Intro Thoughts
Status Quo
library(tidyverse)
layers_wipe <- function(i = NULL) {
structure(
list(index_wipe = i),
class = "layers_wipe"
)
}
ggplot_add.layers_wipe <- function(object, plot, object_name) {
if(is.null(object$index_wipe)){
plot$layers <- list()
}else{
plot$layers[object$index_wipe] <- NULL
}
plot
}
ggplot(cars) +
aes(speed, dist) +
geom_point() +
geom_tile()

last_plot() +
layers_wipe(i = 2)

last_plot() +
layers_wipe()

Experiment
(theme_bw() +
theme(geom = element_geom(pointshape = 21))) |>
theme_set()
gapminder::gapminder |>
filter(year == 2002) |>
ggplot() +
aes(gdpPercap, lifeExp) +
geom_point() +
facet_wrap(facet = vars(continent)) +
layers_wipe() +
# drop shadow
geom_point(data = . %>% select(-continent),
fill = "grey" |> alpha(.5)) +
# faceted
geom_point() +
# styling
aes(fill = I("plum4")) +
aes(color = I("white")) +
aes(size = I(4))
