# R: Create a Grid Graphical Object

grid.grob {grid} | R Documentation

## Create a Grid Graphical Object

### Description

These functions create grid graphical objects.

### Usage

    grid.grob(list.struct, cl = NULL, draw = TRUE)
    grob(..., name = NULL, gp = NULL, vp = NULL, cl = NULL)
    gTree(..., name = NULL, gp = NULL, vp = NULL, children = NULL,
          childrenvp = NULL, cl = NULL)
    childNames(gTree)
    gList(...)

### Arguments

`...` | For `grob` and `gTree`, the named slots describing important features of the graphical object. For `gList`, a series of grob objects.
`list.struct` | A list (preferably with each element named).
`name` | A character identifier for the grob. Used to find the grob on the display list and/or as a child of another grob.
`children` | A gList object.
`childrenvp` | A viewport object (or `NULL`).
`gp` | A gpar object, typically the output from a call to the function `gpar`. This is basically a list of graphical parameter settings.
`vp` | A viewport object (or `NULL`).
`cl` | A string giving the class attribute for the `list.struct`
`draw` | A logical value to indicate whether to produce graphical output.
`gTree` | A gTree object.

### Details

These functions can be used to create a basic grob, gTree, or gList object, or a new class derived from one of these.

A grid graphical object (grob) is a description of a graphical item. These basic classes provide default behaviour for validating, drawing, and modifying graphical objects. Both call the function `validDetails` to check that the object returned is coherent.

A gTree can have other grobs as children; when a gTree is drawn, it draws all of its children. Before drawing its children, a gTree pushes its childrenvp slot and then navigates back up (calls `upViewport`) so that the children can specify their location within the childrenvp via a vpPath.

Grob names need not be unique in general, but all children of a gTree must have different names. A grob name can be any string, though it is not advisable to use the gPath separator (currently `::`) in grob names.

The function `childNames` returns the names of the grobs which are children of a gTree.

All grid primitives (`grid.lines`, `grid.rect`, ...) and some higher-level grid components (e.g., `grid.xaxis` and `grid.yaxis`) are derived from these classes.

`grid.grob` is deprecated.

### Value

A grob object.

### Author(s)

Paul Murrell

### See Also

`grid.draw`, `grid.edit`, `grid.get`.

### Examples

[Package grid version 2.6.0 Index]