Saving grid.arrange() plot to file

grid.arrange draws directly on a device. arrangeGrob, on the other hand, doesn't draw anything but returns a grob g, that you can pass to ggsave(file="whatever.pdf", g).

The reason it works differently than with ggplot objects, where by default the last plot is being saved if not specified, is that ggplot2 invisibly keeps track of the latest plot, and I don't think grid.arrange should mess with this counter private to the package.

I had some problems with babptiste's proposal, but got it finally. Here is what you should use:

 # draw your plots
 plot1 <- ggplot(...) # this specifies your first plot
 plot2 <- ggplot(...) # this specifies your second plot
 plot3 <- ggplot(...) # this specifies your third plot

 #merge all three plots within one grid (and visualize this)
 grid.arrange(plot1, plot2, plot3, nrow=3) #arranges plots within grid

 #save
 g <- arrangeGrob(plot1, plot2, plot3, nrow=3) #generates g
 ggsave(file="whatever.pdf", g) #saves g

This should work well.