Styjun

I'd like to plot multiple ggplots that have annotation layers using plot_grid or a similar function and keep the relative size/position of the annotation layer the same when plotting. The following is an example:

# Generate scatter plot with ggplot.
library(ggplot2)
data <- data.frame(x = rnorm(1000),
 y = rnorm(1000))
p1 <- ggplot(data, aes(x = x, y = y)) + geom_point()


# Build annotation table with gridExtra::tableGrob().
library(gridExtra)
mytable <- summary(data)
tab <- tableGrob(mytable, rows=NULL, theme=tt)

# Extract x and ylims for positioning table with ggplot_build(). 
xrange <- unlist(ggplot_build(p1)$layout$panel_params[[1]][1])
yrange <- unlist(ggplot_build(p1)$layout$panel_params[[1]][8])
xmin = min(xrange)
xmax = max(xrange)
xdelta = xmax-xmin
ymin = min(yrange)
ymax = max(yrange)
ydelta = ymax-ymin

# Add annotation table to plot.
p2 <- p1 + annotation_custom(tab, xmin = xmin-0.55*xdelta, xmax,
 ymin = ymin+0.55*ydelta, ymax)
p2

# Generate figure with multiple plots using cowplot::plot_grid(). 
library(cowplot)
fig <- plot_grid(p2,p2,p2,p2, labels = "auto")
fig 

Please help me keep the scale and position of the annotation layer the same in the final figure. Ideally, this could be done in the order of my example: make a plot with annotation, plot multiple plots, but I understand if this is not possible.

Edit.

Scaling the plotting device does not seem to fix the problem.

## Exploring changing the device size.

# I think the default device size is 7x7 inches. 
png("default_size.png",width = 7, height = 7, res = 300, units = "in")
p2
dev.off()

# Plot2x
png("2x_size.png",width = 14, height = 14, res = 300, units = "in")
p2
dev.off()

# Plot3x
png("3x_size.png",width = 21, height = 21, res = 300, units = "in")
p2
dev.off()

Using ggsave() and defining appropriate width and height this worked for me;

library(ggplot2)
library(gridExtra)
set.seed(123) #make the result reproducible

#avoid using data as your dataframe name
mydf <- data.frame(x = rnorm(1000),
 y = rnorm(1000)) 

plt <- ggplot(mydf, aes(x = x, y = y)) + geom_point()

mytable <- summary(mydf)
mytab <- tableGrob(mytable, rows=NULL) #theme = tt? tt is not defined!

xrange <- unlist(ggplot_build(plt)$layout$panel_params[[1]][1])
yrange <- unlist(ggplot_build(plt)$layout$panel_params[[1]][8])
xmin = min(xrange)
xmax = max(xrange)
xdelta = xmax-xmin
ymin = min(yrange)
ymax = max(yrange)
ydelta = ymax-ymin

tplt <- plt + annotation_custom(tab, xmin = xmin-0.55*xdelta, xmax, 
 ymin = ymin+0.55*ydelta, ymax) 

mygrobs <- grid.arrange(tplt, tplt, tplt, tplt,
 nrow = 2)

ggsave("filename.jpeg", plot = mygrobs,
 scale = 1, width = 15, height = 10, units = "in",
 dpi = 300)