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ggblanket 12.4.0900

  • Breaking: adjusted annotate_axis_line arguments.
  • For dates etc, defaulted labels to scales::label_date_short(leading = "").
  • Added standardise_width.

ggblanket 12.4.0

CRAN release: 2025-06-03

  • Breaking: removed set_geom_font and set_geom_reference_line.
  • Breaking: renamed *_expand_limits to *_limits_include.
  • Breaking: removed gg_ribbon_line. Use gg_smooth(stat = "identity", ...) instead.
  • Added bind_each_all function to assist with plotting groups alongside the total.
  • set_blanket now sets hline, vline, text, and label defaults based on the theme.

ggblanket 12.3.0

CRAN release: 2025-04-28

  • Breaking: renamed aes_colour_contrast to aes_contrast.
  • Breaking: removed linewidthness helper.
  • Support default titles, subtitles and captions in set_blanket.
  • Changed default *_breaks_n for x or y to be either 6 or 4 (if faceted). Note, symmetric uses only.loose = TRUE whereas FALSE for non-symmetric.
  • Added guides functions to over-ride legend colour.

ggblanket 12.2.0

CRAN release: 2025-03-10

  • Breaking: made weave_* functions internal.
  • Breaking: renamed set_font_defaults to set_geom_font.
  • Breaking: renamed set_reference_defaults to set_geom_reference_line.
  • Made set_blanket with ggplot2 code.
  • Exported scale_x_symmetric and scale_y_symmetric.
  • For *_mode_* themes, added axis_ticks_length argument.
  • Minor documentation updates.

ggblanket 12.1.0

CRAN release: 2025-01-27

  • Breaking: renamed weave_font_defaults to set_font_defaults.
  • Breaking: renamed weave_reference_defaults to set_reference_defaults.

ggblanket 12.0.0

CRAN release: 2025-01-24

  • Breaking: renamed mode and mode_orientation arguments to theme and theme_orientation.
  • Breaking: renamed label_to_case argument to label_case.
  • Breaking: removed mode_to_orientation_x and mode_to_orientation_y functions.
  • Breaking: removed reference_* and text_* arguments from set_blanket, and made separate weave_* functions for these.
  • Breaking: renamed weave_col_palettes to weave_col_palette.
  • Added functionality to set custom theme magic in set_blanket and weave_theme.
  • Added functionality to set the label_case in set_blanket and weave_label_case.
  • Made annotate_axis_line work with date and datetime.
  • Added support for both symmetric axes where both *_transform = NULL and stat = "identity".
  • Minor changes to the vignette.

ggblanket 11.1.0

CRAN release: 2024-12-17

  • Breaking: removed aes_colour_darken, aes_colour_lighten, aes_fill_darken and aes_colour_lighten.
  • Breaking: in set_blanket, renamed reference_line_* arguments to reference_*.
  • Added R 4.2.0 dependency.
  • Added colour blending (e.g. blend = "multiply).
  • Removed gg_ribbon, gg_boxplot, gg_crossbar and gg_smooth alpha default to NA.
  • Added gg_ribbon_line.
  • Updated *_mode_* themes to default to axis_line_linewidth = 0.25.
  • In set_blanket, removed theme argument - and updated weave_theme to apply weave_mode(mode = NULL).

ggblanket 11.0.0

CRAN release: 2024-11-22

  • Breaking: in set_blanket, changed default to use alpha = NA, and used linewidth = 0 generally for polygons.
  • Breaking: redesigned weave_geom_defaults arguments, and updated in set_blanket.
  • Breaking: removed weave_col_palette_* functions, and replaced with a single weave_col_palettes function.
  • In *_mode_*, updated the legend key size.
  • In *_mode_*, removed base_size scaling of anything other than text size.
  • Supported *_label to work where a mode is set as a list with *_label = NULL.
  • Added label_every_nth.

