View Options in Map View
“Which options for viewing and displaying are available in map view?”
The following options can be changed to alter the display of your DNA files in map view. Map view can be selected from the bottom navigation bar and the view/display settings can be found in the top banner under the “View” tab. Note that when a view setting is toggled on the respective button is shaded blue and when it is off the button is grey. If a view option is not available in the map view it is completely grayed out (both the background and the icon appear in gray).
- Features:
To toggle on/off the feature display, use the “Features” button. By default this is toggled on for all map views.
- Open Reading Frames (ORFs)
To toggle on/off open reading frame display, use the “ORFs” button. By default this is toggle off for all maps. Open reading frames are displayed as arrows on the map indicating directionality.
- Enzymes
To toggle on/off enzyme display, use the “Enzymes” button. By default enzymes are toggled on and are displayed in black text on the map. You can select which types of enzymes are shown by using the dropdown menu to select between unique cutters, dual cutters, type IIS enzymes, non-cutters or a custom enzyme list you have created.
- Primers
To toggle on/off primer display, use the “Primers” button. By default all primers are displayed. Primers appear in orange text on the map.
- Locations
To toggle on/off location display use the “Locations” button. This will display the starting locations of all features, enzymes and primers. Note that for larger features with the names displayed within the feature label the locations can be seen in the bottom left corner when the feature is selected (by clicking on the label).
- Horizontal Map
To toggle between circular and horizontal map view use the “Horizontal Map” button (and if in horizontal view the “Circular Map” button). This will display the whole plasmid map horizontally.
- Rotate to Cursor
To change the origin or starting point of your file, first select the new desired starting point by clicking it on the map (notice a grey indicator line will show the position and the location will be displayed in the bottom left). Then use the “Rotate to Cursor” button to make this the new origin point. The plasmid map will rotate accordingly. Note that this effectively changes the origin and is not solely a view function.
- Reverse Complement
To change the complementarity of your DNA sequence (to flip it) use the “Reverse Complement” button. Note that this changes the orientation and will be saved to the file.
- Information
To view the DNA file’s associated information, use the “Information” button. This will open a panel on the right hand side where you can edit and view all data.
- Split View
To use multiple navigation views simultaneously you can use the “Split View” button. Alternatively, you can use the split screen icon to the right of the bottom navigation bar. This will split the screen and allow you to select any of the navigation views from the bottom navigation bar. Note any changes or selections made on one side of the screen will also be made on the other.
