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.
valueBox(value, caption = NULL, icon = NULL, color = NULL, href = NULL)The value to display in the box. Usually a number or short text.
The caption to display beneath the value.
An icon for the box (e.g. "fa-comments")
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.
An optional URL to link to. Note that this can be an anchor of another dashboard page (e.g. "#details").
See the flexdashboard website for additional documentation: <https://pkgs.rstudio.com/flexdashboard/articles/using.html#value-boxes-1>
library(flexdashboard)
valueBox(42, caption = "Errors", icon="fa-thumbs-down")
#> <span class="value-output" data-caption="Errors" data-icon="fa-thumbs-down" data-color-accent="primary">42</span>
valueBox(107, caption = "Trials", icon="fa-tag")
#> <span class="value-output" data-caption="Trials" data-icon="fa-tag" data-color-accent="primary">107</span>
valueBox(247, caption = "Connections", icon="fa-random")
#> <span class="value-output" data-caption="Connections" data-icon="fa-random" data-color-accent="primary">247</span>