How to shown genes in the left side in heatmap2 function

Question

[Mehmet]

Dear all,

I would like to ask you. How to shown gene names on the left side of heatmap, while dendrogram is shown on the right side.

Answer 1

[Kevin Blighe]

Dear Mehmet,

You can do this in ComplexHeatmap by specifying the following parameters to the Heatmap() function:

• row_names_side="left"
• row_dend_side="right"

To do this in heatmap.2, I imagine that you would have to edit the base code of the function or just edit the resulting figure in a third-party graphics editor. The manual page for heatmap.2 state definitively that the dendrogram will be generated on the left side.

Kevin