Set cell borders

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:

• hline_top(): set the top border (outer horizontal)

• hline_bottom(): set the bottom border (outer horizontal)

• vline_left(): set the left border (outer vertical)

• vline_right(): set the right border (outer vertical)

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, see flextable-package to learn how to create 'flextable' object.

i

row selector, see section Row selection with the i parameter in <Selectors in flextable>.

j

column selector, see section Column selection with the j parameter in <Selectors in flextable>.

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

part selector, see section Part selection with the part parameter in <Selectors in flextable>. Value 'all' can be used.

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