Reproducing lattice dendrogram graph with ggplot2

EDIT

From 8 August 2011 the ggdendro package is available on CRAN
Note also that the dendrogram extraction function is now called dendro_data instead of cluster_data

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Yes, it is. But for the time being you will have to jump through a few hoops:

1. Install the ggdendro package (available from CRAN). This package will extract the cluster information from several types of cluster methods (including Hclust and dendrogram) with the express purpose of plotting in ggplot.
2. Use grid graphics to create viewports and align three different plots.

The code:

First load the libraries and set up the data for ggplot:

library(ggplot2)
library(reshape2)
library(ggdendro)

data(mtcars)
x <- as.matrix(scale(mtcars))
dd.col <- as.dendrogram(hclust(dist(x)))
col.ord <- order.dendrogram(dd.col)

dd.row <- as.dendrogram(hclust(dist(t(x))))
row.ord <- order.dendrogram(dd.row)

xx <- scale(mtcars)[col.ord, row.ord]
xx_names <- attr(xx, "dimnames")
df <- as.data.frame(xx)
colnames(df) <- xx_names[[2]]
df$car <- xx_names[[1]]
df$car <- with(df, factor(car, levels=car, ordered=TRUE))

mdf <- melt(df, id.vars="car")

Extract dendrogram data and create the plots

ddata_x <- dendro_data(dd.row)
ddata_y <- dendro_data(dd.col)

### Set up a blank theme
theme_none <- theme(
  panel.grid.major = element_blank(),
  panel.grid.minor = element_blank(),
  panel.background = element_blank(),
  axis.title.x = element_text(colour=NA),
  axis.title.y = element_blank(),
  axis.text.x = element_blank(),
  axis.text.y = element_blank(),
  axis.line = element_blank()
  #axis.ticks.length = element_blank()
)

### Create plot components ###    
# Heatmap
p1 <- ggplot(mdf, aes(x=variable, y=car)) + 
  geom_tile(aes(fill=value)) + scale_fill_gradient2()

# Dendrogram 1
p2 <- ggplot(segment(ddata_x)) + 
  geom_segment(aes(x=x, y=y, xend=xend, yend=yend)) + 
  theme_none + theme(axis.title.x=element_blank())

# Dendrogram 2
p3 <- ggplot(segment(ddata_y)) + 
  geom_segment(aes(x=x, y=y, xend=xend, yend=yend)) + 
  coord_flip() + theme_none

Use grid graphics and some manual alignment to position the three plots on the page

### Draw graphic ###

grid.newpage()
print(p1, vp=viewport(0.8, 0.8, x=0.4, y=0.4))
print(p2, vp=viewport(0.52, 0.2, x=0.45, y=0.9))
print(p3, vp=viewport(0.2, 0.8, x=0.9, y=0.4))