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MarvinSketch keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 2/8/2023 on https://defkey.com/marvinsketch-shortcuts

MarvinSketch is a Java based chemical drawing tool. MarvinSketch allows you
to create and edit molecules in various file formats including MDL mol,
Compressed mol, unique SMILES, SMARTS, Sybyl mol, PDB, CML, XYZ, POV-Ray.

MarvinSketch has 67 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



General
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Wheel up and wheel down Scrolls canvas vertically
Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Scrolls canvas horizontally
Ctrl + Wheel up and wheel down Zooms canvas in and out
Arrow keys              Scrolls canvas in the proper direction if no object is selected on the
canvas
Ctrl + Arrow keys       Scrolls canvas in the proper direction if no object is selected on the
canvas
Arrow keys              Moves the selected object if an item is selected on the canvas.You can
scroll the canvas with Ctrl + Arrow Keys in this case
Shift + Arrow keys      Move the selected object on the canvas in greater units
Del                     Removes the selected element
Ctrl + A                Select All
Ctrl + Shift + I        Invert selection
Ctrl + C                Copy
Ctrl + Insert           Copy
Ctrl + D                Copy As OLE
Ctrl + K                Copy As...
Ctrl + L                Copy As Smiles
Ctrl + M                Copy As MRV
Ctrl + X                Cut
Ctrl + Shift + Del      Cut
Ctrl + V                Paste
Ctrl + Shift + Insert   Paste
Ctrl + Y                Redo
Ctrl + Z                Undo
Alt + Backspace         Undo
Ctrl + L                Copy as SMILES
Ctrl + O                File open (if available)
Ctrl + S                Save to file (if available)
Ctrl + Shift + S        Save as... (if available)
Ctrl + P                Print (if available)
Ctrl + E                Display Periodic Table dialog
Ctrl + N                Create a new window
Ctrl + Del              Clear Desk
Ctrl + W                Close current window
Ctrl + Q                Exit from the application
Ctrl + G                Create a Group
Ctrl + 2                Clean in 2D
Ctrl + 3                Clean in 3D
Ctrl + F                Select conformer
Ctrl + T                Opens the Template Library.
Ctrl + R                Checks and corrects chemical structures.
Ctrl + I                Places the Analysis box on the canvas.
Ctrl + Shift + N        You can view the name of the current structure, and enter a new name to be
imported.
Ctrl + Shift + M        Open MarvinSpace
Ctrl + Shift + F9       Guidelines
Shift + F9              Grid
F5                      Exit transformation mode and return to Sketching mode.
F6                      Switch on the Zoom mode.
F7                      3D rotation
F11                     Sets the visibility of the main menubar.
Space                   Changes transformation mode from Drag to Rotate in 2D, Rotate in 2D to
Rotate in 3D, while Rotate in 3D to Drag.
-                       Negative charge
+                       Positive charge
1                       Single bond
2                       Double bond
3                       Triple bond
4                       Aromatic bond
5                       Single up bond (active only in 2D)
6                       Single down bond (active only in 2D)
7                       Single up or down bond
12                      Single or double bond
14                      Single or aromatic bond
24                      Double or aromatic bond
0                       Any bond
*                       Any atom
Q                       Heteroatom
C                       Carbon
N                       Nitrogen
H                       Hydrogen

For the other elements, type the mark of the element, for example, Cl for
chlorine (case insensitive).

Au,Ag,Pt…: Atom List can be defined by typing chemical symbols separated by
commas (case insensitive).

!Au,Ag,Pt…: NOT List can be defined by starting the atom list with an
exclamation mark (case insensitive).

Source: MarvinSketch docs


Last modified on (UTC): Wednesday, February 8, 2023
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