Set top horizontal border

The function is applying an horizontal border to the top of one or all parts of a flextable. The line is the top border of selected parts.

hline_top(x, j = NULL, border = NULL, part = "body")

Arguments

x

a flextable object

j

columns selection

border

border properties defined by a call to officer::fp_border()

part

partname of the table (one of 'all', 'body', 'header', 'footer')

See also

Other borders management: border_inner(), border_inner_h(), border_inner_v(), border_outer(), border_remove(), hline(), hline_bottom(), surround(), vline(), vline_left(), vline_right()

Examples

library(officer)
big_border <- fp_border(color = "orange", width = 3)

ft <- flextable(head(iris))
ft <- border_remove(x = ft)

# add horizontal border on top
ft <- hline_top(ft, part = "all", border = big_border)
ft
Sepal.Length
Sepal.Width
Petal.Length
Petal.Width
Species
5.1
3.5
1.4
0.2
setosa
4.9
3.0
1.4
0.2
setosa
4.7
3.2
1.3
0.2
setosa
4.6
3.1
1.5
0.2
setosa
5.0
3.6
1.4
0.2
setosa
5.4
3.9
1.7
0.4
setosa