Tools to modify aspects of the current atom selection live on the Selection panel, which duplicates much of the functionality of the atom context menu.
Appearance Group
Style
Select and set the drawing style of the current atom selection (used when using the 'individual' rendering style (Shortcut: F5).
Colour
Set the colour of the current atom selection, used when the atomic colouring scheme is set to 'custom' (Shortcut: Ctrl-F5).
Reset Colour
Resets the indivual colours of the current atom selection back to those of their associated elements.
Hide
Shortcut: Ctrl-H
Hides the current atom selection from view.
Label Group
Allows labels for atom index (ID), element (E), charge (Q), forcefield atom type (FF) and forcefield atom equivalent type (Eq) to be added to the current atom selection.
Clear
Clears all defined labels for the current atom selection.
Position Group
Fix
Flags the current atom selection to be fixed in all minimisation algorithms (i.e. they will not change position).
Free
Flags the current atom selection to be freely movable in all minimisations algorithms (the default).