Option to align the table header

By default, a table header added to a gt table has center alignment for both the title and the subtitle elements. This function allows us to easily set the horizontal alignment of the title and subtitle to the left or right by using the "align" argument. This function serves as a convenient shortcut for <gt_tbl> %>% tab_options(heading.align = <align>).

opt_align_table_header(data, align = c("left", "center", "right"))

Arguments

data	A table object that is created using the gt() function.
align	The alignment of the title and subtitle elements in the table header. Options are "left" (the default), "center", or "right".

Value

An object of class gt_tbl.

Figures

Function ID

9-3

See also

Other Table Option Functions: opt_all_caps(), opt_footnote_marks(), opt_row_striping(), opt_table_lines(), opt_table_outline()

Examples

# Use `exibble` to create a gt table with
# a number of table parts added; the header
# (consisting of the title and the subtitle)
# are to be aligned to the left with the
# `opt_align_table_header()` function
tab_1 <-
  exibble %>%
  gt(rowname_col = "row", groupname_col = "group") %>%
  summary_rows(
    groups = "grp_a",
    columns = vars(num, currency),
    fns = list(
      min = ~min(., na.rm = TRUE),
      max = ~max(., na.rm = TRUE)
    )) %>%
  grand_summary_rows(
    columns = vars(currency),
    fns = list(
      total = ~sum(., na.rm = TRUE)
    )) %>%
  tab_source_note(source_note = "This is a source note.") %>%
  tab_footnote(
    footnote = "This is a footnote.",
    locations = cells_body(columns = 1, rows = 1)
  ) %>%
  tab_header(
    title = "The title of the table",
    subtitle = "The table's subtitle"
  ) %>%
  opt_align_table_header(align = "left")