sm_common_legend {smplot2}

Creating a common legend for subplots on a separate panel

Description

Creating a common legend for subplots on a separate panel

Usage

sm_common_legend(
  x = 0.5,
  y = 0.5,
  title = FALSE,
  direction = "vertical",
  border = TRUE,
  legend_spacing = 0.5,
  border_color = "black",
  textRatio = 1
)

Arguments

x

Location of the legend along the x-axis. Default is the middle origin (0.5).

y

Location of the legend along the y-axis. Default is the middle origin (0.5).

title

Title of the legend. Input should be string

direction

Direction of the legend: 'horizontal' or 'vertical'.

border

If set TRUE, border around the legend will be created. If set FALSE, the border will be removed.

legend_spacing

Spacing within the legend.

border_color

Color of the legend border

textRatio

Size of the text relative to the plot's default. It has been set to 1.2. The larger the textRatio, the larger the texts in the legend.

Value

It prints a legend on a blank plot. It can be used to create a common legend for subplots.

Examples

library(ggplot2)
library(smplot2)
ggplot(data = mtcars, mapping = aes(x = drat, y = mpg,
fill = as.factor(cyl))) +
 geom_point(shape = 21, color = 'white', size = 3) +
 sm_common_legend(x = .5, y = 0.5 , direction='horizontal',
                  border=FALSE)