Moving the legend
Let's wrap up this course by making a publication-ready plot communicating a clear message.
To change stylistic elements of a plot, call theme() and set plot properties to a new value. For example, the following changes the legend position.
p + theme(legend.position = new_value)
Here, the new value can be
"top","bottom","left", or"right'": place it at that side of the plot."none": don't draw it.c(x, y):c(0, 0)means the bottom-left andc(1, 1)means the top-right.
Let's revisit the recession period line plot (assigned to plt_prop_unemployed_over_time).
This exercise is part of the course
Introduction to Data Visualization with ggplot2
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# View the default plot
plt_prop_unemployed_over_time
# Remove legend entirely
plt_prop_unemployed_over_time +
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