GBrowse2: colon in search string fails the search

[Doug Howe]

In ZFIN, and probably other MODs, there are gene symbols with a colon in them, like si:bac7cse.1 at ZFIN. Searching our GBrowse for such a gene produces a "Not Found" result, though the feature is in GBrowse. The period seems fine by itself in a gene symbol, so it seems like the colon is the culprit. Obviously colon works when searching by genomic coordinates, but it doesn't work when searching with a colon-containing gene symbol.

Expectation:
Searching GBrowse with feature names that include colon should find the features.

Doug Howe
ZFIN Data Curation Manager