Switch ggplot2 Facet Plot Labels from Top to Bottom in R (Example Code)
In this article you’ll learn how to switch facet plot labels to the bottom of each panel in the R programming language.
Setting up the Example
data(iris) # Example data head(iris) # 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 & load ggplot2 library("ggplot2") |
ggplot(iris, # Facet plot labels on top aes(x = Sepal.Width, y = Petal.Width)) + geom_point() + facet_grid(~ Species) |
Example: How to Switch facet_grid Labels to the Bottom of Plot
ggplot(iris, # Facet plot labels at the bottom aes(x = Sepal.Width, y = Petal.Width)) + geom_point() + facet_grid(~ Species, switch = "both") |
Further Resources & Related Tutorials
Below, you can find some additional resources on topics such as plot legends, graphics in R, ggplot2, and labels.