patchwork (version 0.0.1)

plot_spacer: Add a completely blank area

Description

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

Usage

plot_spacer()

Value

A ggplot object containing an empty plot

Examples

# 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")))

# }