R: Remove a Grid Graphical Object

grid.remove {grid} | R Documentation

## Remove a Grid Graphical Object

### Description

Remove a grob from a gTree or a descendant of a gTree.

### Usage

    grid.remove(gPath, warn = TRUE, strict  =  FALSE, grep = FALSE,
                global = FALSE, allDevices = FALSE, redraw = TRUE)

    grid.gremove(..., grep = TRUE, global = TRUE)

    removeGrob(gTree, gPath, strict = FALSE, grep = FALSE,
               global = FALSE, warn = TRUE)

### Arguments

`gTree` | A gTree object.
`gPath` | A gPath object. For `grid.remove` this specifies a gTree on the display list. For `removeGrob` this specifies a descendant of the specified gTree.
`strict` | A boolean indicating whether the gPath must be matched exactly.
`grep` | A boolean indicating whether the `gPath` should be treated as a regular expression. Values are recycled across elements of the `gPath` (e.g., `c(TRUE, FALSE)` means that every odd element of the `gPath` will be treated as a regular expression).
`global` | A boolean indicating whether the function should affect just the first match of the `gPath`, or whether all matches should be affected.
`allDevices` | A boolean indicating whether all open devices should be searched for matches, or just the current device. NOT YET IMPLEMENTED.
`warn` | A logical to indicate whether failing to find the specified grob should trigger an error.
`redraw` | A logical value to indicate whether to redraw the grob.
`...` | Arguments that are passed to `grid.get`.

### Details

`removeGrob` copies the specified grob and returns a modified grob.

`grid.remove` destructively modifies a grob on the display list. If `redraw` is `TRUE` it then redraws everything to reflect the change.

`grid.gremove` (`g` for global) is just a convenience wrapper for `grid.remove` with different defaults.

### Value

`removeGrob` returns a grob object; `grid.remove` returns `NULL`.

### Author(s)

Paul Murrell

### See Also

`grob`, `getGrob`, `removeGrob`, `removeGrob`.

[Package grid version 3.1.2 Index]