R help - Jun 2009 - Placing text outside graph boundary

Hello,

Is possible to place a label on a multipanel figure outside the boundaries of
any single one of the existing graphs in a panel?

Specifically, I have a function that creates a panel with quartz() and then
fills it with 6 graphs consisting of exactly the same plot for 6 different
groups. I would like to add one title for the entire figure at the top of the
figure, but I cannot figure out how to do that without anchoring the title one
of the graphs.

Is it possible to do that?

Thank you very much.

Payam
--
Payam Minoofar, Ph.D.
Scientist
Meissner Filtration Products
4181 Calle Tesoro
Camarillo, CA 93012
USA
+1 805 388 9911
+1 805 388 5948 fax
Payam.minoofar@meissner.com


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On Jun 25, 2009, at 7:51 PM, Payam Minoofar wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is possible to place a label on a multipanel figure outside the  
> boundaries of any single one of the existing graphs in a panel?
>
> Specifically, I have a function that creates a panel with quartz()  
> and then fills it with 6 graphs consisting of exactly the same plot  
> for 6 different groups. I would like to add one title for the entire  
> figure at the top of the figure, but I cannot figure out how to do  
> that without anchoring the title one of the graphs.
>
> Is it possible to do that?
lattice functions (since you are asking about panels) generally use  
the , main= <text>,  parameter for that purpose.
> --
David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT

If you are using base graphics:

Create an outer margin using something like: par(oma=c(0,0,3,0))

Then use mtext with the outer argument to place the text in the outer margin.

Hope this helps,

-- 
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111

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> Subject: [R] Placing text outside graph boundary
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Is possible to place a label on a multipanel figure outside the
> boundaries of any single one of the existing graphs in a panel?
> 
> Specifically, I have a function that creates a panel with quartz() and
> then fills it with 6 graphs consisting of exactly the same plot for 6
> different groups. I would like to add one title for the entire figure
> at the top of the figure, but I cannot figure out how to do that
> without anchoring the title one of the graphs.
> 
> Is it possible to do that?
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Payam
> --
> Payam Minoofar, Ph.D.
> Scientist
> Meissner Filtration Products
> 4181 Calle Tesoro
> Camarillo, CA 93012
> USA
> +1 805 388 9911
> +1 805 388 5948 fax
> Payam.minoofar at meissner.com
> 
> 
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