removeGrid {ggExtra}

Remove grid lines from ggplot2

Description

Remove grid lines from a ggplot2 plot, to have a cleaner and simpler plot

Usage

removeGrid(x = TRUE, y = TRUE)

removeGridX()

removeGridY()

Arguments

x

Whether to remove grid lines from the x axis.

y

Whether to remove grid lines from the y axis.

Details

Minor grid lines are always removed.

removeGrid removes the major grid lines from the x and/or y axis (both by default).

removeGridX is a shortcut for removeGrid(x = TRUE, y = FALSE)

removeGridY is a shortcut for removeGrid(x = FALSE, y = TRUE)

Value

A ggplot2 layer that can be added to an existing ggplot2 object.

Examples

df <- data.frame(x = 1:50, y = 1:50)
p <- ggplot2::ggplot(df, ggplot2::aes(x, y)) + ggplot2::geom_point()
p + removeGrid()
p + removeGrid(y = FALSE)
p + removeGridX()