Opened 8 days ago

Closed 3 days ago

#20108 closed defect (fixed)

Cannot dock to top of main window

Reported by: jfan15@… Owned by: Eric Pettersen
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: UI Version:
Keywords: Cc: chimera-programmers
Blocked By: Blocking:
Notify when closed: Platform: all
Project: ChimeraX

Description 

The following bug report has been submitted:
Platform:        macOS-26.4-arm64-arm-64bit
ChimeraX Version: 1.12.dev202604010250 (2026-04-01 02:50:49 UTC)
Description
i want to dock the menu bar on the top of main window, but it always fails.

OpenGL version: 4.1 Metal - 90.5
OpenGL renderer: Apple M2 Max
OpenGL vendor: Apple

Python: 3.11.9
Locale: en_US.UTF-8
Qt version: PySide6 6.10.1, Qt 6.10.1
Qt runtime version: 6.10.1
Qt platform: cocoa
Hardware:

    Hardware Overview:

      Model Name: Mac Studio
      Model Identifier: Mac14,13
      Model Number: MQH73LL/A
      Chip: Apple M2 Max
      Total Number of Cores: 12 (8 Performance and 4 Efficiency)
      Memory: 32 GB
      System Firmware Version: 18000.101.7
      OS Loader Version: 18000.101.7

Software:

    System Software Overview:

      System Version: macOS 26.4 (25E246)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 25.4.0
      Time since boot: 4 hours, 2 minutes

Graphics/Displays:

    Apple M2 Max:

      Chipset Model: Apple M2 Max
      Type: GPU
      Bus: Built-In
      Total Number of Cores: 30
      Vendor: Apple (0x106b)
      Metal Support: Metal 4
      Displays:
        DELL U3223QE:
          Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (2160p/4K UHD 1 - Ultra High Definition)
          UI Looks like: 3840 x 2160 @ 60.00Hz
          Main Display: Yes
          Mirror: Off
          Online: Yes
          Rotation: Supported
        DELL U3219Q:
          Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (2160p/4K UHD 1 - Ultra High Definition)
          UI Looks like: 3840 x 2160 @ 60.00Hz
          Mirror: Off
          Online: Yes
          Rotation: Supported
        DELL U3223QE:
          Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (2160p/4K UHD 1 - Ultra High Definition)
          UI Looks like: 3840 x 2160 @ 60.00Hz
          Mirror: Off
          Online: Yes
          Rotation: Supported


