[Solved] Using factor levels with geom_rect
I got some help after asking the same question on the comp.lang.r.general mailing list (http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.r.general/313656). I ended up adding the following: nodelist <- sort(levels(flatdata$value)) and then using geom_rect(aes(ymin=as.Date(“8-Apr-2014″, format=”%d-%b-%Y”), ymax=as.Date(“30-Apr-2014″, format=”%d-%b-%Y”), xmin=which(nodelist==”node004″)-0.5, xmax=which(nodelist==”node004″)+0.5, fill=”red”, alpha=0.25)) solved Using factor levels with geom_rect