We're keen to get feedback from our user community about how you think WebCSD should be developed in the future. We've added here a selection of possible improvements that we could make to WebCSD - please sign in and vote for the ones you'd most like to see. Each user can choose to vote once per idea, so only vote for the ones you are most interested in seeing added. Please note that some of these improvements may also be made available through our free web service Access Structures.
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Ability to search on ORCID identifier
Suggested by Peter Wood – New – 1
Allow searches for authors based on ORCID identifiers -
Ability to export structures in additional file formats
Suggested by Peter Wood – New – 0
Export structures as refcode lists, MOL2s or PDB files as well as CIFs -
Highlight structure query in 3D visualiser
Suggested by Peter Wood – New – 0
Provide 3D highlighting of structure search hits in the visualiser -
Ability to combine text, structure & cell queries
Suggested by Peter Wood – New – 0
Perform logical combinations of the results of multiple searches -
Easy option to add 'any' bond in structure search
Suggested by Peter Wood – New – 2
Option to select and use a flexible 'any' bond type in substructure searches -
Summary of most recent 5 queries in last 24 hrs
Suggested by Peter Wood – New – 0
Storage of the most recent 5 queries in the last 24 hours to view or re-run -
Full text searching across all WebCSD text fields
Suggested by Peter Wood – New – 0
Searching across all the accessible WebCSD text fields at once -
Ability to create a structure search from the current entry
Suggested by Peter Wood – New – 0
Start a new structure search from the currently viewed WebCSD entry -
Hyperlinking from text fields to start new searches
Suggested by Peter Wood – New – 0
Hyperlink from text fields in the WebCSD entry display to start a new text search -
Provide gallery view of results for structure and unit cell search
Suggested by Peter Wood – New – 0
Gallery-style overview with thumbnail images for structure and unit cell searches
