ded41ea1968e30e2c248f65d1c9fec9793cb82fc
max
  Thu Jun 18 11:31:32 2026 -0700
hgTracks: strand-direction arrows on the zoomed-in codon/CDS and UTR display

When a coding transcript is zoomed in far enough to color its codons, the
coding boxes carried no visible strand cue: only the introns showed the barbed
"fishbone" arrows, and the strand was otherwise visible only on mouseover.
This adds strand-direction chevrons to the codon and UTR display so the reading
direction is visible at a glance.

- At the amino-acid (codon-text) level, drawScaledBoxWithText() draws a chevron
at each codon's left boundary (in the whitespace between the centered letters),
in the box's contrasting color (white on the dark-blue codon shades), before
the letter so the letter stays crisp. Points right on + strand, left on -;
reverse-complement display is handled by hvGfxLine. The base-position ruler's
codon display passes strand 0 and is unaffected.

- When codons are colored but too small to label, baseColorDrawCdsArrows()
distributes white chevrons across the coding part of each exon, on top of the
boxes, at twice the standard barb spacing.

- The UTRs (which never showed arrows) now get chevrons too, in the feature's
contrasting color at a wider (3x) spacing as a cue that they are non-coding.
The chevron is sized to the short UTR box, with a 1px floor so it still shows
in squish mode.

refs #37779

diff --git src/hg/hgTracks/cds.h src/hg/hgTracks/cds.h
index 35159fbdd4d..a545e88067d 100644
--- src/hg/hgTracks/cds.h
+++ src/hg/hgTracks/cds.h
@@ -1,205 +1,215 @@
 /* cds.h - code for coloring of bases, codons, or alignment differences. */
 
 /* Copyright (C) 2011 The Regents of the University of California 
  * See kent/LICENSE or http://genome.ucsc.edu/license/ for licensing information. */
 
 #ifndef CDS_H
 #define CDS_H
 
 #ifndef HVGFX_H
 #include "hvGfx.h"
 #endif
 
 #ifndef PSL_H
 #include "psl.h"
 #endif
 
 #ifndef GENEPRED_H
 #include "genePred.h"
 #endif
 
 #ifndef HGTRACKS_H
 #include "hgTracks.h"
 #endif
 
 /* Definitions of cds colors for coding coloring display */
 #define CDS_ERROR   0
 
 #define CDS_ODD     1
 #define	CDS_ODD_R	0x00
 #define	CDS_ODD_G	0x00
 #define	CDS_ODD_B	0x9e
 
 #define CDS_EVEN    2
 #define	CDS_EVEN_R	0x00
 #define	CDS_EVEN_G	0x00
 #define	CDS_EVEN_B	0xdc
 
 #define CDS_START   3
 #define	CDS_START_R	0x00
 #define	CDS_START_G	0xf0
 #define	CDS_START_B	0x00
 
 #define CDS_STOP    4
 #define	CDS_STOP_R	0xe1
 #define	CDS_STOP_G	0x00
 #define	CDS_STOP_B	0x00
 
 #define CDS_SPLICE      5
 #define	CDS_SPLICE_R	0xa0
 #define	CDS_SPLICE_G	0xa0
 #define	CDS_SPLICE_B	0xd9
 
 #define CDS_PARTIAL_CODON	6
 #define CDS_PARTIAL_CODON_R	0x0
 #define CDS_PARTIAL_CODON_G 0xc0
 #define CDS_PARTIAL_CODON_B	0xc0
 
 #define CDS_QUERY_INSERTION   7
 #define CDS_QUERY_INSERTION_R 220
 #define CDS_QUERY_INSERTION_G 128
 #define CDS_QUERY_INSERTION_B 0
 
 #define CDS_QUERY_INSERTION_AT_END 8
 #define CDS_QUERY_INSERTION_AT_END_R 146
 #define CDS_QUERY_INSERTION_AT_END_G 20
 #define CDS_QUERY_INSERTION_AT_END_B 255
 
