[Jalview-discuss] problems editing sequence

[James Procter]

I'm sorry to hear your having problems, Brock.

Brock Grill wrote:
> I'm running OSX and I want to edit some sequences. I'm having problems
> being able to insert gaps and remove them, as well as adjust the
> position of one or two residues.
Jalview has its own alignment editing model - sometimes it helps to
remember that its only possible to create gaps to the left of a sequence
symbol (e.g. holding shift and clicking and dragging a residue to the
left does nothing unless there is a gap that can be deleted). You should
also remember that editing is constrained to the local contiguous set of
columns if you have hidden columns to the right of your sequence, or if
you are editing inside an active selection (in which case, edits are
constrained to the selected region).

> any thoughts. I followed the FAQS on how to edit sequence but it doesn't
> really work well.  Do i need to enable my keyboard or something like that.
Probably not - but you may have inadvertently enabled keyboard mode (F2
toggles between keyboard and mouse editing mode). If, however, you need
to make precise changes, then you may find it easier to use the keyboard.

I hope this helps
Jim

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