Toolbar: Molecule Display

Icons in the Molecule Display tab of the Toolbar allow changing the display of atomic models with a single click. They apply to the displayed models only (those with    checkboxes in the Model Panel checked for themselves and any parents), and if those models contain a selection, only the selected parts. See also: Actions menu, Presets menu, Basic Actions, making images

Clicking an icon shows the executed command in the Log. Molecule display icons act on the currently selected atoms, if any (specified as sel), otherwise the currently displayed atomic models (specified as a list of model numbers). There may be alternative commands for performing the same action.

icon	description	command(s)
	show atoms/bonds	show
	hide atoms/bonds	hide
	show biopolymer ribbons (cartoons)	show ribbons (same as cartoon)
	hide biopolymer ribbons	hide ribbons (same as ~cartoon)
	show molecular surface	show surfaces (same as surface)
	hide molecular surface	hide surfaces (same as surface hide)
	stick-style atoms/bonds	style stick
	sphere-style atoms	style sphere
	ball-and-stick atoms/bonds	style ball
	nucleotide styles (more in Nucleotides tab) atoms/bonds (no abstraction) filled rings tube/slab ladder	nucleotides atoms; style nucleic stick nucleotides fill; style nucleic stick nucleotides tube/slab shape box nucleotides ladder
	color-code heteroatoms by element	color byhetero
	color-code chains by chain ID	color bychain
	color-code by polymer identity	color bypolymer
	rainbow-color chains blue → red	rainbow
	color molecular surface by Coulombic electrostatic potential	coulombic
	color molecular surface by hydrophobicity (molecular lipophilic potential)	mlp
	color by B-factor	color bfactor
	color-code nucleic acids by residue type	color bynucleotide
	show hydrogen bonds	hbonds
	remove all hydrogen bonds	~hbonds
	show unique sequence(s)	(none, but see sequence chain)
	show chain-interface network	interfaces ~solvent