Details
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Type: New Feature
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Status: Open
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Priority: Minor
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Affects Version/s: 2.11.2.0
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Fix Version/s: None
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Component/s: Properties and Preferences, Structures
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Labels:None
Description
Jalview could warn and give the user time to fix their structure viewer preferences when the current configuration requires a particular viewer that is not available on the system, or when importing a project with a structure view that calls for an unavailable viewer.
In Jalview 2.11.2 an error dialog is shown meaning that one has to re-open the project after making sure the external viewers are properly configured.
Ideally, Jalview should provide on the fly configuration so re-opening is not necessary, and/or graceful degradation if a project contains a view produced by an unsupported or unavailable viewer: e.g. opening a Jmol view styled in a similar way to the structure view, and preserving the original structure view in exported projects.
In Jalview 2.11.2 an error dialog is shown meaning that one has to re-open the project after making sure the external viewers are properly configured.
Ideally, Jalview should provide on the fly configuration so re-opening is not necessary, and/or graceful degradation if a project contains a view produced by an unsupported or unavailable viewer: e.g. opening a Jmol view styled in a similar way to the structure view, and preserving the original structure view in exported projects.