Tracks of other kinds of data or images

[Robert Leach]

Allow tracks of other kinds of data on any of the 4 sides (plugins?) e.g. graphs or images stretched/compressed to match dimensions.

For example, consider IGV's ability to show categories by color next to track names. We could have a track which adds category colors for different columns/rows. We could have a plot track (scatter, line, or bar) which would allow people to align graphs to their matrix.

In fact, the labels and the trees can be considered "tracks" and we should allow the user to move them. Like, we should allow them to swap the tree & label tracks so they can have the tree right up against the data.

Here's a mockup example of:

Rows:

• 2 labels tracks
• tree track moved next to matrix

Columns:

• Added a fill-line-plot positioned near the matrix

A lot of thought will have to go into what types of tracks to support, how to change the order, how to load them, how to customize them, etc.

[Robert Leach]

I think that this feature would be a ground-breaking feature, but it is an major-level effort.

[Robert Leach]

Removing milestone: General interface (automated comment)