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change borders of selected rows and columns of a flextable. This function is not to be used by end user (it requires careful settings to avoid overlapping borders) but only for programming purposes.

If you need to add borders, use instead other functions:

These set borders for the whole table : border_outer(), border_inner_h() and border_inner_v().

To add horizontal or vertical lines in the table at specific location, use:

  • hline(): set bottom borders (inner horizontal)

  • vline(): set right borders (inner vertical)

To add following horizontal or vertical lines at beginning or end of the table, use:

If you want to highlight specific cells with some borders, use surround().

Usage

border(
  x,
  i = NULL,
  j = NULL,
  border = NULL,
  border.top = NULL,
  border.bottom = NULL,
  border.left = NULL,
  border.right = NULL,
  part = "body"
)

Arguments

x

a flextable object

i

rows selection

j

columns selection

border

border (shortcut for top, bottom, left and right)

border.top

border top

border.bottom

border bottom

border.left

border left

border.right

border right

part

partname of the table (one of 'all', 'body', 'header', 'footer')

Note

pdf and pptx outputs do not support border() usage.

Examples

library(officer)
ftab <- flextable(head(mtcars))
ftab <- border(ftab, border.top = fp_border(color = "orange"))
ftab

mpg

cyl

disp

hp

drat

wt

qsec

vs

am

gear

carb

21.0

6

160

110

3.90

2.620

16.46

0

1

4

4

21.0

6

160

110

3.90

2.875

17.02

0

1

4

4

22.8

4

108

93

3.85

2.320

18.61

1

1

4

1

21.4

6

258

110

3.08

3.215

19.44

1

0

3

1

18.7

8

360

175

3.15

3.440

17.02

0

0

3

2

18.1

6

225

105

2.76

3.460

20.22

1

0

3

1