If you are using base graphics: Create an outer margin using something like: par(oma=c(0,0,3,0))
Then use mtext with the outer argument to place the text in the outer margin. Hope this helps, -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.s...@imail.org 801.408.8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Payam Minoofar > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:51 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Placing text outside graph boundary > > Hello, > > Is possible to place a label on a multipanel figure outside the > boundaries of any single one of the existing graphs in a panel? > > Specifically, I have a function that creates a panel with quartz() and > then fills it with 6 graphs consisting of exactly the same plot for 6 > different groups. I would like to add one title for the entire figure > at the top of the figure, but I cannot figure out how to do that > without anchoring the title one of the graphs. > > Is it possible to do that? > > Thank you very much. > > Payam > -- > Payam Minoofar, Ph.D. > Scientist > Meissner Filtration Products > 4181 Calle Tesoro > Camarillo, CA 93012 > USA > +1 805 388 9911 > +1 805 388 5948 fax > payam.minoo...@meissner.com > > > [[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.
