statgen / locuszoom

A Javascript/d3 embeddable plugin for interactively visualizing statistical genetic data from customizable sources.
https://statgen.github.io/locuszoom/
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Better handling of areas with many genes #137

Closed abought closed 4 years ago

abought commented 6 years ago

Description

If a region contains very many genes, they are not all shown on the genes track. It is possible to drag and expand the genes track, but this is not always very obvious.

This ticket tracks pre-existing items noticed during aggregation test demo.

screen shot 2018-06-05 at 3 03 39 pm

Steps to reproduce

Scroll to a plot region with a lot of genes. On the newest develop branch, the following index.html query params will work): ?chrom=22&start=21552103&end=22052103

Proposed fixes

Two options:

abought commented 6 years ago

Initial triage notes (see sample commit above): the cause has been identified, but the candidate fix (borrowing from intervals track) is not optimal and has some odd side effects.

We'll hold this one until after the Broad meeting for followup.