circos.trackText(factors, x, y, labels, track.index = get.cell.meta.data("track.index"),
direction = NULL, facing = c("inside", "outside", "reverse.clockwise", "clockwise",
"downward", "bending", "bending.inside", "bending.outside"), niceFacing = FALSE,
adj = par("adj"), cex = 1, col = "black", font = par("font"))
Arguments
factors
Factors which represent the categories of data
x
Data points on x-axis
y
Data points on y-axis
labels
Labels
track.index
Index for the track
direction
deprecated, use facing instead.
facing
Facing of text
niceFacing
Should the facing of text be adjusted to fit human eyes?
adj
Adjustment for text
cex
Font size
col
Font color
font
Font style
Details
The function adds texts in multiple cells by first splitting data into several parts in which
each part corresponds to one factor (sector index) and then add texts in cells by calling circos.text.
This function can be replaced by a for loop containing circos.text.
References
Gu, Z. (2014) circlize implements and enhances circular visualization in R. Bioinformatics.