- Add new tree to project
- Change the branch and leaf colors of the tree
- Upload datasets to tree
- Add pie charts to the tree
- Add bar plots to the tree (next to the leaf labels)
- Add dot plots to tree
- Add colored objects/ shapes to the tree (next to the leaf labels)
- Add Heatmap data to tree
- Show/Hide bootstrap,branch length values
- Multiple column plots with Evolview trees
- Add Timeline view to Evolview tree
- Export the tree to pdf file
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Frequently Asked Questions
Table of contents
- Export huge data and SVG issue
- Supported browsers
- Performance of Evolview
- Contact information
Tree and datasets are correctly displayed, but exporting to any graphic formats including SVG does not work
This issue is likely due to very large trees and datasets. Here is a workaround using Google Chrome:
- right click at any empty places on the canvas, select "inspect" from the popup menu;
- click "Elements" in the popup window
- find the "SVG" element;
- right click on the "SVG", select "Copy" -> "Copy element" from the popup menu;
- paste the copied contents into a newly created text file and save it as a SVG file.
Supported browsers
| Browser | Version | Operating systems | Download link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome/ Chromium (note 1) | >= 12 | All | https://www.google.com/chrome |
| Firefox | >= 3 | All | http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ |
| Opera | >= 10 | All | http://www.opera.com/ |
| Safari | >= 5 | Mac (note 2) | http://www.apple.com/safari/ |
Notes
- Google Chrome / Chromium is strongly recommended !!
- not tested on PC
- none of the Microsoft browsers are supported so far
Performance of Evolview
Trees are parsed and visualized on the client side, therefore the size of the tree and the speed of visualization are limited by users’ hardware.
Based on our tests on a 4-year old MacbookPro, Evolview could parse and visualize two trees with 2,000 and 4,000 species in ~7 and ~17 seconds, respectively. Therefore Evolview is capable of handling large trees in reasonable time.
Below are the two trees we have tested; note there are zipped and in PhyloXML format.
- tree with 2000 leaf nodes: tree2k_phyloxml.txt.zip
- tree with 4000 leaf nodes: tree4k_phyloxml.txt.zip
Acknowledgements
Thanks to all the free tools and open source projects:
| Name | Link/URL | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Google Web Toolkit (GWT) | http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/ | |
| NetBeans | http://netbeans.org/ | IDE |
| Eclipse | https://eclipse.org/downloads/ | IDE |
| lib-gwt-svg | http://www.vectomatic.org/lib-gwt-svg | SVG display/ manipulation tool for GWT |
| gwtupload | http://code.google.com/p/gwtupload/ | very cool Ajax file uploader for GWT |
| auroris ColorPicker | http://code.google.com/p/auroris/wiki/ColorPicker | ColorPicker for GWT |
| batik - Java SVG toolkit | http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/ | server side tool to convert SVG to (any) other formats |
Contact information
Please send us email if you have any questions / comments to:
evolgenius.team@gmail.com
Attach your trees and datasets if necessary; we will keep your data confidential.