position_nudge {ggplot2} | R Documentation |
This is useful if you want to nudge labels a little ways from their points.
position_nudge(x = 0, y = 0)
x, y |
Amount of vertical and horizontal distance to move. |
Other position adjustments: position_dodge
,
position_fill
,
position_identity
,
position_jitterdodge
,
position_jitter
df <- data.frame( x = c(1,3,2,5), y = c("a","c","d","c") ) ggplot(df, aes(x, y)) + geom_point() + geom_text(aes(label = y)) ggplot(df, aes(x, y)) + geom_point() + geom_text(aes(label = y), position = position_nudge(y = -0.1))