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The Seqhiker's Guide
The Seqhiker's Guide

Contents

  • Install
  • Supported files
  • Navigation
  • Genome and annotation tracks
  • Reads track
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Navigation¶

Mouse and wheel¶

  • Mouse wheel: zoom in and out

  • Shift + mouse wheel: pan left and right

  • Horizontal mouse wheel: pan left and right

  • Drag on the map track: move the current viewport

  • Click on the map track outside the current viewport: jump to that region

  • Double-click empty space in the genome or annotation tracks: center that position in the window

Trackpad¶

  • Horizontal two-finger swipe: pan

  • Pinch: zoom

  • Vertical swipe zoom can also be enabled in settings

Trackpad and wheel sensitivity can be changed in the settings panel.

Toolbar controls¶

The toolbar at the top provides (keyboard shortcuts in brackets):

  • open/close settings panel (s)

  • jump to start (shift-left arrow)

  • pan left (left arrow)

  • pan right (right arrow)

  • jump to end (shift-right arrow)

  • zoom out (-)

  • zoom in (+)

  • search (ctl/cmd-f)

  • go to position (ctl/cmd-g)

The shortcut are shown also shown in the tooltips (ie on mouse hover) inside the app.

Selection¶

  • Click a feature to select it

  • Click a read to select it

  • Double-click a feature or read to open its detailed panel action

  • Click and drag across the genome / annotation area to select a genomic region

Selection just selects the region for now; in future it will allow for things like copying and pasting highlighted sequence.

Temporary save/jump views¶

Pressing shift+1 will save the current position and zoom level. Pressing 1 later will jump back to that position/zoom. This works for the numbers 1-9, giving nine save slots.

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  • Navigation
    • Mouse and wheel
    • Trackpad
    • Toolbar controls
    • Selection
    • Temporary save/jump views