{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hadley/ggplot2/issues/1068","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hadley/ggplot2/issues/1068/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hadley/ggplot2/issues/1068/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hadley/ggplot2/issues/1068/events","html_url":"https://github.com/hadley/ggplot2/issues/1068","id":62321345,"number":1068,"title":"Width of error bars is calculated by the number of groups and not by the `width` argument. ","user":{"login":"wnstnsmth","id":2305708,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2305708?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/wnstnsmth","html_url":"https://github.com/wnstnsmth","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wnstnsmth/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wnstnsmth/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wnstnsmth/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wnstnsmth/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wnstnsmth/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wnstnsmth/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wnstnsmth/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wnstnsmth/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wnstnsmth/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-03-17T07:46:03Z","updated_at":"2015-03-17T07:46:03Z","closed_at":null,"body":"When attempting to draw error bars in a plot with multiple groups, the width of the error bar seems to be calculated dynamically from the number of groups in the plot, e.g.:\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\nSee [this Stackoverflow question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19420903/width-of-error-bars-in-ggplot2/29059601) for more information and illustrative graphics. "}}