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This article shows how to change a ggplot theme background color and grid lines. The default theme of a ggplot2 graph has a grey background color. You can easily and quickly change this to a white background color by using the theme functions, such...

In this R graphics tutorial, we present a gallery of ggplot themes. You’ll learn how to: Change the default ggplot theme by using the list of the standard themes available in ggplot2 R package. Our selection of best ggplot themes for professional publications or...

This R graphics tutorial shows how to customize a ggplot legend. you will learn how to: Change the legend title and text labels Modify the legend position. In the default setting of ggplot2, the legend is placed on the right of the plot. We’ll...

This article describes how to format ggplot date axis using the R functions scale_x_date() and scale_y_date(). In this R graphics tutorial, you’ll learn how to: Change date axis labels using different combinations of days, weeks, months, year Modify date axis limits. Contents: Key ggplot2...

This article describes how to create a ggplot with a log scale. This can be done easily using the ggplot2 functions scale_x_continuous() and scale_y_continuous(), which make it possible to set log2 or log10 axis scale. An other possibility is the function scale_x_log10() and scale_y_log10(),...

This article describes how to easily set ggplot axis ticks for both x and y axes. We’ll also explain how to rotate axis labels by specifying a rotation angle. In this R graphics tutorial, you will learn how to: Change the font style (size,...

This article describes R functions for changing ggplot axis limits (or scales). We’ll describe how to specify the minimum and the maximum values of axes. Among the different functions available in ggplot2 for setting the axis range, the coord_cartesian() function is the most preferred,...

This article describes how to change ggplot axis labels (or axis title). This can be done easily using the R function labs() or the functions xlab() and ylab(). In this R graphics tutorial, you will learn how to: Remove the x and y axis...

This article describes how to add and change a main title, a subtitle and a caption to a graph generated using the ggplot2 R package. We’ll show also how to center the title position, as well as, how to change the title font size...