.0.3
ChimeraX-Mole: 1.0
ChimeraX-Morph: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-MouseModes: 1.2
ChimeraX-Movie: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-MutationScores: 1.0
ChimeraX-Neuron: 1.0
ChimeraX-Nifti: 1.2
ChimeraX-NMRSTAR: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-NRRD: 1.2
ChimeraX-Nucleotides: 2.0.3
ChimeraX-OpenCommand: 1.15.2
ChimeraX-OrthoPick: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-PDB: 2.7.12
ChimeraX-PDBBio: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-PDBLibrary: 1.0.5
ChimeraX-PDBMatrices: 1.0
ChimeraX-PickBlobs: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Positions: 1.0
ChimeraX-PresetMgr: 1.1.4
ChimeraX-ProfileGrids: 1.4.2
ChimeraX-PubChem: 2.2
ChimeraX-ReadPbonds: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Registration: 1.1.2
ChimeraX-RemoteControl: 1.0
ChimeraX-RenderByAttr: 1.6.5
ChimeraX-RenumberResidues: 1.1
ChimeraX-ResidueFit: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-RestServer: 1.3.3
ChimeraX-RNALayout: 1.0
ChimeraX-RotamerLibMgr: 4.0
ChimeraX-RotamerLibsDunbrack: 2.0
ChimeraX-RotamerLibsDynameomics: 2.0
ChimeraX-RotamerLibsRichardson: 2.0
ChimeraX-SaveCommand: 1.5.2
ChimeraX-Scenes: 0.3.1
ChimeraX-SchemeMgr: 1.0
ChimeraX-SDF: 2.0.3
ChimeraX-Segger: 1.0
ChimeraX-Segment: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Segmentations: 3.5.10
ChimeraX-SelInspector: 1.0
ChimeraX-SeqView: 2.17.3
ChimeraX-Shape: 1.1
ChimeraX-Shell: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Shortcuts: 1.2.1
ChimeraX-ShowSequences: 1.0.3
ChimeraX-SideView: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-SimilarStructures: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Smiles: 2.1.2
ChimeraX-SmoothLines: 1.0
ChimeraX-SpaceNavigator: 1.0
ChimeraX-StdCommands: 1.19.1
ChimeraX-STL: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Storm: 1.0
ChimeraX-StructMeasure: 1.2.1
ChimeraX-Struts: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Surface: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-SwapAA: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-SwapRes: 2.5.2
ChimeraX-TapeMeasure: 1.0
ChimeraX-TaskManager: 1.0
ChimeraX-Test: 1.0
ChimeraX-Toolbar: 1.2.3
ChimeraX-ToolshedUtils: 1.2.4
ChimeraX-Topography: 1.0
ChimeraX-ToQuest: 1.0
ChimeraX-Tug: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-UI: 1.49.1
ChimeraX-Umap: 1.0
ChimeraX-uniprot: 2.3.2
ChimeraX-UnitCell: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-ViewDock: 1.5.2
ChimeraX-VIPERdb: 1.0
ChimeraX-Vive: 1.1
ChimeraX-VolumeMenu: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-vrml: 1.0
ChimeraX-VTK: 1.0
ChimeraX-WavefrontOBJ: 1.0
ChimeraX-WebCam: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-WebServices: 1.1.5
ChimeraX-Zone: 1.0.1
click: 8.3.1
colorama: 0.4.6
comm: 0.2.3
contourpy: 1.3.3
coverage: 7.13.1
cxservices: 1.2.3
cycler: 0.12.1
Cython: 3.1.4
debugpy: 1.8.19
decorator: 5.2.1
docutils: 0.21.2
executing: 2.2.1
filelock: 3.19.1
fonttools: 4.61.1
frozenlist: 1.8.0
funcparserlib: 2.0.0a0
glfw: 2.10.0
grako: 3.16.5
h11: 0.16.0
h5py: 3.15.1
html2text: 2025.4.15
httpcore: 1.0.9
httpx: 0.28.1
httpx-sse: 0.4.3
idna: 3.11
ihm: 2.2
imagecodecs: 2024.6.1
imagesize: 1.4.1
iniconfig: 2.3.0
ipykernel: 6.30.1
ipython: 9.5.0
ipython_pygments_lexers: 1.1.1
ipywidgets: 8.1.8
jedi: 0.19.2
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jsonschema: 4.26.0
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jupyter_core: 5.9.1
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kiwisolver: 1.4.9
line_profiler: 5.0.0
lxml: 6.0.2
lz4: 4.3.2
Markdown: 3.8.2
MarkupSafe: 3.0.3
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msgpack: 1.1.1
multidict: 6.7.0
ndindex: 1.10.1
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netCDF4: 1.6.5
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openvr: 1.26.701
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pip: 25.2
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Pygments: 2.18.0
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pynrrd: 1.0.0
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pytest: 9.0.2
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QtPy: 2.4.3
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referencing: 0.37.0
requests: 2.32.5
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Change History (8)
comment:1 by , 79 minutes ago
| Cc: | added |
|---|---|
| Component: | Unassigned → Third Party |
| Owner: | set to |
| Platform: | → all |
| Project: | → ChimeraX |
| Status: | new → accepted |
| Summary: | ChimeraX bug report submission → CliX: QTextCursor::setPosition: Position '1' out of range |
comment:2 by , 78 minutes ago
comment:4 by , 57 minutes ago
Could not reproduce using ChimeraX 1.11.1 on Intel Mac running 12.7.6.
Not sure we have a Mac running OSX 14, but I'll look around.
comment:6 by , 30 minutes ago
| Status: | accepted → feedback |
|---|
Hi Jianghai,
Can you try commenting out all lines that have movePosition() calls? That would be 4 lines in widgets/cli_widget.py, 4 lines in widgets/popups.py, and 1 line in widgets/hist_button.py.
--Eric
Eric Pettersen
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
comment:7 by , 20 minutes ago
I commented out all lines with movePosition(), reinstalled Clix, and still got the same error.
Best,
— Jianghai
From: ChimeraX <ChimeraX-bugs-admin@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
To: pett@cgl.ucsf.edu <pett@cgl.ucsf.edu>, Zhu, Jianghai (NIH/NIAID) [C] <jianghai.zhu@nih.gov>
Cc: chimera-programmers@cgl.ucsf.edu <chimera-programmers@cgl.ucsf.edu>, liuhanjin.sc@gmail.com <liuhanjin.sc@gmail.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ChimeraX] #19781: CliX: QTextCursor::setPosition: Position '1' out of range
#19781: CliX: QTextCursor::setPosition: Position '1' out of range
-------------------------------------+----------------------------
Reporter: jianghai.zhu@… | Owner: Eric Pettersen
Type: defect | Status: feedback
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Third Party | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Notify when closed: | Platform: all
Project: ChimeraX |
-------------------------------------+----------------------------
Changes (by Eric Pettersen):
* status: accepted => feedback
Comment:
Hi Jianghai,
Can you try commenting out all lines that have movePosition()
calls? That would be 4 lines in widgets/cli_widget.py, 4 lines in
widgets/popups.py, and 1 line in widgets/hist_button.py.
--Eric
Eric Pettersen
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
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comment:8 by , 14 minutes ago
I'm not sure what you mean when you say you reinstalled CliX. You should edit those files in the already-installed version of CliX, i.e. ~/Library/Application Support/ChimeraX/1.11/lib/python/site-packages/chimerax/clix/widgets/<filename>.py and restart ChimeraX. Maybe that's what you meant?
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Does not happen for me with ARM Mac running OSX 15.7.2. Will try on OSX 14.