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A very, very ugly ggplot2 to demonstrate the wide variety of ggplot2 theme() options
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library(ggplot2) | |
# sample data for plot ---- | |
points <- | |
data.frame( | |
x = rep(1:10,3), | |
y = rep(1:10,3), | |
z = sort(rep(letters[1:2], 15)), | |
w = rep(letters[3:4], 15) | |
) | |
# ggplot using many theme options ---- | |
ggplot(data = points, | |
mapping = aes(x = x, y = y, col = factor(x))) + | |
geom_point(size = 5) + | |
facet_grid(w ~ z, switch = "y") + | |
theme( | |
plot.background = element_rect(fill = "lightyellow"), | |
plot.title = element_text(size = 30, hjust = 0.25), | |
plot.subtitle = element_text(size = 20, hjust = 0.75, color = "mediumvioletred", family = "serif"), | |
plot.caption = element_text(size = 10, face = "italic", angle = 25), | |
panel.background = element_rect(fill = 'lightblue', colour = 'darkred', size = 4), | |
panel.border = element_rect(fill = NA, color = "green", size = 2), | |
panel.grid.major.x = element_line(color = "purple", linetype = 2), | |
panel.grid.minor.x = element_line(color = "orange", linetype = 3), | |
panel.grid.minor.y = element_blank(), | |
axis.title.x = element_text(face = "bold.italic", color = "blue"), | |
axis.title.y = element_text(family = "mono", face = "bold", size = 20, hjust = 0.25), | |
axis.text = element_text(face = "italic", size = 15), | |
axis.text.x.bottom = element_text(angle = 180), # note that axis.text options from above are inherited | |
strip.background = element_rect(fill = "magenta"), | |
strip.text.y = element_text(color = "white"), | |
strip.placement = "outside", | |
legend.background = element_rect(fill = "orangered4"), # generally will want to match w plot background | |
legend.key = element_rect(fill = "orange"), | |
legend.direction = "horizontal", | |
legend.position = "bottom", | |
legend.justification = "left", | |
legend.title = element_text(family = "serif", color = "white"), | |
legend.text = element_text(family = "mono", face = "italic", color = "limegreen") | |
) + | |
labs(title = "test title", | |
subtitle = "test subtitle", | |
x = "my x axis", | |
y = "my y axis", | |
caption = "this is a caption", | |
col = "Renamed Legend") |
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