... but what if there are multiple panels? "The layer mechanism is a method for augmenting a panel function. It allows expressions to be added to the panel function without knowing what the original panel function was. "
As I understand it, the OP requested annotation for the entire lattice display, not single panels thereof. This seems more like a "sub" or "legend" addition. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Richard M. Heiberger <r...@temple.edu> wrote: > library(lattice) > library(latticeExtra) > tmp <- data.frame(x=1:10, y=1:10) > > xyplot(y ~ x, data=tmp) > > xyplot(y ~ x, data=tmp, main="text outside panel clipped") + > ## "+" must be on same line as first statement. > ## This use of "+" is from latticeExtra. > latticeExtra::layer(panel.text(x=2, y=-0.5, label="very interesting")) > > xyplot(y ~ x, data=tmp, main="outside text displayed", > par.settings=list(clip=list(panel=FALSE)) ## permit text > outside the panel > ) + > ## "+" must be on same line as first statement. > ## This use of "+" is from latticeExtra. > latticeExtra::layer(panel.text(x=2, y=-0.5, label="very interesting")) > > ## I use the phrasing "latticeExtra::layer", not the simpler "layer". > ## latticeExtra and ggplot2 both use layer and they use it incompatibly. > ## It is possible for both packages to be loaded at the same time, therefore > ## I specify latticeExtra explicitly. > > ## ltext and panel.text are the same. > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Jun Shen <jun.shen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks Bert, sub works pretty well. >> >> Carlos, thanks for the suggestion. As I am not familiar with latticeExatra, >> not sure how hard it is to make it work with my plot. I'll try. >> >> On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> No. >>> >>> ltext/panel.text plots text *within* panels; IIUC, the OP requested >>> text outside the plots. For that see the details for "main" and/or >>> "sub" in ?xyplot. I think it could also be done more flexibly via a >>> legend or a key with a title but no content -- again, see the Help >>> page -- but haven't tried it. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Bert >>> >>> >>> Bert Gunter >>> >>> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along >>> and sticking things into it." >>> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 11:49 PM, Rainer Hurling <rhur...@gwdg.de> wrote: >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > one possible solution is to use ltext(). >>> > >>> > ltext(xcoord, ycoord, label="TEST", adj=c(0.5,0.5)) >>> > >>> > You have to know or to find out best fitting coordinates. >>> > >>> > Via adj you can control, if the text should adjust left, center or right >>> > to the coords, and above, center or bottom of them. >>> > >>> > HTH, >>> > Rainer Hurling >>> > >>> > >>> > Am 22.09.2016 um 16:04 schrieb Jun Shen: >>> >> Dear list, >>> >> >>> >> Just wonder if there is a way to add annotation text outside an xyplot, >>> >> (e.g. the bottom of the plot). the panel.text seems only add text within >>> >> the plot. Thanks. >>> >> >>> >> Jun >>> > >>> > ______________________________________________ >>> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/ >>> posting-guide.html >>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.