Last data update: 2014.03.03

R: Make a blank ggplot2 theme.
theme_nothingR Documentation

Make a blank ggplot2 theme.

Description

theme_nothing simply strips all thematic element in ggplot2.

Usage

theme_nothing(base_size = 12, legend = FALSE)

Arguments

base_size

base size, not used.

legend

should the legend be included?

Value

a ggplot2 theme (i.e., a list of class options).

Author(s)

David Kahle david.kahle@gmail.com

Examples



# no legend example
n <- 50
df <- expand.grid(x = 1:n,y = 1:n)[sample(n^2,.5*n^2),]
p <- qplot(x, y, data = df, geom = 'tile')
p
p + theme_nothing()
p + theme_nothing(legend = TRUE) # no difference
p +
  scale_x_continuous(expand = c(0,0)) +
  scale_y_continuous(expand = c(0,0)) +
  theme_nothing()



# legend example
df$class <- factor(sample(0:1, .5*n^2,  replace = TRUE))
p <- qplot(x, y, data = df, geom = "tile", fill = class)
p
p + theme_nothing()
p + theme_nothing(legend = TRUE)

p <- p +
  scale_x_continuous(expand = c(0,0)) +
  scale_y_continuous(expand = c(0,0))
p
p + theme_nothing()
p + theme_nothing(legend = TRUE)



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