Molecular_Interaction_Maps/PathHighlight

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Summary

A user wants to emphasize a particular portion of a map

Step-by-Step User Action

1. User selects an edge in the map
2. System highlights that edge, and any nodes connected to it
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the desired section is emphasized

Visual Aides

An illustration of what a map with a highlighted path could look like follows:

Requirements for Cytoscape

implementations (e.g., "current context menus can be used accomplish step 2 above")

TBD

Importance

This is particularly relevant when using the editor to produce images for publication.

Other Examples

Comments

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BioPax representation TBD

AllanKuchinsky - 2007-01-23 05:23:15

At the view level, this could potentially be handled in a manner similar to hyperedges with 0-size connector nodes.  But at the model level, the semantics may be inconsistent with hyperedges.  A set of hyperedges with chained connector nodes implies a flow of signal from connector node to connector node.  Is this consistent with the semantics of a Path with multiple branch points in MiMs?

AllanKuchinsky - 2007-05-25 10:34:16

Wait, this is simpler.  We are just highlighting edges and their constituent nodes.  This is similar to the PathBranching example and should be straightforward to implement.