ggplot2 (version 2.0.0)

theme_update: Get, set and update themes.

Description

Use theme_update to modify a small number of elements of the current theme or use theme_set to completely override it.

Usage

theme_update(...)
theme_get()
theme_set(new)

Arguments

...

named list of theme settings

new

new theme (a list of theme elements)

See Also

%+replace% and +.gg

Examples

p <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
  geom_point()
p
old <- theme_set(theme_bw())
p
theme_set(old)
p

old <- theme_update(panel.background = element_rect(colour = "pink"))
p
theme_set(old)
theme_get()

ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
  geom_point(aes(color = mpg)) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.95, 0.95),
        legend.justification = c(1, 1))
last_plot() +
 theme(legend.background = element_rect(fill = "white", colour = "white", size = 3))