R - Adapt plot area of several ggplot for grid.arrange, consistent width
Small function created with the help of the Stackoverflow community to have consistent width for ggplot and grid.arrange:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/57594738/2444948
same.size.ggplot <- function(vector.string.graph, # a vector of strings which correspond to Robject ggplot graphs
reference.string.graph, # a string of a Robject ggplot graphs where height and/or height will be taken for reference
width = T, # if you wanna adapat only the width
height = F # if you wanna adapat only the height
) {
# example: same.size.ggplot(p0rep(c("a", "b"), thre), "a30")
which(vector.string.graph %in% reference.string.graph)
newref <- ggplotGrob(get(reference.string.graph))
ref.width <- newref$widths
ref.height <- newref$heights
assign(reference.string.graph, newref, env = parent.frame(1))
for(i in seq_along(vector.string.graph)) {
if(vector.string.graph[i] != reference.string.graph) {
new <- ggplotGrob(get(vector.string.graph[i]))
if( width ) {
new$widths <- ref.width
}
if( height ) {
new$heights <- ref.height
}
assign(vector.string.graph[i], new, env = parent.frame(1))
}
}
}
p1 <- ggplot(data.frame(x=c("a","b","c"),y=c("happy","sad","ambivalent about life")),aes(x=factor(0),fill=x)) + geom_bar()
p2 <- ggplot(data.frame(x=c("a","b","c"),y=c("happy","sad","ambivalent about life")),aes(x=factor(0),fill=y)) + geom_bar()
p3 <- ggplot(data.frame(x=c("a","b","c"),y=c("Crazy happy","sad","Just follow the flow")),aes(x=factor(0),fill=y)) + geom_bar()
grid.arrange(p1, p2, p3, ncol = 1)
same.size.ggplot(c("p1", "p2", "p3"), "p2") # same as same.size.ggplot(c("p2", "p3"), "p1")
grid.arrange(p1, p2, p3, ncol = 1)
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