Okay, as of tomorrow none of the formats that would bring up the ViewDock interface (which includes Mol2) will bring up the interface if the file contains only one structure.

—Eric

On Apr 29, 2026, at 9:50 PM, Ute Roehrig via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

Hi Eric,

Yes, they are single-molecule files, so your solution would work!

Thank you for your help,
Ute



From: Eric Pettersen <pett@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 20:30
To: Ute Roehrig <Ute.Roehrig@sib.swiss>
Cc: Mailing List <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Subject: Re: [chimerax-users] Opening mol2 files with ChimeraX without ViewDock windows
 
Hi Ute,
Are these typically single-structure Mol2 files?  I could changed the default behavior so that showTool is false for single-structure files but true for multiple-structure files...

--Eric

Eric Pettersen
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab


On Apr 29, 2026, at 1:34 AM, Ute Roehrig via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

Dear Developers,

Is it possible to change the default behavior of ChimeraX when opening files in mol2 format to not showing the ViewDock window? I know I can add "showtool false" on the command line or make an alias, but I often open multiple mol2 files directly from the linux command line (chimerax *.mol2), and then the screen becomes cluttered with ViewDock windows. Alternatively, is there a command to close all opened ViewDock windows?

Thank you for your help,
Ute



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