changeText: Change text of text elements

In svgtools: Manipulate SVG (Template) Files of Charts

Description

Changes the text entry of XML element of type 'text'. The XML element may be found by its name (XML attribute 'id') or based on its current text entry.

Usage

changeText(
  svg,
  element_name,
  text,
  alignment = NULL,
  in_group = NULL,
  hide_blank = FALSE
)

Arguments

svg	XML document with SVG content
element_name	Name (attribute 'id') of text (XML element 'text') or current text entry of text (XML element 'text').
text	New text entry.
alignment	Character value for text alignment. Accepts 'start', 'middle', and 'end' (default NULL = no change).
in_group	Name (attribute 'id') of group (XML element 'g') that contains the text element (default NULL = no group, search the entire SVG).
hide_blank	Should text elements with empty strings be hidden (set attribute 'display' to 'none')? (default FALSE)

Value

XML document with SVG content

Examples

#read SVG file
fpath <- system.file("extdata", "fig1.svg", package="svgtools")
svg <- read_svg(file = fpath)

#change a text
svg <- changeText(svg = svg, element_name = "Category A", text = "low")
svg <- changeText(svg = svg, element_name = "Category B", text = "medium")
svg <- changeText(svg = svg, element_name = "Category C", text = "high")

Example output

svgtools documentation built on Dec. 14, 2021, 5:10 p.m.