cli (version 3.6.3)

ansi_align: Align an ANSI colored string

Description

Align an ANSI colored string

Usage

ansi_align(
  text,
  width = console_width(),
  align = c("left", "center", "right"),
  type = "width"
)

Value

The aligned character vector.

Arguments

text

The character vector to align.

width

Width of the field to align in.

align

Whether to align "left", "center" or "right".

type

Passed on to ansi_nchar() and there to nchar()

Details

str <- c(
  col_red("This is red"),
  style_bold("This is bold")
)
astr <- ansi_align(str, width = 30)
boxx(astr)

#> ┌────────────────────────────────────┐                                          
#> │                                    │                                          
#> │   This is red                      │                                          
#> │   This is bold                     │                                          
#> │                                    │                                          
#> └────────────────────────────────────┘                                          

str <- c(
  col_red("This is red"),
  style_bold("This is bold")
)
astr <- ansi_align(str, align = "center", width = 30)
boxx(astr)

#> ┌────────────────────────────────────┐                                          
#> │                                    │                                          
#> │             This is red            │                                          
#> │            This is bold            │                                          
#> │                                    │                                          
#> └────────────────────────────────────┘                                          

str <- c(
  col_red("This is red"),
  style_bold("This is bold")
)
astr <- ansi_align(str, align = "right", width = 30)
boxx(astr)

#> ┌────────────────────────────────────┐                                          
#> │                                    │                                          
#> │                      This is red   │                                          
#> │                     This is bold   │                                          
#> │                                    │                                          
#> └────────────────────────────────────┘                                          

See Also

Other ANSI string operations: ansi_columns(), ansi_nchar(), ansi_strsplit(), ansi_strtrim(), ansi_strwrap(), ansi_substring(), ansi_substr(), ansi_toupper(), ansi_trimws()