Nudge labels a fixed distance from points

position_nudge_repel is useful for adjusting the starting position of text labels before they are repelled from data points.

Usage

position_nudge_repel(x = 0, y = 0)

Arguments

x, y

Amount of horizontal and vertical distance to move. Same units as the data on the x and y axes.

Examples

df <- data.frame(
  x = c(1,3,2,5),
  y = c("a","c","d","c")
)

ggplot(df, aes(x, y)) +
  geom_point() +
  geom_text_repel(aes(label = y))


ggplot(df, aes(x, y)) +
  geom_point() +
  geom_text_repel(
    aes(label = y),
    min.segment.length = 0,
    position = position_nudge_repel(x = 0.1, y = 0.15)
  )


# The values for x and y can be vectors
ggplot(df, aes(x, y)) +
  geom_point() +
  geom_text_repel(
    aes(label = y),
    min.segment.length = 0,
    position = position_nudge_repel(
      x = c(0.1, 0, -0.1, 0),
      y = c(0.1, 0.2, -0.1, -0.2)
    )
  )


# We can also use geom_text_repel() with arguments nudge_x, nudge_y
ggplot(df, aes(x, y)) +
  geom_point() +
  geom_text_repel(
    aes(label = y),
    min.segment.length = 0,
    nudge_x = 0.1,
    nudge_y = 0.15
  )


# The arguments nudge_x, nudge_y also accept vectors
ggplot(df, aes(x, y)) +
  geom_point() +
  geom_text_repel(
    aes(label = y),
    min.segment.length = 0,
    nudge_x = c(0.1, 0, -0.1, 0),
    nudge_y = c(0.1, 0.2, -0.1, -0.2)
  )