Speaking of keyboard shortcuts, in my work I am dealing with a large number of molecules and I was just inspecting the optimized structures.
I found myself looking for a keyboard shortcut that would allow me to go through the files quickly to glance and make sure everything is ok. Is there anything like it already in Avogadro?
There doesn’t seem to be a keybind for this yet. From some initial testing though in theory you could hit Tab twice and then use arrow keys to go up and down, but that is not fast.
Until that keybind gets added, I’d suggest writing a Python script that concatenates all of the molecules into one file so you can use the Animation tool to cycle through all of them.
That only works if they have the same atoms. Right now, there’s no support for different atoms / atom counts in one file.
I’m open to suggestions, although it would need to something that’s not translatable if you want it to go in before the 2.0 release.
I mean, Ctrl+Tab switches through tabs in just about every application with tabs. Perhaps since switching files is like switching tabs that could be an option?
Thanks to @brockdyer03 - this is now merged and should be in the latest continuous build:
Of course one thing I realized as I’m testing it.. on Mac, Command-Tab is captured by the OS to switch applications, so we’ll never receive it. I’ll think if there’s a useful alternative.
What do browsers do?
Looks like it’s Control+Tab and Control-Shift-Tab (with the control rather than the command key) and I’ll need to figure out how to get that on Qt for Mac. Looks like that’s Qt::MetaModifier
Okay, the next continuous release (in about 20-30 minutes) should now have this on Mac too. Control+Tab = next file and Control+Shift+Tab = previous file.
Hmm, just downloaded the continuous release for Mac and Ctrl + Shift + Tab / Ctrl + Tab does not seem to do anything for me.
The one caveat is if another window pops up (e.g. MO, vibrations) the shortcut won’t get sent to the main window. We can fix this after 2.0 by adding menu items, but I told all the translators we wouldn’t add more text until after the release.
