Difference in plot when shown in R Studio and exported with ggsave()

Question

I want to add an additional tick to my plot in ggplot2, and used Solution 2 as described in the post Annotate ggplot with an extra tick and label.

It worked fine for me, giving the following result in R Studio:

But when I try to save the result using ggsave() to create the a .pdf, .ps, or .png file, the red number is cut off half like this:

I have the feeling that the inner plot is printed first and later the margins are plotted on top of this.

Anybody has a hint?

Did you try changing the `scale` and dimensions in ggsave? If not oculd you try? — amrrs, Nov 16 '17 at 13:41
If you didn't specify the plot argument in `ggsave()`, try doing it explicitly. i.e. `ggsave(file name = "some.file.name", plot = grid.draw(g), ...)` — Z.Lin, Nov 16 '17 at 13:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '17 at 20:35

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Thank you Z. Lin! I just had a grid.draw(g) instead of g <- grid.draw(g). This dot in R always activates my python brain region :)

answered Nov 18 '17 at 20:35

arnohakk

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