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.