Move the position of colorbar/ colorkeys in levelplot

Question

I have plotted a stack of raster using the function 'levelplot' script as below:

library(raster)
library(rasterVis)
ras <- list.files("/filepath/", pattern = "\\.tif$", full=TRUE)
s <- stack(ras)
> levelplot(s, colorkey = list(space ="bottom",height=1, width=1),
names.attr=c("2011","2012","2013", "2014")))

Figure of Levelplot

The problem with the plot is that the label of x-axis label 'Longitude' overlaps with the colorbar/ colorkeys of the plot. Is it possible to move the position of colorkeys a little below the label 'Longitude'?

Thanks

Answer 1

I found another solution for this problem that adds padding around the x-axis label. Just add this as additional argument to your levelplot() function and adjust the padding:

par.settings = list(layout.heights = list(xlab.key.padding = 1))

The source is this thread, where you can find some other ideas:

levelplot: how to add space between colorkey and x-axis label

Answer 2

@Khaynes Answer to the question:

levelplot(s, colorkey = list(space = "bottom", height = 1, width = 1),
            names.attr = c("2011", "2012", "2013", "2014"),
            xlab = list(label = "Longitude", vjust = -.2)))

The result-> All Thanks to @Khaynes

Answer 3

You can adjust this with the vjust parameter in the xlab list ...

levelplot(s, colorkey = list(space = "bottom", height = 1, width = 1),
            names.attr = c("2011", "2012", "2013", "2014"),
            xlab = list(label = "Longitude", vjust = -.2)))

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Before (with dummy data):

After: