I'm using element_textbox_simple()
from ggtext
to wrap facet labels in my ggplot2
theme. But the strip height doesn't seem to increase with the additional lines. How do I get the textbox to wrap correctly?
I've considered using the labeller = label_wrap_gen()
argument in facet_grid()
, but I feel element_textbox()
is more generalisable to different facet sizes/counts.
library(ggplot2)
library(ggtext)
mpg2 <- mpg
mpg2$drv[mpg2$drv == '4'] <- 'This is a long way of writing Four-weel drive vehicle'
mpg2$cyl[mpg2$cyl == 8] <- 'This is a long way of writing Eight-cylinder vehicle, which is very powerful'
ggplot(mpg2, aes(displ, cty)) +
geom_point() +
facet_grid(vars(drv), vars(cyl)) +
theme(
strip.background = element_rect(fill = 'black', colour = 'black'),
strip.text.x = ggtext::element_textbox_simple(colour = 'red', face = 'bold', size = 10, hjust = 0.5, vjust = 0.5, halign = 0.5, valign = 0.5),
strip.text.y = ggtext::element_textbox_simple(colour = 'red', face = 'bold', size = 10, hjust = 0.5, vjust = 0.5, halign = 0.5, valign = 0.5, orientation = "right-rotated")
)
For the strip text
, the proposed solution is to use ggtext::element textbox()
, which can wrap text depending on the available width. However, we are then confronted with a new issue: the height of the wrapped text cannot be determined automatically.
Sample code:
library(ggplot2)
library(ggtext)
ggplot(mpg2, aes(displ, cty)) +
geom_point() +
facet_grid(vars(drv), vars(cyl))+
theme(
strip.background = element_rect(fill = 'black', colour = 'black'),
strip.text.x = ggtext::element_textbox_simple( width = unit(1, "npc"),
height = unit(10 * 0.5, "lines"),
colour = 'red',
face = 'bold',
size = 10,
hjust = 0.5,
vjust = 0.5,
halign = 0.5,
valign = 0.5),
strip.text.y = ggtext::element_textbox_simple(width = unit(1, "npc"),
height = unit(10 * 0.5, "lines"),
colour = 'red', face = 'bold', size = 10,
hjust = 0.5,
vjust = 0.5,
halign = 0.5,
valign = 0.5,
orientation = "right-rotated"))
Plot:
Sample data:
mpg2 <- mpg
mpg2$drv[mpg2$drv == '4'] <- 'This is a long way of writing Four-weel drive vehicle'
mpg2$cyl[mpg2$cyl == 8] <- 'This is a long way of writing Eight-cylinder vehicle, which is very powerful'