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Mouse Controls: Two Button Modes

PyMOL is designed to be driven using a three button “wheel” mouse. However, an alternate two-button mode is supported. To active it, select “2 Button Viewing Cycle” or the “2 Button Editing Cycle” from the Mouse menu.

With “2 Button Viewing Cycle”, when the user clicks on the Mouse Mode indicator in the Viewer window, the mouse configuration will toggle back and forth between “2 Button Viewing” and “2 Button Selecting”.

With “2 Button Editing Cycle”, when the user clicks on the Mouse Mode indicator in the Viewer window, the mouse configuration will cycle through “2 Button Viewing”, “2 Button Selecting”, and “2 Button Editing”.

It is also possible to select each of these modes directly from the Mouse menu.

Mouse Mode: 2 Button Viewing

ActionLeft Button ActionRight Button Action
clickpick atomactivate context-sensitive menu
double-clickactivate context-sensitive menucenter camera on atom
click-and-dragrotate camerazoom (move camera along Z)
SHIFT-clickset pick atom 1 (pk1)
SHIFT-click-and-drag adjust clipping planes
CTRL-click-and-dragmove camera in XY Plane
CTRL-click pick atom
CTRL-SHIFT-clickselectcenter camera on atom

Mouse Mode: 2 Button Selecting

ActionLeft Button ActionRight Button Action
clicktoggle selectionactivate context-sensitive menu
double-clickactivate context-sensitive menucenter camera on atom
click-and-dragrotate camerazoom (move camera along Z)
SHIFT-clickdrag to add selectiondrag to subtract selection
CTRL-clicktoggle selection pick atom
CTRL-SHIFT-clickselectcenter camera on atom

Mouse Mode: 2 Button Editing

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mouse/two_button.txt · Last modified: 2013/08/19 21:00 (external edit)