MarvinView Quick Help

Clicks
  • Right click for pop-up menu.
    (Control+click on Mac)
  • Double click to view the structure in a separate window.
Hydrogens
  • In View or the pop-up menu, select the Hydrogens submenu to change the way H labels and atoms are shown.
  • Add explicit hydrogens using Edit -> Explicit H atoms -> Add.
3D features
  • To start a static molecule spinning, select Animation -> Play in the pop-up or the View menu.
  • To start animating an XYZ sequence, select Animation -> Play.
  • To stop spinning while continuing the animation, uncheck Animation -> Drag to Spin.
  • Use the Display submenu to select a rendering style from Wireframe, Sticks, Ball & Stick or Spacefill.
  • To generate bonds for an XYZ structure with a different bond length cut-off, select Edit -> Bonds -> Regenerate.

Colors

  • In View or the pop-up menu, use the Colors submenu to select monochrome or CPK coloring, or to change the background color.

Printing

  • To print a molecule select Print -> This Molecule in the pop-up menu.
  • To print the visible molecules of a molecule table select Print -> All Visible in the pop-up menu or Print in the File menu.
  • To print all molecules loaded in a molecule table select Print -> All in the pop-up menu.
Note: The Print feature is only present in the Swing version.
Mouse drag and navigation
  • Translation, zooming and rotation:
    1. Use the keyboard to select mode:
      F5 - Translate or Drag: Dragging the mouse across the canvas will result in a same displacement of the molecule.
      F6 - Zoom: Hold down mouse button while dragging mouse vertically to zoom.
      F7 - Rotate in 3D:Allows you to rotate the molecule in 3D around a point at the 3D center of the molecule.
      Shift-F7 - Rotate in 2D: The center of the molecule becomes the center of rotation and the molecule will rotate around this point in the direction of the mouse drag.
      F8 - Zoom/Rotate: Hold down mouse button while dragging mouse vertically (to zoom) or horizontally (to rotate).
      (alternatively: right click for the pop-up menu, select the Transform submenu, then select Translate or Drag, Zoom, Rotate in 3D, Rotate in 2D, or Zoom),
    2. drag the structure with the mouse.
  • To translate without using the menu, press Ctrl while dragging.
  • To zoom or rotate without using the menu, press Shift while dragging.
Drag & Drop

Molecules can be moved also between different Marvin windows, or from a file manager to Marvin. To perform a Drag & Drop operation,

  1. press F5 for Translate or Drag mode
    (alternatively: right click for the pop-up menu and select Translate or Drag in the Transform submenu)
  2. drag the structure with the mouse
  3. drop it over another viewer cell or over a sketcher window
Notes:
1. D&D only works in the Swing version, in Java 1.2 or later.
2. Drop may not work in the JMView applet running in a browser window, because drop events are received by the browser in that case.