change text alignment of selected rows and columns of a flextable.
align(x, i = NULL, j = NULL, align = "left", 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 |
Illustrations
See also
Other sugar functions for table style:
bg(),
bold(),
color(),
empty_blanks(),
fontsize(),
font(),
highlight(),
italic(),
line_spacing(),
padding(),
rotate(),
valign()
Examples
ft <- flextable(head(mtcars)[,3:6]) ft <- align(ft, align = "right", part = "all") ft <- theme_tron_legacy(ft) ft #> a flextable object. #> col_keys: `disp`, `hp`, `drat`, `wt` #> header has 1 row(s) #> body has 6 row(s) #> original dataset sample: #> disp hp drat wt #> Mazda RX4 160 110 3.90 2.620 #> Mazda RX4 Wag 160 110 3.90 2.875 #> Datsun 710 108 93 3.85 2.320 #> Hornet 4 Drive 258 110 3.08 3.215 #> Hornet Sportabout 360 175 3.15 3.440 ftab <- flextable(mtcars) ftab <- align_text_col(ftab, align = "left") ftab <- align_nottext_col(ftab, align = "right") ftab #> a flextable object. #> col_keys: `mpg`, `cyl`, `disp`, `hp`, `drat`, `wt`, `qsec`, `vs`, `am`, `gear`, `carb` #> header has 1 row(s) #> body has 32 row(s) #> original dataset sample: #> mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb #> Mazda RX4 21.0 6 160 110 3.90 2.620 16.46 0 1 4 4 #> Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0 6 160 110 3.90 2.875 17.02 0 1 4 4 #> Datsun 710 22.8 4 108 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1 #> Hornet 4 Drive 21.4 6 258 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1 #> Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2