[R-sig-eco] Having issue trying to get plot to have plain-white background

[Mollie Brooks]

Hi Bruce,

I like to use this line by default so that all the plots have white backgrounds.

library(ggplot2); theme_set(theme_bw())

I’m sure it’s also possible to use theme_bw() on individual plots somehow, but I haven’t tried.

cheers,
Mollie

> On 15Jun 2019, at 18:16, Bruce Miller <batsncats using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, This is not directly an R-Ecology question but neither the 
> general R help forum nor GGplot forums has any responses.
> This is an ecology based application however LOL
> 
> 
> I need to save plots for a publication but can not seem to get he syntax 
> correct to have GGPLOT use only a white background vs. the default gray one.
> 
> I have tried the various themes but nothing seems to work.
> This is the existing code for the plot and followed by what I have tried 
> to no avail.
> 
> Works with gray plot frame backgrounds
> 
> 
> ggplot(polished, aes(x =Night, y = Time, colour = Species)) +
> 
> geom_point() +
> 
> **scale_colour_hue(l=40)+
> 
> ggtitle(label = ' Linderos temporal activity')+
> 
> facet_grid(. ~ Night) +facet_wrap(facets = ~Species)+
> 
> scale_y_continuous(labels = label_hours, breaks = break_hours) +
> 
> theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 270))
> 
> Trying theme bw does not seem to work!
> I did also load one of the "themes" packages to see if that was the 
> issue.  Not.
> 
> ggplot(polished, aes(x =Night, y = Time, colour = Species)) +
> 
> geom_point() +
> 
> **scale_colour_hue(l=40)+
> 
> ggtitle(label = 'Temporal activty')+
> 
> facet_grid(. ~ Night) +facet_wrap(facets = ~Species)+
> 
> scale_y_continuous(labels = label_hours, breaks = break_hours) +
> 
> *theme_b**w*(axis.text.x=element_text(angle = 270))
> 
> 
> Any guidance on correct syntax/usage to plot clean-white plot back 
> ground  welcomed.
> 
> Bruce
> 
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