hd_theme: Build a Highcharts Theme Object

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Build a Highcharts Theme Object

Description

Constructs a highcharter theme by merging a named base theme with colour and font overrides from the current hd_set_theme() session defaults and any per-figure opts.

Usage

hd_theme(name = NULL, colors = NULL, ...)

Arguments

name	Character or NULL. Theme name; NULL reads from getOption("highdir.hc_theme").
colors	Character vector or NULL. Colour override for this call.
...	Named arguments forwarded to highcharter::hc_theme() as extra overrides on top of the base theme.

Details

Called automatically inside the highcharter engine; useful when you want to apply a theme to a highchart built outside highdir.

Value

A highcharter theme object (hc_theme).

Examples

if(interactive()) {
t <- hd_theme("darkunica")
highcharter::highchart() |> highcharter::hc_add_theme(t)
}

highdir documentation built on July 31, 2026, 5:06 p.m.