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# somewhat hackish solution to:
# https://twitter.com/EamonCaddigan/status/646759751242620928
# based mostly on copy/pasting from ggplot2 geom_violin source:
# https://github.com/hadley/ggplot2/blob/master/R/geom-violin.r
library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)
"%||%" <- function(a, b) {
if (!is.null(a)) a else b
}
geom_flat_violin <- function(mapping = NULL, data = NULL, stat = "ydensity",
position = "dodge", trim = TRUE, scale = "area",
show.legend = NA, inherit.aes = TRUE, ...) {
layer(
data = data,
mapping = mapping,
stat = stat,
geom = GeomFlatViolin,
position = position,
show.legend = show.legend,
inherit.aes = inherit.aes,
params = list(
trim = trim,
scale = scale,
...
)
)
}
#' @rdname ggplot2-ggproto
#' @format NULL
#' @usage NULL
#' @export
GeomFlatViolin <-
ggproto("GeomFlatViolin", Geom,
setup_data = function(data, params) {
data$width <- data$width %||%
params$width %||% (resolution(data$x, FALSE) * 0.9)
# ymin, ymax, xmin, and xmax define the bounding rectangle for each group
data %>%
group_by(group) %>%
mutate(ymin = min(y),
ymax = max(y),
xmin = x,
xmax = x + width / 2)
},
draw_group = function(data, panel_scales, coord) {
# Find the points for the line to go all the way around
data <- transform(data, xminv = x,
xmaxv = x + violinwidth * (xmax - x))
# Make sure it's sorted properly to draw the outline
newdata <- rbind(plyr::arrange(transform(data, x = xminv), y),
plyr::arrange(transform(data, x = xmaxv), -y))
# Close the polygon: set first and last point the same
# Needed for coord_polar and such
newdata <- rbind(newdata, newdata[1,])
ggplot2:::ggname("geom_flat_violin", GeomPolygon$draw_panel(newdata, panel_scales, coord))
},
draw_key = draw_key_polygon,
default_aes = aes(weight = 1, colour = "grey20", fill = "white", size = 0.5,
alpha = NA, linetype = "solid"),
required_aes = c("x", "y")
)
### Example:
ggplot(diamonds, aes(cut, carat)) +
geom_flat_violin() +
coord_flip()
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Needed by Micah Allen's raincloud plots code.

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