2.1 Overview of the Interface

The Mercury interface consists of the following:

Top-level menu (see Section 2.2).
Tool bar containing common, basic options, e.g. for setting display styles, colours, picking modes, view directions.
Display area for showing 3D structures.
Structure list, or refcode list, containing the list of structures in the file or database that is loaded into the program, e.g. from a ConQuest search. Clicking on a structure in this list causes it to be displayed in the display area (see Section 4).
Options area containing some common options.
Contacts list containing a list of various types of nonbonded contacts that can be displayed or
un-displayed by using the tick-boxes (see Section 10.8).
Status bar for displaying help messages.

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