Title: Easy Access to 'ggplot2' Commands
Version: 0.1.6
Maintainer: Jonathan Carroll <rpkg@jcarroll.com.au>
Description: Provides a series of aliases to commonly used but difficult to remember 'ggplot2' sequences.
License: GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)]
Encoding: UTF-8
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports: ggplot2, rlang
RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 2.1.0), clipr, labelled, patchwork, vdiffr, covr
VignetteBuilder: knitr
URL: https://github.com/jonocarroll/ggeasy, https://jonocarroll.github.io/ggeasy/
BugReports: https://github.com/jonocarroll/ggeasy/issues
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2025-06-15 06:18:37 UTC; jono
Author: Jonathan Carroll ORCID iD [aut, cre], Alicia Schep ORCID iD [aut], Jonathan Sidi ORCID iD [aut], Bob Rudis ORCID iD [ctb], Mohamed El Fodil Ihaddaden [ctb], Thomas Neitmann [ctb]
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2025-06-15 06:40:02 UTC

ggeasy.

Description

Helper functions for making using ggplot2 easier.

Author(s)

Maintainer: Jonathan Carroll rpkg@jcarroll.com.au (ORCID)

Authors:

Other contributors:

See Also

Useful links:

Easily add legend title(s)

Description

Update the title(s) of the specified aesthetic, or all aesthetics at once.

Usage

easy_add_legend_title(..., teach = FALSE)

Arguments

...

A list of new name-value pairs. The name should be an aesthetic. If only a character value is provided then all legend titles will be changed to that.

teach

print longer equivalent ggplot2 expression?

Value

a theme object

Author(s)

Jonathan Carroll

Examples


library(ggplot2)

# Add legend title to a specific aesthetic
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, colour = cyl, size = hp)) +
  geom_point() + easy_add_legend_title(col = "Number of Cylinders")

# Add legend title to all aesthetics
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, colour = cyl)) +
  geom_point() + easy_add_legend_title("Number of Cylinders")

Easily modify legends

Description

Change legend position, direction, or justification.

Usage

easy_change_legend(
  what = c("position", "direction", "justification"),
  to,
  teach = FALSE
)

easy_move_legend(
  to = c("right", "none", "left", "bottom", "top"),
  teach = FALSE
)

easy_legend_at(to = c("right", "none", "left", "bottom", "top"), teach = FALSE)

easy_rotate_legend(to = c("vertical", "horizontal"), teach = FALSE)

easy_adjust_legend(to = c("left", "right", "center"), teach = FALSE)

Arguments

what

legend component to modify ("position", "direction", or "justification")

to

to what to set the legend component should be changed

teach

print longer equivalent ggplot2 expression?

Details

Due to limitations of ggplot2 this will apply to all legends at once

Value

a theme object

Author(s)

Jonathan Carroll

Examples


library(ggplot2)

# Move legends to bottom
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, colour = cyl, size = hp)) +
  geom_point() + easy_move_legend("bottom")

# Make legends horizontal
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, colour = cyl, size = hp)) +
  geom_point() + easy_rotate_legend("horizontal")

# Justify legends to the bottom and justify to the right
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, colour = cyl, size = hp)) +
  geom_point() +
  easy_move_legend("bottom") +
  easy_adjust_legend("right")

Easily change text appearance

Description

Change any of the text parameters such as

Usage

easy_change_text(
  which = .all_theme_els,
  what = .all_element_text,
  to = NULL,
  teach = FALSE
)

.all_theme_els

.all_element_text

easy_all_text_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_all_text_color(color = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_all_text_colour(colour = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_text_size(which = .all_theme_els, size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_text_color(which = .all_theme_els, color = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_text_colour(which = .all_theme_els, colour = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_x_axis_title_size(size, teach = FALSE)

easy_y_axis_title_size(size, teach = FALSE)

easy_x_axis_labels_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_y_axis_labels_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_plot_title_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_title_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_plot_subtitle_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_subtitle_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_plot_caption_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_caption_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_plot_legend_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_legend_title_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_plot_legend_title_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_legend_size(size = NULL, teach = FALSE)

easy_center_title(teach = FALSE)

easy_title_bold()

easy_title_regular()

easy_title_plain()

