R: Create a value box component for a dashboard.

valueBox {flexdashboard} | R Documentation

## Create a value box component for a dashboard.

### Description

A value box displays a value (usually a number) in large text, with a smaller caption beneath, and a large icon on the right side.

### Usage

    valueBox(value, caption = NULL, icon = NULL, color = NULL, href = NULL)

### Arguments

`value` | The value to display in the box. Usually a number or short text.
`caption` | The caption to display beneath the value.
`icon` | An icon for the box (e.g. "fa-comments")
`color` | Background color for the box. This can be one of the built-in background colors ("primary", "info", "success", "warning", "danger") or any valid CSS color value.
`href` | An optional URL to link to. Note that this can be an anchor of another dashboard page (e.g. "#details").

### Details

See the flexdashboard website for additional documentation: http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/flexdashboard/using.html#value_boxes

### Examples

    library(flexdashboard)

    valueBox(42, caption = "Errors", icon="fa-thumbs-down")
    valueBox(107, caption = "Trials", icon="fa-tag")
    valueBox(247, caption = "Connections", icon="fa-random")

[Package flexdashboard version 0.5.1.1 Index]