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Leaf colors will change the colors of leaf labels. Similar to branch colors, multiple datasets can be uploaded to a tree, but only one can be shown at a time.
Supported Key-Value pairs for leaf colors:
Key (case insensitive) | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
!Groups or !LegendText | comma separated text | Legend texts; for example 'group_a,group_b,group_c' |
!LegendStyle or !Style | rect or circle or star | shapes to be plotted before the legend texts; default = rect |
!LegendColors or !Colors | comma separated color codes or names | colors to be applied to the shapes specified by LegendStyle; for example 'red,green,yellow' ; note the number of colors should match the number of legend fields |
!Title or !Legend | text | title of the legend; default = name of the dataset |
!ShowLegends | 0 or 1 | 0 : hide legends; 1 : show legends |
!opacity | float number between 0 to 1 | opacity of the dataset |
Data are usually tab-delimited three-column texts, with the third column optional. Let me use the tree below to illustrate the usage of the data:
(chicken,((mouse,rat),(chimp,human)));
- first column: the location the first column dictates where the data to be plotted. It usually contains the name of a leaf node, or two leaf names separated by a ','.
- one single leaf name dictates that the data will be plotted on / next to / under the leaf or the branch connecting directly to the leaf node
- two leaf names are often used in combination with an 'ad' at the third column; see the section 'third column' for more details.
For example:
chicken
mouse,human
- second column: color to be applied
For example:
chicken green
mouse,human blue
- third column: optional commands to change the default behavior of current line By default, the color will only apply to the specified leaf label; for example:
## leaf color
human red
By adding a third column, the default behavior can be changed. Here is a list of choices of this column:
Option (case insensitive) | Description |
---|---|
ad | apply color to the leaf labels of all descendants |
prefix | apply color to all leaf labels that start with the string specified by the first column |
suffix | apply color to all leaf labels that end with the string specified by the first column |
anywhere | apply color to leaf labels that contain the string specified by the first column |
See examples below.
Example 1, 'ad':
## leaf color
human,mouse pink ad
Example 2, 'prefix':
## leaf color
ch yellow prefix
Example 3, 'suffix':
## leaf color
n blue suffix
Example 4, 'anywhere'
## leaf color
m purple anywhere
Evolview supports collapsing at internal nodes; collapsed nodes are treated as leaf nodes. It is therefore very straightforward to add leaf color to a collapsed tree. See here for more information.
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