Arguments

which

which element to change (see ggeasy::.all_theme_els)

what

what attribute of the element to change (see ggeasy::.all_element_text)

to

value to which the attribute should be set

teach

print longer equivalent ggplot2 expression?

size

size to set attributes to

color

colo(u)r to set attributes to

colour

colo(u)r to set attributes to

Format

An object of class character of length 15.

An object of class character of length 10.

Value

a theme object which can be used in ggplot2 calls

Author(s)

Jonathan Carroll

Examples


library(ggplot2)

# make all text larger
ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, hp)) +
  geom_point() +
  easy_all_text_size(22)
# also works if accidentally using easy_text_size(n)

# make the x and y axis text larger
ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, hp)) +
  geom_point() +
  easy_text_size(c("axis.text.x", "axis.text.y"), 22)

# make the x axis labels larger
ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, hp)) +
  geom_point() +
  easy_x_axis_labels_size(22)

# make the plot title larger
ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, hp)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(title = "My Plot") +
  easy_plot_title_size(22)

# make the legend title larger
ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, hp)) +
  geom_point(aes(fill = gear)) +
  easy_plot_legend_title_size(22)

# make all the text red
ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, hp)) +
  geom_point(aes(fill = gear)) +
  easy_all_text_color("red")

# make all the text 45 degrees, right-justified
ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, hp)) +
  geom_point(aes(fill = gear)) +
  easy_change_text(what = "angle", to = 45) +
  easy_change_text(what = "hjust", to = 1)

# make just x-axis text 45 degrees, right-justified
ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, hp)) +
  geom_point(aes(fill = gear)) +
  easy_change_text(which = "axis.text.x", what = "angle", to = 45) +
  easy_change_text(which = "axis.text.x", what = "hjust", to = 1)

Easily add ggplot labels using label attribute of 'data.frame' column

Description

Applies same logic as labs but uses as default the column label attribute if present as the variable label in the plot. Note that as of ggplot2 3.5.2.9001 this behaviour is native and this function will be deprecated.

Usage

easy_labs(..., teach = FALSE)

Arguments

...

A list of new name-value pairs. The name should either be an aesthetic, or one of "title", "subtitle", or "caption"

teach

print longer equivalent ggplot2 expression?

Examples

## Not run: 
iris_labs <- iris

lbl <- c('Sepal Length', 'Sepal Width', 'Petal Length', 'Petal Width', 'Flower Species')

labelled::var_label(iris_labs) <- split(lbl,names(iris_labs))

p <- ggplot2::ggplot(iris_labs,ggplot2::aes(x=Sepal.Length,y=Sepal.Width))+
  ggplot2::geom_line(ggplot2::aes(colour=Species))

p

p + easy_labs()
p + easy_labs(title = "Plot Title", subtitle = 'Plot Subtitle', x = 'x axis label')

p + easy_labs(teach = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

Easily remove one or more axes

Description

easy_remove_axes by default removes both axes, but can remove only x or y if "x" or "y" is given to the 'which' argument

Usage

easy_remove_axes(
  which = c("both", "x", "y"),
  what = c("ticks", "title", "text", "line"),
  teach = FALSE
)

easy_remove_y_axis(what = c("ticks", "title", "text", "line"), teach = FALSE)

easy_remove_x_axis(what = c("ticks", "title", "text", "line"), teach = FALSE)

Arguments

which

which axis or axes to remove, by default "both"

what

axis components to remove ("ticks", "title", "text", and/or "line")

teach

print longer equivalent ggplot2 expression?

Details

easy_remove_x_axis and easy_remove_y_axis remove just the x or y axis, respectively.

