Simple interface to generate a list appropriate for draw.key
simpleKey(text, points = TRUE,
rectangles = FALSE,
lines = FALSE,
col, cex, alpha, font,
fontface, fontfamily,
lineheight, ...)A list that would work as the key argument to
xyplot, etc.
character or expression vector, to be used as labels for levels of the grouping variable
logical
logical
logical
Used as top-level components of the list produced, to be used for
the text labels. Defaults to the values in
trellis.par.get("add.text")
further arguments added to the list, eventually passed to
draw.key
Deepayan Sarkar Deepayan.Sarkar@R-project.org
A lattice plot can include a legend (key) if an appropriate list is
specified as the key argument to a high level Lattice function
such as xyplot. This key can be very flexible, but that
flexibility comes at a cost: this list needs to be fairly complicated
even in simple situations. simpleKey is designed as a useful
shortcut in the common case of a key drawn in conjunction with a
grouping variable, using the default graphical settings.
The simpleKey function produces a suitable key argument
using a simpler interface. The resulting list will use the
text argument as a text component, along with at most one set
each of points, rectangles, and lines. The number of entries (rows)
in the key will be the length of the text component. The
graphical parameters for the additional components will be derived
from the default graphical settings (wherein lies the simplification,
as otherwise these would have to be provided explicitly).
Calling simpleKey directly is usually unnecessary. It is most
commonly invoked (during the plotting of the "trellis" object)
when the auto.key argument is supplied in a high-level plot
with a groups argument. In that case, the text argument
of simpleKey defaults to levels(groups), and the
defaults for the other arguments depend on the relevant high-level
function. Note that these defaults can be overridden by supplying
auto.key as a list containing the replacement values.
Lattice, draw.key,
trellis.par.get, and
xyplot, specifically the entry for auto.key.