How do I detect common features on multiple sequences at once?
Use or Create a Project Folder
Open a folder that contains the target sequences as a Project, or create a new Project folder. For more information, see Use the SnapGene Project Interface.
Select the target sequences in the side panel. Select the top sequence, then shift-click on the last sequence to select the range. Or use command-click (macOS) or CTRL-click (Windows, Linux) to select or deselect individual sequences.
Click "Annotate, simulate, or edit data" → Detect Features → Detect Common Features....
SnapGene will look for matches with features in the SnapGene common feature database, and your custom features database. To learn more about custom databases see Detect Custom Features.
If required, set the "Threshold for feature detection", then click Add Features.
A progress dialog will open, click Stop to cancel, or wait for feature addition to complete.
A window will open showing a summary of sequences with newly added features.
If required click "Copy to clipboard" to copy the summary to the clipboard for pasting into another application.
Click OK to proceed.
In the "You have unsaved changes" banner, click the ellipsis → Save All to save changes for all modified files.
Sequences will now display the newly matched features.