background_color: Set cell background color

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Set cell background color

Description

Colors can be in any format understood by R:

• A color name like "darkred"

• A HTML string like "#FF0000"

• The result of a function like rgb(1, 0, 0) or grey(0.5)

Usage

background_color(ht)

background_color(ht) <- value

set_background_color(ht, row, col, value)

map_background_color(ht, row, col, fn)

Arguments

ht	A huxtable.
value	A character vector or matrix. Set to NA to reset to the default, which is NA_character_.
row	A row specifier. See rowspecs for details.
col	An optional column specifier.
fn	A mapping function. See mapping-functions for details.

Details

Transparent colors are not guaranteed to work at present.

See Also

Other formatting functions: bold(), font(), font_size(), na_string(), number_format(), text_color()

Examples

background_color(jams) <- grey(0.7)
background_color(jams)

set_background_color(jams, "yellow")
set_background_color(jams, 2:3, 1, "yellow")
map_background_color(jams, by_rows("yellow", grey(0.7)))

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