I am trying to make the X and Y axis lines thicker using theme(axis.line=element_line(size=2))
but cowplot is overriding it. Is there a way to specify XY axis lines size while using cowplot?
I tried adding theme(axis.line=element_line(size=2))
to my plot. Cowplot typically respects specifications I pass to theme
, but not this one.
library(ggplot2)
ggplot(mpg, aes(x=trans, y=cty)) +
geom_boxplot() +
theme( axis.line = element_line(size = 2))
# correct plot
########
library(ggplot2)
library(cowplot)
ggplot(mpg, aes(x=trans, y=cty)) +
geom_boxplot() +
theme( axis.line = element_line(size = 2))
# ignores size.
I would like to manually specify the size (thickness) of axis lines while using cowplot if possible.
Specifying the axis (i.e. X or Y) in the call to theme()
fixes this issue as @ClausWilke pointed out in the comments.
library(ggplot2)
library(cowplot)
ggplot(mpg, aes(x=trans, y=cty)) +
geom_boxplot() +
theme(axis.line.x = element_line(size = 2),
axis.line.y = element_line(size = 2))