Auto-fit columns or rows to the data

Source: R/range_autofit.R

Applies automatic resizing to either columns or rows of a (work)sheet. The width or height of targeted columns or rows, respectively, is determined from the current cell contents. This only affects the appearance of a sheet in the browser and doesn't affect its values or dimensions in any way.

range_autofit(ss, sheet = NULL, range = NULL, dimension = c("columns", "rows"))

Arguments

ss

Something that identifies a Google Sheet:

  • its file id as a string or drive_id

  • a URL from which we can recover the id

  • a one-row dribble, which is how googledrive represents Drive files

  • an instance of googlesheets4_spreadsheet, which is what gs4_get() returns

Processed through as_sheets_id().

sheet

Sheet to modify, in the sense of "worksheet" or "tab". You can identify a sheet by name, with a string, or by position, with a number. Ignored if the sheet is specified via range. If neither argument specifies the sheet, defaults to the first visible sheet.

range

Which columns or rows to resize. Optional. If you want to resize all columns or all rows, use dimension instead. All the usual range specifications are accepted, but the targeted range must specify only columns (e.g. "B:F") or only rows (e.g. "2:7").

dimension

Ignored if range is given. If consulted, dimension must be either "columns" (the default) or "rows". This is the simplest way to request auto-resize for all columns or all rows.

Value

The input ss, as an instance of sheets_id

Examples

if (FALSE) { # gs4_has_token()
dat <- tibble::tibble(
  fruit = c("date", "lime", "pear", "plum")
)

ss <- gs4_create("range-autofit-demo", sheets = dat)
ss

# open in the browser
gs4_browse(ss)

# shrink column A to fit the short fruit names
range_autofit(ss)
# in the browser, notice how the column width shrank

# send some longer fruit names
dat2 <- tibble::tibble(
  fruit = c("cucumber", "honeydew")
)
ss %>% sheet_append(dat2)
# in the browser, see that column A is now too narrow to show the data

range_autofit(ss)
# in the browser, see the column A reveals all the data now

# clean up
gs4_find("range-autofit-demo") %>%
  googledrive::drive_trash()
}