Add extra spacing between a subset of plots
I can think of three ways:
1) Use the mar
graphic parameter to set plot margin
You can retrieve current margins with
currmar <- par()$mar
You can set new margins with
par("mar"=c(5, 4, 4, 2))
with the for numbers being bottom, left, top and right margins (see ?par
)
You can make multiple calls to par
for each plot, so you can change the bottom margin only for the top plots.
2) Use layout to generate an uneven layout grid (see ?layout
for examples)
3) Save the plot in .svg or .pdf and then use Inkscape (or whatever software you like) to move the plots.
I think going with mar
is the way I would do it. However, as it looks like, you want all the plots to be the same. Therefore, you need to have the same amount taken off by mar on every plot on top and bottom.
In your case one could use the following numbers:
1. row: par(mar=c(7,4,4,2))
2. row: par(mar=c(5,4,6,2))
3. row: par(mar=c(7,4,4,2))
This way all plots occupy the same height. Modifie the first and third number in such a way that they are the same for each plot to accomplish this.However, on caveat: There is some extra white space below the plots in the bottom row.