 #define CDS_POLY_A 9
 #define CDS_POLY_A_R 0
 #define CDS_POLY_A_G 210
 #define CDS_POLY_A_B 0
 
 #define CDS_ALT_START    10
 #define CDS_ALT_START_R  0 
 #define CDS_ALT_START_G  0 
 #define CDS_ALT_START_B  128
 
 #define CDS_SYN_PROT    11   /* yellow, protein seq change "synonymous" ie I->V , R->K etc */
 #define CDS_SYN_PROT_R  255 
 #define CDS_SYN_PROT_G  215 
 #define CDS_SYN_PROT_B  0
 
 #define CDS_SYN_BLEND    12  /* brown, protein seq part syn and part non-syn */
 #define CDS_SYN_BLEND_R  100 
 #define CDS_SYN_BLEND_G  50 
 #define CDS_SYN_BLEND_B  0
 
 // Ribosomal shift colors
 #define CDS_RIBO_SLIP1    13  /* purple */
 #define CDS_RIBO_SLIP1_R  250 
 #define CDS_RIBO_SLIP1_G  50 
 #define CDS_RIBO_SLIP1_B  255
 
 #define CDS_RIBO_SLIP2    14  /* cyan */
 #define CDS_RIBO_SLIP2_R  50 
 #define CDS_RIBO_SLIP2_G  250 
 #define CDS_RIBO_SLIP2_B  255
 
 #define CDS_NUM_COLORS 15
 
 extern struct cacheTwoBitRanges *cdsQueryCache;  /* Cache of querie sequences in alignments */
 
 Color getCdsColor(int index);
 /* return color from index of types of colors */
 
 enum baseColorDrawOpt baseColorGetDrawOpt(struct track *tg);
 /* Determine what base/codon coloring option (if any) has been selected 
  * in trackDb/cart, and gate with zoom level. */
 
 
 struct simpleFeature *baseColorCodonsFromGenePred(struct linkedFeatures *lf,
         struct genePred *gp, boolean colorStopStart, boolean codonNumbering);
 /* Given an lf and the genePred from which the lf was constructed, 
  * return a list of simpleFeature elements, one per codon (or partial 
  * codon if the codon falls on a gap boundary. */
 
 struct simpleFeature *baseColorCodonsFromPsl(struct linkedFeatures *lf, 
         struct psl *psl, int sizeMul, boolean isXeno, int maxShade,
         enum baseColorDrawOpt drawOpt, struct track *tg);
 /* Given an lf and the psl from which the lf was constructed, 
  * return a list of simpleFeature elements, one per codon (or partial 
  * codon if the codon falls on a gap boundary.  sizeMul, isXeno and maxShade
  * are for defaulting to one-simpleFeature-per-exon if cds is not found. */
 
 
 INLINE boolean baseColorCanDraw(struct track *tg)
 /* baseColor uses tg->drawItems as a proxy for type of tg->items, which must be 
  * linkedFeatures or linkedFeaturesSeries.  Return TRUE if tg->drawItems
  * implies that tg->items is linkedFeatures or linkedFeaturesSeries, and from
  * a subtype supported by the baseColor code. */
 {
 return (tg->drawItems == linkedFeaturesDraw || tg->drawItems == linkedFeaturesAverageDense ||
 	tg->drawItems == linkedFeaturesAverageDenseOrientEst ||
 	tg->drawItems == linkedFeaturesSeriesDraw ||
 	tg->drawItems == bamLinkedFeaturesDraw ||
 	tg->drawItems == chainDraw ||
 	tg->drawItems == bamLinkedFeaturesSeriesDraw);
 
