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Main topics: ARB: a Short Introduction Glossary | Related topics: Sort tree by other tree
# Sort Tree Topology OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION Available sort modes NOTES EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### ARB_NT/Tree/Beautify tree/...
## DESCRIPTION
### Arranges branches and groups according to the size of each subtree. If the size doesn't differ at a furcation, subtrees will be sorted alphabethically. This ensures the sorting is stable. ### Sorting does not change the tree topology, it only swaps branches!
## Available sort modes
### The first sort mode sorts the bigger branches to the top, the third sorts them to the bottom. ### The second sort mode sorts the bigger branches to the edges of the tree and the smaller branches to the center. ### The fourth and fifth mode are designed to sort the tree for the radial tree display mode. ### The fourth mode does the opposite of the second mode: it sorts bigger branches to the center and smaller ones to the borders of the tree. ### The fifth mode alternates between second and fourth mode.
## NOTES
### This facilitates the comparison of tree topologies resulting from different treeing approaches. ### See also ´Sort tree by other tree´.
## EXAMPLES
### None
## WARNINGS
### None
## BUGS
### No bugs known