So this is more of a chimera-dev question than a chimera-users question. If you have a Molecule object, m, it's textual "atom specification" would be (in Python): "#%d.%d" % (m.id, m.subid) Normally, if the subid is zero, we leave it out. To find out which molecules are currently being displayed can be harder: for m in chimera.openModels.list(modelTypes=[chimera.Molecule]): if not m.display: continue # molecule displayed, but constituents might not be # if that distinction is important (probably not for # ViewDock), then check bounding box valid, bbox = m.bbox() if not valid: continue # process molecule Hope this helps, - Greg On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, cdlau@ucsd.edu wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for the response. This would not work for my case because I am writing a plugin for ViewDock for use with a Tiled Wall Display. I was hoping there was a setting that was available to show the molecule name (if a setting does exist I can initiate it with runCommand). Does anyone know if this is possible?

Thanks,

Chris

On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, cdlau@ucsd.edu wrote:

Hi,

I was wondering if there was a way to display the molecule name that is being shown in chimera. A simple display such as "molecule #0.10" below the rendered molecule would be great.

Thanks for your help,

Chris

Just place the mouse over the item you want to know more about and a popup balloon will tell you about it. The text starts with the model number, e.g., #0.10, and may or may not have additional information, i.e., for an atom it includes the residue name and sequence number and the atom name.

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