ggplot2: labels and breaks order does not match and I can't use scale_fill_identity

Mikhail,

Have you tried sorting your dataframe according to the levels on the
x-axis?

HTH,

Thierry 


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Van: r-help-bounces op r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces op r-project.org]
Namens Mikhail Spivakov
Verzonden: dinsdag 29 april 2008 16:53
Aan: r-help op r-project.org
Onderwerp: [R] ggplot2: labels and breaks order does not match and I
can't usescale_fill_identity

Hi,

I'm plotting a bar chart like this:

ggplot() +
geom_bar(data=res,aes(fill=f1,x=f2,y=y),stat="identity",position="dodge"
)

f1 contains quite a few levels and the plot is really quite difficult to
read when the order of bars on the graph and on the legend does not
match.

This problem has been discussed recently here:
http://www.nabble.com/ggplot2---legend-for-fill-coulours-td16235166.html
and the solution was to use scale_fill_identity to manually define the
order
of both the breaks and the labels.
This is however unsuitable for me (at least in the unmodified form), as
this
is part of a script that does not know in advance how many levels there
arae
in f1.

Is there a way round this problem?

Many thanks
Mikhail Spivakov

Mikhail Spivakov PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
EMBL/EBI
Germany/UK


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