[Genome] highlight multiple items in genome browser

[Kayla Smith]

Hello Tao Peng,

Thank you for your suggestion.  We will consider it for a future release.

Kayla Smith
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group


Tao Peng wrote:
> Thank you for the explanation.
> 
> My SNPs can not be filtered out by certain combination of criteria.
> Creating a Custom Track can partly solve my problem.
> 
> I suggest UCSC genome browser can add this feature, highlighting several 
> items simultaneously.
> Sometimes I want to explore the targets among their neighbors. 
> Constructing a Custom track will lose the information of those neighbors.
> 
> Thank you for you attention.
> 
> 
> 2008/1/8, Kayla Smith < kayla at soe.ucsc.edu <mailto:kayla at soe.ucsc.edu>>:
> 
>     Hello Tao Peng,
> 
>     On the SNP details page, which you can get to by clicking on the blue-
>     or grey-bar on the left-hand side of the track, there are some options
>     for coloring various subsets of SNPs.
> 
>     Using these controls, you could for example, make all functional
>     non-synonymous SNPs "red".
> 
>     You can also uncheck many of the checkboxes on the details page to
>     exclude sets of SNPs from being displayed.
> 
>     Alternatively, you can create a Custom Track, containing only the data
>     that you want.  Here is information on making a Custom Track:
>     http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/customTrack.html
> 
>     I hope this information is helpful to you.  Please don't hesitate to
>     contact us again if you require further assistance.
> 
>     Kayla Smith
>     UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group
> 
> 
>     Tao Peng wrote:
>      > Dear Sir/Madam:
>      >
>      >     I want to explore several SNPs in a region. But there are
>     hundreds of
>      > them in this region. How can I highlight those I 'm interested in?
>      >
>      >     Querying in the position/search window can highlight one each
>     time. Can
>      > I highlight multiple items, like SNPs or EST ?
>      >
>      >     Thank you very much!
>      >
>      >              Tao Peng
>      >
> 
> 
> 
> 
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