theme_get
to get the current theme, and theme_set
to
completely override it. theme_update
and theme_replace
are
shorthands for changing individual elements.
theme_get()
theme_set(new)
theme_update(...)
theme_replace(...)
e1 %+replace% e2
theme_set
, theme_update
, and theme_replace
invisibly return the previous theme so you can easily save it, then
later restore it.
+
and %+replace%
can be used to modify elements in themes. +
updates the elements of e1 that differ from elements specified (not
NULL) in e2. Thus this operator can be used to incrementally add or modify
attributes of a ggplot theme. In contrast, %+replace%
replaces the entire element; any element of
a theme not specified in e2 will not be present in the resulting theme (i.e.
NULL). Thus this operator can be used to overwrite an entire theme. theme_update
uses the +
operator, so that any unspecified
values in the theme element will default to the values they are set in the
theme. theme_replace
uses %+replace%
tocompletely replace
the element, so any unspecified values will overwrite the current value in
the theme with NULL
s.+.gg
p <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) + geom_point() p # Use theme_set() to completely override the current theme. # Here we have the old theme so we can later restore it. # Note that the theme is applied when the plot is drawn, not # when it is created. old <- theme_set(theme_bw()) p theme_set(old) p # Modifying theme objects ----------------------------------------- # You can use + and %+replace% to modify a theme object. # They differ in how they deal with missing arguments in # the theme elements. add_el <- theme_grey() + theme(text = element_text(family = "Times")) add_el$text rep_el <- theme_grey() %+replace% theme(text = element_text(family = "Times")) rep_el$text # theme_update() and theme_replace() are similar except they # apply directly to the current/active theme.
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