kableExtra (version 0.6.0)

column_spec: Specify the look of the selected column

Description

This function allows users to select a column and then specify its look.

Usage

column_spec(kable_input, column, width = NULL, bold = FALSE,
  italic = FALSE, monospace = FALSE, color = NULL, background = NULL,
  border_left = FALSE, border_right = FALSE)

Arguments

kable_input

Output of knitr::kable() with format specified

column

A numeric value or vector indicating which column(s) to be selected.

width

A character string telling HTML & LaTeX how wide the column needs to be, e.g. "10cm", "3in" or "30em".

bold

A T/F value to control whether the text of the selected column need to be bolded.

italic

A T/F value to control whether the text of the selected column need to be emphasized.

monospace

A T/F value to control whether the text of the selected column need to be monospaced (verbatim)

color

A character string for column text color. Here please pay attention to the differences in color codes between HTML and LaTeX.

background

A character string for column background color. Here please pay attention to the differences in color codes between HTML and LaTeX.

border_left

A logical variable indicating whether there should be a border line on the left of the selected column. In HTML, you can also pass in a character string for the CSS of the border line

border_right

A logical variable indicating whether there should be a border line on the right of the selected column. In HTML, you can also pass in a character string for the CSS of the border line

Examples

# NOT RUN {
x <- knitr::kable(head(mtcars), "html")
column_spec(x, 1:2, width = "20em", bold = TRUE, italic = TRUE)

# }