Atom / Bond Label Preferences

Choose a combination of font, size, and weight for labels from the option menus. The available fonts are those installed on your system. Only four styles are supported: Normal, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic. The font size is also changed by the Increase and Decrease items under Workspace → Fonts.

Select this option to include the name of the property in the label, separated from the value by an equals sign. For example, atom number is displayed as:
anum=3

Select this option to display one-letter residue names. Only the common (naturally occurring) residues have one-letter names; the rest are labeled "X".

When displaying element labels, use the isotope symbols for hydrogen (H, D, T). This option is on by default.

Select one of these options to determine how the labels are displayed.

• on top—display labels in front of any other objects (atoms, surfaces, etc.), even when the atoms are behind them.
• with atoms—allow labels to be obscured by other objects when the atoms are behind other objects. (The labels are kept at the same z coordinates as the atoms.)

Select this option to limit the number of atom labels to display.

• N maximum—input maximum number of labels to display.

Select an option for the color of the atom labels:

• Atom color—color the label with the same color as the atom.
• Constant color—color all atom labels with the color shown. Click the color square to display a color palette; then select the color, or click Custom to open a standard color selector and choose a custom color.

Color bonds with the displayed color. Click the color square to display a color palette; then select the color, or click Custom to open a standard color selector and choose a custom color.