SnapGene Viewer

SnapGene Viewer is a versatile tool for creating and sharing richly annotated sequence files. It opens many common file formats.

New

• Added Thermo Fisher O'GeneRuler MW markers
• Added TransGen Biotech MW markers

Improved

• Added "TransGen Biotech" to the Sequence Author list
• Added support for "citation" and "PCR_primers" qualifiers
• Added support for the "/note" qualifier for J_segment features
• Improved the naming of imported features

Fixed

• Ensured that code numbers and aliases are always shown in a collection list
• Removed an outdated message about AgeI losing activity 37°C
• Fixed an issue where the keyboard shortcut for "Choose Enzymes" stopped working on Windows
• Improved loading performance of Recent File lists for network mapped drives
• Configured the importer to open files written by CLC Bio 6.9 and prior
• Enhanced the GenBank importer to convert a nonstandard qualifier to a /note qualifier that preserves the original qualifier name as a prefix
• Allowed iDNA and misc_difference features to be forward and reverse directional
• Fixed an issue when exporting feature names to GenBank/GenPept/EMBL/SwissProt format
• Ensured reliable import and export of strings enclosed in quotes in GenBank qualifiers
• Improved the reliability of importing and exporting GenBank feature names as well as deprecated and nonstandard feature types
• Fixed an issue where the wrong number of annealed bases could be displayed in the selection bar for a primer that has multiple binding sites
• Enhanced how nonstandard feature types are migrated to /label qualifiers
• (Suggested by Novozymes)
• Fixed an issue that could result in an enzyme being listed multiple times for a given restriction site or in the Choose Enzymes dialog
• Improved the accuracy of extending selections by Shift-clicking while viewing an alignment
• Ensured that /note qualifiers are retained when decoding feature names from imported files
• Prevented the "File" and "Edit" menus from being shown behind other controls when using the Add/Edit/Duplicate Feature dialogs with a protein sequence
• Ensured that the selected file in a collection window is listed as an open file in Action window source menus
• Improved the responses of the collection window Replace controls
• Updated the collection window behavior so that after importing files, the display switches automatically to the "All" setting
• Ensured that keyboard shortcuts for switching enzyme sets work consistently while viewing a collection
• Prevented outdated messages from being shown after installing a software update
• Ensured that a linear map remains visible in Map view after exporting the map image
• Fixed an issue with displaying a map alias when exporting to a raster format
• Improved the margins for printed output
• Adjusted the Recent File menu tooltip position on Windows and Linux
• Improved the positioning of context menus in the collection window list
• Enhanced the GenBank importer to include a backslash ("/") before a nonstandard qualifier during conversion to a /note qualifier
• Ensured that imported nonstandard or forbidden qualifiers are visible in a /note qualifier within the Add/Edit Feature dialogs
• Prevented the appearance of lingering phantom menus on macOS
• Ensured that if multiple suitable GenBank qualifiers are available for naming an imported feature, the first such qualifier is used
• Improved the import of partial sequences from Addgene
• Prevented the appearance of inappropriate transient messages while changing the list selection in a collection window
• Fixed an issue that prevented Action commands from working when no file was selected in an open collection window
• Prevented descents of characters from being clipped in various search fields
• Fixed the plain file icons in Recent Files menus on Linux