ChemAxon Ltd MarvinView
Clicks
  • Right click for pop-up menu.
    (Control+click on Mac)
  • Double click to view the structure in a separate window.
Hydrogens
  • In View or the pop-up menu, select the Hydrogens submenu to change the way H labels and atoms are shown.
  • Add explicit hydrogens using Edit -> Explicit H atoms -> Add.
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 Display submenu to select a rendering style from Wireframe, Sticks, Ball & Stick or Spacefill.
  • To generate bonds for an XYZ structure with a different bond length cut-off, select Edit -> Bonds -> Regenerate.
Notes: The AWT applet does not have the Animation menu and the Edit -> Bonds -> Regenerate menu item. These features are only present in the Swing version. In the AWT version, animation can be started or stopped by using the "Animate" checkbox.

Colors

  • In 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 in the pop-up menu.
  • To print the visible molecules of a molecule table select Print -> All Visible in the pop-up menu or Print in the File menu.
  • To print all molecules loaded in a molecule table select Print -> All in the pop-up menu.
Note: The Print feature is only present in the Swing version. 		Mouse drag and navigation
  • To rotate the structure, drag it with the mouse (hold down mouse button while moving the pointer).
  • To translate, zoom, or rotate the structure:
    1. right click for the pop-up menu,
    2. select the Move submenu,
    3. select Translate, Zoom, Rotate, or Rotate in 3D,
    4. drag the structure with the mouse.
  • To translate without using the menu, press Ctrl while dragging.
  • To zoom without using the menu, press Shift while dragging.
Drag & Drop

Molecules can be moved also between different Marvin windows, or from a file manager to Marvin. To perform a Drag & Drop operation,

  1. right click for the pop-up menu,
  2. select Translate
  3. drag the structure with the mouse
  4. drop it over another viewer cell or over a sketcher window
Notes:
1. D&D only works in the Swing version, in Java 1.2 or later.
2. Drop may not work in the JMView applet running in a browser window, because drop events are received by the browser in that case.