apexcharter (version 0.4.4)

add-shade: Add a shaded area to a chart

Description

add_shade() allow to add a shaded area on specified range, add_shade_weekend() add a shadow on every week-end.

Usage

add_shade(ax, from, to, color = "#848484", opacity = 0.2, label = NULL, ...)
add_shade_weekend(ax, color = "#848484", opacity = 0.2, label = NULL, ...)

Value

An apexchart()

htmlwidget object.

Arguments

ax

An apexchart() htmlwidget object.

from

Vector of position to start shadow.

to

Vector of position to end shadow.

color

Color of the shadow.

opacity

Opacity of the shadow.

label

Add a label to the shade, use a character or see label for more controls.

...

Additional arguments, see https://apexcharts.com/docs/options/annotations/ for possible options.

Examples

library(apexcharter)
data("consumption")

# specify from and to date
apex(consumption, aes(date, value, group = type), "spline") %>% 
  add_shade(from = "2020-01-06", to = "2020-01-20")

# you can add several shadows
apex(consumption, aes(date, value, group = type), "spline") %>% 
  add_shade(from = "2020-01-06", to = "2020-01-20") %>% 
  add_shade(from = "2020-02-04", to = "2020-02-10")

# or use a vector
apex(consumption, aes(date, value, group = type), "spline") %>% 
  add_shade(
    from = c("2020-01-06", "2020-02-04"),
    to = c("2020-01-20", "2020-02-10")
  )


# Add a label
apex(consumption, aes(date, value, group = type), "spline") %>% 
  add_shade(
    from = "2020-01-06", to = "2020-01-20",
    label = "interesting period"
  )

# add label with more options
apex(consumption, aes(date, value, group = type), "spline") %>% 
  add_shade(
    from = "2020-01-06", to = "2020-01-20",
    color = "firebrick",
    label = label(
      text = "something happened",
      background = "firebrick",
      color = "white", 
      fontWeight = "bold",
      padding = c(3, 5, 3, 5)
    )
  )


# automatically add shadow on week-ends
apex(consumption, aes(date, value, group = type), "spline") %>% 
  add_shade_weekend()