Shortcut Keys
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Rather than navigate the menus at the bottom of the screen to perform tasks, it is generally faster and easier to use shortcut keys. The following is a list of shortcuts that may help improve your experience:
[edit] Shortcuts
- R
Removes any rubber bands.
- E
Resets all secondary structures in the puzzle to match the defaults for that puzzle.
- Home
If your protein gets "lost" somewhere off the screen, this will recenter the protein on your screen.
- F
If there are any frozen elements, this unfreezes them. If there are none, it freezes the entire protein.
- Ctrl-R
Prompts you to reset the puzzle. You can still choose "no" if you like.
- S
Shakes sidechains, for all sidechains that are not locked.
- Space Bar
Stops any ongoing Wiggle, Tweak, or Rebuild, in realtime, preserving the score at the moment the spacebar was pressed.
- W
Globally wiggles the entire backbone, excluding the locked elements.
- 1
Enters Pull Mode
- 2
Enters Structure Mode
- 3
Enters Note Mode
- 4
Enters Design Mode
- Ctrl-Z
Undo
- Ctrl-Shift-Z
Redo
- Ctrl-Y
Redo
- Ctrl-B
Restore Best
- Ctrl-R
Restore Best
- Ctrl-T
Options Menu
- Ctrl-S
Save structure
- Ctrl-O
Opens shared/saved solutions
- Ctrl-P
Switch Puzzle
- Ctrl-X
Exit
View Shortcuts
- Ctrl-Shift-M
Reverts to main style.
- Ctrl-Shift-H
Enters hydrophobic view
- Ctrl-Shift-S
Returns to score view (from hydrophobic view)
- Shift-A
Selects "Show All (Slow)" from the Side Chains Options View menu
- Shift-C
Toggles "Show Clashes" from the View menu
- Shift-D
Selects "Don't Show (Fast)" from the Side Chains Options View menu
- Shift-G
Toggles "Glow Hydrophobic Sidechains" from the View menu
- Shift-H
Toggles "Show Hydrogen Bonds" from the View menu
- Shift-R
Toggles "Use Relative Scoring" from the View menu
- Shift-S
Toggles "Show Guide" from the View menu (if a guide has been loaded)
- Shift-T
Selects "Show Stubs" from the Side Chains Options View menu
- Shift-V
Toggles "Show Voids" from the View menu
[edit] Mouse Functions
- Click-Drag
In Pull Mode this will pull the protein, in Structure Mode it will copy the segment you started on, to the segment you end on, and any in between.
- Click-Drag (background)
Pans the camera (display) around the protein allowing you to view it from any side.
- Shift-Click
Locks the segment, holding shift and double clicking locks the structure
- Shift-Click (background)
Zooms in and out based on which direction you move the mouse.
- Ctrl-Click
Displays the menu you would normally see when you right click
- Shift-Click-Drag (backbone)
Creates a rubber band, which can be connected to another portion of the structure or to a point in space.
- Click (Rubber band)
Deletes the rubber band clicked on.
[edit] Completeness
eventually this may become a complete list, please contribute to this page.
