Modifying the layout

The background of the lane and the colors of the bands can be changed in the Side Panel. Click the colored box to display a dialog for picking a color. The slider Scale band spread can be used to adjust the effective time of separation on the gel, i.e. how much the bands will be spread over the lane. In a real electrophoresis experiment this property will be determined by several factors including time of separation, voltage and gel density.

You can also choose how many lanes should be displayed:

You can also modify the layout of the view by zooming in or out. Click Zoom in (Image zoom_in) or Zoom out (Image zoom_out) in the Toolbar and click the view.

Finally, you can modify the format of the text heading each lane in the Text format preferences in the Side Panel.