Feature request - insert image into table

[pm321]

Is it possible to or could you add the capacity to insert images into a huxtable?
Ideally as a column variable.
There are some questions on SO which address the issue of images in a table using xtable:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25106481/add-an-image-to-a-table-like-output-in-r
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52482682/add-images-to-table-column-and-increase-row-height-in-rmarkdown-pdf-document
huxtable seems to offer a more flexible environment within which to achieve this.

[hughjonesd]

I'm open to this. Tell me though, is there any reason you can't do (e.g. in HTML), something like: ``` escape_contents(my_hux)[1, 1] <- FALSE my_hux[1, 1] <- '<img src="my-image.png">' ```

[pm321]

Only because of the need to produce reports as pdfs rather than html.

[pm321]

Sorry closed in error

[hughjonesd]

So, isn't there a TeX equivalent? Even if there is an equivalent TeX code, there might be a case for this feature if the code is complicated (and the use case is common enough). -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

[pm321]

I found a Tex example which I could happily adapt:
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/53061/insert-image-and-list-inside-a-table#53062.
However, it looks as if I would have to manually input information for each cell; I'm not sure I'm at a stage where I could program this. Also slightly complicated (possibly) as this example is based on minipages.

[hughjonesd]

Ok. On the face of it, this seems like a legit issue for which there is some demand. Thanks for reporting. Upvotes and +1s welcome. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

[mohang13]

Is this option available now in Huxtable @pm321 @hughjonesd or is there any other way to insert an image inside the huxtable especially while having a docx output.

[hughjonesd]

Not yet. If you use `as.flextable`, then you may be able to do this from within flextable, using e.g. `flextable::as_image`. If you find a way to do it, come back and tell me. Or even submit a pull request :-)

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[hughjonesd]

This is now partly fixed with markdown support in cells, including images like ![image text](image.png).