[Jmol-developers] translucent color inheritance - feedback required

[Miguel <mi...@jm...>]

I have put a lot of work into translucent atoms ... had I realized that i=
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was going to be so much work I probably would not have started :-)

I now have uncovered a usability problem and I need your feedback.

By default, objects inherit the color from the underlying atom. This
applies to bonds, cartoons, almost everything.

In a simple case, bonds have no color but will inherit the color of the
atom to which they are attached.

So, if the user executes a command to make the atoms translucent, do the
objects (in this case the bonds) also become translucent?

Certainly, if the bonds are defined to be a different color then they
would have independent translucent/opaque behavior.

But I am interested in people's opinions in the (normal) case where the
color is inherited.


Miguel