And what is the difference between 'hide #1 models' and 'hide #!1 models' (with an exclamation mark, reported in the Log when toggling the Eye checkbox of an entire model in the Models panel)?

I looked for it in the documentation, but it’s not explained (at least not in the atom-spec page, maybe it’s elsewhere).

Thanks!

Guillaume

> On 21 Apr 2026, at 22:06, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Daniel,
> Default for "hide" is hiding atoms, but you can specify cartoons, atoms, or both (as well as surfaces etc.).  See documentation for "hide" by using command "help hide" or viewing the copy on our website:
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/show.html>
>
> Examples:
>
> hide #1 target ac
>
> -- same as --
>
> hide #1 atoms,cartoons
>
> If you want to include more than one type of display, target is the shorter way.  For all kinds of display types,
>
> hide #1 target abpcs
>
> Now, you could hide the entire model and all of its displays with
>
> hide #1 models
>
> ...same as un-checking the "eye" column in the Models panel ... but then you would need to re-enable model display to show any of its underlying display types: atoms, cartoons, etc. (it's a display hierarchy).
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
>> On Apr 21, 2026, at 12:30 PM, Daniel David Richman via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Hi users,
>>
>> Often when I open a PDB, some residues are shown in both cartoon and atomic display. Often I want to hide both displays, and I can’t figure out how to do this. For instance
>>
>> open 7ubj
>> hide #1 // hides only the atoms
>> hide #1 all // gives an error
>> hide #1 cartoons // this seems to be the only way to hide the cartoons?
>>
>> same story with, for instance
>> hide #1/A
>>
>> Am I missing something? I’m running 1.11.1 on Mac.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel\
>
>
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