> The buttons I like to change are internally assigned. For example, > I > would prefer to use key "b" to move backwards through residues of a > chain. Right now you need two hands for that (shift-space).
I dont know what size of keyboard you use, but for me it works perfectly fine with one hand (pinky on the Shift key and thumb on Space) ;-) I imagine the logic here is that the two functions are related. Space moves forward, and holding down another key reverses the function (similar to using lower and upper keys). > To drag > the > map, again, you need two hands (ctrl-left mouse). I would like to > have > some button assignments included in the preferences. There are so > many > keys on the key board, why do you need to combine several keys to > do one > function? Usually key bindings use one key, however at some point you need extra ones and use obvious simple additions e.g. capital ones (this shouldnt be too much of a burden). The situation is (obviously) different is you want to move things around with the mouse (or for that matter other devices) as here the buttons are usually limited to 3 (sometimes even 1 - Mac users with one button mice ;-) ). So the obvious thing to do is to combine it with keys to increase the number of possible movements (this is for what I know done by almost all molecular graphics programs in one way or the other). Usually the keys used here are found on both sides of the keyboard and are so easily accessible for left and right handed people when using the mouse with the other hand (except when holding a coffee mug ;-) ). Anyway feel free to bind e.g. the arrow keys to a view translation. For having key binding in the Preferences: this may be a bit tricky for various reasons, but mainly because a lot of key bindings dont just do one thing but execute a whole series of functions and are after all (user) programmable. B *************************************************** Dr. Bernhard Lohkamp Assistant Professor Div. Molecular Structural Biology Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (MBB) Karolinska Institutet S-17177 Stockholm Sweden phone: (+46) 08-52487673 fax: (+46) 08-327626 email: bernhard.lohk...@ki.se
