Searching a Project folder

1. Start typing a search phrase in the Search and Filter files field to search for all file names that contain the search phrase.

2. Use a Filter "tile" if you want to limit search to a particular metadata type.

3. All matching results found in the Project folder will be listed.

4. Click See all results to view all results in a new tab. Alternatively, type return to open as a tab.

View the results in the new "Search Results" tab.

Double click on a search "result" to open the file as a new tab. The file will also be selected and shown in the Project folder side panel.

SnapGene provides 5 basic filters for use in the default search and filter all files dialog:

• Feature name
• Sequence
• Name
• Note
• Modified

To use a filter, click on the filter tile and use the drop-down to create a search phrase.

The phrase will appear in the Search and filter field. Click Apply to start the search, then click See all results (or hit the return key) to open the results in a new tab.

To revise a search:

1. Edit the phrase directly in the Search and filter field.

2. Click on the blue "active" tiles or More filters button to revise your search.

To access all available Search filters, click in the Search and filter all files field, then click the "Filter" button.

A "Search results" dialog will open and provide a list of all available search filters.

1. Click on "File Information", "Annotations", "Sequence Properties" or "Sequence Metadata" to limit display to subsets of filters.

2. Click on any filter tile to open the filter drop-down, and add to the existing search phrase.

For example, to filter further for DNA sequence files with linear topology, click "Sequence Properties", click on the Topology filter, then select the desired topology.

SnapGene will generate the appropriate search phrase. Hit return to view all sequences found with the filter.