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theme_ridges

A custom theme specifically for use with ridgeline plots

Description

This theme has some special modifications that make ridgeline plots look better, such as properly aligned y axis labels. It can draw plots with and without background grids (see examples).

Usage

theme_ridges(
  font_size = 14,
  font_family = "",
  line_size = 0.5,
  grid = TRUE,
  center_axis_labels = FALSE
)

Arguments

`font_size`	Overall font size. Default is 14.
`font_family`	Default font family.
`line_size`	Default line size.
`grid`	If `TRUE` (default), a background grid is drawn. If `FALSE`, background is left empty.
`center_axis_labels`	If `TRUE`, axis labels are drawn centered. If `FALSE` (default), axis lables are drawn right/top-aligned.

Value

The theme.

Examples

library(ggplot2)

# Example with background grid
ggplot(iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Species, group = Species)) +
  geom_density_ridges(rel_min_height = 0.005) +
  scale_y_discrete(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
  scale_x_continuous(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
  theme_ridges()

# Example without background grid
ggplot(iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Species, group = Species)) +
  geom_density_ridges() +
  scale_y_discrete(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
  scale_x_continuous(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
  theme_ridges(grid = FALSE)

ggridges

Ridgeline Plots in 'ggplot2'

v0.5.3

GPL-2 | file LICENSE

Authors

Claus O. Wilke [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7470-9261>)

Initial release