You can set a default choice of Jmol or Chimera structure viewer in
<a href="preferences.html#structure"> Preferences</a>. You can also
optionally specify the path to the Chimera program here (if it
- differs from the standard paths searched by Jalview).<br />
- <strong>Please make sure your version of Chimera is up to
- date. Jalview requires at least Chimera version 1.11.1</strong>
+ differs from the standard paths searched by Jalview).<br /> <strong>Please
+ make sure your version of Chimera is up to date. Jalview requires
+ at least Chimera version 1.11.1</strong>
</p>
<p>
If you save your Jalview session as a project file, the state of any
number and chain code ([RES]Num:Chain). Moving the mouse over an
associated residue in an alignment window highlights the associated
atoms in the displayed structures. When residues are selected in the
- Chimera window, they are highlighted on the alignment. For
- comprehensive details of Chimera's commands, refer to the tool's
- Help menu.
+ Chimera window, they are highlighted on the alignment.
+ <p>For comprehensive details of Chimera's commands, refer to the
+ tool's Help menu.</p>
+ <p>
+ <strong>Selecting residues in Jalview from Chimera</strong><br />
+ When a selection is highlighted in a Jalview window, use the
+ <em>Select→Select Highlighted Region</em> or press <em>B</em>
+ to add the mapped positions to the alignment window's column
+ selection.<br /> <em>Hint: Use your machine's 'switch
+ application' key combination (Alt-Tab on Windows and Linux,
+ Cmd-Tab on OSX) to quickly switch between UCSF Chimera and Jalview
+ before pressing 'B' to select highlighted regions.</em>
+ </p>
<p>
Basic screen operations (see <a
- href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/UsersGuide/mouse.html"
- >Chimera help</a> at
+ href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/UsersGuide/mouse.html">Chimera
+ help</a> at
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/UsersGuide/mouse.html
for full details).
<table border="1">
colourschemes.<br>
</strong><em>The remaining entries apply the colourschemes available
from the standard and user defined <a
- href="../colourSchemes/index.html"
- >amino acid colours</a>.
+ href="../colourSchemes/index.html">amino acid
+ colours</a>.
</em></li>
</ul></li>
<li><strong>Chimera<br>
</p>
Jalview and Chimera communicate using Chimera's
<a
- href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/ContributedSoftware/restserver/restserver.html"
- >REST service</a>
+ href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/ContributedSoftware/restserver/restserver.html">REST
+ service</a>
(http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/ContributedSoftware/restserver/restserver.html).
<br> Technically this requires both Chimera and Jalview to open
ports on the local network, and this may be blocked by Windows