# Customize the heatmaps

Aim

To choose which text, arena feature or background image to be displayed with the heatmaps.

How to access these options

Click the Show/Hide button on the toolbar.

Show and hide the overlay text

To facilitate orientation in a heatmap matrix, you can display the value of independent variables used to arrange the heatmaps, and the number n of tracks used to create the current heatmap: Merged heatmaps: [n].

1.From the Show/Hide menu, select Text Features.

2.Under View, select Show information if you want to see overlay text over the heatmap.

3.Under Text properties, choose the text Fill color and Opacity.

note Even when selecting Show information, the overlay text is not shown if that information is redundant. For example, independent variables are not shown when the heatmaps have headers; For the same reason, the Merged heatmaps: [n] text is not shown when heatmaps are based on single tracks.

Show and hide arenas, zones and points

1.From the Show/Hide menu, select Arena Features.

2.In the Arena Features window, choose the arenas, zones, zone centers and points of interest you want to view over the heatmap.

3.Select the feature outline color. Next, click OK.

note Arenas and zones are displayed as outlines, not semi-transparent regions like in the Track Visualization. Zone centers and points of interest are displayed as crosses.

Customize the background of the heatmap

1.From the Show/Hide menu, select Background.

2.Choose:

▪Plain - by range minimum to have a uniform background that is the same as the color for the minimum value in the heatmap. To change the color, click the Colors tab in the Heatmap Settings window and change option under Display.

▪Plain - custom to have a uniform background. Click the button next to this option to select a color. To select colors other than the basic ones, click the button Other.

▪Captured image to have the image captured in the Arena Settings as a background.

If a heatmap is based on tracks with different Arena Settings, it is displayed with the background in the color currently selected next to Plain - custom.

Zoom the heatmap in/out

You can find the Zoom in (Ctrl+ .) and Zoom out (Ctrl+ ,) buttons on the toolbar.

To fit all heatmaps on the screen, click the Fit all button.

To zoom in/out to predefined percentages, from the Show/Hide menu, select Zoom level, and choose one of the values available (6% to 800%).