Move legend to a specific position — legend_position • fundr

A convenience function that returns a theme element to control legend position in ggplot2 plots.

Usage

legend_position(
  position = c("bottom", "top", "left", "right", "none"),
  direction = NULL,
  box = c("vertical", "horizontal")
)

Arguments

position: Legend position: "bottom", "top", "left", "right", or "none".
direction: Legend direction: "horizontal" or "vertical". Defaults to horizontal for bottom/top, vertical for left/right.
box: How to arrange multiple legends: "horizontal" or "vertical".

Value

A ggplot2 theme object that can be added to a plot.

See also

Other theme: fundr_use_google_font(), legend_bottom(), theme_fundr()

Examples

library(ggplot2)

# Legend on the right (default ggplot behavior)
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, color = factor(cyl))) +
  geom_point() +
  legend_position("right")


# Remove legend
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, color = factor(cyl))) +
  geom_point() +
  legend_position("none")