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user1165199
user1165199

Reputation: 6659

R: Make part of cell bold in shiny table output

I am using the R shiny app and creating a table using renderTable and tableOutput. Is it possible to make one part of a cells contents bold whilst keeping the rest of it normal text.

E.g. one entry in a particular cell could be:

5.3% ~ 1% ~ 7

I tried hardcoding ** around the appropriate figure but it just outputted the asterisk.

Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4122

Answers (1)

NicE
NicE

Reputation: 21443

You can use the <strong></strong> HTML tag in your table if you want some bold text, here's an example:

library(shiny)
data<-data.frame(a=c("<strong>a</strong>","b"),val=c(1,2))

runApp(list(
        ui = basicPage(
                tableOutput('mytable')
        ),
        server = function(input, output) {
                output$mytable = renderTable({
                        data
                },sanitize.text.function=function(x){x})
        }
))

You need to change the sanitize.text.function to identity in order for the tags to be interpreted.

As an alternative, you can also use Datatables to render your table. You can also use the <strong> tag, but make sure you set the escape option to false in the renderDataTable part.

Upvotes: 6

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