theme-update-wy.rd

\name{theme_update}
\alias{theme_update}
\alias{theme settings to override}
\alias{theme_set}
\alias{theme_get}
\alias{ggopt}
\title{Get, set and update themes.}
\author{Hadley Wickham <h.wickham@gmail.com>}

\description{
These three functions get, set and update themes.
}
\usage{theme_update(...)}
\arguments{
\item{...}{}
}

\details{Use \code{theme_update} to modify a small number of elements of the current
theme or use \code{theme_set} to completely override it.}

\examples{qplot(mpg, wt, data = mtcars)
old <- theme_set(theme_bw())
qplot(mpg, wt, data = mtcars)
theme_set(old)
qplot(mpg, wt, data = mtcars)

old <- theme_update(panel.background = theme_rect(colour = "pink"))
qplot(mpg, wt, data = mtcars)
theme_set(old)
theme_get()

qplot(mpg, wt, data=mtcars, colour=mpg) + 
opts(legend.position=c(0.95, 0.95), legend.justification = c(1, 1))
last_plot() + 
opts(legend.background = theme_rect(fill = "white", col="white", size =3))}