addAnnotationText: Add Text Annotation

In cytoscape/RCy3: Functions to Access and Control Cytoscape

Add Text Annotation

Description

Adds a text annotation to a Cytoscape network view. The object will also be added to the Annotation Panel in the GUI.

Usage

addAnnotationText(
  text = NULL,
  x.pos = NULL,
  y.pos = NULL,
  fontSize = NULL,
  fontFamily = NULL,
  fontStyle = NULL,
  color = NULL,
  angle = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  canvas = NULL,
  z.order = NULL,
  network = NULL,
  base.url = .defaultBaseUrl
)

Arguments

text	The text to be displayed
x.pos	(optional) X position in pixels from left; default is center of current view
y.pos	(optional) Y position in pixels from top; default is center of current view
fontSize	(optional) Numeric value; default is 12
fontFamily	(optional) Font family; default is Arial
fontStyle	(optional) Font style; default is
color	(optional) Hexidecimal color; default is #000000 (black)
angle	(optional) Angle of text orientation; default is 0.0 (horizontal)
name	(optional) Name of annotation object; default is "Text"
canvas	(optional) Canvas to display annotation, i.e., foreground (default) or background
z.order	(optional) Arrangement order specified by number (larger values are in front of smaller values); default is 0
network	(optional) Name or SUID of the network. Default is the "current" network active in Cytoscape.
base.url	(optional) Ignore unless you need to specify a custom domain, port or version to connect to the CyREST API. Default is http://localhost:1234 and the latest version of the CyREST API supported by this version of RCy3.

Value

A named list of annotation properties, including UUID

Examples

addAnnotationText("test1")
addAnnotationText("test2", 1000, 1000, name="T2")
addAnnotationText("test3", 1200, 1000, 30, "Helvetica", "bold", "#990000",
    40,name="T3", canvas="foreground",z=4)

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