ggplot2: Set alpha=0 for certain points depending on fill value

alpha, fill, ggplot2, plot, r

Solution

This seems to work:

d + stat_density2d(geom="tile", 
     aes(fill = ..density.., 
     alpha=cut(..density..,breaks=c(0,1e-5,Inf))), 
     contour = FALSE)+
 scale_alpha_manual(values=c(0,1),guide="none")

Problem

I'm currently working on a project that involves creating plots very similar to examples in Hadley's ggplot2 0.9.0 page regarding stat_density2d(). ``` library(ggplot2) dsmall <- diamonds[sample(nrow(diamonds), 1000), ] d <- ggplot(dsmall, aes(carat, price)) + xlim(1,3) d + stat_density2d(geom="tile", aes(fill = ..density..), contour = FALSE) last_plot() + scale_fill_gradient(limits=c(1e-5,8e-4)) ``` Now, what I am struggling with is a way to essentially turn alpha off (alpha=0) for all tiles not in the fill-range. So every grey tile seen in the image, the alpha should be set to 0. This would make the image a lot nicer, especially when overlaying on top of a map for example. If anyone has any suggestions, this would be greatly appreciated.

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