Panels
A Next-Generation Heat Map (NG-CHM) may consist of a number of panels in the interface.
Most maps will consist of a single initial Detail Panel and a Summary panel. These panels are described in more detail on the Basic Navigation tab of this page.
An NG-CHM may contain at most one summary panel, but may contain zero or more of the other panels mentioned below. Specifics on these panels will be given on pages in other tabs of this page.
Resizing bars
If multiple panels are active on an NG-CHM, between the panels will be vertical or horizontal resizing bars. By left-clicking on these bars and holding down the left mouse button while draging on these resizing bars, the relative sizes of the panels on either side of the resizing bar can be changed.
Panel Header
All panels include some common elements included in the header section at the top of the panel. Some panel headers will contain extra controls which will be described in the entries for the individual panel types.
The common header elements include (from left to right in image above):
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Expand / Contract Panel Button | Pressing the Expand Panel will hide all other panels and expand the panel to take up the entire panel area of the Viewer. Once expanded this button will switch to the Contract Panel button which will switch the display back to the normal proportion of space taken by the panel in the panel area. |
| Title | Title text describing the panel type. |
| Panel Menu Button | Opens a menu Menu for the panel. See information below for additional details. |
Panel Menu
The panel menu button mentioned above will allow the user to control the panel type of each panel and allow the user to open and close panels. The menu is divided into two sections, "Set Content to" and "Panel Control"
Menu Options
| Section | Option | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Set Content to | Linkouts | Sets the panel to be an area for Linkout content to be displayed. The last panel set to be a Linkout panel will be set to the contents of the next linkout used if there is more than one open Linkout panel and the Linkout type can be displayed in this panel. |
| Set Content to | Detail heatmap | Sets the panel to be a Detail heatmap panel. There can be more than one of this panel open in the panels area. See the Basic Navigation tab for more information on this panel. |
| Set Content to | Summary heatmap | Sets the panel to be a Summary heatmap panel. There can only be at most one of this panel type open in the panels area. If there is a panel of this type open and a new panel is set to this type, the former Summary Panel contents will be set to be an empty panel. See the Basic Navigation tab for more information on this panel. |
| Set Content to | 2D Scatterplot | Set the contents of this panel to be a UMAP / 2D Scatterplot plug-in panel. The panel configuration dialog will automatically open in the panel to allow setting the initial configuration of the panel. See the Plug-ins tab for more information on this panel. |
| Set Content to | 3D Scatterplot | Set the contents of this panle to be a 3D Scatterplot plug-in panel. The panel configuration dialog will automatically open in the panel to allow setting the initial configuration of the panel. See the Plug-ins tab for more information on this panel. |
| Set Content to | PathwayMapper | Set the contents of this panle to be a PathwayMapper plug-in panel. The panel configuration dialog will automatically open in the panel to allow setting the initial configuration of the panel. See the Plug-ins tab for more information on this panel. |
| Panel Control | Add Panel Below | Split the current panel vertically into two equally sized panels and set the lower one to an empty panel. |
| Panel Control | Add Panel Right | Split the current panel horizontally into two equally sized panels and set the lower one to an empty panel. |
| Panel Control | Collapse / Uncollapse | Selecting the Collapse option will hide all of the contents of the panel except the header section containing a menu button. The Collapse option in that menu will be replaced with an Uncollapse option which will cause the panel to be fully displayed at it’s previous relative size. Ths allows another panels in the section more display space without removing the collapsed panel completely. |
| Panel Control | Close | Closes the panel. This will cause other panels to resize to take up the other space in the panel section that was being used by the closed panel. Any configuration settings for a plug-in panel will be lost when closed. |
| Panel Control | Tour | Shows a detailed tour of the contents of that panel to the limits that such a tour is available. |
Available Panels Types
| Sample Image | Panel Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empty Panel | This is the default for a newly created panel. Select a panel type using the panel menu button described above. | |
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Summary Panel | A summary panel displays a map of all the data in the main matrix, related dendrograms covariates, and axis labels, and top items. It is used to display a summary of the data on the NG-CHM and help select what information is being displayed on detail panels. Display of the summary panel is optional and there can be only one summary panel in the panels area. See the Basic Navigation tab for more information on this panel. |
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Detail Panel | A detail panel displays a section the overall data in the Summary panel. It can be zoomed into and out of and be used to select data in the NG-CHM to be used in other panels. See the Basic Navigation tab for more information on this panel. |
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UMAP / 2D ScatterPlot Panel | A Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) / 2 dimensional scatterplot of selected data in the NG-CHM. See the Plug-ins tab for more information on this panel. |
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3D ScatterPlot Panel | A 3 dimensional scatterplot of selected data in the NG-CHM. See the Plug-ins tab for more information on this panel. |
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PathwayMapper Panel | A plug-in that allows viewing of pathway maps within the visual interface and values within the map that match the nodes in the pathway map. See the Plug-ins tab for more information on this panel. |
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Linkouts Panel | A panel for displaying selected data on the NG-CHM on a subset of the linkouts to other websites that are available in the NG-CHM. Some website linkouts can only be opened in separate tabs. The image to the left shows the selected data as displayed by the link out to the MD Anderson Ideogram Viewer. See the Linkouts tab for more information on this panel. |