459736686ba7726d2e9bfe63757183b4e8153e53
lrnassar
  Wed May 13 13:09:18 2026 -0700
varFreqs: set default visibility to hide on all 26 non-summary subtracks.

Leaves varFreqsAll on pack (the summary combined-track stays the default view)
and the supertrack on hide. Users opt into individual cohorts via the
combined-track filter; enabling the supertrack no longer tries to render 25+
vcfTabix tracks at once. Confirmed by Max. refs #36642

diff --git src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/varFreqs.ra src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/varFreqs.ra
index 7b805e500b9..c8c396e9d12 100644
--- src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/varFreqs.ra
+++ src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/varFreqs.ra
@@ -270,295 +270,295 @@
         filterByRange.NPMAC_Chinese on
         filterLabel.NPMAC_Chinese NPM Singapore Chinese AC
         filterByRange.NPMAC_Malay on
         filterLabel.NPMAC_Malay NPM Singapore Malay AC
         filterByRange.NPMAC_Indian on
         filterLabel.NPMAC_Indian NPM Singapore Indian AC
         skipEmptyFields on
        
         track allofus
         shortLabel AllOfUs v7 245k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: AllOfUs v7 - 245k WGS, local-ancestry-stratified, AC>=20
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/allofus/allOfUs.locAncFreq.vcf.gz
         dataVersion V7
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         priority 0.5
 
         #track me
         #shortLabel Regeneron Million Exomes 983k WES
         #longLabel Variant Frequencies: Regeneron One Million Exomes (ME) Project - 983k WGS
         #parent varFreqs on
         #bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/me/me.freq.vcf.gz
         #visibility pack
         #type vcfTabix
         #hapClusterEnabled true
         #dataVersion 10/04/2023, v1.1.3
         #tableBrowser off
         #priority 1
 
         track topmed
         shortLabel NHLBI TOPMed 10 151k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: NHLBI TOPMed - 151k WGS
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/topmed/topmed10.vcf.gz
         dataVersion Freeze 10
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         priority 2
 
         track sfariSparkExomes
         shortLabel SFARI SPARK 140k WES
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: SFARI SPARK - 140k WES
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/sfari/SPARK.iWES_v3.2024_08.deepvariant.norm.vcf.gz
         dataVersion iWES v3 2024_08
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         priority 2.5
 
         track sfariSparkWgs
         shortLabel SFARI SPARK 12k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: SFARI SPARK - 12,519 WGS
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/sfari/wgs_12519_genome.deepvariant.norm.vcf.gz
         dataVersion iWGS v1.1
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         priority 2.5
         html sfariSparkExomes
 
         #track mcps
         #shortLabel Mexico City Prospective Study 10k WGS+141k WES
         #longLabel Variant Frequencies: Mexico City Prospective Study (MCPS)
         #tableBrowser off
         #parent varFreqs on
         #bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/mcps/mcps.freq.vcf.gz
         #visibility pack
         #type vcfTabix
         #dataVersion May 2023 (v1.2.0)
         #priority 3
 
         track tommo60kjpn
         shortLabel Japan ToMMo 61k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: Japan 61k - ToMMo SNV+Indels
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/tommo61kjpn/tommo-61kjpn-20250616-GRCh38-snvindel-af-autosome.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion 2025-06-16
         priority 5
 
         track alfaVcf
         shortLabel NCBI ALFA 408k mixed
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: NCBI ALFA (dbGaP data) - 408k mixed WGS/WES/array, 163M variants
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/alfa/ALFA.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion R4
         priority 4.1
         url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp/$$#frequency_tab
         urlLabel NCBI Variation Page
 
         track finngen
         parent varFreqs on
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         type vcfTabix
         shortLabel FinnGen R12 500k imputed
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: Finland FinnGen - 500k samples, arrays, imputation used 8.5k WGS
         priority 4.5
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/finngen/finnge_R12_annotated_variants_v1.vcf.gz
         dataVersion R12
         tableBrowser off
 
         track swefreq
         parent varFreqs on
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         type vcfTabix
         shortLabel Sweden SweGen 1k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: Sweden SweGen - 1k WGS
         priority 4.7
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/swefreq/swegen_frequencies_fixploidy_GRCh38_20190204.vcf.gz
         dataVersion 20251201
         tableBrowser off
 
         track mgrb
         shortLabel Australia MGRB 4k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: Australia Medical Genome Reference Bank - 4,011 WGS
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/mgrb/MGRB.phase3.GRCh38.norm.vcf.gz
         dataVersion Phase 3
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         # no downloads as per Matt Hobbs email Jan 28 2026
         tableBrowser off
 
         track gasp
         shortLabel GenomeAsia 1.7k SNVs
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: GenomeAsia Pilot - Substitutions
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/ga100k/ga100k.subst.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion Pilot 2019 (lifted to hg38, May 2026)
 
         track gaspIndel
         shortLabel GenomeAsia 1.7k Indels
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: GenomeAsia Pilot - Indels
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/ga100k/ga100k.indels.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion Pilot 2019 (lifted to hg38, May 2026)
         html gasp
 
         track abraom
         shortLabel Brazil ABraOM 1k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: ABraOM Brazil - 1,171 unrelated individuals
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/abraom/abraom.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion SABE-WGS-1171 Sep 2020
 
         track indigenomes
         shortLabel India IndiGenomes 1k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: IndiGenomes India - 1,029 samples
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/indigenomes/IndiGenomes_Variants.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion IndiGen pilot (Jain 2021)
 
         track kova
         shortLabel Korea KOVA 5.3k mixed
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: KOVA Korea - 5305 samples, 1.9k WGS+3.4k WES
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/kova/kova.v7.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         tableBrowser off
         dataVersion V7
 
         track npm
         shortLabel Singapore NPM 9.7k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: NPM Singapore - 9,770 WGS samples
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/npm/SG10K_Health_r5.3.2.sites.vcf.bgz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         tableBrowser off
         dataVersion r5.3.2
 
         track hrc
         shortLabel HRC 30k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: Haplotype Reference Consortium - 30k WGS (excl. 1000 Genomes)
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/hrc/hrc.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion r1.1
 
         track saudi
         shortLabel Saudi Genome 302 WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: Saudi Genome Project - 302 WGS samples
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/saudi/saudi.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion SHGP (figshare 51297884, 2025)
 
         track schema
         shortLabel SCHEMA 121k WES Sz
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: SCHEMA Schizophrenia Exome Meta-Analysis - WES 24k cases, 97k controls
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/schema/SCHEMA_variant_results_withAF.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion 2022
         priority 4.9
         url https://schema.broadinstitute.org/
         urlLabel SCHEMA Browser
 
         track mxbFreq
         shortLabel Mexico Biobank 6k Array
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: Mexico Biobank - 6,011 individuals, genotyping array
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/mxb/mxb.freq.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion Nov 2025 (hg38 lift)
         priority 6
 
         track sgdpFreq
         shortLabel SGDP 279 WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: Simons Genome Diversity Project - 279 WGS, 142 populations
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/sgdpFreq/sgdp.freq.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion 2016-12-07 (hg38 lift)
         priority 7
 
         track gregor
         shortLabel GREGoR R4 3.6k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: GREGoR Consortium - Release 4, 3,624 WGS samples, rare disease families
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/gregor/gregor.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion R04 (Oct 2025)
         priority 8
 
         track hgdp1kFreq
         shortLabel gnomAD HGDP+1kG 4k WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: gnomAD HGDP + 1000 Genomes - 4,094 WGS, 80 populations
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/hgdp1kFreq/hgdp1k.freq.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion v3.1.2
         priority 8
 
         track ga4kSnv
         shortLabel GA4K 552 PacBio LR
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: GA4K Children's Mercy - 552 PacBio HiFi WGS, pediatric RD
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/ga4k/ga4kSnv.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion Cohen 2022 release
         priority 9
 
         track colorsDbSnv
         shortLabel CoLoRSdb 1k LR SNV/Ind
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: CoLoRSdb v1.2.0 - 1,027 PacBio HiFi WGS, SNV/indel callset
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/colorsDb/colorsDbSnv.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion v1.2.0
         priority 9.5
 
         track svatalogSnv
         shortLabel SVatalog 101 WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: GWAS SVatalog - 101 samples, 10X Genomics linked-read SNPs
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/svatalog/svatalog.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion Chirmade 2025 release
         priority 10
 
         track tishkoff180
         shortLabel 12 Afr Pops 180 WGS
         longLabel Variant Frequencies: 180 WGS from 12 Indigenous African Populations (Fan 2023)
         type vcfTabix
         parent varFreqs on
         bigDataUrl /gbdb/$D/varFreqs/tishkoff/tishkoff180.vcf.gz
-        visibility dense
+        visibility hide
         dataVersion Cell 2023 (hg19 lift)
         tableBrowser off
         priority 7.5