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•

Tasks

—Run various tasks. Alternative to 

Applications

 menus.

•

Workflows

—set up, submit, and monitor jobs for KNIME workflows.

•

Scripts

—manage, install, and run scripts. For details, see 

Section 15.1 on page 385

.

•

Window

—close or reopen all panel, arrange panels in a cascade, save or load a panel lay-

out, raise individual or all open panels.

•

Help

—display various kinds of documentation, including online help, manuals, informa-

tion about Maestro and other Schrödinger products.

The functions of the items on the menus are described in detail in later chapters of this manual.

The menus and items as described here are the Maestro defaults. You can customize the menus

by adding or removing items, changing the names, keyboard shortcuts, and mnemonics—see

Section 13.2 on page 318

. If you do, the descriptions of the locations given in this manual do

not, of course, apply to the changed items.

2.4

The Main Window Toolbars 

The main window has a number of toolbars, which allow you to perform many of the common

tasks. Each toolbar contains buttons for a particular kind of task. 

The toolbars contain three kinds of buttons for performing common tasks:

There are five types of items on button menus, and all four types can be on the same menu (see

Figure 2.3

):

• Action—Perform an action immediately.

• Display—Open a panel or dialog box.

• Structural unit for picking—Choose 

Atoms

, 

Bonds

, 

Residues

, 

Chains

, 

Molecules

, or

Entries

, then click on an atom in the Workspace to perform the action on all the atoms in

that structural unit. The structural unit types are included as radio buttons on the menu,

and the button is highlighted to indicate that this is the action to be performed.

Action—Perform a simple task, like clearing the Workspace.

Display—Open or close a panel or open a dialog box, such as the 

Project

Table

 panel.

Menu—Display a button menu. These buttons have a triangle to the right of

the button, which displays the menu. Clicking the button performs the

default action, if it has one.

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Figure 2.3. Examples of button menus.

• Atom category for selection—Choose one of a list of categories of atom to apply the

action to all atoms of this type in the Workspace. The list of categories is the same as on

the 

Select

 button (though with slightly different wording)—see 

Section 6.2 on page 119

.

• Other setting—Set a state, choose an attribute, or choose a parameter type and click on

atoms in the Workspace to act upon that parameter.

The toolbar buttons can be displayed as an icon, as text, or as both. The choice can be made for

each toolbar separately, by right clicking on the toolbar and choosing an option from the 

Style

submenu of the shortcut menu. You can also change the style for all toolbars in the 

Preferences

panel, under 

General 

→

 Appearance

, where you can also change the font for the toolbar

buttons—see 

Section 14.1.4 on page 338

.

The choice of buttons that appears on each toolbar can be customized, by choosing 

Maestro 

→

Customize 

→

 Toolbars

, or choosing 

Customize

 from the toolbar shortcut menu. 

Figure 2.4. The Customize Toolbars panel.

The 

Customize Toolbars

 panel has a menu of toolbars at the top, a list of all available buttons

on the left, categorized by function, and a list of buttons that are on the selected toolbar on the

structural unit 

type

display

action

other setting:

parameter type

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right. You can choose buttons from any of the categories and add them to any toolbar. You can

also create your own toolbar, by clicking 

New

, naming the toolbar, and adding the desired

buttons. A toolbar named 

Favorites

 has been included for you to customize; by default it has no

buttons.

As well as adding toolbars, you can delete toolbars, including the predefined toolbars. To do

so, choose the toolbar from the 

Toolbar

 option menu, and click 

Delete

. As the customizations

are stored in your profile, you can always restore toolbars from the installation. 

To reset all toolbars to their defaults, click 

Reset All

. 

The complete list of main window toolbars is:

• Manager toolbar—contains buttons for showing or hiding the other toolbars. You can

also show and hide toolbars with 

Window 

→

 Toolbar

.

• Project toolbar—contains buttons for common project-related tasks. This toolbar is

described below.

• Edit toolbar—contains buttons for atom selection and editing structures, in addition to

the usual 

Undo

/

Redo

, 

Cut

, 

Copy

, 

Paste

, and 

Delete

 buttons. This toolbar is described

below.

• View toolbar—contains buttons for changing the view of the Workspace. See 

Section 4.1

on page 63

.

• Workspace toolbar—contains buttons for common Workspace operations and for

scenes. This toolbar is described below.

• Style toolbar—contains buttons for setting the visual style of the contents of the Work-

space, including representation, color scheme, ribbons, atom display, surfaces. See

Section 7.6 on page 154

.

• Saved Views toolbar—contains buttons for saving, restoring, and managing views. See

Section 4.3 on page 67

.

• Display Atoms toolbar—contains buttons for displaying and undisplaying atoms. See

Section 7.5 on page 150

.

• Representation toolbar—contains buttons for changing the molecular representation

and ribbons. See 

Section 7.1 on page 133

.

• Labels toolbar—contains buttons for various annotations in the Workspace, including

atom labels, captions, highlights, and single-entry feedback. See 

Section 8.1 on page 161

.

• Build toolbar—contains buttons for various structure-building tasks. See 

Section 5.1 on

page 79

. 

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