Arrange ggplot plots (grobs with same widths) using gtable to create 2x2 layout

Question

I am attempting to use grobs and gtable to arrange 4 (ggplot2) plots into a 2x2 grid. I don\'t know how to set widths, and also a non- 1xn, or nx1 arrangement.

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Answer 1

would this work for you

library(cowplot)
library(ggplot2)
data(iris)
a <- ggplot(iris, aes(x=Species, y=Petal.Width)) + geom_boxplot(color="black") + ylab(expression(Foo~Bar~(g~cm^{-3}))) + theme_grey()
b <- ggplot(iris, aes(x=Species, y=Petal.Length*100)) + geom_boxplot(color="black") + ylab("foobar (mm)") + theme_grey()
c <- ggplot(iris, aes(x=Species, y=Sepal.Width)) + geom_boxplot(color="black") + ylab("foobar (%)") + theme_grey()
d <- ggplot(iris, aes(x=Species, y=log10(Sepal.Length))) + geom_boxplot(color="black") + ylab("foobar (cm)") + theme_grey()
plot_grid(a,b, c, d, ncol=2,align="v")