heatmap with values (ggplot2)

There is another simpler way to make heatmaps with values. You can use pheatmap to do this.

dat <- matrix(rnorm(100, 3, 1), ncol=10)
names(dat) <- paste("X", 1:10)
install.packages('pheatmap') # if not installed already
library(pheatmap)
pheatmap(dat, display_numbers = T)

This will give you a plot like this

If you want to remove clustering and use your color scheme you can do

pheatmap(dat, display_numbers = T, color = colorRampPalette(c('white','red'))(100), cluster_rows = F, cluster_cols = F, fontsize_number = 15)

You can also change the fontsize, format, and color of the displayed numbers.

This has been updated to conform to tidyverse principles and improve poor use of ggplot2

Per SlowLeraner's comment I was easily able to do this:

library(tidyverse)

## make data
dat <- matrix(rnorm(100, 3, 1), ncol=10)

## reshape data (tidy/tall form)
dat2 <- dat %>%
    tbl_df() %>%
    rownames_to_column('Var1') %>%
    gather(Var2, value, -Var1) %>%
    mutate(
        Var1 = factor(Var1, levels=1:10),
        Var2 = factor(gsub("V", "", Var2), levels=1:10)
    )

## plot data
ggplot(dat2, aes(Var1, Var2)) +
    geom_tile(aes(fill = value)) + 
    geom_text(aes(label = round(value, 1))) +
    scale_fill_gradient(low = "white", high = "red")