R/value_box.R

Defines functions value_box

Documented in value_box

#' Create a value text box with optional description and colour
#'
#' This function generates a value text box with an optional description and
#' customisable colour.
#'
#' The text box can be used in Shiny applications to display highlighted
#' information, such as statistics or key metrics.
#'
#' @param value Character. The primary value to display in the value box.
#' Defaults to "your value goes here"
#' @param text Character or NA. An optional description to appear below the
#' value. If not provided (default is NA), the description will not be
#' displayed
#' @param colour Character. A colour to apply to the value box. Defaults
#' to "blue". Choose from the following: "grey", "purple", "teal",
#' "blue", "yellow", "orange", "red", "magenta", or "green"
#'
#' @return A Shiny `div` tag representing the value box, styled according
#' to the specified parameters
#' @family Govstyle feedback types
#' @export
#'
#' @examples
#' value_box(
#'   value = "1,000,000",
#'   text = "This is the latest value for the selected inputs.",
#'   colour = "purple"
#' )
value_box <- function(
  value = "your value goes here",
  text = NA,
  colour = "blue"
) {
  #check for deprecated colours
  if (colour == "light-blue") {
    warning(
      "'light-blue' is no longer a supported colour.
      Please select an alternative from:
      'grey', 'purple', 'teal', 'blue', 'yellow',
      'orange', 'red', 'magenta', or 'green'."
    )
  }
  if (colour == "turquoise") {
    warning(
      "'turquoise' is no longer a supported colour.
      Please select an alternative from:
      'grey', 'purple', 'teal', 'blue', 'yellow',
      'orange', 'red', 'magenta', or 'green'."
    )
  }
  if (colour == "pink") {
    warning(
      "'pink' is no longer a supported colour.
      Please select an alternative from:
      'grey', 'purple', 'teal', 'blue', 'yellow',
      'orange', 'red', 'magenta', or 'green'."
    )
  }

  # Use the govuk-tag--<colour> class for coloring
  class_colour <- paste0("govuk-tag--", colour)

  # Conditional rendering of text only if it's provided
  text_tag <- if (!is.na(text)) {
    shiny::tags$div(
      shiny::tags$br(),
      shiny::tags$strong(
        text,
        class = "value-box-description"
      )
    )
  } else {
    NULL
  }

  # Define the value box with the value and optional text
  gov_value <- shiny::tags$div(
    class = paste("value-box-container", class_colour),
    shiny::tags$strong(
      value,
      class = "value-box-value"
    ),
    text_tag
  )

  attachDependency(gov_value)
}

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