From d8c96d8ca7ebb93f96b1f34ec700259f7b9637ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teun van den Brand <tahvdbrand@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 14:51:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] no space for blank ticks

---
 R/guide-axis.R | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/R/guide-axis.R b/R/guide-axis.R
index bc2a2e1596..70ac3da43f 100644
--- a/R/guide-axis.R
+++ b/R/guide-axis.R
@@ -256,6 +256,12 @@ GuideAxis <- ggproto(
   override_elements = function(params, elements, theme) {
     elements$text <-
       label_angle_heuristic(elements$text, params$position, params$angle)
+    if (inherits(elements$ticks, "element_blank")) {
+      elements$major_length <- unit(0, "cm")
+    }
+    if (inherits(elements$minor, "element_blank") || isFALSE(params$minor.ticks)) {
+      elements$minor_length <- unit(0, "cm")
+    }
     return(elements)
   },
 

From 6c136a11ac98503af9be995c93a16219fa60e9f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teun van den Brand <tahvdbrand@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 08:59:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] preserve axis text spacing for `theme_minimal()`

---
 R/theme-defaults.R | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/R/theme-defaults.R b/R/theme-defaults.R
index 77b36e243e..4b88e203ff 100644
--- a/R/theme-defaults.R
+++ b/R/theme-defaults.R
@@ -436,7 +436,11 @@ theme_minimal <- function(base_size = 11, base_family = "",
     base_rect_size = base_rect_size
   ) %+replace%
     theme(
-      axis.ticks      = element_blank(),
+      axis.ticks         = element_blank(), # Extra margins due to absence ticks
+      axis.text.x.bottom = element_text(margin = margin(t = 0.45 * base_size)),
+      axis.text.x.top    = element_text(margin = margin(b = 0.45 * base_size)),
+      axis.text.y.left   = element_text(margin = margin(r = 0.45 * base_size)),
+      axis.text.y.right  = element_text(margin = margin(l = 0.45 * base_size)),
       legend.background = element_blank(),
       legend.key        = element_blank(),
       panel.background  = element_blank(),

From 895d5b2cb0321b261b09519234fde3629182e3e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teun van den Brand <tahvdbrand@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 09:03:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] add news bullet

---
 NEWS.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 40bdb3d156..2681c883ab 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # ggplot2 (development version)
 
+* `guide_axis()` no longer reserves space for blank ticks 
+  (@teunbrand, #4722, #6069).
 * `guide_bins()`, `guide_colourbar()` and `guide_coloursteps()` gain an `angle`
   argument to overrule theme settings, similar to `guide_axis(angle)` 
   (@teunbrand, #4594).