Installed Packages:
    accessible-pygments: 0.0.5
    aiohappyeyeballs: 2.6.1
    aiohttp: 3.13.1
    aiosignal: 1.4.0
    alabaster: 1.0.0
    annotated-types: 0.7.0
    anyio: 4.13.0
    appdirs: 1.4.4
    appnope: 0.1.4
    asttokens: 3.0.1
    attrs: 26.1.0
    babel: 2.18.0
    beautifulsoup4: 4.13.5
    blockdiag: 3.0.0
    blosc2: 4.1.2
    build: 1.3.0
    certifi: 2025.7.14
    cftime: 1.6.5
    charset-normalizer: 3.4.6
    ChimeraX-AddCharge: 1.5.20
    ChimeraX-AddH: 2.2.8
    ChimeraX-AlignmentAlgorithms: 2.0.2
    ChimeraX-AlignmentHdrs: 3.6.2
    ChimeraX-AlignmentMatrices: 2.1
    ChimeraX-Alignments: 3.2
    ChimeraX-AlphaFold: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-AltlocExplorer: 1.2
    ChimeraX-AmberInfo: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Animations: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Aniso: 1.3.2
    ChimeraX-Arrays: 1.1
    ChimeraX-Atomic: 1.66
    ChimeraX-AtomicLibrary: 14.4
    ChimeraX-AtomSearch: 2.0.1
    ChimeraX-AxesPlanes: 2.4
    ChimeraX-BasicActions: 1.1.3
    ChimeraX-BILD: 1.0
    ChimeraX-BlastProtein: 3.0.0
    ChimeraX-Boltz: 1.1
    ChimeraX-BondRot: 2.0.4
    ChimeraX-BugReporter: 1.0.2
    ChimeraX-BuildStructure: 2.13.1
    ChimeraX-Bumps: 1.0
    ChimeraX-BundleBuilder: 1.6.0
    ChimeraX-ButtonPanel: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-CageBuilder: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-CellPack: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Centroids: 1.4.1
    ChimeraX-ChangeChains: 1.1
    ChimeraX-CheckWaters: 1.5
    ChimeraX-ChemGroup: 2.0.2
    ChimeraX-Clashes: 2.3
    ChimeraX-Cluster: 1.0
    ChimeraX-ColorActions: 1.0.5
    ChimeraX-ColorGlobe: 1.0
    ChimeraX-ColorKey: 1.5.8
    ChimeraX-CommandLine: 1.3.1
    ChimeraX-ConnectStructure: 2.0.1
    ChimeraX-Contacts: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Core: 1.12.dev202604010250
    ChimeraX-CoreFormats: 1.2
    ChimeraX-coulombic: 1.4.5
    ChimeraX-Crosslinks: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Crystal: 1.0
    ChimeraX-CrystalContacts: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-DataFormats: 1.2.4
    ChimeraX-Dicom: 1.2.7
    ChimeraX-DistMonitor: 1.4.2
    ChimeraX-DockPrep: 1.2.1
    ChimeraX-Dssp: 2.0
    ChimeraX-EMDB-SFF: 1.0
    ChimeraX-ESMFold: 1.0
    ChimeraX-FileHistory: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-FunctionKey: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Geometry: 1.3
    ChimeraX-gltf: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Graphics: 1.4.1
    ChimeraX-Hbonds: 2.5.3
    ChimeraX-Help: 1.3
    ChimeraX-HKCage: 1.3
    ChimeraX-IHM: 1.1
    ChimeraX-ImageFormats: 1.2
    ChimeraX-IMOD: 1.0
    ChimeraX-IO: 1.0.4
    ChimeraX-ItemsInspection: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-IUPAC: 1.0
    ChimeraX-KVFinder: 1.8.2
    ChimeraX-Label: 1.3
    ChimeraX-LightingGUI: 1.0
    ChimeraX-ListInfo: 1.3.1
    ChimeraX-Log: 1.2.2
    ChimeraX-LookingGlass: 1.1
    ChimeraX-Maestro: 1.9.2
    ChimeraX-Map: 1.3
    ChimeraX-MapData: 2.0
    ChimeraX-MapEraser: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-MapFilter: 2.0.1
    ChimeraX-MapFit: 2.0
    ChimeraX-MapSeries: 2.1.1
    ChimeraX-Markers: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Mask: 1.0.2
    ChimeraX-MatchMaker: 2.2.2
    ChimeraX-MCopy: 1.0
    ChimeraX-MCPServer: 0.2.0
    ChimeraX-MDcrds: 2.19
    ChimeraX-MedicalToolbar: 1.1
    ChimeraX-Meeting: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Minimize: 1.3.8
