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Difference in geom_label() behaviour between CRAN and devel versions: API change or regression? #6520

Closed as duplicate of#6521
@IndrajeetPatil

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@IndrajeetPatil

Discovered while working on IndrajeetPatil/ggstatsplot#1005

CRAN version

library(ggplot2)

df <- tibble::tibble(
  flag = factor("no"),
  measurement = factor("old"),
  perc = 100,
  .label = "100%",
)

ggplot(df, aes(flag, perc, fill = measurement)) +
  geom_bar(stat = "identity", position = "fill") +
  geom_label(
    mapping  = aes(label = .label, group = measurement),
    position = position_fill(vjust = 0.5)
  ) 

Created on 2025-06-19 with reprex v2.1.1

Session info

sessioninfo::session_info()
#> ─ Session info ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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#>  labeling       0.4.3   2023-08-29 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
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#>  * ── Packages attached to the search path.
#> 
#> ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Development version

library(ggplot2)

df <- tibble::tibble(
  flag = factor("no"),
  measurement = factor("old"),
  perc = 100,
  .label = "100%",
)

ggplot(df, aes(flag, perc, fill = measurement)) +
  geom_bar(stat = "identity", position = "fill") +
  geom_label(
    mapping  = aes(label = .label, group = measurement),
    position = position_fill(vjust = 0.5)
  ) 

Created on 2025-06-19 with reprex v2.1.1

Session info

sessioninfo::session_info()
#> ─ Session info ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#>  setting  value
#>  version  R version 4.4.3 (2025-02-28)
#>  os       macOS Sequoia 15.5
#>  system   aarch64, darwin20
#>  ui       X11
#>  language (EN)
#>  collate  en_US.UTF-8
#>  ctype    en_US.UTF-8
#>  tz       Asia/Kolkata
#>  date     2025-06-19
#>  pandoc   3.7.0.2 @ /opt/homebrew/bin/ (via rmarkdown)
#>  quarto   1.7.32 @ /usr/local/bin/quarto
#> 
#> ─ Packages ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#>  package      * version    date (UTC) lib source
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#>  curl           6.3.0      2025-06-06 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.1)
#>  digest         0.6.37     2024-08-19 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.1)
#>  dplyr          1.1.4      2023-11-17 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  evaluate       1.0.3      2025-01-10 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.2)
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#>  fastmap        1.2.0      2024-05-15 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
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#>  generics       0.1.4      2025-05-09 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.1)
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#>  glue           1.8.0      2024-09-30 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.1)
#>  gtable         0.3.6      2024-10-25 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.1)
#>  htmltools      0.5.8.1    2024-04-04 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  knitr          1.50       2025-03-16 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.2)
#>  labeling       0.4.3      2023-08-29 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  lifecycle      1.0.4      2023-11-07 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
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#> 
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#> 
#> ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

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