# PileupConnectors

Auto-generated from the config schema in the source — see the [config guide](https://jbrowse.org/jb2/docs/config_guide) for concepts. Provided by the `alignments` plugin. [View source](https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse-components/blob/main/plugins/alignments/src/LinearAlignmentsDisplay/pileupConnectorsConfigSchema.ts).

The pileup's `connectors` layer: lines over the pileup rows joining each
read to its mate or split segment, colored by
`readConnections.encoding.color`. The band of arcs or the read cloud is
`readConnections`.

## Example usage

```js
{ type: 'LinearAlignmentsDisplay', pileup: { connectors: { show: true } } }
```

## Config slots

A setting written to it names members one by one: a member left out stays as it is, and `null` resets one. Slot types (`fileLocation`, `frozen`, ...) are explained in the [config slot types reference](https://jbrowse.org/jb2/docs/config_guides/slot_types). Slots a base configuration contributes are listed here too, so this table is the whole surface.

| Slot | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **show**<br>[`boolean`](https://jbrowse.org/jb2/docs/config_guides/slot_types#boolean) = <code>false</code> | draw a connector over the pileup from each read to its mate or split segment: straight for a normal pair within one displayed region, curved otherwise. Under unit: 'chain' a connector between displayed regions curves either way |