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alignment panel hotkey
Did foldit updapte its hotkey shortcuts because nowhere can I find how to open the alignment panel in foldit standalone? My teacher has step by step instuctions but it doesn't look like what I have downloaded
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The game version Foldit had a major update released in September 2022. Those changes have also affected Foldit standalone.There are lots of changes to the user interface, but most of the underlying functions should be intact.
The current version of Foldit standalone is 20230109-b54c9a359c-win_x64-INTERNAL, indicating a build date of 9 January 2023. You'll find this infor under General Options (ctrl + T), on the Advanced tab.
I think there's an example of setting up an alignment puzzle. I'll try setting that up in standalone.(edit: the alignment panel is still available, assuming the correct setup.)
Good news, although probably a little late for the anonymous original poster.
With the correct setup, Foldit standalone can indeed display the alignment panel.
The file example.zip contains the files example_template.pdb, example_template.template.pdb, and example_template.align. (No idea why there are two PDB files, but I think one is the starting protein, and one is the guide shape of the alignment target.)
At startup for Foldit standalone, select "Import PDB/Fasta", then select the three "example_template" files and click Open.
Foldit will then open with a protein displayed. The default hotkey "N" (actually a lowercase "n") then displays the alignment panel and the guide shape. The "smiley face with lab goggles" icon also shows or hides the alignment panel.
I have created a wiki page for Foldit standalone which just happens to show this example.
With the alignment example loaded, Configure Keyboard Shortcuts reveals the shortcut to toggle the alignment panel.