[Genome] question/suggestion on highlighting a genomic interval

[Noboru Jo Sakabe]

   Is there a way of highlighting a genomic interval when using the 
"position or search term" search box?
   The feature that I'm looking for is the same as the one provided 
when using custom tracks: by giving a genomic coordinate to the UCSC 
genome browser in a bed file, it shows the coordinates as black bars.
   I wonder if it is possible to do the same without having to edit a 
custom track. Often times, colleagues and I want to see what is nearby a 
given coordinate. But as soon as we zoom out the desired coordinate, it 
becomes difficult to keep track of the original location because there's 
no highlighting. Although, as I said, it is possible to obtain this with 
a custom track, it would be much faster to have this as the default 
behavior.
   If this is not yet a feature, I'd like to suggest its 
implementation, perhaps as default behavior.
   A fancier idea would be to show the last N coordinates, with 
different colors and a label, something like an on-the-fly custom track, 
without the need of editing one, for quick viewing.
   Thanks!
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