1e741586df2786bc27b6a9f86c2ac8618edcb9c3 kuhn Thu Sep 9 16:54:40 2021 -0700 'rephrased a line and made it clear that browser lines are optional diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/customTrackText.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/customTrackText.html index 7641737..abe9f31 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/customTrackText.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/customTrackText.html @@ -401,31 +401,32 @@ <a href="#ADD_CT">Loading a Custom Track into the Genome Browser</a>. If description text has been uploaded for the track, it will be displayed in the track documentation edit box, where it may be edited or completely replaced. Once you have completed your updates, click the Submit button to upload the new data into the Genome Browser.</p> <p> If the data or description text for your custom track was originally loaded from a file on your hard disk or server, you should first edit the file, then reload it from the Update Custom Track page using the "Choose File" button. Note that edits made on this page to description text uploaded from a file will not be saved to the original file on your computer or server. Because of this, we recommend that you use the documentation edit box only for changes made to text that was typed or pasted in.</p> <a name="lines"></a> <h3>Browser lines</h3> <p> -Browser lines configure the overall display of the Genome Browser window when your annotation file +Optional browser lines give you control of many aspects of the overall display of the +Genome Browser window when your annotation file is uploaded. Each line defines one display attribute. Browser lines consist of the format:</p> <p> <pre><code>browser attribute_name attribute_value(s)</code></pre> <p> For example, if the browser line <code>browser position chr22:1-20000</code> is included in the annotation file, the Genome Browser window will initially display the first 20000 bases of chr 22.</p> <p> The following browser line attribute name/value options are available. The value <em>track_primary_table_name</em> must be set to the name of the primary table on which the track is based. To identify this table, open up the <A HREF="../../cgi-bin/hgTables" TARGET=_blank>Table Browser</A>, select the correct genome assembly, then select the track name from the <em>track</em> list. The <em>table</em> list will show the primary table.