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Preview ggplot in Specified Dimensions

Source: R/ggpreview.R
ggpreview.Rd

This function previews a ggplot in its actual dimensions in order to see how it will look when saved. It is also significantly faster than the default preview in RStudio for ggplots created using cfbplotR. This is copied directly from nflplotR

Usage

ggpreview(
  plot = ggplot2::last_plot(),
  width = NA,
  height = NA,
  asp = NULL,
  dpi = 300,
  device = "png",
  units = c("in", "cm", "mm", "px"),
  scale = 1,
  limitsize = TRUE,
  bg = NULL,
  ...
)

Arguments

plot

Plot to save, defaults to last plot displayed.

width, height, units

Plot size in units ("in", "cm", "mm", or "px"). If not supplied, uses the size of current graphics device.

asp

The aspect ratio of the plot calculated as width / height. If this is a numeric value (and not NULL) the height of the plot will be recalculated to height = width / asp.

dpi

Plot resolution. Also accepts a string input: "retina" (320), "print" (300), or "screen" (72). Applies only to raster output types.

device

Device to use. Can either be a device function (e.g. png), or one of "eps", "ps", "tex" (pictex), "pdf", "jpeg", "tiff", "png", "bmp", "svg" or "wmf" (windows only).

scale

Multiplicative scaling factor.

limitsize

When TRUE (the default), ggsave() will not save images larger than 50x50 inches, to prevent the common error of specifying dimensions in pixels.

bg

Background colour. If NULL, uses the plot.background fill value from the plot theme.

...

Other arguments passed on to the graphics device function, as specified by device.

Examples

library(cfbplotR)
library(ggplot2)

team <- valid_team_names()
# remove conference logos from this example
team <- team[1:20]

df <- data.frame(
  random_value = runif(length(team), 0, 1),
  teams = team
)

# use logos for x-axis
# note that the plot is assigned to the object "p"
p <- ggplot(df, aes(x = teams, y = random_value)) +
  geom_col(aes(color = teams, fill = teams), width = 0.5) +
  scale_color_cfb(alt_colors = valid_team_names()) +
  scale_fill_cfb(alpha = 0.7) +
  scale_x_cfb() +
  theme_minimal() +
  theme_x_cfb()

# preview p with defined width and aspect ratio (only available in RStudio)
if (rstudioapi::isAvailable()){
  ggpreview(p, width = 5, asp = 16/9)
}