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Tool Bar Track Controls

Track Editor

The Track Editor allows you to create and edit your own custom gene models. Click Enable Edit Mode to login to the Track Editor.

Track Viewing Options

• Hide All Tracks Leaves only the base position numbers visible in the viewer.
• Condense All Tracks Shows all the tracks condensed to dense mode.
• Condense All Visible Tracks Shows only the tracks previously visible, all condensed to dense mode.
• Expand All Tracks Shows all the tracks expanded to full mode
• Expand All Visible Tracks Shows only the tracks previously visible, all expanded to full mode.
• Load Default Track Settings Shows all the tracks that appear by default.
• Clear Track Highlighting Removes yellow highlight tracks, such as gene models previously viewed on the Protein page.
• Clear Blast Tracks Removes tracks added by viewing a BLAST result on the Genome Browser.
• Reorder Tracks Opens the Track Reordering Tool

The Track Reordering Tool

When you click Reorder Tracks, the Genome Viewer displays two lists of tracks, Source Tracks (all the tracks available for viewing) and Current Track Order (the list of tracks to be reordered). The tool will not remove tracks from the Viewer, but whatever tracks appear in the Current Track Order will appear in the Viewer in that order.

• Add > Moves the selected Source Track(s) to the bottom of the Current Track Order list.
• < Remove Removes the selected track(s) from the Current Track Order list.
• Reset Clears all the tracks from the Current Track Order list.
• Apply Returns you to the Genome Viewer with the tracks displayed as you arranged them in the Current Track Order list.
• To Top Moves one selected track in the Current Track Order to the top of the list.
• Move Up Moves one selected track in the Current Track Order up by one.
• Move Down Moves one selected track in the Current Track Order down by one.
• To Bottom Moves one selected track in the Current Track Order to the bottom of the list.

Upload Custom Browser Tracks

Use the Upload Custom Browser Tracks link to upload your data and create a temporary track along the genome. Any data you choose to upload here will be visible only from your computer for the current browser session, and your data will not be stored. Please follow the data guidelines described for the UCSC Browser Custom Track feature. To add your own custom track to the JGI Browser:

1. Click the Upload Custom Browser Tracks link.
2. Click Browse to choose your file location.
3. Type any Additional information in Annotation Text.
4. Click Submit.

Advanced Track Controls

Advanced Track Controls allow you to customize your view of available tracks, including adding some tracks that do not appear by default.