plot_tt: Insert images and inline plots into tinytable objects

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Insert images and inline plots into tinytable objects

Description

The plot_tt() function allows for the insertion of images and inline plots into tinytable objects. This function can handle both local and web-based images.

Usage

plot_tt(
  x,
  i = NULL,
  j = NULL,
  fun = NULL,
  data = NULL,
  color = "black",
  xlim = NULL,
  height = 1,
  height_plot = 400,
  width_plot = 1200,
  images = NULL,
  sprintf = "%s",
  assets = "tinytable_assets",
  ...
)

tt_plot(
  x,
  i = NULL,
  j = NULL,
  fun = NULL,
  data = NULL,
  color = "black",
  xlim = NULL,
  height = 1,
  height_plot = 400,
  width_plot = 1200,
  images = NULL,
  sprintf = "%s",
  assets = "tinytable_assets",
  ...
)

Arguments

x	A tinytable object.
i	Integer vector, the row indices where images are to be inserted. If NULL, images will be inserted in all rows.
j	Integer vector, the column indices where images are to be inserted. If NULL, images will be inserted in all columns.
fun	String or function to generate inline plots. Built-in plot types (strings): "histogram": Creates histograms from numeric vectors. Accepts color argument. "density": Creates density plots from numeric vectors. Accepts color argument. "bar": Creates horizontal bar charts from single numeric values. Accepts color (single value, or length-2 vector for bar and background colors in static formats) and xlim arguments. "line": Creates line plots from data frames with x and y columns. Accepts color and xlim arguments. Custom functions: Functions that return ggplot2 objects. Functions that return another function which generates a base R plot, ex: function(x) {function() hist(x)} Note: When using custom ggplot2 functions that return plots with text elements, the text size will normally need to be adjusted because the plot is inserted as a very small image in the table. Text sizes of 1 or smaller often work well (e.g., theme(text = element_text(size = 1))). See the tutorial on the tinytable website for more information.
data	a list of data frames or vectors to be used by the plotting functions in fun.
color	string Name of color to use for inline plots (passed to the col argument base graphics plots in R). For bar plots in static output formats (PNG, PDF, etc.), can be a vector of length 2: c(bar_color, background_color) to show progress against a maximum. Note: Tabulator format only uses the first color.
xlim	Numeric vector of length 2. Controls the range of bar plots.
height	Numeric, the height of the images in the table in em units.
height_plot	Numeric, the height of generated plot images in pixels (default: 400).
width_plot	Numeric, the width of generated plot images in pixels (default: 1200).
images	Character vector, the paths to the images to be inserted. Paths are relative to the main table file or Quarto (Rmarkdown) document.
sprintf	Character string, a sprintf format string to format the generated cell content. Default is "%s" which displays the content as-is. Use this to wrap images or plots in custom markup.
assets	Path to the directory where generated assets are stored. This path is relative to the location where a table is saved.
...	Extra arguments are passed to the function in fun. Important: Custom plotting functions must always have ... as an argument.

Details

The plot_tt() can insert images and inline plots into tables.

Value

A modified tinytable object with images or plots inserted.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Bar plots with single and dual colors
dat <- data.frame(
  Metric = c("Sales", "Conversion", "Growth", "Efficiency"),
  Value = c(75, 45, 92, 38),
  Percentage = c(0.75, 0.45, 0.92, 0.38)
)

tt(dat) |>
  plot_tt(j = 2, fun = "bar", data = as.list(dat$Value), color = "darkorange") |>
  plot_tt(j = 3, fun = "bar", data = as.list(dat$Percentage),
          color = c("steelblue", "lightgrey"), xlim = c(0, 1))

# Built-in plot types
plot_data <- list(mtcars$mpg, mtcars$hp, mtcars$qsec)

dat <- data.frame(
  Variables = c("mpg", "hp", "qsec"),
  Histogram = "",
  Density = "",
  Line = ""
)

# Random data for sparklines
lines <- lapply(1:3, \(x) data.frame(x = 1:10, y = rnorm(10)))

tt(dat) |>
  plot_tt(j = 2, fun = "histogram", data = plot_data) |>
  plot_tt(j = 3, fun = "density", data = plot_data, color = "darkgreen") |>
  plot_tt(j = 4, fun = "line", data = lines, color = "blue") |>
  style_tt(j = 2:4, align = "c")

# Custom function example (must have ... argument)
custom_hist <- function(d, ...) {
  function() hist(d, axes = FALSE, ann = FALSE, col = "lightblue")
}

tt(data.frame(Variables = "mpg", Histogram = "")) |>
  plot_tt(j = 2, fun = custom_hist, data = list(mtcars$mpg))

## End(Not run)

tinytable documentation built on Nov. 5, 2025, 5:42 p.m.