Function reference • gt

Create Table All gt tables begin with a call to `gt()`, where we would supply the input data table (data frame or tibble) and some basic options for creating a stub (`rowname_col`) and row groups (`groupname_col`). We can also introduce a grouped tibble (via dplyr’s `group_by()`) for more precise divisions of rows into row groups. The `gt_preview()` function is great for getting a nicely-formatted preview of a data table (defaulting to the first 5 rows and the last row).
`gt()`	Create a gt table object
`gt_preview()`	Preview a gt table object
Create or Modify Parts A gt table can contain a few useful parts for conveying additional information. These include a header (with a titles and subtitle), a footer (with footnotes and source notes), and additional areas for labels (row group labels, column spanner labels, the stubhead label). We can modify the look of table parts more generally with `tab_options()` and perform styling on targeted table locations with `tab_style()`.
`tab_header()`	Add a table header
`tab_spanner()`	Add a spanner column label
`tab_spanner_delim()`	Create column labels and spanners via delimited names
`tab_row_group()`	Add a row group to a gt table
`tab_stubhead()`	Add label text to the stubhead
`tab_footnote()`	Add a table footnote
`tab_source_note()`	Add a source note citation
`tab_style()`	Add custom styles to one or more cells
`tab_options()`	Modify the table output options
Format Data Columns of data can be formatted with the `fmt_*()` functions. We can specify the rows of these columns quite precisely with the `rows` argument. We get to apply these functions exactly once to each data cell (last call wins). Need to do custom formatting? Use the `fmt()` function and define your own formatter within (or, create a wrapper with `fmt()` if you prefer). The `text_transform()` function allows for post-processing of any data, and we provide a function for that transformation.
`fmt_number()`	Format numeric values
`fmt_scientific()`	Format values to scientific notation
`fmt_percent()`	Format values as a percentage
`fmt_currency()`	Format values as currencies
`fmt_date()`	Format values as dates
`fmt_time()`	Format values as times
`fmt_datetime()`	Format values as date-times
`fmt_markdown()`	Format Markdown text
`fmt_passthrough()`	Format by simply passing data through
`fmt_missing()`	Format missing values
`fmt()`	Set a column format with a formatter function
`text_transform()`	Perform targeted text transformation with a function
`data_color()`	Set data cell colors using a palette or a color function
Modify Columns The `cols_()` functions allow for modifications that act on entire columns. This includes alignment of the data in columns (`cols_align()`), hiding columns from view (`cols_hide()`), re-labeling the column labels (`cols_label()`), merging two columns together (`cols_merge()`), moving columns around (`cols_move*()`)
`cols_align()`	Set the alignment of columns
`cols_width()`	Set the widths of columns
`cols_label()`	Relabel one or more columns
`cols_move_to_start()`	Move one or more columns to the start
`cols_move_to_end()`	Move one or more columns to the end
`cols_move()`	Move one or more columns
`cols_hide()`	Hide one or more columns
`cols_merge_range()`	Merge two columns to a value range column
`cols_merge_uncert()`	Merge two columns to a value & uncertainty column
`cols_merge()`	Merge data from two or more columns to a single column
Modify Rows The only function currently that modifies entire rows is the `row_group_order()` function. It lets us modify the ordering of any row groups in the table.
`row_group_order()`	Modify the ordering of any row groups
Add Rows There are two functions that will add rows to a gt table: `summary_rows()` and `grand_summary_rows()`. These functions will both add summary rows but one will do it in a groupwise fashion while the other will create grand summary rows.
`summary_rows()`	Add groupwise summary rows using aggregation functions
`grand_summary_rows()`	Add grand summary rows using aggregation functions
Helper Functions A small assortment of helper functions is available in the gt package. The various `cells_*()` functions are used for targeting cells with the `locations` argument in the `tab_footnote()`, `tab_style()`, and `text_transform()` functions. The `cells_styles()` function is used exclusively with `tab_style()`’s `style` argument (and the `px()` & `pct()` functions may be useful there for specifying units in pixels or percentages). The `md()` and `html()` helpers can used be during label creation with the `tab_header()`, `tab_footnote()`, `tab_spanner()`, `tab_stubhead_label()`, and `tab_source_note()` functions.
`md()`	Interpret input text as Markdown-formatted text
`html()`	Interpret input text as HTML-formatted text
`px()`	Helper for providing a numeric value as pixels value
`pct()`	Helper for providing a numeric value as percentage
`cells_title()`	Location helper for targeting the table title and subtitle
`cells_stubhead()`	Location helper for targeting the table stubhead cell
