How to split a FlexTable across more than 1 page? PDF output, RMarkdown

Question

How to fix Float too large for page by 281.56999pt on input line 453?

Here's an example rmarkdown file:

---
output:
  pdf_document:
    latex_engine: xelatex
---

```{r, results='asis'}
library(flextable)
data <- mtcars[1:50,1:8]
ft <- flextable(data)
autofit(ft)


>LaTeX Warning: Float too large for page by 281.56999pt on input line 453.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '20 at 15:08

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It looks like I haven't fully explained what I mean. The end part of the table generated by flextable::flextable() is not shown on the next page in the pdf file. Here is another example of the tables generated with KableExtra::kable() and FlexTable::flextable().

---

output:
  pdf_document:
    latex_engine: xelatex
---

```{r, results='asis'}
knitr::kable(iris[1:80,])
flextable::flextable(iris[1:80,])

answered Dec 11 '20 at 15:08

Vasyl Mohytych

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don't add `results='asis'` – David Gohel Dec 11 '20 at 16:31
I have tried, but it still doesn't work(( – Vasyl Mohytych Dec 11 '20 at 17:02
So there were 2 issues, first was to get rid of `>LaTeX Warning: Float too large for page by 281.56999pt on input line 453`. Solved by `set_table_properties(ft, layout = "autofit")`. The second, "multi page" is probably a bug in flextable (introduced with 0.6.1) – David Gohel Dec 11 '20 at 17:12
Regarding the second problem, I think you are right. I spent a lot of time trying to solve this problem but I can't fix it. I hope it will be fixed in near future. Thanks! – Vasyl Mohytych Dec 11 '20 at 18:05
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It is, I will try to push the fix this evening, just want to check it does not break anything (I am newbie in latex and I made a stupid mistake :/) – David Gohel Dec 11 '20 at 18:21
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you can get the github version, it contains the fix for multipage tables – David Gohel Dec 12 '20 at 10:33
Great, now it is ok. Thanks! – Vasyl Mohytych Dec 14 '20 at 05:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 11 '20 at 14:33

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Using set_table_properties(ft, layout = "autofit") will let latex do the column sizing:

---
output:
  pdf_document:
    latex_engine: xelatex
---

```{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
```

```{r}
library(flextable)
data <- mtcars[1:50,1:8]
ft <- flextable(data)
set_table_properties(ft, layout = "autofit")
```

answered Dec 11 '20 at 14:33

David Gohel

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Thanks a lot. It seems that I did not explain my problem correctly, so I have tried to explain it once more. You can find it here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/65253824/14807779 – Vasyl Mohytych Dec 11 '20 at 15:18

How to split a FlexTable across more than 1 page? PDF output, RMarkdown

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