layouts: Page Layout Functions

In shinyGovstyle: Custom Gov Style Inputs for Shiny

Page Layout Functions

Description

Build the main content area of a GOV.UK page. gov_main_layout() creates the page's ⁠<main>⁠ landmark, and content can go straight inside it: items simply stack one below the other. Use gov_row() and gov_box() only when you need GOV.UK grid columns, such as two boxes side by side or a section with a set column width. gov_text() is a container for body text.

Usage

gov_main_layout(..., inputID = "main", width = "standard")

gov_row(...)

gov_box(..., size = "full")

gov_text(...)

Arguments

...	include the components of the UI that you want within the main page. These components are made to flow through each other. See example
inputID	ID of the main div. Defaults to "main"
width	Width of the component. One of "standard" (the default, GOV.UK's usual 960px content width), "three-quarters" (three-quarters of the viewport, never narrower than standard), "full" (no max-width, so the container fills the viewport, with grid gutters also removed), or a CSS length (e.g. "1400px", "90vw") for a custom max-width.
size	size of the box in the row. Optional are full, one-half, two-thirds, one-third, three-quarters and one-quarter. Defaults to "full"

Value

a HTML shiny layout div

See Also

Other Govstyle page structure: cookieBanner(), footer(), gov_page(), header(), phase_banner(), skip_to_main()

Examples

ui <- shinyGovstyle::gov_page(
  shinyGovstyle::header(
    org_name = "Example",
    service_name = "User Examples",
    logo="shinyGovstyle/images/moj_logo.png"),
  shinyGovstyle::gov_main_layout(
    # Content with no columns goes straight into gov_main_layout()
    shinyGovstyle::heading_text("Page heading", size = "l"),
    shinyGovstyle::gov_text("Items stack one below the other."),
    # Use gov_row() and gov_box() for side-by-side columns
    shinyGovstyle::gov_row(
      shinyGovstyle::gov_box(
        size = "one-half",
        shinyGovstyle::gov_text("govuk-grid-column-one-half")
      ),
      shinyGovstyle::gov_box(
        size = "one-half",
        shinyGovstyle::gov_text("govuk-grid-column-one-half")
      )
    ),
    shinyGovstyle::gov_row(
      shinyGovstyle::gov_box(
        size = "one-third",
        shinyGovstyle::gov_text("govuk-grid-column-one-third")
      ),
      shinyGovstyle::gov_box(
        size = "two-thirds",
        shinyGovstyle::gov_text("govuk-grid-column-two-thirds")
      )
    ),
    shinyGovstyle::gov_row(
      shinyGovstyle::gov_box(
        size = "one-quarter",
        shinyGovstyle::gov_text("govuk-grid-column-one-quarter")
      ),
      shinyGovstyle::gov_box(
        size = "three-quarters",
        shinyGovstyle::gov_text("govuk-grid-column-three-quarters")
      )
    )
  ),
  shinyGovstyle::footer(full = TRUE)
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {}

if (interactive()) shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

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