How to add a point on the y-intercept (y-axis) using ggplot2

Question

I have a scatter plot where the y-axis scaling changes at a certain point to plot data with some extreme values. I'm trying to add some sort of visual cue on the y-axis that indicates that the scaling changes at the point.

Here's an example of a plot

library(scales)
library(ggplot2)

set.seed(104)

ggdata <- data.frame('x' = rep('a',100),
                     'y' = c(runif(90, 0, 20), runif(10, 90, 100)))

transformation <- trans_new(
  "my_transformation", 
  transform = function(x) ifelse(x <= 30, x / 5, (x - 30) / 20 + 30 / 5),
  inverse = function(x) ifelse(x <= 30 / 5, x * 5, (x - 30 / 5) * 20 + 30)
)

ggplot(data = ggdata) + 
  geom_jitter(aes(x = x, y = y)) +
  scale_y_continuous(trans = transformation, breaks = c(0, 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 90, 110))  

I want to add some marker to "tick 30" on y axis for scale change.

I was thinking of adding a double tick on the axis, but there is no linetype that looks like a double line. The product should look something like this. I'm aware of transforms like scale_y_log10, but I'd rather work with custom scaling that dynamically changes with the data.

EDIT: per @Tjebo's suggestion, I used annotate to add a "=" to the y axis breakpoint:

library(scales)
library(ggplot2)

set.seed(104)

ggdata <- data.frame('x' = rep('a',100),
                     'y' = c(runif(90, 0, 20), runif(10, 90, 100)))

transformation <- trans_new(
  "my_transformation", 
  transform = function(x) ifelse(x <= 30, x / 5, (x - 30) / 20 + 30 / 5),
  inverse = function(x) ifelse(x <= 30 / 5, x * 5, (x - 30 / 5) * 20 + 30)
)

mybreaks <- c(0, 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 90, 110)
tick_linetype <- rep("solid", length(mybreaks))
tick_linetype[4] <- "blank"

ggplot(data = ggdata) + 
  geom_jitter(aes(x = x, y = y)) +
  annotate(geom = "point", shape = "=", x = -Inf, y = 30, size = 3) +
  scale_y_continuous(trans = transformation, breaks = mybreaks) +
  theme(axis.ticks.y = element_line(linetype = tick_linetype)) + 
  coord_cartesian(clip = 'off')

Answer 1

I was thinking of adding a double tick on the axis, but there is no linetype that looks like a double line.

You can use any character as point shape. Also an equal sign, or back slash, etc.

For example:

library(scales)
library(ggplot2)

set.seed(104)

ggdata <- data.frame('x' = rep('a',100),
                     'y' = c(runif(90, 0, 20), runif(10, 90, 100)))

transformation <- trans_new(
  "my_transformation", 
  transform = function(x) ifelse(x <= 30, x / 5, (x - 30) / 20 + 30 / 5),
  inverse = function(x) ifelse(x <= 30 / 5, x * 5, (x - 30 / 5) * 20 + 30)
)

ggplot(data = ggdata) + 
  geom_jitter(aes(x = x, y = y)) +
  annotate(geom = "point", shape = "=", x = -Inf, y = 30, size = 8, color = 'red') +
  scale_y_continuous(trans = transformation, breaks = c(0, 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 90, 110))+
  coord_cartesian(clip = 'off')

I removed the clipping, but you can also leave it. The color was just chosen for highlighting.

Or, even better, use text annotation. You can then also change the angle - kind of nice.

ggplot(data = ggdata) +
  geom_jitter(aes(x = x, y = y)) +
  annotate(geom = "text", label = "=", x = -Inf, y = 30, size = 8, color = "red", angle = 45) +
  scale_y_continuous(trans = transformation, breaks = c(0, 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 90, 110)) +
  coord_cartesian(clip = "off")

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