Since the purpose of the Consensus Align tab is to “drill down” on the reads of a given consensus, as opposed to viewing data from the whole Project, it lacks the “Alignment data” controls that allow you to browse through all the alignments, on the Global Align tab (see section 1.6.4.1). Also, since it always displays individual reads, it lacks the “Read Type” controls as well, that allow you to choose to display consensi or individual reads, on the Global Align tab (see section 1.6.4.2).