Row height in regression models with jtools in R Markdown

Question

I would like to adjust the row padding in a jtools regression table. I tried set_row_height since I read that the underlying structure is a huxtable. But I'm unsure, and it didn't work.

---
title: "Untitled"
author: "Name"
date: "10 5 2021"
output: html_document
---

## R Markdown

```{r, warning=FALSE, message=FALSE}
mymodel <- lm(mpg ~ ., data=mtcars)

library(tidyverse)
library(jtools)
library(huxtable)

export_summs(mymodel, scale = TRUE) %>%
  set_font_size(6) %>%  # working in markdown html
  set_row_height(., everywhere, 0.1)  # not working in html
```

It looks fine in RStudio, but uses extensive row space in Markdown. set_font_size is working, but set_row_height not.

Show your code for `set_row_height()`. Did you try `set_tb_padding()`? — dash2, May 10 '21 at 16:54
I edited to show `set_row_height()`. Did not manage to use `set_tb_padding()` yet. — Marco, May 11 '21 at 08:26
No luck, I tried without `.`, with and without `everywhere` and different values for row height. — Marco, May 17 '21 at 09:07
And have you read `?row_height`? "Numeric heights are scaled to 1 and treated as proportions of the table height in HTML"... try CSS values. — dash2, May 18 '21 at 11:25
I can increase the row height with `"4em"` but cannot decrease it with `"0.4em"`. Negative values also have no effect. — Marco, May 18 '21 at 12:51
Is `"0.4em"` output to HTML? My guess is yes (if not, probably a bug). If so, then blame the browser/the CSS specification. You might try fixing `height()` too. — dash2, May 18 '21 at 14:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '21 at 13:02

Finally, row height adjustment worked with set_tb_padding. I cannot replicate why it didn't worked in the first place. set_row_height requires CSS/LaTeX values, i.e. set_row_height("4cm"). I cannot reduce row height to a resonable size but can increase row height.

title: "Jtools and Huxtable"
author: "Name"
date: "10 5 2021"
output: html_document
---

## R Markdown

```{r, warning=FALSE, message=FALSE}
mymodel <- lm(mpg ~ ., data=mtcars)

library(tidyverse)
library(jtools)
library(huxtable)

export_summs(mymodel, scale = TRUE) %>%
  set_font_size(10) %>% 
  set_tb_padding(1)
```

Row height in regression models with jtools in R Markdown

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