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Timeline and Inspection

The movie timeline controls navigation through input trees and generated transition frames. It also exposes comparison mode, playback speed, tree-distance charts, and the Transition Inspector.

Transport Controls

ControlMeaning
Previous input treeJumps to the previous original input tree.
Previous generated frameMoves one generated frame backward.
Play / PauseStarts or stops animated playback.
Next generated frameMoves one generated frame forward.
Next input treeJumps to the next original input tree.
Show / Hide comparison viewDisplays or hides a neighboring comparison tree.
Link / Unlink tree viewsKeeps comparison views synchronized or lets each view move independently.

Input tree jumps skip generated interpolation frames. Generated-frame stepping is for detailed review of the transition between neighboring input trees.

Timeline Legend

MarkerMeaning
Input treesOriginal trees in the ordered series.
Generated framesInterpolated frames created between input trees.
Selected segmentTimeline segment selected for detailed inspection.

Playback Settings

ControlMeaning
Motion statusReports the current topology-change phase, such as Collapse, Expand, Reorder, or Idle.
Playback SpeedAdjusts animation speed from slow review to faster playback.
Collapse / Expand timeline controlsHides or shows secondary timeline controls.
Timeline scroll controlsMoves the visible timeline range when the sequence is wider than the screen.

Metric Chart

The chart below the timeline can show input-tree metrics such as RF distance and weighted RF distance. For MSA datasets, the chart is useful for finding genome windows where neighboring tree topologies diverge.

Use peaks in the chart as candidate regions for closer review in the timeline, Transition Inspector, and MSA viewer.

Hover and Selection

ActionResult
Hover a segmentShows a compact tooltip with segment context.
Select a segmentOpens the Transition Inspector.
Close the inspectorClears the selected segment.

Transition Inspector

The Transition Inspector reports:

SectionFields
SelectionSegment name, direction, global frame range, local step range.
SPR MoveMoved taxa count, generated frame count, animation steps, pivot edge, affected subtree groups.
MetricsRF distance, weighted RF distance, and source input-tree scale.
AlignmentMSA window coordinates when alignment data are mapped.

Unavailable values usually mean the loaded dataset does not include that metric or the selected segment is an input-tree marker rather than a generated transition segment.