textCol1=black<br>
textCol2=black<br>
textColThreshold=0<br>
- idColour=ff3322</p>
-<em>New Features in 2.4:</em><ul><li>if the <strong>idColour</strong> property
+ idColour=ff3322<br>
+ hide=false
+ hidecols=false</p>
+<ul><li>if the <strong>idColour</strong> property
is given without specifying a colour scheme with the <strong>colour</strong>
property, then the idColour will also be used to colour the sequence.</li>
<li>the <strong>colour</strong> property can take either a colour scheme name,
or a single colour specification (either a colour name like 'red' or an RGB
triplet like 'ff0066'). If a single colour is specified, then the group
will be coloured with that colour.</li>
+ <li><em>New Features in 2.4.1</em></li>
+ <li>hide and hidecols instruct jalview to hide the sequences or columns covered by the group.</li>
+ <li>Sequence associated Groups<br>If a group is defined after a valid
+ <em>SEQUENCE_REF</em> sequence reference statement, the sequence representative
+ for the group will be set to the referenced sequence.<br><strong>Note:</strong> if the <em>hide</em>
+ property is set then only the representative sequence for the group will be shown in the alignment.</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p>An example Annotation file is given below: