Themes

ggpop ships three built-in themes optimized for icon charts:

Theme Description
theme_pop() Default – clean, no axes
theme_pop_dark() Dark background variant
theme_pop_minimal() Ultra-minimal, no legend or titles

theme_pop()

Default theme. Removes axes and gridlines. Layer standard theme() calls on top to customize further.

ggplot() +
  geom_pop(data = df_t, aes(icon = icon, color = grp), size = 2, dpi = 72) +
  scale_color_manual(values = c(A = "#1E88E5", B = "#E53935")) +
  theme_pop() +
  labs(title = "theme_pop()", color = NULL)

theme_pop_dark()

Dark background variant. Use lighter colors to maintain contrast.

ggplot() +
  geom_pop(data = df_t, aes(icon = icon, color = grp), size = 2, dpi = 72) +
  scale_color_manual(values = c(A = "#64B5F6", B = "#EF9A9A")) +
  theme_pop_dark() +
  labs(title = "theme_pop_dark()", color = NULL)

theme_pop_minimal()

Ultra-minimal. No axes, no legend, no titles. Useful for embedding charts in dashboards or slides where context is provided externally.

ggplot() +
  geom_pop(data = df_t, aes(icon = icon, color = grp), size = 2, dpi = 72) +
  scale_color_manual(values = c(A = "#1E88E5", B = "#E53935")) +
  theme_pop_minimal()