ggblanket 10.0.0

CRAN release: 2024-07-26

  • Breaking: removed *_limits and *_oob arguments.
  • Breaking: removed *_mode_n and grey_mode_* functions.
  • Breaking: removed grey_mode_* functions.
  • Breaking: removed greyness helper.
  • Breaking: in set_blanket, removed annotate_* arguments.
  • Breaking: removed *_orientation arguments from *_mode_* functions.
  • Breaking: in *_mode_*, removed ticks_length_* arguments.
  • Breaking: renamed aes_contrast to aes_colour_contrast.
  • In set_blanket, added hierarchical arguments that set geom defaults.
  • Added *_breaks_n arguments.
  • Added *_sec_axis arguments.
  • Added *_symmetric arguments.
  • Added mode_orientation argument.
  • Added weave_* sub-setup functions.
  • Added mode_orientation_to_x and mode_orientation_to_y functions.
  • Added aes_colour_* and aes_fill_* functions inspired by work by (@teunbrand).
  • Made mode_orientation convert unneeded components to transparent.
  • For discrete colour scales, improved the determination of the number of colours required.
  • In *_mode_*, changed lineend to "square".
  • Fixed bug in col_palette_* by adding ....

ggblanket 9.1.1

CRAN release: 2024-06-14

  • Forced user argument naming for set_blanket(), *_mode_*() and aes_contrast().
  • Fixed bug in colouring more discrete values than the set col_palette_d.
  • Fixed bug in colouring with when col_palette_d was set with names not in the data.
  • Removed mode_family argument from aes_contrast().
  • Made *_mode_t() and *_mode_b() have legend.byrow = TRUE.
  • Made *_mode_*() functions more intuitive to remove/adjust elements.
  • Changed gg_sf default to keeping all major gridlines.
  • Updated hex colour strings to caps.
  • Fixed code that was making the base plot an extra time unnecessarily.
  • Fixed bug where *_breaks and *_limits was not working.

ggblanket 9.1.0

CRAN release: 2024-05-25

  • Moved mapping argument to within layer.
  • Determine x and y classes based on axis of a built plot.
  • Guess orientation based on discrete y axis.
  • Added *_orientation arguments for when the orientation guess is incorrect.
  • Supported col_palette argument to accept a vector for ordinal variables.
  • Made pattern guide/label equal to colour/fill align automatically.

ggblanket 9.0.0

CRAN release: 2024-05-15

  • Supported a label-based workflow.
  • Breaking: renamed *_title to *_label.
  • Breaking: renamed titles_to_case to label_to_case.
  • Breaking: removed weave_* functions.
  • Breaking: removed geom_linewidth and geom_size from weave_geom_aes and set_blanket.
  • Fixed bug where grey_mode_*/dark_mode_* were missing legend functionality.
  • Improved scales by using scales::breaks_extended().
  • In dark_mode_*, fixed incorrect axis_line_colour default.
  • In *_mode_*, updated caption colour default.
  • Made guides of alpha/shape/size/linewidth/linetype aesthetics equal to colour/fill align automatically.
  • Breaking: removed replace_seq.
  • Added col_drop and facet_drop arguments.
  • Fixed bug relating to gg_bin_2d scales.
  • Updated the default NA colour used for continuous colour scales to #988f88ff" (i.e. colorspace::darken(grey, 0.25)).
  • Supported the use of scales::pal_*() functions within the col_palette argument.

ggblanket 8.0.0

CRAN release: 2024-04-29

  • Breaking: renamed col_pal to col_palette.
  • Breaking: removed ability to use col_palette when col = NULL.
  • Breaking: in set_blanket and weave_*, renamed arguments.
  • Updated set_blanket() and weave_col_palette_*() to set the default col_palette.
  • Updated set_blanket() and weave_*() to set ggplot2 as well as ggblanket.
  • Added jumble discrete colour palette.
  • Added red, pink and purple.
  • Changed the col_palette_na default to "seashell3".
  • Added orientation argument to *_mode_* functions for use with ggplot2.
  • Breaking: in aes_contrast, added arguments to optimise for modes, and renamed arguments.
  • Breaking: removed facet_labels_position and facet_labels_switch.
  • Breaking: adjusted *ness helper palettes.
  • Added arguments to *_mode_* for more control of colours/linewidths etc.
  • Minor *_mode_* updates.
  • Made compatible with extension geoms with no x or y variables in layer_data.

