The function is deleting all borders of the flextable object.
See also
Other borders management:
border_inner_h(),
border_inner_v(),
border_inner(),
border_outer(),
hline_bottom(),
hline_top(),
hline(),
surround(),
vline_left(),
vline_right(),
vline()
Examples
dat <- iris[c(1:5, 51:55, 101:105),]
ft_1 <- flextable(dat)
ft_1 <- theme_box(ft_1)
ft_1
Sepal.Length
Sepal.Width
Petal.Length
Petal.Width
Species
5.1
3.5
1.4
0.2
setosa
4.9
3.0
1.4
0.2
setosa
4.7
3.2
1.3
0.2
setosa
4.6
3.1
1.5
0.2
setosa
5.0
3.6
1.4
0.2
setosa
7.0
3.2
4.7
1.4
versicolor
6.4
3.2
4.5
1.5
versicolor
6.9
3.1
4.9
1.5
versicolor
5.5
2.3
4.0
1.3
versicolor
6.5
2.8
4.6
1.5
versicolor
6.3
3.3
6.0
2.5
virginica
5.8
2.7
5.1
1.9
virginica
7.1
3.0
5.9
2.1
virginica
6.3
2.9
5.6
1.8
virginica
6.5
3.0
5.8
2.2
virginica
# remove all borders
ft_2 <- border_remove(x = ft_1)
ft_2
Sepal.Length
Sepal.Width
Petal.Length
Petal.Width
Species
5.1
3.5
1.4
0.2
setosa
4.9
3.0
1.4
0.2
setosa
4.7
3.2
1.3
0.2
setosa
4.6
3.1
1.5
0.2
setosa
5.0
3.6
1.4
0.2
setosa
7.0
3.2
4.7
1.4
versicolor
6.4
3.2
4.5
1.5
versicolor
6.9
3.1
4.9
1.5
versicolor
5.5
2.3
4.0
1.3
versicolor
6.5
2.8
4.6
1.5
versicolor
6.3
3.3
6.0
2.5
virginica
5.8
2.7
5.1
1.9
virginica
7.1
3.0
5.9
2.1
virginica
6.3
2.9
5.6
1.8
virginica
6.5
3.0
5.8
2.2
virginica