Tracks added via GUI in non-admin JBrowse Web don't get categorized in session tracks

[garrettjstevens]

If you add a track with the add track widget, it doesn't end up in the "Session tracks" section of the track selector, even though it is a session track.

Shown below, I added a track (called "Track added via widget") in JBrowse Web non-admin mode, and it shows up in the top-level "Tracks" category instead of "Session tracks." If I copy the track, it does properly end up in the "Session tracks" category.

[cmdcolin]

good catch...this has existed for awhile

this patch should be a fix for it

diff --git a/plugins/data-management/src/AddTrackWidget/components/AddTrackWidget.tsx b/p>
index bf7b9b99c..491b72699 100644
--- a/plugins/data-management/src/AddTrackWidget/components/AddTrackWidget.tsx
+++ b/plugins/data-management/src/AddTrackWidget/components/AddTrackWidget.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function AddTrackWidget({ model }: { model: AddTrackModel }) {

     const trackId = `${trackName
       .toLowerCase()
-      .replace(/ /g, '_')}-${Date.now()}`
+      .replace(/ /g, '_')}-${Date.now()}-sessionTrack`

It's kind of a silly hidden-metadata-method to define session tracks inside the trackId itself

[garrettjstevens]

Will that matter on desktop, where the widget adds the tracks to the root config?

[cmdcolin]

it could be conditional on adminMode to fix that