The Reads Area provides a visualization of reads of an assembly part. To zoom in or zoom out, rotate the mouse wheel.
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To navigate long distances in the Reads Area use the Assembly Overview described below.
Other ways to navigate in the assembly are:
- Use the horizontal and vertical scroll bars of the Reads Area
- Go to a specified position in an assembly
To learn about available hotkeys refer to Assembly Browser Hotkeys.
By default, assembly rendering is optimized while scrolling. While you are moving across an assembly, it shows the assembly in gray color, but when you stop it shows the assembly in different colors. To disable this option uncheck the Optimize the rendering while scrolling item in the context menu of the Reads Area or Optimize scrolling item on the Assembly Browser Settings tab of the Options Panel.