jen-machin
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3 months ago Guidance from @rmbielby:
- If you're creating Word or PowerPoint docs then use Flextable
- If you're creating a markdown document or quarto slides, use Kable
I also think we should include pros and cons for the interactive table packages specifically as they're all slightly different - there's a really nice blog post comparing the 3 packages here: https://clarewest.github.io/blog/post/making-tables-shiny/ (as an added bonus, it uses Animal Crossing villager data!) 😄
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. A few of us have talked about this, as we've found through trial (and lots of error) that different packages in R work better for some purposes than others
Describe the solution you'd like Probably a new 'tables in R' section that then covers R Markdown into HTML, into Word docs / PDFs, embedding in quarto, and different shiny use cases too
Describe alternatives you've considered Could split up into separate sections, though not sure we have our own guides for markdown yet like we do shiny so probably better all as one on the R page
Additional context We might look at adding wrappers to some packages here in dfeshiny or even shinyGovstyle, so worth checking on the latest on those (currently I think reactable is looking the most promising for this in R Shiny).
There might be some things to steal from here - https://r-graph-gallery.com/table.html, they also have a diagram, which might be good for us to replicate that kind of visual with our own suggestions:
Though you should be warned, @jen-machin may not appreciate it if you copy the font too...