Hi Tom, Yes, please do add such option and we'll take it from there. I tried Elaine's suggestion but it's really awkward, particularly on W10 which I also use (sorry😉) along with linux. I gave up and decided to wait until the fast access panel is full and spilled over, assuming, naively perhaps, that images will soon disappear for lack of space. I remember that when the editing option was introduced to Chimera it became so much easier to experiment with various options and delete the useless sessions. Thanks for the suggestion. Boaz

Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D. Dept. of Life Sciences Ben Gurion University Beer Sheva, Israel

On Mar 27, 2023 22:43, Tom Goddard goddard@sonic.net wrote: Hi Boaz,

I could add a menu entry when you right click on the file history thumbnails to clear all the history. Would that be useful? Or do you just want to remove some of them? Unfortunately when I looked at allowing you to remove individual thumbnails it proved difficult, because that panel is a actually an HTML browser, and figuring out which thumbnail you clicked on or selected and getting it from Javascript in the HTML page into Python (which ChimeraX is written in) is not simple.

Tom

On Mar 26, 2023, at 10:16 AM, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu wrote:

Hi Boaz, I don't know what .ctx files are. At first I thought you meant open models in the Models Panel, but I am pretty sure that you already know how to close models.

However, my coworker suggests that you actually meant the previously opened files and thumbnails in the File History or Rapid Access panel. If the files no longer exist, you can easily clear them by using the context menu in that tool (File History or Rapid Access), shown with right-click (or on a Mac with trackpad or single button mouse, Ctrl-click): Remove deleted files

https://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2frbvi.ucsf.edu%2fchimerax%2fdocs%2fuser%2ftools%2ffilehistory.html&umid=392400B7-F7E6-F405-B307-2557E7154B36&auth=701951cf8dfb7cd99762e0f5be252082d875f1cf-88e6e730fe5fc74b4e6fea45e03c0b3d67dec259

However, if the files still exist but you don't want to see them in this tool, you would need to delete the specific preferences file that has the file history. The File History help link above says how to figure out what directory on your system contains this file, which is named file_history

I hope this helps, Elaine

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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco

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On Mar 25, 2023, at 2:25 PM, Boaz Shaanan via ChimeraX-users chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu wrote:

Hi, Excuse the trivial question: I am experimenting with various options and end up filling the panel of sessions with unwanted models. Do I have to delete the .ctx file of the session from outside Chimerax to make it disappear from the panel or is there a way to do this from within the program (i.e. the equivalent of of the Edit option in chimera)? I couldn't find such an option in the 'help' or documentation. Sorry. Thanks,

        Boaz

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Hi Tom,

Thanks. This works as you described.

Thanks a lot.

Boaz

Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D. Dept. of Life Sciences Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer-Sheva 84105 Israel

E-mail: bshaanan@bgu.ac.il Phone: 972-8-647-2220 Fax: 972-8-647-2992 or 972-8-646-1710

________________________________ From: Tom Goddard goddard@sonic.net Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 2:34 AM To: בעז שאנן bshaanan@bgu.ac.il Cc: Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu Subject: Re: [chimerax-users] Removing unwanted models from the chimerax panel

Hi Boaz,

Ok, I added a "Clear file history" menu entry, in tomorrow's (March 28, 2023) ChimeraX daily builds. You right click on the panel of thumbnail images and you will see this new menu entry. It doesn't allow you to delete specific thumbnails. But at least you can clear them all without searching for the hidden history file.

Tom

On Mar 27, 2023, at 2:11 PM, Boaz Shaanan bshaanan@bgu.ac.il wrote:

Hi Tom, Yes, please do add such option and we'll take it from there. I tried Elaine's suggestion but it's really awkward, particularly on W10 which I also use (sorry😉) along with linux. I gave up and decided to wait until the fast access panel is full and spilled over, assuming, naively perhaps, that images will soon disappear for lack of space. I remember that when the editing option was introduced to Chimera it became so much easier to experiment with various options and delete the useless sessions. Thanks for the suggestion. Boaz

Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D. Dept. of Life Sciences Ben Gurion University Beer Sheva, Israel

On Mar 27, 2023 22:43, Tom Goddard <goddard@sonic.netmailto:goddard@sonic.net> wrote: Hi Boaz,

I could add a menu entry when you right click on the file history thumbnails to clear all the history. Would that be useful? Or do you just want to remove some of them? Unfortunately when I looked at allowing you to remove individual thumbnails it proved difficult, because that panel is a actually an HTML browser, and figuring out which thumbnail you clicked on or selected and getting it from Javascript in the HTML page into Python (which ChimeraX is written in) is not simple.

Tom

On Mar 26, 2023, at 10:16 AM, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edumailto:chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

Hi Boaz, I don't know what .ctx files are. At first I thought you meant open models in the Models Panel, but I am pretty sure that you already know how to close models.

However, my coworker suggests that you actually meant the previously opened files and thumbnails in the File History or Rapid Access panel. If the files no longer exist, you can easily clear them by using the context menu in that tool (File History or Rapid Access), shown with right-click (or on a Mac with trackpad or single button mouse, Ctrl-click): Remove deleted files

<https://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2...https://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2frbvi.ucsf.edu%2fchimerax%2fdocs%2fuser%2ftools%2ffilehistory.html&umid=2BC99048-F7EA-3105-893F-7AC63382BA06&auth=701951cf8dfb7cd99762e0f5be252082d875f1cf-174420a63b28dfa2ab36ddda50d5cff182e623cb>

However, if the files still exist but you don't want to see them in this tool, you would need to delete the specific preferences file that has the file history. The File History help link above says how to figure out what directory on your system contains this file, which is named file_history

I hope this helps, Elaine

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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco

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On Mar 25, 2023, at 2:25 PM, Boaz Shaanan via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edumailto:chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

Hi, Excuse the trivial question: I am experimenting with various options and end up filling the panel of sessions with unwanted models. Do I have to delete the .ctx file of the session from outside Chimerax to make it disappear from the panel or is there a way to do this from within the program (i.e. the equivalent of of the Edit option in chimera)? I couldn't find such an option in the 'help' or documentation. Sorry. Thanks,

        Boaz

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