group comparison clinical heatmap - labels after swapping axes aren't readable

[tmazor]

Labels for the rows of the heatmap are only allowed to be a single letter in a circle. This is ok when the groups are in rows, since each group has a single letter label, but if you swap axes it results in labels that just show the first letter of each value, which is not enough - see example below with 6 rows all labeled 'L'

Heatmap initially:

After swapping axes:

https://www.cbioportal.org/comparison/clinical?sessionId=5cf82983e4b0ab4137874360

[alisman]

@tmazor @inodb could we disable axis swapping for heatmaps? i'm guessing that this change won't be trivial and unless it's actually useful for heatmaps ...

[inodb]

Wondering if for the heatmap it would be better to always show the circles for the group axis? Instead of having circles always on the left, show them wherever the groups are (be it x or y axis)

Maybe there could be another checkbox that allows one to choose between showing only circles or just group names

[BasLee]

@tmazor @alisman @inodb Removing the checkbox for the heatmap wouldn't be too hard. However swapping the longer labels from the X-axis to the Y-axis might be some work: if I remember correctly, the oncoprint heatmap component only supports single letter labels on the Y-axis.