+ <p>
+ Select <strong>View→Feature Settings...</strong> in an alignment
+ window to open the feature settings dialog box, which allows
+ precise control of the visibility and appearance of sequence features for
+ an alignment view.
+ </p>
+ <div align="center">
+ <img src="featureSettings.png" width="400"> <br/>
+ Sequence Feature Settings for the Jalview Application (version 2.11)
+ </div>
+ <p>The top section of the dialog box lists all the sequence feature
+ groups, along with a tickbox for each that controls whether its
+ features are displayed. When many groups are present, their names may
+ be truncated, but the full name is shown in a tooltip when the mouse
+ hovers over their checkbox.</p>
+ <p><em>Feature colour schemes and filters</em>
+ <p>
+ The table in the middle lists all the feature types in the currently
+ selected groups, along with their display style, any configured
+ filters, and a tickbox indicating whether the type is enabled for
+ display.</p><p>Features may be highlighted with either a single colour or a <a
+ href="featureschemes.html">feature colourscheme</a> based on
+ either the scores associated with that feature or from the feature's
+ description (e.g. to distinguish different names associated with a
+ DOMAIN feature).The colour used for a feature can
+ be changed by clicking on its <strong><em>colour box</em></strong>. To configure the shading
+ style or filter for a feature, click its <strong><em>configuration</em></strong> box.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <em>Feature settings pop-up menu</em><br> <strong>Right-click</strong>
+ on a feature to open a pop-up menu that allows you to
+ <ul>
+ <li>Hide, show and select columns containing that feature</li>
+ <li>Sort the alignment or current selection according to count or score for that feature
+ type (see below)</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>
+ <strong>Transparency and Feature Ordering</strong>
+ </p>
+ <p>Sequence features represent a variety of different types of
+ positional annotation, and often overlap. For example, a metal binding
+ site feature may be attached to one position along a stretch of
+ sequence marked with a secondary structure feature.</p>
+ <p>
+ The ordering of the sequence features in the dialog box list is the
+ order used by Jalview for rendering sequence features. A feature at
+ the bottom of the list is rendered <em>below</em> a feature higher
+ up in the list.<br> <em><strong>You can change
+ the order of a feature by dragging it up and down the list with
+ the mouse.</strong></em>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Use the <strong><em>Optimise order</em></strong> button to adjust the
+ feature render ordering to place features that on average cover shorter regions
+ of sequence above features annotating longer regions.
+ </p>
+ <p><a name="transparency"></a>
+ The <strong><em>transparency slider</em></strong> controls
+ the visibility of features rendered below other features. Reducing
+ the transparency will mean that features at the top of the list can
+ obscure features lower down, and increasing it allows the user to
+ 'see through' the upper layers of a set of features.
+ </p>