Wb add style across

[JanMarvin]

library(openxlsx2)

wb <- wb_workbook() %>%
  wb_add_worksheet() %>%
  wb_set_col_widths(cols = "A:B", width = 10) %>% 
  wb_add_fill(dims = "C3", color = wb_color("yellow"))%>% 
  wb_set_cell_style_across(style = "C3", cols = "C:D", rows = 3:4)

if (interactive()) wb %>% wb_open()

[JanMarvin]

Could you have a look at the API @olivroy ? I'm not entirely happy with from, but we've used it at other places and dims seemed misleading. Maybe you have a better idea.

[olivroy]

@JanMarvin maybe dims_ref?

If I understand correctly (I checked very quickly), it is that we take the style from a reference cell, and apply it to rows and cols?

wb_copy_style(dims_ref = "C3", rows = 1:4)? similar to wb_copy_cells?

If not, I will take my time to think about it a bit more.

[JanMarvin]

Thanks! Yes precisely, pick a style from a cell and apply it columns-wise/row-wise. I avoided new arguments, but it looks like a good idea.

[JanMarvin]

I guess I rename and rework this function slightly. It might be helpful to rename this function to wb_set_cell_style_across() and make it behave similar to wb_set_cell_style(). This would reduce confusing functions in wb_add_style()/wb_add_style_across() which behave differently and do different things.

[olivroy]

@JanMarvin, maybe just add an argument to wb_set_cell_style(). like the user should supply either style or dims_ref. or style could accept a cell
wb_set_cell_style(dims = wb_dims(rows = 2:4, cols = 5:10), copy_style_from = "A1")

[JanMarvin]

@olivroy I changed the style argument of wb_set_cell_style() to accept both a style id as before and a cell, and the newly added wb_set_cell_style_across() function behaves similarly. I don't think there is much demand for this kind of cell styles and now we have everything in one place and the functions behave similarly, so users who were using the old function should have no problem understanding the new one.

I appreciate your input as always, but in the end I decided against dims_ref and I'm not a big fan of the very long arguments you suggested in your last comment, even though I see the benefits they bring.

[olivroy]

Thanks for your work! I think it is a great addition to use a cell as reference to style across the workbook!