</p>
<p>
<strong><a name="sortbyfeature">Ordering alignment by
- features</a></strong></p><p>The 'Seq Sort by Score' and 'Seq Sort by
- Density' buttons will sort the alignment based on the average score
- or total number of currently active features and groups on each
- sequence. To order the alignment using a specific feature type, use
- the <em>sort by ..</em> entries in the pop-up menu for that type.<br>
+ features</a></strong>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The 'Seq Sort by Score' and 'Seq Sort by Density' buttons will sort
+ the alignment based on the average score or total number of
+ currently active features and groups on each sequence. A dialog box
+ is shown if there are no features to use for sorting sequences. To
+ order the alignment using a specific feature type, use the
+ <em>sort by ..</em> entries in the pop-up menu for that type.<br> <br>When
+ a selected region exists, only features lying within the columns
+ containing the selected region will be considered, but all sequences
+ (including those not selected) will be reordered.
<em>Feature sorting and graduated feature colouring were
introduced in Jalview 2.5</em>
</p>