opts() theme() List

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opts() / theme() list

This page presents the list of available options for fine tuning a ggplot2 graph object.

Axis Attributes

usage examples

• axis.text.x (text)
• axis.text.y (text)
• axis.title.x (text)
• axis.title.y (text)
• axis.line (segment)
• axis.ticks (segment)
• axis.ticks.length (unit)
• axis.ticks.margin (unit)

Legend Attributes

usage examples

• legend.background (rect)
• legend.key (rect)
• legend.key.size (unit)
• legend.key.width (unit)
• legend.text (text)
• legend.title (text)
• legend.title.align (?)
• legend.position (?)
• legend.justification (?)
• legend.direction (?)
• legend.box (?)

Graph/Panel Attributes

usage examples

• panel.background (rect)
• panel.border (rect)
• panel.margin (unit)
• panel.grid.major (line)
• panel.grid.minor (line)
• plot.background (rect)
• title (see plot.title)
• plot.title (text)
• plot.margin (unit)

Faceting Attributes

usage examples

• strip.background (rect)
• strip.text.x (text)
• strip.text.y (text)

element_text()

• colour
• size
• angle
• hjust
• vjust
• face = 'bold' 'ital'

element_segment()

• colour
• size
• linetype

element_line()

• colour
• size
• linetype

element_rect()

• colour
• fill
• size
• linetype