Dialog Boxes
MOLMOL has two main kinds of dialog boxes, which are
described in the following sections.
Command Arguments
When a command requiring arguments is selected in
the menu (or executed by other means, as described
under Command Execution), it prompts
for the arguments with a dialog. These dialogs typically
contain text fields for entering strings and numerical
values, radio boxes for selecting between different
values of an enumerated set, and check boxes for
enabling options.
These dialogs always have three buttons:
- OK
- Closes the dialog, and executes the command with
the arguments entered.
- Cancel
- Closes the dialog without executing the command.
- Help
- Display help information for the command, leaving
the dialog open.
Convenience Dialogs
There is a number of dialogs that give faster and more
convenient access to frequently used operations that
could also be executed by using normal commands. These
dialogs are explicitly opened and closed by using a
command starting with Dial:
- Selection Dialog for selecting
items by entering expressions ( DialSelect).
- Molecule Dialog for quickly choosing the molecules
that should be selected, displayed and/or movable
( DialMol).
- Color Dialog for choosing colors and applying them
to selected items ( DialColor).
- Style Dialog for changing the display style of
selected items ( DialStyle).
- RMSD Dialog for calculating RMSD values between
molecules ( DialRmsd).
- Measurement Dialog for measuring bond lengths,
angles, distances, etc. ( DialMeasure).
The first four dialogs in this list can be opened
with one of the buttons on the right side of the
main window.
These dialogs can remain open as long as you need them,
commands are executed by clicking buttons within the
dialog. They have two buttons at the bottom:
- Close
- Closes the dialog.
- Help
- Display help information for the dialog.
Last modified: Mon Jan 20 19:44:56 CST 2003
Reto Koradi, kor@mol.biol.ethz.ch