# NOT RUN { # Make a log-log plot (without log ticks) a <- ggplot(msleep, aes(bodywt, brainwt)) + geom_point(na.rm = TRUE) + scale_x_log10( breaks = scales::trans_breaks("log10", function(x) 10^x), labels = scales::trans_format("log10", scales::math_format(10^.x)) ) + scale_y_log10( breaks = scales::trans_breaks("log10", function(x) 10^x), labels = scales::trans_format("log10", scales::math_format(10^.x)) ) + theme_bw() a + annotation_logticks() # Default: log ticks on bottom and left a + annotation_logticks(sides = "lr") # Log ticks for y, on left and right a + annotation_logticks(sides = "trbl") # All four sides # Hide the minor grid lines because they don't align with the ticks a + annotation_logticks(sides = "trbl") + theme(panel.grid.minor = element_blank()) # Another way to get the same results as 'a' above: log-transform the data before # plotting it. Also hide the minor grid lines. b <- ggplot(msleep, aes(log10(bodywt), log10(brainwt))) + geom_point(na.rm = TRUE) + scale_x_continuous(name = "body", labels = scales::math_format(10^.x)) + scale_y_continuous(name = "brain", labels = scales::math_format(10^.x)) + theme_bw() + theme(panel.grid.minor = element_blank()) b + annotation_logticks() # Using a coordinate transform requires scaled = FALSE t <- ggplot(msleep, aes(bodywt, brainwt)) + geom_point() + coord_trans(x = "log10", y = "log10") + theme_bw() t + annotation_logticks(scaled = FALSE) # Change the length of the ticks a + annotation_logticks( short = unit(.5,"mm"), mid = unit(3,"mm"), long = unit(4,"mm") ) # } Run the code above in your browser using DataLab