change text alignment of selected rows and columns of a flextable.
Usage
align(
x,
i = NULL,
j = NULL,
align = c("left", "center", "right", "justify"),
part = "body"
)
align_text_col(x, align = "left", header = TRUE, footer = TRUE)
align_nottext_col(x, align = "right", header = TRUE, footer = TRUE)Arguments
- x
a flextable object
- i
rows selection
- j
columns selection
- align
text alignment - a single character value, expected value is one of 'left', 'right', 'center', 'justify'.
- part
partname of the table (one of 'all', 'body', 'header', 'footer')
- header
should the header be aligned with the body
- footer
should the footer be aligned with the body
See also
Other sugar functions for table style:
bg(),
bold(),
color(),
empty_blanks(),
font(),
fontsize(),
highlight(),
italic(),
keep_with_next(),
line_spacing(),
padding(),
rotate(),
tab_settings(),
valign()
Examples
ft <- flextable(head(mtcars)[, 3:6])
ft <- align(ft, align = "right", part = "all")
ft <- theme_tron_legacy(ft)
ft
disp
hp
drat
wt
160
110
3.90
2.620
160
110
3.90
2.875
108
93
3.85
2.320
258
110
3.08
3.215
360
175
3.15
3.440
225
105
2.76
3.460
ftab <- flextable(mtcars)
ftab <- align_text_col(ftab, align = "left")
ftab <- align_nottext_col(ftab, align = "right")
ftab
mpg
cyl
disp
hp
drat
wt
qsec
vs
am
gear
carb
21.0
6
160.0
110
3.90
2.620
16.46
0
1
4
4
21.0
6
160.0
110
3.90
2.875
17.02
0
1
4
4
22.8
4
108.0
93
3.85
2.320
18.61
1
1
4
1
21.4
6
258.0
110
3.08
3.215
19.44
1
0
3
1
18.7
8
360.0
175
3.15
3.440
17.02
0
0
3
2
18.1
6
225.0
105
2.76
3.460
20.22
1
0
3
1
14.3
8
360.0
245
3.21
3.570
15.84
0
0
3
4
24.4
4
146.7
62
3.69
3.190
20.00
1
0
4
2
22.8
4
140.8
95
3.92
3.150
22.90
1
0
4
2
19.2
6
167.6
123
3.92
3.440
18.30
1
0
4
4
17.8
6
167.6
123
3.92
3.440
18.90
1
0
4
4
16.4
8
275.8
180
3.07
4.070
17.40
0
0
3
3
17.3
8
275.8
180
3.07
3.730
17.60
0
0
3
3
15.2
8
275.8
180
3.07
3.780
18.00
0
0
3
3
10.4
8
472.0
205
2.93
5.250
17.98
0
0
3
4
10.4
8
460.0
215
3.00
5.424
17.82
0
0
3
4
14.7
8
440.0
230
3.23
5.345
17.42
0
0
3
4
32.4
4
78.7
66
4.08
2.200
19.47
1
1
4
1
30.4
4
75.7
52
4.93
1.615
18.52
1
1
4
2
33.9
4
71.1
65
4.22
1.835
19.90
1
1
4
1
21.5
4
120.1
97
3.70
2.465
20.01
1
0
3
1
15.5
8
318.0
150
2.76
3.520
16.87
0
0
3
2
15.2
8
304.0
150
3.15
3.435
17.30
0
0
3
2
13.3
8
350.0
245
3.73
3.840
15.41
0
0
3
4
19.2
8
400.0
175
3.08
3.845
17.05
0
0
3
2
27.3
4
79.0
66
4.08
1.935
18.90
1
1
4
1
26.0
4
120.3
91
4.43
2.140
16.70
0
1
5
2
30.4
4
95.1
113
3.77
1.513
16.90
1
1
5
2
15.8
8
351.0
264
4.22
3.170
14.50
0
1
5
4
19.7
6
145.0
175
3.62
2.770
15.50
0
1
5
6
15.0
8
301.0
335
3.54
3.570
14.60
0
1
5
8
21.4
4
121.0
109
4.11
2.780
18.60
1
1
4
2