Value

a theme object which can be used in ggplot2 calls

Author(s)

Alicia Schep

Examples


library(ggplot2)
# Remove all axes
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg)) +
  geom_point() + easy_remove_axes()

# remove just x axis
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg)) +
  geom_point() + easy_remove_x_axis()

# can also use:
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg)) +
  geom_point() + easy_remove_axes("x")

# Remove y axis
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg)) +
  geom_point() + easy_remove_y_axis()

# Remove just the ticks
# Remove y axis
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg)) +
  geom_point() + easy_remove_y_axis(what = "ticks")

Easily remove gridlines

Description

Easily remove any gridlines from a ggplot.

Usage

easy_remove_gridlines(
  axis = c("both", "x", "y"),
  minor = TRUE,
  major = TRUE,
  teach = FALSE
)

easy_remove_x_gridlines(minor = TRUE, major = TRUE, teach = FALSE)

easy_remove_y_gridlines(minor = TRUE, major = TRUE, teach = FALSE)

Arguments

axis

From which axis should grid lines be removed? By default "both".

minor

Should minor grid lines be removed? By default TRUE.

major

Should major grid lines be removed? By default TRUE.

teach

Should the equivalent ggplot2 expression be printed? By default FALSE.

Value

a theme object which can be used in ggplot2 calls

Author(s)

Thomas Neitmann

Examples

library(ggplot2)
p <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(hp, mpg)) +
  geom_point()

# remove all grid lines at once
p + easy_remove_gridlines()

# remove all minor grid lines
p + easy_remove_gridlines(major = FALSE)

# remove all major grid lines
p + easy_remove_gridlines(minor = FALSE)

# remove x gridlines
p + easy_remove_x_gridlines()
# or
p + easy_remove_gridlines(axis = "x")

# remove y gridlines
p + easy_remove_y_gridlines()

Easily remove legend(s)

Description

With no argument, will remove all legends. Provide the name(s) of specific aesthetic to remove only certain legends.

Usage

easy_remove_legend(..., teach = FALSE)

Arguments

...

optional name(s) specific aesthetics for which to remove the legend

teach

print longer equivalent ggplot2 expression?

Value

either a theme object or a guidesobject, both of which can be used in ggplot2 calls

Author(s)

Alicia Schep

Examples


library(ggplot2)

# Remove all legends
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, colour = cyl, size = hp)) +
  geom_point() + easy_remove_legend()

# remove just size legend
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, colour = cyl, size = hp)) +
  geom_point() + easy_remove_legend("size")

# can also use:
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, colour = cyl, size = hp)) +
  geom_point() + easy_remove_legend(size)

# Remove more than one
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, colour = cyl, size = hp)) +
  geom_point() + easy_remove_legend(size, color)

Easily remove legend title Remove the legend title

Description

Easily remove legend title Remove the legend title

Usage

easy_remove_legend_title(teach = FALSE)

Arguments

teach

print longer equivalent ggplot2 expression?

Value

a theme object

Examples

library(ggplot2)
# remove legend title from all aesthetics
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, colour = cyl)) +
  geom_point() + easy_remove_legend_title()

Easily rotate x axis labels

Description

A shortcut to

Usage

easy_rotate_labels(
  which = c("both", "x", "y"),
  angle = 90,
  side = c("left", "middle", "right"),
  teach = FALSE
)

easy_rotate_x_labels(
  angle = 90,
  side = c("left", "middle", "right"),
  teach = FALSE
)

easy_rotate_y_labels(
  angle = 90,
  side = c("left", "middle", "right"),
  teach = FALSE
)

Arguments

which

which axis or axes to rotate, by default "both"

angle

angle through which the text should be rotated. Can also be one of "startattop" or "startatbottom" to define where the text should start.

side

horizontal justification of the text before rotation

teach

print longer equivalent ggplot2 expression?

Details

theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle, hjust))

Value

a theme object which can be used in ggplot2 calls.

Examples

library(ggplot2)
ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, hp)) +
  geom_point() +
  easy_rotate_labels()