Introduction
IGB is well known for the high degree of flexibility it offers users in order to fine-tune IGB behavior to your needs. IGB allows you to set many of these options in the Preferences.
You can open the Preferences Window in one of two ways:
- Choose File > Preferences
- Use the Preferences shortcut icon in the Toolbar
It opens a new window with several tabs, including Tracks, Track Defaults, Toolbar, Other Options, Plugin Repositories, and Data Sources.
To reset Preferences to default values, choose Other Options and click Reset Preferences to Defaults
Overview
- Tracks
This updated tab allows active management of many aspects of the tracks. This includes style (colors, font size etc.) and strandedness (color by strand, arrows). All of these changes are immediately applied (unless you set it otherwise). More about Tracks.
- Track Defaults
The Track Defaults tab allows the user to set IGB to load files with specific colors, labels, font size, etc. based on file type. You can use the IGB defaults or set your own parameters. Simply find the file type you want, add it to the list and then set the style. IGB will then load all new files of that type with those specifications.
- Toolbar (NEW!)
IGB allows you to add shortcut icons to the Toolbar, and/or create keyboard shortcuts for the functions you use most often. More about Toolbar Tab.
- Other Options
This tab gives you the opportunity to adjust the appearance of the axises, the colors of ORFs and base residues. It also has the very important (and dangerous) 'Reset all preferences to default' key. More about Other Options.
- Plugin Repositories
This tab can also be accessed by using the Repositories button in the Plug-ins tab of the main window. This is the list of all current plug-in repository servers, including the inactive ones; this is also where you can add new repositories. The details of using this tab can be found in the Plug-ins page.
- Data Sources
This tab can also be accessed by using the Configure button in the Data Access tab. This is the list of all current servers, including the inactive ones; this is also where you can add new servers, set up personal synonyms, and clear the cache if IGB is behaving oddly. See Data Sources page and its child pages.