Toolbars of MarvinSketch

The toolbars provide buttons that access some of the frequently used commands in the menus. To activate a command, click its toolbar button. If a command is unavailable, its button appears grayed-out.

Note: Place the mouse cursor over a toolbar button to see the tooltip describing its use.

General Toolbar

Rectangle Selection Allows selection in rectangle mode on mouse drag.
Lasso Selection Allows selection in lasso mode on mouse drag.
Structure Selection Allows selection in structure selection mode on mouse drag. With this selection mode only whole fragments can be selected.
Erase Removes all structures upon selection.
Undo Reverses the last command or the last entry you typed.
Redo Reverses the action of the last Undo command.
Cut Removes and copies the selection to the clipboard.
Copy Copies the selection to the clipboard.
Paste Inserts the contents of the clipboard at the location of the cursor, without replacing selection.
Zoom In Increases the canvas's magnification.
Zoom Out Decreases the canvas's magnification.
Help Contents Shows MarvinSketch User's Guide.

Tools Toolbar

Insert Bond Places various bond types on the canvas.
Insert Chain Places a carbon chain on the canvas. The number of carbon atoms can be increased or decreased by dragging the mouse.
Insert Text Places a Text object on the canvas. Allows changing text properties on the appearing toolbar.
Insert Reaction Arrow Places various reaction arrow objects on the canvas.
Create Group Creates a custom abbreviation group.
Insert Brackets Places brackets, parentheses, chevrons or braces on the canvas.
Insert Graphics Places various graphics objects on the canvas.
Increase Charge Increases the charge of the selected atom. The number of implicit hydrogens will be adjusted if possible to accommodate the new charge. Valence errors will be highlighted in red.
Decrease Charge Decreases the charge of the selected atom. The number of implicit hydrogens will be adjusted if possible to accommodate the new charge. Valence errors will be highlighted in red.

Atoms Toolbar

Periodic System Shows periodic system and query/atom property drawing window.
Insert Hydrogen Places Hydrogen atom on the canvas.
Insert Carbon Places Carbon atom on the canvas.
Insert Nitrogen Places Nitrogen atom on the canvas.
Insert Oxygen Places Oxygen atom on the canvas.
Insert Sulfur Places Sulfur atom on the canvas.
Insert Fluorine Places Fluorine atom on the canvas.
Insert Phosphorus Places Phosphorus atom on the canvas.
Insert Chlorine Places Chlorine atom on the canvas.
Insert Bromine Places Bromine atom on the canvas.
Insert Iodine Places Iodine atom on the canvas.

Advanced Templates Toolbar

This toolbar contains special buttons holding template structures.
Additional functions of this toolbar:
  1. The templates are rotatable by pressing and holding down the left mouse button while dragging.

    The rotating angle can be specified in the pop-up menu of the template button.
  2. The toolbar can show different template groups.
    General:

    Bridged Polycyclics with Crown Ethers:

    Popup menu to select the visibility of template groups:
  3. Using Drag & Drop on any template button adds structures to the My Templates group.

    Beside this, the Add To My Templates command from the Pop-up menu can also be used.

Simple Templates Toolbar

If you only wish to use the 6 generic template structures without additional functions, you can use the Simple Templates Toolbar. This toolbar is not visible by default. To make it visible, choose View > Toolbars > Simple Templates.

Cyclopentane (house)
Pyrrole
Cyclopentane
Cyclohexane
Benzene
Naphthalene