Custom colour steps guide

Similar to guide_coloursteps(), this guide displays continuous colour or fill aesthetics. It has additional options to display caps at the end of the bar, depending on out-of-bounds values.

Usage

guide_colsteps(
  title = waiver(),
  key = "bins",
  first_guide = "axis_base",
  second_guide = "axis_base",
  shape = "triangle",
  size = NULL,
  show = NA,
  alpha = NA,
  reverse = FALSE,
  oob = scales::oob_keep,
  theme = NULL,
  position = waiver(),
  vanilla = TRUE,
  available_aes = c("colour", "fill")
)

Arguments

title

A <character[1]> or <expression[1]> indicating the title of the guide. If NULL, the title is not shown. The default, waiver(), takes the name of the scale object or the name specified in labs() as the title.

key

A bins key specificiation. Defaults to key_bins(even.steps = FALSE, show.limits = NULL). Changing the arguments to key_bins() is fine, but changing the key type is not advised.

first_guide, second_guide

Guides to flank the colour steps. Each guide can be specified using one of the following:

• A <Guide> class object.

• A <function> that returns a <Guide> class object.

• A <character> naming such a function, without the guide_ or primitive_ prefix.

The first_guide will be placed at the location specified by the legend.text.position theme setting. The second_guide will be placed opposite that position. When second_guide has a label suppression mechanism, no labels will be drawn for that guide.

shape

A cap specification by providing one of the following:

• A cap <function>, such as cap_triangle().

• A <character[1]> naming a cap function without the 'cap_'-prefix, e.g. "round".

• A two column <matrix[n, 2]> giving coordinates for a cap, like those created by cap functions such as cap_arch().

size

A <unit> setting the size of the cap. When NULL (default), cap size will be proportional to the shape coordinates and the legend.key.size theme setting.

show

A <logical> to control how caps are displayed at the ends of the bar. When TRUE, caps are always displayed. When FALSE, caps are never displayed. When NA (default), caps are displayed when the data range exceed the limits. When given as <logical[2]>, show[1] controls the display at the lower end and show[2] at the upper end.

alpha

A <numeric[1]> between 0 and 1 setting the colour transparency of the bar. Use NA to preserve the alpha encoded in the colour itself.

reverse

A <logical[1]> whether to reverse continuous guides. If TRUE, guides like colour bars are flipped. If FALSE (default), the original order is maintained.

oob

An out-of-bounds handling function that affects the cap colour. Can be one of the following:

• A <function> like oob_squish.

• A <character[1]> naming such a function without the 'oob'-prefix, such as "keep".

theme

A <theme> object to style the guide individually or differently from the plot's theme settings. The theme argument in the guide overrides and is combined with the plot's theme.

position

A <character[1]> giving the location of the guide. Can be one of "top", "bottom", "left" or "right".

vanilla

A <logical[1]> whether to have the default style match the vanilla guide_colourbar() (TRUE) or take the theme verbatim (FALSE).

available_aes

A <character> vector listing the aesthetics for which this guide can be build.

Value

A <Guide> object

Details

As steps are rendered as clipped rectangles, it is important to use a graphics device that can render clipped paths. This can be checked by using check_device("clippingPaths").

See also

Other standalone guides: guide_axis_base(), guide_axis_nested(), guide_colbar(), guide_colring(), guide_legend_base(), guide_legend_cross(), guide_legend_group()

Examples

p <- ggplot(mpg, aes(displ, hwy)) +
  geom_point(aes(colour = cty))

# The colour steps show caps when values are out-of-bounds
p + scale_colour_viridis_b(
  limits = c(10, NA),
  guide = "colsteps"
)


# It also shows how oob values are handled
p + scale_colour_viridis_b(
  limits = c(10, 30), oob = scales::oob_censor,
  guide = "colsteps"
)


# Adjusting the type of cap
p + scale_colour_viridis_b(
  limits = c(10, 30),
  guide = guide_colsteps(shape = "round")
)


# The default is to use the breaks as-is
p + scale_colour_viridis_b(
  limits = c(10, 30), breaks = c(10, 20, 25),
  guide = "colsteps"
)


# But the display can be set to use evenly spaced steps
p + scale_colour_viridis_b(
  limits = c(10, 30), breaks = c(10, 20, 25),
  guide = guide_colsteps(key = key_bins(even.steps = TRUE))
)


# Using tick marks by swapping side guides
p + scale_colour_viridis_b(
  guide = guide_colsteps(
    first_guide  = "axis_base",
    second_guide = "axis_base"
  )
)