    ChimeraX-MLP: 1.1.1
    ChimeraX-mmCIF: 2.16
    ChimeraX-MMTF: 2.2
    ChimeraX-ModelArchive: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Modeller: 1.5.23
    ChimeraX-ModelPanel: 1.6.1
    ChimeraX-ModelSeries: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Mol2: 2.0.3
    ChimeraX-Mole: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Morph: 1.0.2
    ChimeraX-MouseModes: 1.2
    ChimeraX-Movie: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-MutationScores: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Neuron: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Nifti: 1.2
    ChimeraX-NMRSTAR: 1.0.2
    ChimeraX-NRRD: 1.2
    ChimeraX-Nucleotides: 2.0.3
    ChimeraX-OpenCommand: 1.15.4
    ChimeraX-OpenFold: 1.0
    ChimeraX-OrthoPick: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-PDB: 2.7.13
    ChimeraX-PDBBio: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-PDBLibrary: 1.0.5
    ChimeraX-PDBMatrices: 1.0
    ChimeraX-PickBlobs: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Positions: 1.0
    ChimeraX-PresetMgr: 1.1.4
    ChimeraX-ProfileGrids: 1.5.3
    ChimeraX-PubChem: 2.2
    ChimeraX-ReadPbonds: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Registration: 1.1.2
    ChimeraX-RemoteControl: 1.0
    ChimeraX-RenderByAttr: 1.8.1
    ChimeraX-RenumberResidues: 1.1
    ChimeraX-ResidueFit: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-RestServer: 1.3.3
    ChimeraX-RNALayout: 1.0
    ChimeraX-RotamerLibMgr: 4.0
    ChimeraX-RotamerLibsDunbrack: 2.0
    ChimeraX-RotamerLibsDynameomics: 2.0
    ChimeraX-RotamerLibsRichardson: 2.0
    ChimeraX-SaveCommand: 1.5.2
    ChimeraX-Scenes: 0.3.1
    ChimeraX-SchemeMgr: 1.0
    ChimeraX-SDF: 2.0.3
    ChimeraX-Segger: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Segment: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Segmentations: 3.5.12
    ChimeraX-SelInspector: 1.0
    ChimeraX-SeqView: 2.18
    ChimeraX-Shape: 1.1
    ChimeraX-Shell: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Shortcuts: 1.2.1
    ChimeraX-ShowSequences: 1.0.3
    ChimeraX-SideView: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-SimilarStructures: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Smiles: 2.1.2
    ChimeraX-SmoothLines: 1.0
    ChimeraX-SNFG: 1.0
    ChimeraX-SpaceNavigator: 1.0
    ChimeraX-StdCommands: 1.19.3
    ChimeraX-STL: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Storm: 1.0
    ChimeraX-StructMeasure: 1.2.1
    ChimeraX-Struts: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Surface: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-SwapAA: 2.0.1
    ChimeraX-SwapRes: 2.5.3
    ChimeraX-TapeMeasure: 1.0
    ChimeraX-TaskManager: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Test: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Toolbar: 1.2.3
    ChimeraX-ToolshedUtils: 1.2.4
    ChimeraX-Topography: 1.0
    ChimeraX-ToQuest: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Tug: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-UI: 1.50.3
    ChimeraX-Umap: 1.0
    ChimeraX-uniprot: 2.3.2
    ChimeraX-UnitCell: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-ViewDock: 1.6.1
    ChimeraX-VIPERdb: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Vive: 1.1
    ChimeraX-VolumeMenu: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-vrml: 1.0
    ChimeraX-VTK: 1.0
    ChimeraX-WavefrontOBJ: 1.0
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    ipykernel: 7.1.0
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by jfan15@…, 8 days ago

