How to Adjust the Size of ggplot2 Legend Symbols in R (Example Code)
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to adjust the size of ggplot2 legend symbols in the R programming language.
Preparing the Example
data(iris) # Load data head(iris) # Head of data # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa |
data(iris) # Load data head(iris) # Head of data # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
install.packages("ggplot2") # Install ggplot2 package library("ggplot2") # Load ggplot2 |
install.packages("ggplot2") # Install ggplot2 package library("ggplot2") # Load ggplot2
my_plot <- ggplot(iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width, col = Species)) + # ggplot2 plot of iris geom_point() my_plot # Print plot |
my_plot <- ggplot(iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width, col = Species)) + # ggplot2 plot of iris geom_point() my_plot # Print plot
Example: Adjusting Size of Legend Symbols with guides Function
my_plot + # Using guides function guides(color = guide_legend(override.aes = list(size = 5))) |
my_plot + # Using guides function guides(color = guide_legend(override.aes = list(size = 5)))