patchwork (version 1.0.0)

plot_spacer: Add a completely blank area

Description

This simple wrapper creates an empty transparant patch that can be added to push your other plots apart. The patch responds to adding theme() specifications, but only plot.background will have an effect.

Usage

plot_spacer()

Arguments

Value

A ggplot object containing an empty plot

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
library(ggplot2)

p1 <- ggplot(mtcars) + geom_point(aes(mpg, disp))
p2 <- ggplot(mtcars) + geom_boxplot(aes(gear, disp, group = gear))

p1 + plot_spacer() + p2


# To have more control over spacing, you can use the `plot.margin`
# parameter for `theme()` on each individual plot.

(p1 + theme(plot.margin = unit(c(0,30,0,0), "pt"))) +
(p2 + theme(plot.margin = unit(c(0,0,0,30), "pt")))

# }

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