Interface themes and fog

Interface themes

The color theme of the windows is chosen in Edit > Preferences > Interface, Interface theme. The theme is applied immediately; click Apply and Save to keep it for the next sessions.

• EasyHybrid default: the system GTK theme (the original look).

• Scientific Ribbon: dark navy.

• Graphite: dark, orange accent.

• Nord: dark, frost accent.

• Slate: light, blue accent.

• High contrast: black and yellow.

Dark themes also lighten the toolbar icons so they stay visible.

Toolbar icons

In the same section, Toolbar icons chooses the icons of the main window toolbars: Modern (EasyHybrid 3.2) or Classic (EasyHybrid 3.1). The change is applied immediately (the Builder toolbar keeps its own icons); use Apply and Save to keep it.

Autosave

• Temporary autosave: while there are unsaved changes, the session is saved periodically to a temporary .easy file (in the .tmp folder of EasyHybrid, or next to the session file once it has been saved).

• Autosave interval (minutes) and Autosave every N changes: the autosave happens every N minutes or after N changes to the project, whichever comes first (defaults: 5 minutes, 20 changes).

• Ask about unsaved/modified projects: asks for confirmation before closing a session with unsaved changes.

Fog (depth cue)

Fog fades distant atoms into the background color and improves the sense of depth in the 3D view. It is set in Edit > Preferences > Viewer > General > Fog, and changes are applied immediately.

• Enable fog (depth cue): turns the fog on or off.

• Intensity (%): how much fog is reached at the end point: 100 is fully background-colored (the original look), 0 is no fog.

• Automatic range (default): the fog either covers a fixed depth in front of the far clipping plane (Far plane, the original behaviour, with an adjustable extent), or starts a given distance in front of the rotation center and ends at the far plane (Camera center – offset, with Offset before center (Å)), so that it follows the molecule instead of the clipping slab.

• Custom range: Start (%) and End (%) are given as percentages of the visible depth (0 = near clipping plane, 100 = far clipping plane), so the fog follows zoom and slab changes.