Function to reset all aesthetics defaults

NAMESPACE

@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ export(remove_missing)
 export(render_axes)
 export(render_strips)
 export(replace_theme)
+export(reset_geom_defaults)
+export(reset_stat_defaults)
 export(reset_theme_settings)
 export(resolution)
 export(scale_alpha)

NEWS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # ggplot2 (development version)
 
+* New `reset_geom_defaults()` and `reset_stat_defaults()` to restore all geom or
+  stat default aesthetics at once (@teunbrand, #5975).
 * `facet_wrap()` can have `space = "free_x"` with 1-row layouts and 
   `space = "free_y"` with 1-column layouts (@teunbrand)
 * Secondary axes respect `n.breaks` setting in continuous scales (@teunbrand, #4483).

R/geom-defaults.R

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #' Modify geom/stat aesthetic defaults for future plots
 #'
+#' Functions to update or reset the default aesthetics of geoms and stats.
+#'
 #' @param stat,geom Name of geom/stat to modify (like `"point"` or
 #'   `"bin"`), or a Geom/Stat object (like `GeomPoint` or
 #'   `StatBin`).
@@ -17,9 +19,11 @@
 #' GeomPoint$default_aes
 #' ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) + geom_point()
 #'
-#' # reset default
+#' # reset single default
 #' update_geom_defaults("point", NULL)
 #'
+#' # reset all defaults
+#' reset_geom_defaults()
 #'
 #' # updating a stat's default aesthetic settings
 #' # example: change stat_bin()'s default y-axis to the density scale
@@ -30,9 +34,12 @@
 #'   geom_histogram() +
 #'   geom_function(fun = dnorm, color = "red")
 #'
-#' # reset default
+#' # reset single default
 #' update_stat_defaults("bin", NULL)
 #'
+#' # reset all defaults
+#' reset_stat_defaults()
+#'
 #' @rdname update_defaults
 update_geom_defaults <- function(geom, new) {
   update_defaults(geom, "Geom", new, env = parent.frame())
@@ -44,6 +51,14 @@
   update_defaults(stat, "Stat", new, env = parent.frame())
 }
 
+#' @rdname update_defaults
+#' @export
+reset_geom_defaults <- function() reset_defaults("geom")
+
+#' @rdname update_defaults
+#' @export
+reset_stat_defaults <- function() reset_defaults("stat")
+
 cache_defaults <- new_environment()
 
 update_defaults <- function(name, subclass, new, env = parent.frame()) {
@@ -73,3 +88,20 @@
 
   }
 }
+
+reset_defaults <- function(type) {
+  # Lookup matching names in cache
+  prefix <- paste0("^", type, "_")
+  full_names <- grep(prefix, ls(cache_defaults), value = TRUE)
+  # Early exit if there is nothing to reset
+  if (length(full_names) < 1) {
+    return(invisible())
+  }
+  # Format names without prefix
+  short_names <- gsub(prefix, "", full_names)
+  names(short_names) <- full_names
+
+  # Run updates
+  update <- switch(type, geom = update_geom_defaults, update_stat_defaults)
+  invisible(lapply(short_names, update, new = NULL))
+}

tests/testthat/test-geom-.R

@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ test_that("geom defaults can be set and reset", {
   test <- l$geom$use_defaults(data_frame0())
   expect_equal(test$colour, "black")
   expect_equal(inv$colour, "red")
+
+  inv <- update_geom_defaults("line", list(colour = "blue"))
+  reset <- reset_geom_defaults()
+
+  expect_equal(reset$geom_line$colour, "blue")
+  expect_equal(reset$geom_point$colour, GeomPoint$default_aes$colour)
+  expect_equal(GeomLine$default_aes$colour, inv$colour)
 })
 
 test_that("updating geom aesthetic defaults preserves class and order", {