Write group labels in first bar or above instead of legend

Question

I have a stacked barplot with the following data

df <- expand.grid(name = c("oak","birch","cedar"),
    sample = c("one","two"),
    type = c("sapling","adult","dead"))
df$count <- sample(5:200, size = nrow(df), replace = T)

I generate a barplot and try to add the group lables to it:

ggplot(df, aes(x = name, y = count, fill = type)) +
   geom_bar(stat = "identity") +
   coord_flip() +
   theme(legend.position="none") +
   geom_text(aes(label = type, position = "stack")) 

It produces:

Two to three questions arise:

1. How can I make the labels appear in the top bar only?

2. How can I make the labels appear in the center of the bar section?

3. Optionally: How can I make the labels appear on top of the top bar being connected to their sections by arrows?

Answer 1

There is a link suggested above. That will help you. Here, I have another suggestion.

set.seed(123)
df <- expand.grid(name = c("oak","birch","cedar"),
                  sample = c("one","two"),
                  type = c("sapling","adult","dead"))
df$count <- sample(5:200, size = nrow(df), replace = T)

### Arrange a data frame (summing up sample one and two)
library(dplyr)
ana <- df %>%
        group_by(name, type) %>%
        summarise(total = sum(count))

# Draw a figure once        
bob <- ggplot(ana, aes(x = name, y = total, fill = type)) +
       geom_bar(stat = "identity", position = "stack")

# Get a data frame for ggplot      
cathy <- ggplot_build(bob)$data[[1]]

# calculate text position & add text labels
cathy$y_pos <- (cathy$ymin + cathy$ymax) / 2
cathy$label <- rep(c("sampling", "adult", "dead"), times = 3)

# Subset the data for labeling for the top bar
dan <- cathy[c(7:9), ]

# Draw a figure again
bob + 
annotate(x = dan$x, y = dan$y_pos, label = dan$label, geom="text", size=3) +
coord_flip()