R Leaflet Label Set direction

Question

Please have a look at the below example code, I would like to use the label direction (MyDirection), which is stored in df to have different label directions within my map.

I can set every label to a specific direction like direction = "top", but somehow its not working if I specify direction = ~MyDirection.

Any Idea/solution would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

library(leaflet)

df  <- read.csv(textConnection("
Name,Lat,Long,MyDirection
ANN,51.19,4.46277778,right
BAB,43.26306,-2.94972222,left
BCN,41.29694,2.07833333,top
BCN,41.29694,2.07833333,bottom
"))

#---Create Map----
m <- leaflet(df) %>% 
     addTiles(group = "OSM (default)") %>%
     addCircles(~Long, ~Lat,
                 label = ~htmlEscape(Name), 
                 labelOptions = labelOptions(noHide = T, 
                                              #direction = "top",
                                              #direction = "bottom",
                                              #direction = "left",
                                              #direction = "right",
                                              direction = ~MyDirection))

m

I am not sure if you can specify direction in your way. It may be the case that you can specify only one value for direction. — jazzurro, Mar 17 '19 at 07:26

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 20 '19 at 13:49

I would like to share my latest approach. I finally managed to set the label direction based on mydf$MyDirection. Instead of adding multiple layers, as i did in my previous example, I used the library "Purrr". This reduces the amount of layers tremendously.

Best Regards

#Libraries----
library(leaflet)
library(htmltools)
library(htmlwidgets)
library(purrr)
#---Data Input----
mydf  <- read.csv(textConnection("
Facility,Lat,Long,MyDirection
ANN,51.19,4.46277778,right
BAB,43.26306,-2.94972222,left
BCN,41.29694,2.07833333,top
BCN2,41.29694,2.07833333,bottom
"))

#---Create Vector----
ob_Facility <- mydf %>% 
  split(., .$Facility)
#---Create Map----
m <- leaflet() %>% 
  addTiles() 

#---Purrr Layers----
names(ob_Facility) %>%
  purrr::walk(function(mydf) {
    m <<- m %>%
      addCircleMarkers(data=ob_Facility[[mydf]],
                       lng=~Long, lat=~Lat,
                       group = "Show All",
                       label = ~Facility,
                       labelOptions = labelOptions(noHide = T,direction = ~MyDirection))
  })

#---Layers control----
m %>%
  addLayersControl(
    overlayGroups = "Show All",
    options = layersControlOptions(collapsed = FALSE)  
  )%>%
  #---Save as HTML File----
saveWidget('Example Go Live Date.html', selfcontained = TRUE)

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '19 at 07:33

Hello,

I have figured out a workaround with 4 Layers (top,bottom,left,right) and attached the same group name to each layer.

library(leaflet)


df  <- read.csv(textConnection("
Name,Lat,Long,MyDirection
ANN,51.19,4.46277778,right
BAB,43.26306,-2.94972222,left
BCN,41.29694,2.07833333,top
BCN,41.29694,2.07833333,bottom
"))


#---Create 4 additional DFs (1 for each dirction)----
dfLeft = df[df$MyDirection == "left", ]
dfRight = df[df$MyDirection == "right", ]
dfTop = df[df$MyDirection == "top", ]
dfBottom = df[df$MyDirection == "bottom", ]

#---Create Map----
m <- leaflet(df) %>% 
  addTiles(group = "OSM (default)") %>%

  addCircles(~dfLeft$Long, ~dfLeft$Lat, color = '#d40511',
             label = ~htmlEscape(dfLeft$Name), 
             labelOptions = labelOptions(noHide = T, 
                                         direction =  "left"),
             group = "Show All")%>%

  addCircles(~dfRight$Long, ~dfRight$Lat, color = '#d40511',
             label = ~htmlEscape(dfRight$Name), 
             labelOptions = labelOptions(noHide = T, 
                                         direction =  "right"),
             group = "Show All")%>%

  addCircles(~dfTop$Long, ~dfTop$Lat, color = '#d40511',
             label = ~htmlEscape(dfTop$Name), 
             labelOptions = labelOptions(noHide = T, direction = "top",
                                         offset = c(0, -2)),
             group = "Show All")%>%

  addCircles(~dfBottom$Long, ~dfBottom$Lat, color = '#d40511',
             label = ~htmlEscape(dfBottom$Name), 
             labelOptions = labelOptions(noHide = T, direction = "bottom",
                                         offset = c(0, 2)),
             group = "Show All")

m

I guess this is the only way you can achieve your goal for now. I am glad that you found your own way. — jazzurro, Mar 19 '19 at 09:49

R Leaflet Label Set direction

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