vlines

Description

This type is not really a track as it does not occupy a horizontal space. It will go over all tracks plotted in the vertical orientation. It can be defined multiple times and will plot vertical vertical lines corresponding to the beginning of intervals of a bed file.

Parameters

Necessary:

  • type: vlines

  • file

Optional:

  • line_width: 0.5 (default) or any float above 0

  • line_style: dashed (default) or solid, dotted or dashdot.

  • color: black (default)

  • alpha: 0.7 (default) or any float above 0 below 1

  • zorder: 10 (default) or any float

Output of make_tracks_file:

# Mandatory:
# bed file with positions to plot (only start are used)
file = tads.bed
# type:
type = vlines
# Optional:
# line width
#line_width = 0.5
# color of the line:
#color = black
# transparency:
#alpha = 0.7
# zorder, choose positive value (above) to put on top
# and null or negative values to put behind
#zorder = 10
# line style choose among 'solid', 'dashed', 'dashdot' or 'dotted'
# line_style = 'dashed'