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Heat map background settings

Introduction

The Heat map background settings window, shown in figure 1, is used to set the heat map colours and to adjust how the apparatus map is drawn.

Figure 1. The Heat map background settings window's Heat map page

Colour sets

You can change the colours used to display the heat map by selecting an alternative Colour set. By default there is only one colour set defined, the 'Classic colours', but you can define more using the Add, Edit and Delete buttons.

Add	Adds a new colour set. The Heat map colour set window will open where you will be able to give the new colour set a name and specify the colours that it uses.

Edit	Edits the colour set that is currently selected in the list. The Heat map colour set window will open, showing the current settings for the colour set, you can edit any of them. Note that you can't edit the 'Classic colours' colour set.

Delete

Deletes the colour set that is currently selected in the list. Note that you can't delete the 'Classic colours' colour set.

Any colour sets that you create are stored on a per-user basis on your computer and not in the experiment file. This means that:

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You can easily apply a colour set to any of your experiments.

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Colour sets you define won't affect other users of ANY-maze.

Changing the apparatus map

The Apparatus map page of the Plot format window is shown in figure 2. This page can be used to show or hide the apparatus map and to alter the colours in which it is drawn.

Figure 2. The Heat map background settings window's Apparatus map page.

By default heat maps have the apparatus map drawn over them, but if you wish, you can remove it simply by unchecking the option to Draw the apparatus map.

The default colours in which the apparatus map is drawn have been chosen to provide good contrast against most backgrounds, but it's possible you will change the track plot colours in such a way that the apparatus map will no longer contrast and may even be almost invisible. For this reason, it is possible to alter the colours in which the map itself, and any grid lines, are drawn.

To change a colour simply select the appropriate option and then click the 'colour box' next to it. This will open a pop-up window, where you will be able to specify the colour you wish to use. Note that the colours are saved on a per-user basis - that's to say that the colours you choose will not affect other ANY-maze users.

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