Select annotations, graphs and sequence regions in order to perform certain operations on them. The following are ways to select items in the viewer window using a mouse.
To do this | Do this: | ||
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Select a single annotation | Click on it. | ||
Select an entire gene model instead of an exon. | Directly select a whole gene by clicking on the line connecting the exons.If you mistakenly select an exon instead of a gene, right-click in the blank background or on a selected annotation and choose Select parent | ||
Select a single graph. | Click on its handle: the rectangle at the left inside the main view window. | ||
Select an entire annotation track. | Click on its track label in the left-hand panel. | ||
Select multiple annotations or graphs. | Drag the mouse through a region to select all enclosed items. For graphs, the drag should include the graph handle. A drag must begin in the empty area, not on top of any annotation or in the coordinates track.You can use shift-click or shift-drag to select additional items. | ||
Select a sequence region. | Drag along the axis of the coordinates track to select a set of genomic residues. To select residues, the drag must begin in the axis tier. | ||
Deselect everything. | Click the empty background space in the viewer window. | ||
| Add to the current selection |
| Shift-click to add individual items or shift and drag to add multiple items. |
Open a pop-up menu | Right-click (or control-click) on an item that is already selected or on the empty background. |
Zooming to selected items
To center on and fill the viewer with the selected object: Either double-click an item or Right- or control-click t and choose Zoom to Selected.