The properties of selected items can be reported and changed with the Selection Inspector. There are several ways to start the Selection Inspector, a tool in the Inspectors category. In addition, it can be opened by choosing Actions... Inspect from the menu. Included item types are:

• Atom
• Bond
• Pseudobond
• Residue
• Molecule model

Atom properties are:

• atom style (dot/ball/endcap/sphere) - atom draw mode
• displayed (true/false)
• radius - radius in angstroms used when the the draw mode is sphere; initially set to an approximate VDW radius
• color (at the atom level) - see coloring hierarchy
• label - an arbitrary text label for the atom. If the label command has been used for the atom, the standard information (atom name, residue, etc.) will be shown in this field, but can be replaced arbitrarily; however, after ~label and then label, the standard label will be displayed again rather than the arbitrary text.
• label color - if a label has no color of its own, it will inherit the color of its associated atom (see coloring hierarchy)

• bond style (wire/stick) - bond draw mode
• display (on/off/if atoms shown) - the latter makes bond display depend on the display of the flanking atoms: when halfbond mode on, each half will be displayed if the corresponding atom is displayed; when halfbond mode is off, the bond will be displayed only when both atoms are displayed
• halfbond mode (on/off) - whether the two halves of a bond are handled as separate entities
• color - see coloring hierarchy. Note that the color assigned to the bond will only be visible when halfbond mode is off; when halfbond mode is on, the color of each half of the bond matches the visible color of the flanking atom.
• label - an arbitrary text label for the bond
• label color - if a label has no color of its own, it will inherit the color of its associated bond (see coloring hierarchy)

• bond style (wire/stick) - bond draw mode
• display (on/off/if atoms shown) - the latter makes pseudobond display depend on the display of the flanking atoms: when halfbond mode is on, each half will be displayed if the corresponding atom is displayed; when halfbond mode is off, the pseudobond will be displayed only when both atoms are displayed
• halfbond mode (on/off) - whether the two halves of a pseudobond are handled as separate entities
• color - see coloring hierarchy. Note that the color assigned to the pseudobond will only be visible when halfbond mode is off; when halfbond mode is on, the color of each half of the pseudobond matches the visible color of the flanking atom.
• label - an arbitrary text label for the pseudobond. If the pseudobond has already been given a label using PBReader, the label will be shown this field, but can be replaced arbitrarily. If the pseudobond is a distance monitor, however, this label reports the measured distance and cannot be changed.
• label color - if a label has no color of its own, it will inherit the color of its associated pseudobond (see coloring hierarchy)

• ribbon display (off/on) - whether a secondary structure ribbon is shown; ribbons are only drawn for proteins and nucleic acids.
• ribbon depiction (flat ribbon/edged ribbon/rounded ribbon) - type of secondary structure ribbon drawn; see the command ribrepr
• in helix (true/false)
• in sheet (true/false)
  The in helix and in sheet properties are initially set according to PDB HELIX and SHEET records in the input file, or if these are not present, using ksdssp. Although they can be changed arbitrarily, there is no determination of whether such changes are technically correct.
• color (at the residue level) - see coloring hierarchy

• color (at the model level) - see coloring hierarchy
• displayed (true/false) - whether display is enabled at the model level (see display hierarchy)
• line width - pixel width of lines when the draw mode is wire; see also the command linewidth
• stick diameter - angstrom thickness of bonds in the stick draw mode
• ball size - fraction of VDW radius used for ball radius when atoms are in the ball draw mode
• active (true/false) - whether the model is activated for motion
• auto-chaining (off/on) - whether to connect atoms that precede and follow undisplayed segments (whether to draw pseudobonds between them)