[Genome] Clicking on a gene in a custom track and linking out to a URL

[John N. Weinstein]

>Hi,
>
>A generic questions:  Is there a way to create link-out URLs for a 
>custom track of the Genome Browser that will include the chromosomal 
>position ( in terms of a gene designation and/or a sequence 
>location)  that was clicked on? From what I read in the description 
>of the WIG format, it seems that we can link only one URL to a 
>particular custom track. So anywhere one clicks on that track, the 
>same URL is loaded.
>
>I have a custom track with gene locations in it, and when I click on 
>a gene, I would like to be able to link to a URL specific for that 
>gene (or that location in the sequence) rather than a URL for the 
>whole track. Is there any documented (or undocumented) way to do 
>that?


Thanks

Sudhir Varma
(John Weinstein)