Package 'ggbrace'

Title: Curly Braces for 'ggplot2'
Description: Provides curly braces and square brackets in 'ggplot2' plus matching text. stat_brace() plots braces/brackets to embrace data. stat_bracetext() plots corresponding text, fitting to the braces from stat_brace().
Authors: Nicolas Huber [aut, cre, cph]
Maintainer: Nicolas Huber <[email protected]>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Version: 0.1.2
Built: 2026-06-03 08:33:29 UTC
Source: https://github.com/nicolash2/ggbrace

Help Index

Imports: stats

Description

Imports: stats

Usage

.coordCorrection(
  x,
  y,
  rotate,
  mid,
  textdistance = NULL,
  distance,
  outerstart,
  width,
  outside,
  bending,
  discreteAxis = FALSE
)

Arguments

x

vector, x values of all data points
y

vector, y value of all data points
rotate

number in degrees. Defines where the brace points to: 0=up (default), 90=right, 180=down, 270=left
mid

number from 0.25 to 0.75. Position of the pointer within the brace space. If NULL (default), will be determined by data.
textdistance

number. Distance of the label to the brace pointer
distance

number. Space between the brace and the nearest data point. If NULL (default), will be determined by data.
outerstart

number. If not NULL, overwrites distance and sets all braces to the same origin
width

number. Distance from the brace's start to its tip. If NULL (default), will be determined by data.
outside

boolean. If TRUE (default), brace is next to the data area. If FALSE, brace is inside the data area
bending

number from 0 to 0.5. Determines bend of the brace curves (0=rectangular). If NULL (default), will be determined by data. If too high, values will result in zick-zack lines
discreteAxis

boolean. Set to TRUE if the axis along which the brace expands is discrete (often true for bar graphs)

Imports: stats

Description

Imports: stats

Usage

.seekBrace(x, y, rotate, bending, npoints, bracketType)

Arguments

x

vector, x values of all data points
y

vector, y value of all data points
rotate

number in degrees. Defines where the brace points to: 0=up (default), 90=right, 180=down, 270=left
bending

number from 0 to 0.5. Determines bend of the brace curves (0=rectangular). If NULL (default), will be determined by data. If too high, values will result in zick-zack lines
npoints

integer. Number of points generated for the brace curves. Will be rounded to be a multiple of 4 for calculation purposes.
bracketType

text choice. Either "curly" (default) or "square"

create curly braces as a layer in ggplot

Description

Imports: ggplot2

Usage

stat_brace(
  mapping = NULL,
  data = NULL,
  ...,
  rotate = 0,
  width = NULL,
  mid = NULL,
  outside = TRUE,
  distance = NULL,
  outerstart = NULL,
  bending = NULL,
  show.legend = FALSE,
  inherit.aes = TRUE,
  discreteAxis = FALSE,
  bracketType = "curly",
  npoints = 100
)

Arguments

mapping

Set of aesthetic mappings created by aes(). If specified and inherit.aes = TRUE (the default), it is combined with the default mapping at the top level of the plot. You must supply mapping if there is no plot mapping.
data

The data to be displayed in this layer. There are three options:

If NULL, the default, the data is inherited from the plot data as specified in the call to ggplot().

A data.frame, or other object, will override the plot data. All objects will be fortified to produce a data frame. See fortify() for which variables will be created.

A function will be called with a single argument, the plot data. The return value must be a data.frame, and will be used as the layer data. A function can be created from a formula (e.g. ~ head(.x, 10)).
...

Other arguments passed on to layer()'s params argument. These arguments broadly fall into one of 4 categories below. Notably, further arguments to the position argument, or aesthetics that are required can not be passed through .... Unknown arguments that are not part of the 4 categories below are ignored.

  • Static aesthetics that are not mapped to a scale, but are at a fixed value and apply to the layer as a whole. For example, colour = "red" or linewidth = 3. The geom's documentation has an Aesthetics section that lists the available options. The 'required' aesthetics cannot be passed on to the params. Please note that while passing unmapped aesthetics as vectors is technically possible, the order and required length is not guaranteed to be parallel to the input data.

  • When constructing a layer using a ⁠stat_*()⁠ function, the ... argument can be used to pass on parameters to the geom part of the layer. An example of this is stat_density(geom = "area", outline.type = "both"). The geom's documentation lists which parameters it can accept.