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comment:1 by Eric Pettersen, 7 days ago

Cc: chimera-programmers added
Component: Unassigned → UI
Owner: set to Eric Pettersen
Platform: → all
Project: → ChimeraX
Status: new → accepted
Summary: ChimeraX bug report submission → Cannot dock to top of main window


comment:2 by Eric Pettersen, 7 days ago

Status: accepted → feedback

Hi Jinsong,

Thanks for reporting this problem. By the "menu bar", do you mean the toolbar? Doesn't the toolbar start off at the top of the main window for you?

--Eric

Eric Pettersen
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab

comment:3 by JingSong.Fan@…, 7 days ago 

Hi, Eric,

Yes. Just exactly like what your said.

Any solution?

Best,

Jinsong

From: ChimeraX <ChimeraX-bugs-admin@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 12:36
To: pett@cgl.ucsf.edu <pett@cgl.ucsf.edu>, Fan, Jinsong <JingSong.Fan@STJUDE.ORG>
Cc: chimera-programmers@cgl.ucsf.edu <chimera-programmers@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Subject: Re: [ChimeraX] #20108: Cannot dock to top of main window

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#20108: Cannot dock to top of main window
-------------------------------+----------------------------
          Reporter:  jfan15@…  |      Owner:  Eric Pettersen
              Type:  defect    |     Status:  feedback
          Priority:  normal    |  Milestone:
         Component:  UI        |    Version:
        Resolution:            |   Keywords:
        Blocked By:            |   Blocking:
Notify when closed:            |   Platform:  all
           Project:  ChimeraX  |
-------------------------------+----------------------------
Changes (by Eric Pettersen):

 * status:  accepted => feedback

Comment:

 Hi Jinsong,
         Thanks for reporting this problem.  By the "menu bar", do you mean
 the toolbar?  Doesn't the toolbar start off at the top of the main window
 for you?

 --Eric

         Eric Pettersen
         UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
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comment:4 by Eric Pettersen, 7 days ago

What happens when you do Tools→General→Toolbar?

comment:5 by JingSong.Fan@…, 7 days ago 

Toolbar is always located to right side of main window.

From: ChimeraX <ChimeraX-bugs-admin@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 12:49
To: Fan, Jinsong <JingSong.Fan@STJUDE.ORG>, pett@cgl.ucsf.edu <pett@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Cc: chimera-programmers@cgl.ucsf.edu <chimera-programmers@cgl.ucsf.edu>
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#20108: Cannot dock to top of main window
-------------------------------+----------------------------
          Reporter:  jfan15@…  |      Owner:  Eric Pettersen
              Type:  defect    |     Status:  feedback
          Priority:  normal    |  Milestone:
         Component:  UI        |    Version:
        Resolution:            |   Keywords:
        Blocked By:            |   Blocking:
Notify when closed:            |   Platform:  all
           Project:  ChimeraX  |
-------------------------------+----------------------------
Comment (by Eric Pettersen):

 What happens when you do Tools→General→Toolbar?
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comment:6 by Eric Pettersen, 7 days ago

Edit this file: <your home folder>/Library/Application Support/ChimeraX/ui-1 and delete the line that starts with "tool_positions" and save the file. This will make ChimeraX forget any customized placements you've saved for tools and then they will start at their default positions. So the toolbar should then start at the top of the window.

comment:7 by JingSong.Fan@…, 7 days ago 

Thanks a lot for your help.

It works very well.

Have a great day!


From: ChimeraX <ChimeraX-bugs-admin@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 13:15
To: Fan, Jinsong <JingSong.Fan@STJUDE.ORG>, pett@cgl.ucsf.edu <pett@cgl.ucsf.edu>
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Subject: Re: [ChimeraX] #20108: Cannot dock to top of main window

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#20108: Cannot dock to top of main window
-------------------------------+----------------------------
          Reporter:  jfan15@…  |      Owner:  Eric Pettersen
              Type:  defect    |     Status:  feedback
          Priority:  normal    |  Milestone:
         Component:  UI        |    Version:
        Resolution:            |   Keywords:
        Blocked By:            |   Blocking:
Notify when closed:            |   Platform:  all
           Project:  ChimeraX  |
-------------------------------+----------------------------
Comment (by Eric Pettersen):

 Edit this file: <your home folder>/Library/Application
 Support/ChimeraX/ui-1 and delete the line that starts with
 "tool_positions" and save the file.  This will make ChimeraX forget any
 customized placements you've saved for tools and then they will start at
 their default positions.  So the toolbar should then start at the top of
 the window.
--
Ticket URL: <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/trac/ChimeraX/ticket/20108#comment:6>
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comment:8 by Eric Pettersen, 3 days ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: feedback → closed

As of tomorrow's daily build, the toolbar will be dockable into the top of the window should it somehow become undocked.

Fix: ​https://github.com/RBVI/ChimeraX/commit/c3caedd4b3faed8e201f76551ae2e283ba565c52

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