GT.tab_header

GT.tab_header(self, title, subtitle=None, preheader=None)

Add a table header.

We can add a table header to the output table that contains a title and even a subtitle with the tab_header() method. A table header is an optional table component that is positioned above the column labels. We have the flexibility to use Markdown or HTML formatting for the header’s title and subtitle with the md() and html() helper functions.

Parameters

title : str | Text

Text to be used in the table title. We can elect to use the md() and html() helper functions to style the text as Markdown or to retain HTML elements in the text.

subtitle : str | Text | None = None

Text to be used in the table subtitle. We can elect to use the md() and html() helper functions to style the text as Markdown or to retain HTML elements in the text.

preheader : str | list[str] | None = None

Optional preheader content that is rendered above the table. Can be supplied as a list of strings.

Returns

: GT

The GT object is returned. This is the same object that the method is called on so that we can facilitate method chaining.

Examples

Let’s use a small portion of the gtcars dataset to create a table. A header part can be added to the table with the tab_header() method. We’ll add a title and the optional subtitle as well. With the md() helper function, we can make sure the Markdown formatting is interpreted and transformed.

from great_tables import GT, md
from great_tables.data import gtcars

gtcars_mini = gtcars[["mfr", "model", "msrp"]].head(5)

(
    GT(gtcars_mini)
    .tab_header(
        title=md("Data listing from **gtcars**"),
        subtitle=md("`gtcars` is an R dataset")
    )
)

Data listing from gtcars
gtcars is an R dataset
mfr	model	msrp
Ford	GT	447000.0
Ferrari	458 Speciale	291744.0
Ferrari	458 Spider	263553.0
Ferrari	458 Italia	233509.0
Ferrari	488 GTB	245400.0

We can alternatively use the html() helper function to retain HTML elements in the text.

from great_tables import GT, md, html
from great_tables.data import gtcars

gtcars_mini = gtcars[["mfr", "model", "msrp"]].head(5)

(
    GT(gtcars_mini)
    .tab_header(
        title=md("Data listing <strong>gtcars</strong>"),
        subtitle=html("From <span style='color:red;'>gtcars</span>")
    )
)

Data listing gtcars
From gtcars
mfr	model	msrp
Ford	GT	447000.0
Ferrari	458 Speciale	291744.0
Ferrari	458 Spider	263553.0
Ferrari	458 Italia	233509.0
Ferrari	488 GTB	245400.0