  • Inversely, when constructing a layer using a ⁠geom_*()⁠ function, the ... argument can be used to pass on parameters to the stat part of the layer. An example of this is geom_area(stat = "density", adjust = 0.5). The stat's documentation lists which parameters it can accept.

  • The key_glyph argument of layer() may also be passed on through .... This can be one of the functions described as key glyphs, to change the display of the layer in the legend.

rotate

number in degrees. Defines where the brace points to: 0=up (default), 90=right, 180=down, 270=left
width

number. Distance from the brace's start to its tip. If NULL (default), will be determined by data.
mid

number from 0.25 to 0.75. Position of the pointer within the brace space. If NULL (default), will be determined by data.
outside

boolean. If TRUE (default), brace is next to the data area. If FALSE, brace is inside the data area
distance

number. Space between the brace and the nearest data point. If NULL (default), will be determined by data.
outerstart

number. If not NULL, overwrites distance and sets all braces to the same origin
bending

number from 0 to 0.5. Determines bend of the brace curves (0=rectangular). If NULL (default), will be determined by data. If too high, values will result in zick-zack lines
show.legend

logical. Should this layer be included in the legends? NA, the default, includes if any aesthetics are mapped. FALSE never includes, and TRUE always includes. It can also be a named logical vector to finely select the aesthetics to display.
inherit.aes

If FALSE, overrides the default aesthetics, rather than combining with them. This is most useful for helper functions that define both data and aesthetics and shouldn't inherit behaviour from the default plot specification, e.g. borders().
discreteAxis

boolean. Set to TRUE if the axis along which the brace expands is discrete (often true for bar graphs)
bracketType

text choice. Either "curly" (default) or "square"
npoints

integer. Number of points generated for the brace curves. Will be rounded to be a multiple of 4 for calculation purposes.

Value

ggplot2 layer object (geom_path) that can directly be added to a ggplot2 object.

Examples

library(ggbrace)
library(ggplot2)
data(iris)

# regular braces
ggplot(iris, aes(x=Sepal.Length, y=Sepal.Width, color=Species, label=Species)) +
 geom_point() +
 stat_brace()

 # rotated braces
ggplot(iris, aes(x=Sepal.Length, y=Sepal.Width, color=Species, label=Species)) +
 geom_point() +
 stat_brace(rotate = 90)

 # braces inside the given coordinates
ggplot(iris, aes(x=Sepal.Length, y=Sepal.Width, color=Species, label=Species)) +
 geom_point() +
 stat_brace(outside = FALSE)

 # braces with a defined distance from their data points
ggplot(iris, aes(x=Sepal.Length, y=Sepal.Width, color=Species, label=Species)) +
 geom_point() +
 stat_brace(distance = 2)

 # braces starting at a defined point
ggplot(iris, aes(x=Sepal.Length, y=Sepal.Width, color=Species, label=Species)) +
 geom_point() +
 stat_brace(outerstart = 5)

 # braces starting at a defined point and with defined width
ggplot(iris, aes(x=Sepal.Length, y=Sepal.Width, color=Species, label=Species)) +
 geom_point() +
 stat_brace(outerstart = 5, width = 1)

 # braces starting at a defined point and with defined width and defined curve bending
ggplot(iris, aes(x=Sepal.Length, y=Sepal.Width, color=Species, label=Species)) +
 geom_point() +
 stat_brace(outerstart = 5, width = 1, bending = 0.1)

 # braces outside of the plotting area
ggplot(iris, aes(x=Sepal.Length, y=Sepal.Width, color=Species, label=Species)) +
 geom_point() +
 stat_brace(outerstart = 4.5) +
 coord_cartesian(y=range(iris$Sepal.Width), clip = "off") +
 theme(plot.margin = unit(c(0.25, 0.11, 0.11, 0.11), units="npc"))

 # braces with discrete axes
 df <- iris
 df$Group <- substring(iris$Species,1,1)
 ggplot(df, aes(x=Species, y=Sepal.Length, group=Group)) +
   geom_jitter() +
   stat_brace(discreteAxis=TRUE)

create text for curly braces as a layer in ggplot

Description

Imports: ggplot2

Usage

stat_bracetext(
  mapping = NULL,
  data = NULL,
  geom = "text",
  position = "identity",
  ...,
  rotate = 0,
  width = NULL,
  mid = NULL,
  outside = TRUE,
  distance = NULL,
  outerstart = NULL,
  textdistance = NULL,
  show.legend = FALSE,
  inherit.aes = TRUE
)

Arguments

mapping

Set of aesthetic mappings created by aes(). If specified and inherit.aes = TRUE (the default), it is combined with the default mapping at the top level of the plot. You must supply mapping if there is no plot mapping.
data

The data to be displayed in this layer. There are three options:

If NULL, the default, the data is inherited from the plot data as specified in the call to ggplot().

