value_box: Value Box

In srmatth/historicalInvesting: Historical Investing Simulator

Description

This is a function that creates a value box but allows you to customize the colors inside the value box.

Usage

value_box(
  value,
  subtitle,
  icon = NULL,
  color = "#ffffff",
  background = "#2180BC",
  width = 4,
  href = NULL
)

Arguments

value	the value to be displayed in the value box, typically a numeric
subtitle	the text that will be displayed underneath the value, typically a string
icon	the icon that will appear on the right side of the value box, from 'icon()'
color	the color of the text in hex format, generally '#FFFFFF'
background	the color of the background in hex format
width	the width of the value box (bootstrap grid system), defaults to 4
href	an optional argument for adding a link to the value box

Details

This function build on the valueBox functions from the 'shinydashboard' package. Having color arguments allows the valueboxes in the Shiny Apps to be more in line with the cla color scheme. The function was adapted from RStudioCommunity and was posted by the user efhopkins on 2018-09-18.

Value

html tags that can be placed inside 'shinydashboard::renderValueBox()'

srmatth/historicalInvesting documentation built on Dec. 23, 2021, 4:30 a.m.