NEWS
ggplotplus 0.5.6
Main features
geom_point_plus(), a fill+color point geom with a more distinguishable custom shape palette, plus the ability to add custom shapes via add_shape_plus().
geom_jitter_plus(), a jittered wrapper around geom_point_plus().
theme_plus() for Universal Design-inspired ggplot2 defaults.
gridlines_plus() and yaxis_title_plus() helpers for thoughtful gridlines on continuous scales only and horizontally oriented y-axis titles, respectively.
scale_continuous_plus() for forcing labels near the endpoints of continuous scales.
direct_labels_plus() for directly labeling point and line geometries as an alternative to a legend.
scale_focus_plus() for using color to create a "focus mode" version of a graph to visually emphasize some groups and de-emphasize others.
Latest features
direct_labels_plus() added as an experimental/trial feature.
scale_focus_plus() added as an experimental/trial feature.
- Coaching messages for plots with too many requested discrete colour, fill, or shape values for easy distinguishability.
- Coaching messages when scale titles appear to use raw column names instead of something potentially more human-readable.
- Added a session-level option,
ggplotplus.enable_coaching, to disable coaching messages globally.
- Helper functions supporting use of
ggplotplus graphs with cowplot and patchwork. See ggplotplus_to_*.