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Axis Attributes

bhive01 edited this page Sep 22, 2010 · 12 revisions

Axis Attributes

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Base Plot

#make up data
x<- 1:10
y<- 10:1
  xy<-as.data.frame(cbind(x,y))

#create base plot
plot<- ggplot(data=xy)+
geom_point(aes(x=x, y=y))

#plot base plot
plot
  • axis.line (segment)
#color doesn't work, need colour
plot+ opts(axis.line = theme_segment(colour='red', size=3, linetype='dashed'))
  • axis.text.x (text)
#color doesn't work, need colour
plot+ opts(axis.text.x = theme_text(colour='red', angle= 45, size=10, hjust=-3, vjust=7, face='italic'))
  • axis.text.y (text)
#color doesn't work, need colour
plot+ opts(axis.text.y = theme_text(colour='red', angle= 45, size=10, hjust=-3, vjust=7, face='italic'))
  • axis.title.x (text)
#color doesn't work, need colour
plot+ opts(axis.title.x = theme_text(colour='red', angle= 45, size=10, hjust=-3, vjust=7, face='italic'))
  • axis.title.y (text)
#color doesn't work, need colour
plot+ opts(axis.title.y = theme_text(colour='red', angle= 45, size=10, hjust=-3, vjust=7, face='italic'))
  • axis.ticks (segment)
#color doesn't work, need colour
plot+ opts(axis.ticks = theme_segment(colour='red', size=3, linetype='dashed'))

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