Hi All, It should be sufficient to modify the code that creats the 'lmat' matrix that is used to ses the layout. Everything else can be left as it is now. -Greg Author of gplots::heatmap.2 On Mar 31, 2008, at 12:37PM , James W. MacDonald wrote: > Hi Khalid, > > s.khalid at qmul.ac.uk wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I have recently started using R to draw heatmaps and have worked with >> several heatmaps in different packages(stats,gplots,heatplus etc). >> >> heatmap.2 using Heatplus does exactly what I am after, except for one >> thing. I would like to move the location of the color key from the >> top left to the bottom of the heatmap, and also alter its size to the >> length of the heatmap. >> >> Whilst I am able to alter various labels of the colorkey (i.e. x >> and y >> axis), I am unable to successfully move its position and resize it >> into a rectangle. > > While doable, this will require a bit of hacking. The heatmap.2() > function uses layout() to set up the plotting device so you would have > to change the parameters passed to that function in order to change > the > plotting regions, then change the plotting order so things get plotted > in the correct region. > > If I were to attempt such a thing, I would likely just create another > function by cutting and pasting the relevant portions of heatmap.2() > together in the required order, and adjusting the input to layout() to > make the upper left plotting region large enough for the heatmap > image, > and the bottom right region smaller. > > See ?layout. > > Best, > > Jim > > >> >> Thank you to anyone who can help me >> >> Khalid >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioconductor mailing list >> Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >> Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/ >> gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor > > -- > James W. MacDonald, M.S. > Biostatistician > Affymetrix and cDNA Microarray Core > University of Michigan Cancer Center > 1500 E. Medical Center Drive > 7410 CCGC > Ann Arbor MI 48109 > 734-647-5623 > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/ > gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor