Custom Menus

Custom pop-up menus

Starting on v. 11.3.15, Jmol (both application and applet) allows a customized pop-up menu instead of the standard default menu. Custom menus are defined using plain-text files according to certain syntax and rules.

• To open the application with your own menu, use

-m myMenu.mnu

as a command-line parameter.

• To insert the applet with your own menu, use

param=menuFile value="myMenu.mnu"

as one of the parameters of the applet or object tag.

• To start the applet with your own menu, use

JmolSetCallback("menuFile","myMenu.mnu") 

prior to JmolApplet()

• To switch to your own menu on the applet via scripting, use

load menu myMenu.mnu   (may need quotes around the filename)

To get back the default menu, use an empty string:

load menu ""

• Also available: show menu and getProperty "menu".

• Documentation for building custom pop-up menus (future link; for now, see inside Jmol.mnu).

Default menu is built using this: Jmol.mnu

An example of custom menu: test.mnu

If you design a new menu, please share it in the Custom pop-up menus section within Recycling Corner.

Contributors

AngelHerraez