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The goal of cronologia is to create an interactive
timeline widget in RMarkdown documents and Shiny applications.
You can install the stable version which is available on CRAN however, for now you should install the development version as it has support for smaller devices responsiveness:
remotes::install_github("feddelegrand7/cronologia")The cronologia package has three functions:
create_tml() : used to create simple text-based
timelines.create_tml_img(): used to create timelines that include
images.create_tml_2(): works the same way as
create_tml() except that it adds and additional description
component.create_tml()In order to showcase the package’s features, let’s create a simple data frame:
batman_data <- data.frame(
  date_release = c("May 31, 2005",
                   "July 14, 2008",
                   "July 16, 2012 "),
  title = c("Batman Begins",
                  "The Dark Knight",
                  "The Dark Knight Rises")
)
batman_data
#>     date_release                 title
#> 1   May 31, 2005         Batman Begins
#> 2  July 14, 2008       The Dark Knight
#> 3 July 16, 2012  The Dark Knight RisesNow, using create_tml(), we can create easily a timeline
as follows:
library(cronologia)
create_tml(df = batman_data, # the data frame
           smr = "title", # the column that will be used in the summary 
           dsc = "date_release" # the column that will be used in the description
           )
You can easily customize the appearance of the time line using the parameters provided:
create_tml(df = batman_data,
           smr = "title", # summary
           dsc = "date_release", # description
           smr_col = "blue", # summary text color
           smr_bgcol = "orange", # summary background color
           dsc_col = "white", # description text color
           dsc_bgcol = "black", # description background color
           dsc_size = "30px" # description size
           )
If you want to make all the summary components open by default, you
can set the open parameter to TRUE. The
parameter is available in all the functions.
create_tml_img()If you want to include images within your timeline, you can use the
create_tml_img() function. To illustrate this function,
we’ll use the radous package that
fetch the randomuser.me API and
returns a data frame that contains many information (including images’
URLs).
Disclaimer: All the generated images are extracted from the authorized section of UI Faces.
library(radous)
df <- get_data(n = 4, seed = "123")
df[c('name_last', 
     'location_street_name',
     'picture_large',
     'name_last')]
#> # A tibble: 4 x 4
#>   name_last location_street_na~ picture_large                          name_last
#>   <chr>     <chr>               <chr>                                  <chr>    
#> 1 Campos    Rua Três            https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/m~ Campos   
#> 2 Jackson   Armagh Street       https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/w~ Jackson  
#> 3 Ruona     Hämeentie           https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/w~ Ruona    
#> 4 Steward   Henry Street        https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/w~ StewardNow we will proceed as previously except that we need to provide two additional arguments:
imgsrc: the column that indicates the source of the
images.imgalt: the column indicating the alt
attribute of the images. For accessibility reasons I decided to make
this argument mandatory. Use a column that contains "" if
the images do not need the alt attribute.df <- radous::get_data(4, seed = "123")
create_tml_img(df, 
               smr = "name_last", 
               dsc = "location_street_name", 
               imgsrc = "picture_large", 
               imgalt = "name_last", 
               imgwidth = "150px", 
               imgheight = "150px", 
               dsc_size = "20px")
create_tml_2()Following the idea of Tobias
for creating an interactive CV I thought that two (2) description
components would be more appropriate. The function is similar to
create_tml() except that it adds another description
paragraph to the Timeline.
Let’s go through an example:
cv <- data.frame(
  
  
  jobs = c("Game tester at Nintendo", "Food tester at Ferrero", "Movies tester at Netflix"), 
  
  period = c("2020-2022", "2022-2024", "2026-2030"),
  
  todos = c("Playing Zelda all day", "Eating Bueno all day", "Watching the Office all day")
  
)
cv
#>                       jobs    period                       todos
#> 1  Game tester at Nintendo 2020-2022       Playing Zelda all day
#> 2   Food tester at Ferrero 2022-2024        Eating Bueno all day
#> 3 Movies tester at Netflix 2026-2030 Watching the Office all daycreate_tml_2(cv, 
             smr = "jobs", 
             dsc = "period", 
             dsc2 = "todos", 
             dsc2_col = "white",
             dsc2_bgcol = "peru") # yes, peru is also a color
Please note that the cronologia project is released with
a Contributor
Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide
by its terms.
These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.
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