A data.frame, or other object, will override the plot data. All objects will be fortified to produce a data frame. See fortify() for which variables will be created.

A function will be called with a single argument, the plot data. The return value must be a data.frame, and will be used as the layer data. A function can be created from a formula (e.g. ~ head(.x, 10)).
geom

The geometric object to use to display the data for this layer. When using a ⁠stat_*()⁠ function to construct a layer, the geom argument can be used to override the default coupling between stats and geoms. The geom argument accepts the following:

  • A Geom ggproto subclass, for example GeomPoint.

  • A string naming the geom. To give the geom as a string, strip the function name of the geom_ prefix. For example, to use geom_point(), give the geom as "point".

  • For more information and other ways to specify the geom, see the layer geom documentation.

position

A position adjustment to use on the data for this layer. This can be used in various ways, including to prevent overplotting and improving the display. The position argument accepts the following:

  • The result of calling a position function, such as position_jitter(). This method allows for passing extra arguments to the position.

  • A string naming the position adjustment. To give the position as a string, strip the function name of the position_ prefix. For example, to use position_jitter(), give the position as "jitter".

  • For more information and other ways to specify the position, see the layer position documentation.

...

Other arguments passed on to layer()'s params argument. These arguments broadly fall into one of 4 categories below. Notably, further arguments to the position argument, or aesthetics that are required can not be passed through .... Unknown arguments that are not part of the 4 categories below are ignored.

  • Static aesthetics that are not mapped to a scale, but are at a fixed value and apply to the layer as a whole. For example, colour = "red" or linewidth = 3. The geom's documentation has an Aesthetics section that lists the available options. The 'required' aesthetics cannot be passed on to the params. Please note that while passing unmapped aesthetics as vectors is technically possible, the order and required length is not guaranteed to be parallel to the input data.

  • When constructing a layer using a ⁠stat_*()⁠ function, the ... argument can be used to pass on parameters to the geom part of the layer. An example of this is stat_density(geom = "area", outline.type = "both"). The geom's documentation lists which parameters it can accept.

  • Inversely, when constructing a layer using a ⁠geom_*()⁠ function, the ... argument can be used to pass on parameters to the stat part of the layer. An example of this is geom_area(stat = "density", adjust = 0.5). The stat's documentation lists which parameters it can accept.

  • The key_glyph argument of layer() may also be passed on through .... This can be one of the functions described as key glyphs, to change the display of the layer in the legend.

rotate

number in degrees. Defines where the brace points to: 0=up (default), 90=right, 180=down, 270=left
width

number. Distance from the brace's start to its tip. If NULL (default), will be determined by data.
mid

number from 0.25 to 0.75. Position of the pointer within the brace space. If NULL (default), will be determined by data.
outside

boolean. If TRUE (default), brace is next to the data area. If FALSE, brace is inside the data area
distance

number. Space between the brace and the nearest data point. If NULL (default), will be determined by data.
outerstart

number. If not NULL, overwrites distance and sets all braces to the same origin
textdistance

number. Distance of the label to the brace pointer
show.legend

logical. Should this layer be included in the legends? NA, the default, includes if any aesthetics are mapped. FALSE never includes, and TRUE always includes. It can also be a named logical vector to finely select the aesthetics to display.
inherit.aes

If FALSE, overrides the default aesthetics, rather than combining with them. This is most useful for helper functions that define both data and aesthetics and shouldn't inherit behaviour from the default plot specification, e.g. borders().

Value

ggplot2 layer object (geom_text or geom_label) that can directly be added to a ggplot2 object.

Examples

library(ggbrace)
library(ggplot2)
data(iris)
ggplot(iris, aes(x=Sepal.Length, y=Sepal.Width, color=Species, label=Species)) +
 geom_point() +
 stat_brace() +
 stat_bracetext()