gtable_ggplot: Build a plot with all the usual bits and pieces.

In hadley/ggplot2: Create Elegant Data Visualisations Using the Grammar of Graphics

Build a plot with all the usual bits and pieces.

Description

This function builds all grobs necessary for displaying the plot, and stores them in a special data structure called a gtable. This object is amenable to programmatic manipulation, should you want to (e.g.) make the legend box 2 cm wide, or combine multiple plots into a single display, preserving aspect ratios across the plots.

Usage

gtable_ggplot(data)

ggplot_gtable(plot)

Arguments

data	plot data generated by ggplot_build()

Details

The ggplot_gtable() function is vestigial and the gtable_ggplot() function should be used instead.

Value

a gtable object

See Also

print.ggplot() and benchplot() for for functions that contain the complete set of steps for generating a ggplot2 plot.

The gtable step section of the online ggplot2 book.

hadley/ggplot2 documentation built on June 13, 2025, 12:51 a.m.