A complete guide to scales
There are numerous scales in ggplot2. Too many to memorize. This app makes it easy for you to find the right scales and arguments for your variable types and aesthetics.
Choose the variable and aesthetic for which you need to find a scale:
Variable type
discretecontinuoustimedatedatetime
Aesthetic
xyfillcolorlinetypesizealphashape
All available scales for your aesthetics and variables:
scale_alphascale_alpha_binnedscale_alpha_continuousscale_alpha_discretescale_alpha_manualscale_alpha_ordinalscale_color_binnedscale_color_brewerscale_color_continuousscale_color_discretescale_color_distillerscale_color_fermenterscale_color_gradientscale_color_gradient2scale_color_gradientnscale_color_greyscale_color_huescale_color_manualscale_color_stepsscale_color_steps2scale_color_stepsnscale_color_viridis_cscale_color_viridis_dscale_fill_brewerscale_fill_continuousscale_fill_discretescale_fill_distillerscale_fill_fermenterscale_fill_gradientscale_fill_gradient2scale_fill_gradientnscale_fill_greyscale_fill_huescale_fill_manualscale_fill_stepsscale_fill_steps2scale_fill_stepsnscale_fill_viridis_bscale_fill_viridis_cscale_fill_viridis_dscale_linetypescale_linetype_discretescale_linetype_manualscale_radiusscale_shapescale_shape_binnedscale_shape_discretescale_shape_manualscale_sizescale_size_areascale_size_binnedscale_size_binned_areascale_size_continuousscale_size_manualscale_x_binnedscale_x_continuousscale_x_datescale_x_datetimescale_x_discretescale_x_log10scale_x_reversescale_x_sqrtscale_x_timescale_y_binnedscale_y_continuousscale_y_datescale_y_datetimescale_y_discretescale_y_log10scale_y_reversescale_y_sqrtscale_y_time
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