Well, the margin is being set large enough to accommodate the labels. So if you want narrower margins just shorten the labels:
library(stringr) P + scale_x_discrete(labels = function(x) str_wrap(x, width=12)) HTH, Ista On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Frans Marcelissen <frans.marcelis...@digipsy.nl> wrote: > Is it possible to set the margin in ggplot2 to a fixed size? I create many > plots, and I want them to look the same. > > Especially I want them to have the same left margin. > > But > > P<-ggplot()+geom_bar(aes(c("short label1","short > label2"),runif(2)))+coord_flip() > > P<-creates a plot with another margin as > > ggplot()+geom_bar(aes(c("very very very very long label1","short > label2"),runif(2)))+coord_flip() > > > > In the standard plot system margins can be set with par(mar=c(...)), but > this doesn't work in ggplot2 > > I thought I could do it with plot.margin, but > > p+theme(plot.margin= unit(c(0, 0, 0,3), "cm")) > > doesn't work,it adds extra, external margins. > > Does anyone know a solution? > > Thanks > > Frans > > ------------------- > dr F.H.G. (Frans) Marcelissen > DigiPsy ( <http://www.digipsy.nl/> www.DigiPsy.nl) > Pomperschans 26 > 5595 AV Leende > tel: 040 7630487 (let op: nieuw nummer, oude nummer blijft actief) > skype adres: frans.marcelissen > email: <mailto:frans.marcelis...@digipsy.nl> frans.marcelis...@digipsy.nl > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.