[Genome] Browser Feature Suggestion: augmented 'move' control to support move-by-feature

[Ann Zweig]

Hello Malcolm,

	Thanks for the suggestion.  We will consider implementing it, or something like 
it, in the future.  In the mean time, I wonder if you have found our 
"next/previous item navigation" feature.  This feature allows you to navigate to 
the next (or previous) exon or other item of interest in each track.    It 
advances the track to the right or left bringing into view the next item in that 
track.  I know that this isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it's not too 
far off.  I envision your feature request acting something like this, but moving 
the entire next item(s) into the view.

	To enable this feature, press the 'configure' button from the genome browser 
page.  Then check the "Next/previous item navigation" check-box and hit submit.


Regards,

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Ann Zweig
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group
http://genome.ucsc.edu



Cook, Malcolm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Background: the genome browser's existing 'move' controls operate at the
> unit of the 'vertical gridline'
> (http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/hgTracksHelp.html#NAV).
> 
> Feature Suggestions: augment the 'move' control to  support moving at
> the unit of the displayed feature (of a user-selected type).  
> 
> Use case: the user could then easily tweak the display to broaden/narrow
> it on the left of right side so as to usefully include, for example, N
> more/fewer genes, BAC End Pairs, mRNAs, etc.
> 
> I would not expect this capability to be applicable to tracks computed
> on-the-fly (Restr Enzymes) or wiggle tracks (GC percent).
> 
> Any chance?
> 
> And, of course....
> 
> ...Thanks for the great tool
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Malcolm Cook
> Database Applications Manager - Bioinformatics
> Stowers Institute for Medical Research - Kansas City, Missouri
>  
> 
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