axis.title in ggplot2

How to modify axis titles in R and ggplot2.


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Axis Labels

library(plotly)
set.seed(123)

df <- diamonds[sample(1:nrow(diamonds), size = 1000),]

# To set x-axis and y-axis labels use labs()
p <- ggplot(df, aes(carat, price)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(title = "Diamonds", x = "x-axis -> Carat", y = "y-axis -> Price")

fig <- ggplotly(p)

# Alternatively use
p <- ggplot(df, aes(carat, price)) +
  geom_point() +
  ggtitle("Diamonds") +
  xlab("x-axis -> Carat") +
  ylab("y-axis -> Price")

fig <- ggplotly(p)

fig

Axis Title Size

library(plotly)
set.seed(123)

df <- diamonds[sample(1:nrow(diamonds), size = 1000),]

p <- ggplot(df, aes(carat, price)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(title = "Diamonds", x = "x-axis -> Carat", y = "y-axis -> Price") +
  theme(plot.title = element_text(size = 50),
        axis.title.x = element_text(size = 20),
        axis.title.y = element_text(size = 20))

fig <- ggplotly(p)

fig

Axis Title Colors

library(plotly)
set.seed(123)

df <- diamonds[sample(1:nrow(diamonds), size = 1000),]

p <- ggplot(df, aes(carat, price)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(title = "Diamonds", x = "x-axis -> Carat", y = "y-axis -> Price") +
  theme(plot.title = element_text(size = 50, colour = "#668cff"),
        axis.title.x = element_text(size = 20, colour = "#6699ff"),
        axis.title.y = element_text(size = 20, colour = "#ff8080"))

fig <- ggplotly(p)

fig

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What About Dash?

Dash for R is an open-source framework for building analytical applications, with no Javascript required, and it is tightly integrated with the Plotly graphing library.

Learn about how to install Dash for R at https://dashr.plot.ly/installation.

Everywhere in this page that you see fig, you can display the same figure in a Dash for R application by passing it to the figure argument of the Graph component from the built-in dashCoreComponents package like this:

library(plotly)

fig <- plot_ly() 
# fig <- fig %>% add_trace( ... )
# fig <- fig %>% layout( ... ) 

library(dash)
library(dashCoreComponents)
library(dashHtmlComponents)

app <- Dash$new()
app$layout(
    htmlDiv(
        list(
            dccGraph(figure=fig) 
        )
     )
)

app$run_server(debug=TRUE, dev_tools_hot_reload=FALSE)