`cells_column_spanners()`	Location helper for targeting the column spanners
`cells_column_labels()`	Location helper for targeting the column labels
`cells_row_groups()`	Location helper for targeting row groups
`cells_stub()`	Location helper for targeting cells in the table stub
`cells_body()`	Location helper for targeting data cells in the table body
`cells_summary()`	Location helper for targeting group summary cells
`cells_grand_summary()`	Location helper for targeting cells in a grand summary
`currency()`	Supply a custom currency symbol to `fmt_currency()`
`cell_text()`	Helper for defining custom text styles for table cells
`cell_fill()`	Helper for defining custom fills for table cells
`cell_borders()`	Helper for defining custom borders for table cells
`adjust_luminance()`	Adjust the luminance for a palette of colors
`random_id()`	Helper for creating a random `id` for a gt table
`escape_latex()`	Perform LaTeX escaping
`gt_latex_dependencies()`	Get the LaTeX dependencies required for a gt table
`default_fonts()`	A vector of default fonts for use with gt tables
`google_font()`	Helper function for specifying a font from the Google Fonts service
Image Addition Functions We can add images into a gt table with the help of the `_image()` functions. Two common ways to do this: (1) use `text_transform()` to insert images into data cells, (2) use any function that creates new labels (e.g., `tab_header()`) and use a `_image()` function within the `html()` helper.
`web_image()`	Helper function for adding an image from the web
`local_image()`	Helper function for adding a local image
`ggplot_image()`	Helper function for adding a ggplot
`test_image()`	Generate a path to a test image
Table Option Functions With the `opt_*()` functions, we have an easy way to set commonly-used table options without having to use `tab_options()` directly. For instance, we can modify the set of marks to use with footnotes, turn on row striping, change the alignment of the table header, and much more.
`opt_footnote_marks()`	Option to modify the set of footnote marks
`opt_row_striping()`	Option to add or remove row striping
`opt_align_table_header()`	Option to align the table header
`opt_all_caps()`	Option to use all caps in select table locations
`opt_table_lines()`	Option to set table lines to different extents
`opt_table_outline()`	Option to wrap an outline around the entire table
Information Functions These `info_*()` functions present us with gt tables containing useful information. So far, we can get reference information on date styles (`info_date_style()`), on time styles (`info_time_style()`), on a huge number of color palettes (`info_paletteer()`), on currencies (`info_currencies()`), on all of the different locales supported in the formatter functions (`info_locales()`), and on our recommendations for which Google Fonts to try in your tables.
`info_date_style()`	View a table with info on date styles
`info_time_style()`	View a table with info on time styles
`info_currencies()`	View a table with info on supported currencies
`info_locales()`	View a table with info on supported locales
`info_paletteer()`	View a table with info on color palettes
`info_google_fonts()`	View a table on recommended Google Fonts
Datasets The gt package is equipped with six datasets that come in all shapes and sizes. Use them to experiment with the package. Many examples in the internal help documents use these datasets to quickly demonstrate the key features of gt.
`countrypops`	Yearly populations of countries from 1960 to 2017
`sza`	Twice hourly solar zenith angles by month & latitude
`gtcars`	Deluxe automobiles from the 2014-2017 period
`sp500`	Daily S&P 500 Index data from 1950 to 2015
`pizzaplace`	A year of pizza sales from a pizza place
`exibble`	A toy example tibble for testing with gt: exibble
Shiny Functions Shiny is great for building interactive web apps with R. There’s really nothing quite like it. The gt package includes two functions that work nicely with Shiny: a table render function `render_gt()` (for the `server`) and a table output element `gt_output()` (for the `ui`).
`render_gt()`	A gt display table render function for use in Shiny
`gt_output()`	Create a gt display table output element for Shiny
Export Functions There may come a day when you need to export a gt table to some specific format. A great function for that is `gtsave()`, which allows us to save as an HTML file or an image file. Some other functions give us table code as a character vector (e.g., `as_raw_html()`). Did you use the `summary_rows()` function and wish you had that summary data in a tibble? You can get it out with `extract_summary()`.
`gtsave()`	Save a gt table as a file
`as_raw_html()`	Get the HTML content of a gt table
`as_latex()`	Output a gt object as LaTeX
`as_rtf()`	Output a gt object as RTF
`extract_summary()`	Extract a summary list from a gt object

Reference

Create Table

Create or Modify Parts

Format Data

Modify Columns

Modify Rows

Add Rows

Helper Functions

Image Addition Functions

Table Option Functions

Information Functions

Datasets

Shiny Functions

Export Functions