--- title: "Getting Started with glyph" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Getting Started with glyph} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- ```{r, include = FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set( collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>", fig.width = 7, fig.height = 4.5 ) ``` ```{r setup} library(glyph) ``` This vignette walks through glyph's grammar with live, interactive output. Every plot below is a real `glyph_spec` built with the package and rendered to an actual D3-backed htmlwidget — not a screenshot. Hover, click, brush, and zoom them right here in the page. One thing worth knowing up front: printing a `glyph_spec` at the console auto-renders it (like a ggplot2 plot), but that auto-render only fires in an interactive R session. Inside a vignette or pkgdown article the code runs non-interactively, so each example below ends the pipeline with an explicit [`render()`](https://josh45-source.github.io/glyph/reference/render.html) call to produce the widget. All examples use `mtcars` so you can copy-paste and run them yourself. ## 1. Tooltips and hover, declared in the pipeline Interactivity is grammar, not glue. [`interact()`](https://josh45-source.github.io/glyph/reference/interact.html) turns on tooltips and a hover effect right where the plot is built, and [`titles()`](https://josh45-source.github.io/glyph/reference/titles.html) adds a title in the same pipe — no `ggplotly()` conversion step, no lost formatting. ```{r} glyph(mtcars, x = wt, y = mpg) |> mark_point(color = cyl) |> interact(tooltip = TRUE, hover = "enlarge") |> titles(title = "Motor Trend Cars") |> render() ``` Hover over a point to see it enlarge; pause on it to see the tooltip. ## 2. Animated bar chart [`animate()`](https://josh45-source.github.io/glyph/reference/animate.html) declares a transition as part of the spec. `stagger` offsets each bar's entrance animation so they draw in sequence rather than all at once. ```{r} glyph(mtcars, x = cyl, y = mpg) |> mark_bar() |> animate(transition = "slide", stagger = 50) |> render() ``` Reload this page (or re-run the chunk in an R session) to see the bars slide in. ## 3. Token-based dark theme Instead of ggplot2's dozens of individual `theme()` arguments, [`theme_tokens()`](https://josh45-source.github.io/glyph/reference/theme_tokens.html) takes a small preset (or individual tokens like `bg`, `font`, `accent`) and cascades foreground, grid, and title colors automatically for contrast. ```{r} glyph(mtcars, x = wt, y = mpg) |> mark_point(color = cyl) |> interact(tooltip = TRUE) |> theme_tokens(preset = "dark") |> titles(title = "Dark Theme Example") |> render() ``` ## 4. Point labels with automatic collision avoidance [`mark_text()`](https://josh45-source.github.io/glyph/reference/mark_text.html) draws a label per point, and `smart_repel = TRUE` nudges overlapping labels apart so they stay readable — a first-class feature instead of a separate `ggrepel` dependency. `mtcars` stores car names as row names, so we promote them to a real column first. ```{r} mtcars_named <- data.frame(model = rownames(mtcars), mtcars, row.names = NULL) glyph(mtcars_named, x = wt, y = mpg) |> mark_point(color = cyl) |> mark_text(label = model, smart_repel = TRUE) |> render() ``` ## 5. Linked panels with crossfilter brushing [`compose()`](https://josh45-source.github.io/glyph/reference/compose.html) arranges multiple `glyph_spec` objects into a single layout — here, two scatterplots side by side — without reaching for `patchwork` or `cowplot`. With `interact(brush = TRUE)` on each panel and `linked_selections = TRUE` on the composed layout, brushing points in one panel highlights the *same rows* in the other. ```{r} p1 <- glyph(mtcars, x = wt, y = mpg) |> mark_point(color = cyl) |> interact(brush = TRUE) p2 <- glyph(mtcars, x = hp, y = mpg) |> mark_point(color = cyl) |> interact(brush = TRUE) compose(p1, p2, type = "hstack", linked_selections = TRUE) |> render() ``` Drag a rectangle over a few points in either panel — the corresponding cars highlight in both. ## 6. Faceting [`facet()`](https://josh45-source.github.io/glyph/reference/facet.html) splits a plot into small multiples by one or two variables, each with its own panel — like ggplot2's `facet_wrap()`, built into the same pipeline instead of a separate layer. ```{r} glyph(mtcars, x = wt, y = mpg) |> mark_point(color = cyl) |> facet(cols = cyl) |> render() ``` ## 7. Marginal distributions [`marginals()`](https://josh45-source.github.io/glyph/reference/marginals.html) adds histograms, density curves, or boxplots along the axes — a common pattern that normally needs `ggExtra` or manual grid manipulation in ggplot2. ```{r} glyph(mtcars, x = wt, y = mpg) |> mark_point(color = cyl) |> marginals(x = "histogram", y = "density") |> render() ``` ## 8. Inset plots [`inset()`](https://josh45-source.github.io/glyph/reference/inset.html) places a second, smaller glyph_spec inside a corner of the main plot — useful for a detail view or a different breakdown of the same data, without any manual viewport math. ```{r} main_plot <- glyph(mtcars, x = wt, y = mpg) |> mark_point(color = cyl) detail_plot <- glyph(mtcars, x = cyl, y = mpg) |> mark_bar() inset(main_plot, detail_plot, position = "top-right") |> render() ``` ## 9. Keyframe ("morph") animation `animate(by = ..., transition = "morph")` cycles the plot through subsets of the data grouped by a field, transitioning marks smoothly between states — similar in spirit to `gganimate::transition_states()`, but with a built-in play/pause control and no rendering-to-GIF step. ```{r} glyph(mtcars, x = wt, y = mpg) |> mark_point(size = hp, color = cyl) |> animate(by = gear, transition = "morph", duration = 800) |> render() ``` Use the play/pause button to step through each `gear` group. ## Where to next - Browse the [function reference](https://josh45-source.github.io/glyph/reference/index.html) for every mark, scale, and layout primitive glyph provides. - Read [glyph vs ggplot2: Side-by-Side Comparison](comparison.html) for a broader tour of how the two grammars differ, including more live examples.