Mito Alignment viewer navigation
You can easily navigate the Mito Alignment viewer using your mouse as well as some keyboard hotkeys in the Global Viewer pane, the Pile-up pane, and the Variants table.
 
Option
Description
Global Viewer pane
Double-click any region in the Global Viewer pane to move the Panes display to the same area.
Pile-up pane display: When the Mito Alignment viewer first opens, the starting position for the Pile-Up pane is the first reference nucleotide position (Pos #1). Any of the following actions that you carry out for the Pile-up pane results in an automatic adjustment of the displays for the Reference pane, the Consensus pane, and the Motifs/Amplicon pane.
Zoom In
Two options are available:
Hold down the left mouse button and draw a box from the upper left hand corner of the pane towards the lower right hand corner. A box is formed around the area that being reduced for viewing.
Hold down the CRTL key, and then roll the scroll wheel up on the client mouse.
Zoom Out
Two options are available:
Hold down the left mouse button and draw a box from the lower right hand corner of the pane towards the upper left hand corner.
Hold down the CRTL key, and then roll the scroll wheel down on the client mouse.
Note: The magnification for zooming out is always 100%.
Horizontal Scroll
Hold down the right mouse button and then drag the cursor across the display from left to right, or right to left.
Vertical Scroll
Use the Vertical Scroll bar to the right of the Panes display, or use the Scroll wheel on your mouse.
Moving to each variant position in the pane
You can click the Pile-up pane, and then use the following keyboard shortcuts to move the display to each variant position:
CTRL + f moves the display forward one variant position at a time.
CTRL +b moves the display backward one variant position at a time.
Moving up and down in the pane
You can click in the Pile-up pane, and in lieu of using the scrollbar that is displayed at the far right side of the pane, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts to move up and down in the pane:
CTRL + d moves the pane display down.
CTRL + u moves the pane display up.
Move to a closest variant position in the Variants table
Right-click any position in the Pile-Up pane and on the context menu that opens, click Go to closest position in table. The variant that is closest to the selected position is highlighted in the Variants table.
Variants table
Double-click any entry in the Variants table to move the Pile-up pane display to the corresponding variant position.