Atom Label Editor

The Label Editor button can be found on the Tools toolbar.

Use this button to perform the following actions:

• Formatting the atom label

• Replacing or overwriting any atom or atom label in a structure with a formatted:

  • Abbreviation group

  • List/NOT list

  • R-group

  • Alias

  • Pseudo atom

{info} Only the default and user-defined abbreviation groups can be formatted.

Change an Atom Label

To change an atom label, follow the steps below.

1. Click the Label Editor button, which is located on the Tools toolbar. Alternatively, the label editor can be used through the context menu.

2. Hover the cursor over an atom and click to open its atom label text field.

3. Enter a new label or change an existing one as needed.

4. When finished, click on the canvas or click the green checkmark below the textbox to close the text field.

Formatting

When opening an atom label field, a formatting toolbar appears containing several options.

Some shortcuts can be used inside the textbox for formatting, too.

Formatting function	Button	Shortcut
Bold		Ctrl+B
Italic		Ctrl+I
Subscript		Alt+↓
Superscript		Alt+↑
Symbols		N/A
Alias atom	Alias	N/A
Pseudo atom	Pseudo	N/A

The symbol map is active only when a text box is open for editing, The twelve most recently used characters appear at the top of the window. A character may appear more than once in this section if the versions use different font styles.

To insert a character, simply select the character from the table and click Insert.

{info} Text attributes like font type and color can be set in the Format dialog box which can be opened from the contextual menu.

Replacing and Overwriting

MarvinSketch automatically tries to interpret chemically the atom labels including the abbreviation groups (user-defined ones as well) and templates.

If this interpretation fails, a message notifies the user that the label will be recognized as an alias.

Restrictions and tips on changing atom labels are summarized in the table below.