Add a color block in specific color according to the given category. If adjacent leaf nodes share identical category, there is just one color block will be drawn surrounding all these nodes.

Video tutorial

Layer data

View example tree and data

• Example data

One column of categories is needed. If you leave a cell blank, color block of corresponding node will not be drawn.

• TSV format

Node_IDs    Categories
EF151805    A
AY699794    B
AJ608641    B
JF937440    B
AJ744861    C
AJ564643    B
FN393747    C
AJ717393    B
MK238778    C
AJ575266    A
MT758060    A
MT760162    C
NR_025743    C
FM883672    C
HE985070    A
FR687202    C
KT253329    C
HQ326178    B
MT759893    C
KF309029    A
FM991866    B
MH197303    A
FR681897    C
MW309385    B
DQ112660    B
AJ575263    B
MK096443    A

Layer controlling attributes

color

• Color set

1 color: Click this button to choose a default color set.

2 color gradient: Click this button to choose a default color set from a gradient color bar depending on the number of categories.

• Custom color
  

1 switch: Whether to use custom color set.

All categories of that data column will be listed below followed by a color selector respectively. Click each color selector to select a color you like.

• Color gradient
  

1 switch: Whether to fill each color block with gradient.

2 reverse: Whether to reverse the gradient direction.

legend

See base category legend