How to change legend title in ggplot

Question

I have the following plot like below. It was created with this command:

library(ggplot2)  df <- data.frame(cond = factor(rep(c("A", "B"), each = 200)),                   rating = c(rnorm(200), rnorm(200, mean=.8)))  ggplot(df, aes(x=rating, fill=cond)) +  geom_density(alpha = .3) + xlab("NEW RATING TITLE") + ylab("NEW DENSITY TITLE") 

Now, I want to modify the legend title from cond into NEW LEGEND TITLE.

So, I just added the following line add the end of the above code:

+labs(colour="NEW LEGEND TITLE") 

But it doesn't work. What's the right way to do it?

Answer 1

This should work:

p <- ggplot(df, aes(x=rating, fill=cond)) +             geom_density(alpha=.3) +             xlab("NEW RATING TITLE") +             ylab("NEW DENSITY TITLE") p <- p + guides(fill=guide_legend(title="New Legend Title")) 

(or alternatively)

p + scale_fill_discrete(name = "New Legend Title")