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...Tables of Text Using grid Paul Murrell July 9, 2003 As a minimal example, I wrote this, gf <- grid.frame(layout = grid.layout(1, 1), draw = TRUE) label1 <- textGrob("test", x = 0, just = "left", name="test") gf=placeGrob(gf, rectGrob(), row = 1, col = 1) gf=packGrob(gf, label1, row = 1, col = 1) grid.draw(gf) grid.edit("test", label = "longer text", grep=T) I'm a bit lost here, as I was expecting the frame to be automatically adjusted to fit the new text. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Best regards, baptiste

...rection. So there is no universal estimation that looks good in all cases -- of course I can provide a "safety margin", but it looks stupid when there is too much space between label and axis. I tried to use the relative positioning mechanism of frames, roughly like this: fb <- packGrob(fg,yaxisGrob(vp="dataRegion"),side="left") fg <- packGrob(fg,textGrob("y axis label",rot=90),side="left") But it appears that the true size of the axis is not respected; numbers on the axis and the label still may overlap. Can anyone provide a simple...