 }
 
 void baseColorInitTrack(struct hvGfx *hvg, struct track *tg);
 /* Set up base coloring state (e.g. cache genomic sequence) for tg.
  * This must be called by tg->drawItems if baseColorDrawSetup is used 
  * in tg->drawItemAt, but note that this should be called only if
  * baseColorCanDraw(tg) (above). */
 
 enum baseColorDrawOpt baseColorDrawSetup(struct hvGfx *hvg, struct track *tg,
 			struct linkedFeatures *lf,
 			struct dnaSeq **retMrnaSeq, int *retMrnaOffset, struct psl **retPsl);
 /* Returns the CDS coloring option, allocates colors if necessary, and 
  * returns the sequence and psl record for the given item if applicable. 
  * Note: even if base coloring is not enabled, this will return psl and 
  * mrna seq if query insert/polyA display is enabled.
  * baseColorInitTrack must be called before this (in tg->drawItems) --
  * this is meant to be called by tg->drawItemAt (i.e. linkedFeaturesDrawAt). */
 
 void baseColorDrawItem(struct track *tg,  struct linkedFeatures *lf,
         int grayIx, struct hvGfx *hvg, int xOff, int y,
         double scale, MgFont *font, int s, int e, int heightPer,
         boolean zoomedToCodonLevel, struct dnaSeq *qSeq, int qOffset, struct simpleFeature *sf, struct psl *psl,
 	enum baseColorDrawOpt drawOpt,
         int maxPixels, int winStart, Color originalColor);
 /*draw a box that is colored by the bases inside it and its
  * orientation. Stop codons are red, start are green, otherwise they
  * alternate light/dark blue colors. */
 
 void baseColorOverdrawDiff(struct track *tg,  struct linkedFeatures *lf,
 			   struct hvGfx *hvg, int xOff,
 			   int y, double scale, int heightPer,
 			   struct dnaSeq *qSeq, int qOffset, struct psl *psl,
 			   int winStart, enum baseColorDrawOpt drawOpt);
 /* If we're drawing different bases/codons, and zoomed out past base/codon 
  * level, draw 1-pixel wide red lines only where bases/codons differ from 
  * genomic.  This tests drawing mode and zoom level but assumes that lf itself 
  * has been drawn already and we're not in dense mode etc. */
 
+void baseColorDrawCdsArrows(struct track *tg, struct linkedFeatures *lf,
+                            struct hvGfx *hvg, int xOff, int y, double scale,
+                            int heightPer, int winStart, enum baseColorDrawOpt drawOpt,
+                            Color color);
+/* When zoomed in enough to color codons, distribute strand-direction chevrons
+ * across each exon on top of the boxes: white over the coding codons (only when
+ * they are too small to label), and the feature's contrasting color at a wider
+ * spacing over the UTRs as a cue that they are non-coding.  No-op below the
+ * codon-color zoom level, when coding coloring is off, or when strand unknown. */
+
 void baseColorOverdrawQInsert(struct track *tg,  struct linkedFeatures *lf,
 			      struct hvGfx *hvg, int xOff,
 			      int y, double scale, int heightPer,
 			      struct dnaSeq *qSeq, int qOffset, struct psl *psl,
 			      MgFont *font, int winStart, enum baseColorDrawOpt drawOpt,
 			      boolean indelShowQInsert, boolean indelShowPolyA);
 /* If applicable, draw 1-pixel wide orange lines for query insertions in the
  * middle of the query, 1-pixel wide purple lines for query insertions at the 
  * end of the query, and 1-pixel wide green (instead of purple) when a query 
  * insertion at the end is a valid poly-A tail. */
 
 
 struct simpleFeature *baseColorCodonsFromDna(int frame, int chromStart,
 					     int chromEnd, struct dnaSeq *seq,
 					     bool reverse);
 /* Create list of codons from a DNA sequence */
 
 void baseColorDrawRulerCodons(struct hvGfx *hvg, struct simpleFeature *sfList,
                 double scale, int xOff, int y, int height, MgFont *font, 
                 int winStart, int maxPixels, bool zoomedToText);
 /* Draw amino acid translation of genomic sequence based on a list
    of codons. Used for browser ruler in full mode*/
 
 void baseColorSetCdsBounds(struct linkedFeatures *lf, struct psl *psl,
                            struct track *tg);
 /* set CDS bounds in linked features for a PSL.  Used when zoomed out too far
  * for codon or base coloring, but still want to render CDS bounds */
 
 #endif /* CDS_H */