ggblanket 7.0.0

CRAN release: 2024-03-28

  • Added set_blanket function, which is now required to set the style.
  • Added weave_geom_defaults and weave_annotate_defaults helper functions.
  • Supported the use of colour and fill.
  • Breaking: removed all alpha arguments.
  • Breaking: renamed mode_set to weave_mode.
  • Breaking: in aes_contrast, renamed col_pal to contrast_pal.
  • Breaking: removed greys.
  • Breaking: removed plum.
  • Improved *_expand defaults for histograms and bar graphs etc.
  • Fixed bug to support use of a named col_pal.
  • Fixed bug when positional scale reversed with *_expand_limits.

ggblanket 6.0.0

CRAN release: 2024-02-23

  • Rewrote code completely.
  • Exported gg_blanket function, which allows for a ggproto geom (or character string) to be added.
  • Added aes_contrast for a colour aesthetic that automatically contrasts with the fill aesthetic inspired by work by (@teunbrand, #649) ** Added alpha aesthetic support with new alpha, alpha_pal and alpha_* arguments.
  • Added stat support for a ggproto object (or character string).
  • Added position support for a ggproto object (or character string).
  • Added transform support for a transform class object (or character string).
  • Added facet_axes and facet_axis_labels arguments.
  • Added facet_labels_position argument.
  • Added gg_quantile, gg_rug, and gg_function functions.
  • Added col_steps argument to support colouring by steps.
  • Added *_position argument to support changing axis positions.
  • Added mode_set function.
  • Breaking: made theme_set set the theme globally with no side-effects.
  • Breaking: Added light_mode_*, dark_mode_* and grey_mode_* family of functions.
  • Updated gg_* functions to pretty removal of a axis line and ticks.
  • Changed default theme to place the legend on the top right.
  • Changed NULL effect of pretty axis *_limits = c(NA, NA) on y_expand NULL.
  • Improved default gridlines, and changed their default colour.
  • Fixed bug when col is logical class.
  • Added new helper hex codes blue, teal, orange, navy, plum, and greys
  • Updated the default discrete palette.
  • Breaking: shift ... to the front to require users to name arguments.
  • Breaking: renamed theme argument to mode.
  • Breaking: renamed pal to col_pal.
  • Breaking: renamed pal_na to col_pal_na.
  • Breaking: renamed alpha to alpha_pal.
  • Breaking: alpha now refers to the aesthetic only.
  • Breaking: renamed *_include to *_expand_limits.
  • Breaking: renamed *_trans to *_transform.
  • Breaking: removed col_legend_place argument.
  • Breaking: removed *_sec_axis argument.
  • Breaking: removed light_mode and dark_mode functions.
  • Breaking: removed col_scale argument.
  • Breaking: removed gg_blank function.
  • Breaking: removed *_gridlines arguments.
  • Breaking: renamed facet_switch argument to facet_labels_switch.
  • Breaking: removed guardian function.
  • Breaking: renamed str_keep_seq to replace_seq.
  • Breaking: renamed titles to titles_to_case.
  • Breaking: removed magic where *_title = "" removed the title.
  • Improved log transform defaults.
  • Changed legend.byrow to FALSE.
  • Each gg_* function’s help now inherits parameters from gg_blanket (@olivroy, #625). Other improved documentation of help (@olivroy, #643).

