Label by atom hides everything but the label

[digitalbio]

I wanted to label each atom in a nucleotide so that students could identify them.

Here's what I did:

1. Selected a single nucleotide in 7ODF.
2. Choose View Selection to hide everything else.
3. Chose Nucleotide > Ball and Stick.
4. Chose Color > Atom.
5. Opened the Analysis menu and chose Label per Atom.

The nucleotide disappeared and I got large square labels that aren't attached to any atoms. I put the image below. This is not very useful. I should be able to see both the labels and the atoms. The labels should be on top of the atoms and should be smaller than the atoms.

Here's what I would like to see (I didn't add the position numbers, just the letters).

[digitalbio]

I did find a way to make labels smaller but I could only make one label the size the that I wanted (P). All the rest of the labels were too large. I think the labels should all the same size and the background color for the labels should be white, not grey.

[jiywang3]

I added a new label type "per Atom Element". You can try it out: https://structure.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/icn3d/share.html?MRAbCZNrv2jnUtPFA

[digitalbio]

I like this! thanks!