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Add a fake legend annotation to a ggplot
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library(ggplot2) | |
library(dplyr) | |
## fake data | |
d <- mtcars %>% | |
group_by(cyl) %>% | |
summarise(lower = min(disp), | |
med = median(disp), | |
upper = max(disp)) | |
p <- ggplot(d, aes(x = factor(cyl), y = med)) + | |
geom_pointrange(aes(ymin = lower, ymax = upper)) + | |
geom_point(aes(factor(cyl), lower)) + | |
geom_point(aes(factor(cyl), upper)) | |
## configure legend | |
config <- tibble::tribble( | |
~ x, ~ y, ~ s, ~ t, | |
1, 1, 1, "Min", | |
3, 1, 2, "Median", | |
6, 1, 1, "Max" | |
) | |
lcol <- "forestgreen" | |
adj <- 0.1 | |
## build fake legend | |
legend <- ggplot(config, aes(x, y)) + | |
geom_point(aes(size = s), show.legend = FALSE, col = lcol) + | |
scale_size_continuous(range = c(2, 4)) + | |
coord_cartesian(ylim = c(1 - adj, 1 + adj)) + | |
geom_text(aes(y = y - 0.5 * adj, label = t), size = 6, col = lcol) + | |
geom_line(lwd = 2, col = lcol) + | |
theme_void() | |
legend | |
## combine | |
p + | |
theme(plot.margin = unit(c(5.5, 5.5, 100, 5.5), "points")) + | |
annotation_custom( | |
ggplotGrob(legend), | |
xmin = 1, | |
xmax = 3, | |
ymin = -50, | |
ymax = 40 | |
) |
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