Create option to export selected subtree

[stevenweaver]

If an entire subtree is selected, we should provide the option to export the subtree's newick string. It would be helpful when trying to report on specific parts of the phylogeny.

[johaGL]

Hello @stevenweaver , we are working in models in evolution and your colleague spond has already helped us with some very interesting functionalities. In addition, we would like to know if there exists already a ways to export a selected subtree in newick format.

[spond]

Dear @johaGL,

Do you want to do it programmatically or via a user-action (menu)?

Best, Sergei

[johaGL]

Dear @spond, thank you very much (sorry for always asking additional things), in our simple app we dynamically add textareas as information is available (with appendChild ... insertBefore.) https://github.com/johaGL/front_o_bpp/blob/master/static/resphyloapp.js , we would like just to retreive the subtree selected by means of your button "select all descendant", in the form of a newick string format (if possible with branches lengths recalculated, but if not we can recalculate programmatically as well)

[spond]

Dear @johaGL,

Take a look at https://github.com/veg/phylotree.js/tree/master/examples/copy-newick

Best, Sergei

[johaGL]

Great! Thank you very much @spond