Multirow axis labels with nested grouping variables

Question

I would like the levels of two different nested grouping variables to appear on separate lines below the plot, and not in the legend. What I have right now is this code:

Answer 1

You can create a custom element function for axis.text.x.

library(ggplot2)
library(grid)

## create some data with asymmetric fill aes to generalize solution 
data <- read.table(text = "Group Category Value
                   S1 A   73
                   S2 A   57
                   S3 A   57
                   S4 A   57
                   S1 B   7
                   S2 B   23
                   S3 B   57
                   S1 C   51
                   S2 C   57
                   S3 C   87", header=TRUE)

# user-level interface 
axis.groups = function(groups) {
  structure(
    list(groups=groups),
    ## inheritance since it should be a element_text
    class = c("element_custom","element_blank")  
  )
}
# returns a gTree with two children: 
# the categories axis
# the groups axis
element_grob.element_custom <- function(element, x,...)  {
  cat <- list(...)[[1]]
  groups <- element$group
  ll <- by(data$Group,data$Category,I)
  tt <- as.numeric(x)
  grbs <- Map(function(z,t){
    labs <- ll[[z]]
    vp = viewport(
             x = unit(t,'native'), 
             height=unit(2,'line'),
             width=unit(diff(tt)[1],'native'),
             xscale=c(0,length(labs)))
    grid.rect(vp=vp)
    textGrob(labs,x= unit(seq_along(labs)-0.5,
                                'native'),
             y=unit(2,'line'),
             vp=vp)
  },cat,tt)
  g.X <- textGrob(cat, x=x)
  gTree(children=gList(do.call(gList,grbs),g.X), cl = "custom_axis")
}

## # gTrees don't know their size 
grobHeight.custom_axis = 
  heightDetails.custom_axis = function(x, ...)
  unit(3, "lines")

## the final plot call
ggplot(data=data, aes(x=Category, y=Value, fill=Group)) + 
  geom_bar(position = position_dodge(width=0.9),stat='identity') +
  geom_text(aes(label=paste(Value, "%")),
            position=position_dodge(width=0.9), vjust=-0.25)+
  theme(axis.text.x = axis.groups(unique(data$Group)),
        legend.position="none")