A complete guide on how to modify the ggplot2 theme
You can use the ggplot2 theme to change the appearance of your visualization. However, it's hard to know all the elements by heart. Use this app as a quick reference to create your own theme. Just navigate through the elements, click to open the sub-navigation and copy and paste each argument straight into our code.
Hover over the theme elements, click to open the sub-navigation and copy the code.
- plot
- plot.background
- border
- thick border
- dashed border
- plot.title
- center title
- font size
- bold text
- font family
- angle
- margin
- vertical
- plot.title.position
- plot.subtitle
- center subtitle
- font size
- bold text
- font family
- angle
- margin
- vertical
- plot.caption
- center caption
- font size
- bold text
- font family
- angle
- margin
- vertical
- plot.tag
- font size
- bold text
- font family
- angle
- margin
- vertical
- plot.tag.position
- topright
- top
- bottom
- bottomleft
- bottomright
- plot.margin
- panel
- background
- remove background
- color border
- spacing
- spacing x-axis
- spacing y-axis
- grid
- remove grid
- make grid less thick
- color grid
- grid.major
- remove major grid
- color grid major
- make grid lines thinner
- grid.major.x
- color grid major x
- remove grid major x
- grid.major.y
- color grid major y
- remove grid major y
- grid.minor
- remove grid minor
- color grid minor
- make grid lines thinner
- grid.minor.x
- color grid minor x
- remove grid minor x
- grid.minor.y
- color grid minor y
- remove grid minor y
- axis
- axis.title
- change color
- bold text
- font size
- move title to the right and top
- change angle
- change font family
- axis.title.x
- change color
- bold text
- font size
- move to the right
- change angle
- change font family
- add margin at the top
- axis.title.y
- change color
- bold text
- font size
- move to the top
- change angle
- change font family
- add margin at the right
- axis.text
- change color
- bold text
- font size
- change angle
- change font family
- axis.text.x
- change color
- bold text
- font size
- change angle
- change font family
- axis.text.y
- change color
- bold text
- font size
- change angle
- change font family
- axis.line
- color lines
- make lines thinner
- make lines thicker
- dashed lines
- round endings
- add arrow
- axis.line.x
- color line
- make line thinner
- make line thicker
- dashed line
- round endings
- add arrow
- axis.line.y
- color line
- make line thinner
- make line thicker
- dashed line
- round endings
- add arrow
- strip
- strip.background
- color background
- remove background
- border color
- increase border size
- strip.background.x
- color background
- remove background
- border color
- increase border size
- strip.background.y
- color background
- remove background
- border color
- increase border size
- strip.text
- color text
- bold text
- increase text size
- font family
- strip.text.x
- color text
- bold text
- increase text size
- font family
- strip.text.y
- color text
- bold text
- increase text size
- font family
- legend
- legend.background
- background
- remove background
- color border
- dashed border
- legend.margin
- no margin
- legend.key
- no background
- color border
- dashed border
- legend.key.size
- zero size
- legend.key.height
- legend.key.width
- legend.text
- color text
- bold text
- font size
- font family
- legend.direction
- vertical (default)
- legend.position
- bottom
- top
- left
- right
- manual position
- legend.title.align
- center title
- legend.justification
- to bottom right
- legend.box
- vertical (default)
- legend.box.background
- color border
- dashed border
- legend.box.just
- left (default)
- legend.box.margin
- margin right
- legend.spacing
- no spacing
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