gui – Graphical User Interface

The GUI of OpenStructure is designed to be intuitive, flexible and extensible.

All parts of the GUI are exported to Python and can be expanded with C++ Qt widgets as well as with PyQt widgets. Learn more about Mixing PyQt and C++ Widgets.

• Layout
  • Drag and Drop support
  • Perspective
    • Perspective
      • Perspective.GetMainArea()
      • Perspective.GetMenu()
      • Perspective.GetMenuBar()
      • Perspective.GetPanels()
      • Perspective.HideAllBars()
      • Perspective.StatusMessage()
  • Main Area
    • Adding an own Widget
      • MainArea
        • MainArea.AddPersistentWidget()
        • MainArea.AddPersistentWidget()
        • MainArea.AddWidget()
        • MainArea.ShowSubWindow()
        • MainArea.HideSubWindow()
        • MainArea.EnableTabbedMode()
  • Panels
    • View Modes
    • Drag and Drop
    • Adding a custom Widget
      • PanelManager
        • PanelManager.AddWidget()
        • PanelManager.AddWidgetByName()
        • PanelManager.AddWidgetToPool()
        • PanelManager.AddWidgetToPool()
        • PanelManager.GetMenu()
        • PanelManager.GetQObject()
        • PanelManager.RemoveWidget()
      • PanelPosition
  • Menubar
    • Adding an new Menupoint
  • The Inspector Gadget
• Mixing PyQt and C++ Widgets
• Scene Window
  • SceneWin
    • SceneWin.GetContextMenu()
    • SceneWin.GetQObject()
    • SceneWin.Hide()
    • SceneWin.Show()
  • Context Menu
    • ContextMenu
      • ContextMenu.AddAction()
      • ContextMenu.GetQObject()
    • ContextActionType
    • ContextActionTypes
• Tools
  • Tool
    • Tool.CanOperateOn()
    • Tool.Click()
    • Tool.DoubleClick()
    • Tool.GetIconPath()
    • Tool.GetName()
    • Tool.GetToolOptions()
  • ToolOption
  • ToolOptionInt
    • ToolOptionInt.GetDefault()
    • ToolOptionInt.GetUpperLimit()
    • ToolOptionInt.GetLowerLimit()
    • ToolOptionInt.GetValue()
    • ToolOptionInt.SetValue()
  • ToolOptionFloat
    • ToolOptionFloat.GetDefault()
    • ToolOptionFloat.GetUpperLimit()
    • ToolOptionFloat.GetLowerLimit()
    • ToolOptionFloat.GetValue()
    • ToolOptionFloat.SetValue()
  • ToolOptionEnum
    • ToolOptionEnum.Add()
    • ToolOptionEnum.SetIndex()
    • ToolOptionEnum.GetIndex()
    • ToolOptionEnum.GetValue()
    • ToolOptionEnum.Begin()
    • ToolOptionEnum.End()
    • ToolOptionEnum.Size()
• The Python Shell
  • PythonShell
  • Multi line detection
  • Auto completion
• The Sequence Viewer
  • Core Features
    • Display styles
    • Zoom
    • Copy and Paste
    • Search
      • SequenceViewer
      • AddEntity()
      • RemoveEntity()
      • AddAlignment()
      • RemoveAlignment()
      • ChangeDisplayMode()
      • GetCurrentDisplayMode()
      • GetDisplayModes()
      • GetQObject()
      • Hide()
      • Show()
• Dialogs
  • Scene Menu
    • Superpose
      • SuperpositionDialog