Clicks

• Right click for pop-up menu.
  (Control+click on Mac)

• Double-click to view the structure in a separate window.

Hydrogens

• In the View or in the pop-up menu, select the Implicit Hydrogens submenu to change the way H labels and atoms are shown.

• Add explicit hydrogens using Structure > Add > Explicit Hydrogens.

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 View > Display submenu to select a rendering style, such as Wireframe, Sticks, Ball & Stick, or Spacefill.

Colors

• In the 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 from the pop-up menu or from the File menu.

• To print the currently visible molecules of a molecule table select the Print > All Visible option.

• To print all molecules loaded in a molecule table select Print > All.

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 the 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 as well 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.