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  Fri Sep 25 02:48:37 2026 -0700
VCF tracks: the bigBed trackDb filters (filter.*, filterByRange, filterLimits, filterValues, filterType, filterText, filterLabel) now work on INFO fields, plus ID and QUAL. The field list and types come from the VCF header; the bigBed filter code is reused, bigBed behavior unchanged, refs #37617

diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbDoc.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbDoc.html
index 5751fefd8fa..a03634975af 100755
--- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbDoc.html
+++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbDoc.html
@@ -1226,30 +1226,37 @@
     <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD class="vcfDoMinAc"><A NAME="vcfDoMinAc"><IMG class='toggle detail'>
         <div class="format"><code class="level-new">vcfDoMinAc &lt;on/off&gt;</code></div>
     </TD></TR>
     <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD class="sampleMetadataFile"><A NAME="sampleMetadataFile"><IMG class='toggle detail'>
         <div class="format"><code class="level-new">sampleMetadataFile &lt;url&gt;</code></div>
     </TD></TR>
     <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD class="showHardyWeinberg"><A NAME="showHardyWeinberg"><IMG class='toggle detail'>
         <div class="format"><code class="level-new">showHardyWeinberg &lt;on/off&gt;</code></div>
     </TD></TR>
     <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD>
             <P>Additional settings found in the "Item or
             region tracks" section are also available for displaying
             Variant Call Format tracks.</P>
             <A onclick="return jumpTo(this);" HREF="#">maxWindowCoverage</A>,
             <A onclick="return jumpTo(this);" HREF="#">maxWindowToDraw</A>
+            <P>The bigBed filter settings also work on VCF INFO fields, with the INFO key
+            as the field name, e.g. <code>filter.AF 0.01</code>:</P>
+            <A onclick="return jumpTo(this);" HREF="#">filter</A>,
+            <A onclick="return jumpTo(this);" HREF="#">filterText</A>,
+            <A onclick="return jumpTo(this);" HREF="#">filterValues</A>,
+            <A onclick="return jumpTo(this);" HREF="#">filterLabel</A>,
+            <A onclick="return jumpTo(this);" HREF="#">filterPriority</A>
         </DIV>
     </TD></TR>
     <TR class="examples" VALIGN=TOP><TD class="vcfTabix_example">
         <IMG class='toggle detail'>
         <div class="format"><B>Example of a VCF track:</B></div>
     </TD></TR>
 </TABLE>
 <BR><BR>
 
 <A name="vcfPhasedTrio"></A>
 <TABLE class="settingsTable" id="vcfPhasedTrio_-_Variant_Call_Format_Track_Settings">
 <THEAD><TR><TD><DIV ID="vcfPhasedTrio_intro" class="intro"></DIV></TD></TR></THEAD>
     <TR VALIGN=TOP><TH><IMG class='toggle oneSection'/>
         &nbsp;vcfPhasedTrio - Variant Call Format Trio track settings
     </TH></TR>