Search a Collection

To open a recently accessed Collection, click File → Open Collection and select the Collection from the list. Alternatively, click File → Open Collection → Browse... to open a Collection that is being newly accessed.

Choose the Area to search.

To open the Search dialog, click the Search... button.

The Search dialog shows several sections, each of which can be expanded or collapsed by clicking the triangle next to the section header.

Enter the desired search criteria. For example, to search for files that contain a particular term in their names, type the term in the "Sequence Name" entry box.

When all of the search criteria have been specified, click Search.

The search results are listed, with the first matching file selected and displayed.

To search within the previous results, click the Search... button again, enter search criteria, and click Search Previous Results.

For example, to search the previous results by sequence length, click the triangle next to Properties, enter the search criteria, in the above example based on sequence length, and click Search Previous Results.

In this example, the previous search results have been filtered to show only files larger than 5000 bp.

To restore the previous search criteria, open the Search dialog if it is not already open. Then click Restore Previous Search.

To switch from the search results back to the complete list of files in the Collection, click the menu button, then select All.