add_cell_message: Create a JavaScript cell message function for cheetahR...

In cheetahR: High Performance Tables Using 'Cheetah Grid'

Create a JavaScript cell message function for cheetahR widgets

Description

Generates a JS function (wrapped with htmlwidgets::JS) that, given a record (rec), returns an object with type and message.

Usage

add_cell_message(type = c("error", "warning", "info"), message = "message")

Arguments

type	A string that specifies the type of message. One of "error", "warning", or "info". Default is "error".
message	A string or JS expression. If it contains rec., ⁠?⁠, :, or a trailing ⁠;⁠, it is treated as raw JS (no additional quoting). Otherwise, it is escaped and wrapped in single quotes.

Value

A htmlwidgets::JS object containing a JavaScript function definition:

function(rec) {
  return {
    type: "<type>",
    message: <message>
  };
}

Use this within column_def() for cell validation

Examples

set.seed(123)
iris_rows <- sample(nrow(iris), 10)
data <- iris[iris_rows, ]

# Simple warning
cheetah(
  data,
  columns = list(
    Species = column_def(
      message = add_cell_message(type = "info", message = "Ok")
    )
  )
)

# Conditional error using `js_ifelse()`
cheetah(
  data,
  columns = list(
    Species = column_def(
      message = add_cell_message(
        message = js_ifelse(Species == "setosa", "", "Invalid")
      )
    )
  )
)

# Directly using a JS expression as string
cheetah(
  data,
  columns = list(
    Sepal.Width = column_def(
      style = list(textAlign = "left"),
      message = add_cell_message(
        type = "warning",
        message = "rec['Sepal.Width'] <= 3 ? 'NarrowSepal' : 'WideSepal';"
      )
    )
  )
)

cheetahR documentation built on Aug. 9, 2025, 1:07 a.m.