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23 <title>Desktop Menus</title>
28 <strong>Desktop Menus</strong>
31 <li><em> <strong>File</strong></em>
33 <li><strong>Input Alignment from</strong><em> (See
34 more on <a href="../io/index.html">file formats</a>)
37 <li><strong>File (Control O)</strong><br> <em>open
38 file(s) on your local file system</em></li>
39 <li><strong>URL</strong><br> <em>open a file
40 from a website. The URL MUST start with http://</em></li>
41 <li><strong>Textbox</strong><br> <em>copy and
42 paste an alignment into a text window</em></li>
44 <li><strong>Fetch Sequence<br>
45 </strong><em>Shows a dialog window in which you can select known ids
46 from UniProt, EMBL, EMBLCDS or PDB database using Web
47 Services provided by the European Bioinformatics Institute.</em></li>
48 <li><strong>Save Project</strong><br> <em>Saves
49 all currently open alignment windows with their current view
50 settings and any associated trees, as a <a
51 href="../features/jalarchive.html">Jalview
52 Archive</a> (which has a .jar extension).
54 <li><strong>Load Project</strong><br> <em>Loads
55 Jalview archives <strong>only</strong>.
57 <li><strong>Quit</strong><br> <em>Close Jalview.
58 <br> <strong>Note - any annotation you have
59 made on alignments will be lost unless you Save your work
60 before quitting.</strong>
63 <li><strong>Tools</strong>
65 <li><strong><a href="../features/preferences.html">Preferences<br>
66 </a></strong><em>Change the default visual settings for opening new
67 alignment windows.</em></li>
68 <li><strong>Show Memory Usage<br></strong> <em>When
69 ticked, the currently available memory will be displayed in
70 the bottom right of the desktop background area.<br>
71 See the <a href="../memory.html">help on Jalview memory
72 settings</a> for more information.
74 <li><strong>Collect Garbage<br></strong> <em>Selecting
75 this will initiate the Java Virtual Machine garbage
76 collector, which might help free up some memory... perhaps.
78 <li><strong>Java Console<br /></strong> <em>Toggles
79 the display of a the Jalview Java Console window. This
80 setting will be remembered in your user preferences.</em></li>
81 <li><strong>Jalview News<br /></strong> <em>Opens the
82 <a href="../webServices/newsreader.html">Jalview News</a>
85 <li><strong>Groovy Console...<br></strong> <em>Opens
86 the <a href="../features/groovy.html">Groovy Console</a> for
87 interactive scripting.
88 </em><strong><br></strong></li>
91 <li><strong>Vamsas</strong> <em>For more details, read the
92 <a href="../vamsas/index.html">Jalview VAMSAS documentation</a>.<br />
93 When no session is active, the menu provides options for
94 initiating a new VAMSAS session:
97 <li><strong>Connect to<br /></strong> <em>Connect to
98 one of the existing sessions available.</em></li>
99 <li><strong>New VAMSAS session<br /></strong> <em>Initiates
100 a new local VAMSAS session.</em></li>
101 <li><strong>Load VAMSAS session...<br /></strong> <em>Opens
102 a file browser allowing you to choose a VAMSAS document to
103 import into a new local session.</em></li>
104 </ul> <em>When Jalview is joined to a VAMSAS session, the menu
105 contains the following:</em>
107 <li><strong>Session Update<br /></strong> <em>Sends
108 alignment data in the Jalview desktop to the VAMSAS session.</em></li>
109 <li><strong>Save VAMSAS Session...<br /></strong> <em>Saves
110 the current session to a VAMSAS document archive.</em></li>
111 <li><strong>Stop VAMSAS Session<br /></strong> <em>Disconnects
112 from the current session. You may be asked if you want to
113 save the current session's data if no other VAMSAS clients
114 are connected.</em></li>
116 <li><strong>Help </strong>
118 <li><strong>About<br>
119 </strong><em>Displays the version and creation date of the
120 application, as well as acknowledgements and a citation
121 reference. </em></li>
122 <li><strong>Documentation<br>
123 </strong><em>Displays help files as a browseable, searchable set of
124 pages with a table of contents. </em><strong><br> </strong></li>
126 <li><strong>Window</strong><br> <em>Each time a new
127 window is added to the Jalview Desktop a corresponding menu item
128 will be added to the "Window" menu that will bring the
129 window to the top of the pile when it is selected.
131 <li><strong>Close All</strong><br> Close all
132 alignment and analysis windows.<br> <strong>Note:
133 This will erase all alignments from memory, and cannot be
134 undone!</strong></li>
135 <li><strong>Raise Associated Windows</strong><br>
136 Bring all windows associated with the current alignment to
137 the top of the pile.</li>
138 <li><strong>Minimise Associated Windows</strong><br>
139 Hide all windows related to the current alignment behind
140 icons on the Jalview Desktop.