---
title: "Variables for {bs4dash}"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
%\VignetteIndexEntry{vars-bs4dash}
%\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
%\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
---
```{r, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
collapse = TRUE,
comment = "#>",
results = "hide"
)
```
```{r setup}
library(fresh)
```
[{bs4Dash}](https://github.com/RinteRface/bs4Dash) allow to construct dashboards in Shiny with latest version of [AdminLTE](https://github.com/ColorlibHQ/AdminLTE) based on Bootstrap 4, {bs4Dash} usage is close to {shinydashboard}. You can create a custom theme to use with it with functions `bs4dash_*`. Here are some examples of what you can change.
## Main statuses
Main colors of {bs4Dash} are defined in 6 status, you can use those status in `infoBox`, `valueBox`, `cards`, ... The primary color () is also used to highlight active elements, so it's present everywhere. Below is an example by changing the color of the "primary" and "danger" statuses:
```{r}
bs4dash_status(primary = "#5E81AC", danger = "#BF616A")
```
With classic statuses from {bs4Dash}, it look like:
With our new theme, we have changed the color of boxes and active element in sidebar:
## Layout
Layout variables allow you to change the width of the sidebar, as well as the width of the controlbar (right sidebar). And also the main background:
```{r}
bs4dash_layout(main_bg = "#353c42")
```
Result is:
The text is not readable on a black background but fortunately we will be able to change that.
## Colors
We can invert colors used for text by changing colors variables:
```{r}
bs4dash_color(gray_900 = "#FFF", white = "#272c30")
```
Now the body looks good, we can deal with the sidebar and the navbar. Text in boxes is less readable, but again this can be fixed later.
## Sidebar
In {bs4Dash} there's two skins for the sidebar: light or dark, here we have used the light one, and we can override its defaults to have a fully custom one with:
```{r}
bs4dash_sidebar_light(
bg = "#272c30",
color = "#bec5cb",
hover_color = "#FFF",
submenu_bg = "#272c30",
submenu_color = "#FFF",
submenu_hover_color = "#FFF"
)
```
We now have:
## Navbar
Background color of the navbar is defined by the light or dark status, then we can change default with custom variables:
```{r}
bs4dash_status(light = "#272c30")
bs4dash_vars(
navbar_light_color = "#bec5cb",
navbar_light_active_color = "#FFF",
navbar_light_hover_color = "#FFF"
)
```
Like the sidebar, we could have used "dark" instead of "light". To find available variables, you can use: `search_vars_bs4dash("navbar")`.
Here's the result:
## Color contrast
Last set of variables that we can use to finalize our new theme is the YIQ color contrast variables that allow to switch color if contrast is below a threshold.
```{r}
bs4dash_yiq(contrasted_threshold = 10, text_dark = "#FFF", text_light = "#272c30")
```
Now text is more readable:
## Full theme
Here the code to create this theme:
```{r, eval=FALSE}
create_theme(
bs4dash_vars(
navbar_light_color = "#bec5cb",
navbar_light_active_color = "#FFF",
navbar_light_hover_color = "#FFF"
),
bs4dash_yiq(
contrasted_threshold = 10,
text_dark = "#FFF",
text_light = "#272c30"
),
bs4dash_layout(
main_bg = "#353c42"
),
bs4dash_sidebar_light(
bg = "#272c30",
color = "#bec5cb",
hover_color = "#FFF",
submenu_bg = "#272c30",
submenu_color = "#FFF",
submenu_hover_color = "#FFF"
),
bs4dash_status(
primary = "#5E81AC", danger = "#BF616A", light = "#272c30"
),
bs4dash_color(
gray_900 = "#FFF"
)
)
```