ggblanket 5.2.0

CRAN release: 2023-11-10

  • Updated colours: #357BA2 or mako[9](5) where no col aesthetic, guardian where discrete and 4 or less colours, scales:hue_pal for 5 or more colours, viridisLite::mako reversed for continuous, and "grey" for NA.
  • Breaking: removed all pal_* functions.
  • Removed some unnecessary messages.
  • Fixed bug where col_breaks was not working for a numeric col.
  • Fixed bug where str_keep_seq was not working for date, datetime or time class.
  • Fixed bug so that time class variables work.
  • Fixed bug for gg_contour_filled and gg_density_filled with default number of colours.
  • Improved default positional breaks.
  • Ensured positional breaks take expand into account.
  • Updated gg_qq, so it includes a geom_qq_line layer, has nicer x_title, y_title and coord defaults.
  • Added more positional scale arguments to gg_sf (i.e. *_limits, *_expand, *_breaks, and *_labels).
  • Improved margins where col_legend_place is top.

ggblanket 5.1.0

CRAN release: 2023-09-19

  • Fixed bug where col variable was reversing for non-flipped.
  • Added pal_light_mode and pal_dark_mode.

ggblanket 5.0.0

CRAN release: 2023-09-12

  • Added mapping argument to allow extra aesthetics to be included, such as shape (or use delayed evaluation for aesthetics other than col, colour, fill or alpha).
  • Added stat argument back for flexibility.
  • Added linetype_title, shape_title, and size_title arguments.
  • Added str_keep_seq helper function to support keeping labels in a sequence.
  • Breaking: made horizontal y characters and factors plot values from low at bottom to high at top.
  • Breaking: removed lower, middle, upper, xlower, xmiddle, and xupper arguments from gg_blank.
  • Updated *_breaks defaults.
  • Made plot order logical variables with TRUE first.
  • Added pal_discrete2 with 6 colour blind safe colours for a light background theme.

ggblanket 4.0.0

CRAN release: 2023-08-08

  • Breaking: removed the stat argument for all gg_* functions except gg_blank.
  • Breaking: renamed pal_hue to pal_discrete and made colours relatively red/green colour blind safe.
  • Breaking: renamed gg_bin2d to gg_bin_2d.
  • Breaking: changed *_oob default back to scales::oob_keep.
  • Improved scales to work better with transformations, limits, breaks etc.
  • Added gg_contour, gg_contour_filled, gg_density2d, gg_density2d_filled functions.
  • Made default to keep unused factors across all scales and facets.
  • Made default continuous label function to drop trailing zeros.
  • Made default legend place simpler: bottom, unless continuous. Otherwise right.
  • Added text aesthetic in for plotly::ggplotly.

ggblanket 3.0.0

CRAN release: 2023-06-30

  • New theme functions: light_mode and dark_mode.
  • Breaking: removed gg_theme.
  • Breaking: renamed *_grid arguments to *_gridlines.
  • Breaking: removed void argument.
  • Breaking: removed gg_function.
  • Breaking: made col_rescale require a function (e.g. scales::rescale()).
  • Added facet_switch argument.
  • Made col_legend_place = "none" only remove the col legend.
  • Made gg_bin2d and gg_hex scales calculate in the same way as other functions.
  • For raster, removed col aesthetic so that legend would work.
  • Improved gg_sf default alpha.
  • Supported gg_sf to work with non-standard named geometry.
  • Thanks Nik Mitchell and Rosie Percival for feedback.

ggblanket 2.0.0

CRAN release: 2023-05-26

  • Made ggblanket work better with adding layers.
  • Made the pal no longer inherit to layers where no col aesthetic.
  • Made x and y scales work better, including with NA in the limits.
  • Added 2 colours to pal_hue.
  • Breaking: changed default *oob argument to scales::oob_censor.
  • Breaking: changed default coord argument to include clip = "off" argument.
  • Breaking: removed add_tooltip function.
  • Breaking: changed pal functions to pal_blue, pal_grey, and pal_hue.

ggblanket 1.8.0

CRAN release: 2023-04-24

  • Updated default colour palette.
  • Updated default NA colour.

ggblanket 1.7.0

CRAN release: 2023-03-06

  • Updated gg_theme default axis-line and gridline thickness.
  • Supported named pal vectors.
  • Removed clip argument.
  • Added in coord argument.
  • Added in *_oob arguments.
  • Improved how *_limits works.
  • Removed default gridlines for gg_sf.
  • Fixed bug with default x_expand.
  • Fixed bug with gg_histogram scales.
  • Critical fix to support dplyr 1.1.0.
  • Supported colouring date, datetime and time variables.
  • Made datetime breaks default to waiver.
  • Breaking: removed void argument from gg_theme.
  • Corrected bug with gg_raster legend not showing.
  • Updated gg_raster *_limits and *_expand defaults.
  • Internal function to make infinite values NA made compatible with dplyr 1.1.0 (#269, @DavisVaughan)

ggblanket 1.6.0

CRAN release: 2022-11-18

  • Breaking: renamed add_tooltip_text to add_tooltip and changed column name to “tooltip”.
  • Breaking: coord argument removed.
  • Added clip argument and defaulted to “on”.
  • Made x and y limits also act within the coord.
  • Made gg_blank more powerful and flexible.
  • Improved horizontal flipped plot scales.
  • Fixed bugs relating to free facet_scales and scale limits.
  • Improved vignette.

ggblanket 1.5.0

CRAN release: 2022-10-14

  • Breaking: redesigned gg_theme.
  • Added automatic gridline removal.
  • Added gg_bin2d function.
  • Added gg_hex function.
  • Added col_trans and col_rescale arguments.
  • Made col_legend_place default “r” where numeric col variable.
  • Made *_title = "" equivalent to + labs(* = NULL).
  • Supported x and y datetime variables.
  • Supported x and y time variables.
  • Redesigned internal code for x, y and col scales.

ggblanket 1.4.0

CRAN release: 2022-09-02

  • Breaking: Removed col_intervals argument.
  • Breaking: Removed *_oob argument.
  • Breaking: In gg_theme, changed *_style arguments to *_face.
  • Breaking: In gg_theme, changed font arguments to family.
  • Added gg_polygon function.
  • Added col_continuous argument to support colouring by “steps”.
  • Added col_legend_rev argument to reverse legends.
  • Added facet_layout argument for more faceting flexibility.
  • Added facet_space argument to support proportional facet panels.
  • Removed width default.
  • Improved default legend look for where continuous gradient.
  • Improved scales where y is NULL and plot is horizontal.
  • Fixed bug with position = "fill".
  • Updated messages.
  • Added vignette.

ggblanket 1.3.0

CRAN release: 2022-08-05

  • Breaking: removed facet_intervals argument.
  • Breaking: made extensive changes to gg_theme function.
  • Added facet2 aesthetic in to support effortless grid faceting.
  • Changed default background theme colours.
  • Fixed bug with *_limits and *_include not working correctly.
  • Added *_sec_axis arguments.
  • Changed *_oob default to scales::oob_keep.
  • Removed reversal of logical variable order.
  • Defaulted col_legend_place to "b".

ggblanket 1.2.0

CRAN release: 2022-07-01

  • Breaking: Removed *_breaks_n and *_breaks_width.
  • Added support for *_breaks to receive a function.
  • Added *_include argument.
  • Added *_trans argument.
  • Modified default x_breaks behaviour for when both x and y are numeric or date.
  • Enhanced gg_blank to work with only one x or y.
  • Provided support for ggplotly.
  • Added new add_tooltip_text function.
  • Added new titles argument to apply a function across titles.
  • Support gg_ functions working with more stats.
  • Removed size argument, in anticipation of ggplot2 3.4.0.
  • Updated gg_theme title vjust and margins.

ggblanket 1.1.0

CRAN release: 2022-05-27

  • Remove default sentence case transformation of categorical variable labels.
  • Updated scales to work in a consistent way with position = "fill".

ggblanket 1.0.0

CRAN release: 2022-05-10

  • Initial release.