Wrapped text in tables when knitting to pdf using gt

Question

Sorry if this is a very trivial question but I've looked up and down the internet and can't find an answer. I'm making a basic table using the gt package in markdown. But I can't seem to get the text to wrap when knitting to a *.pdf. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

table_data %>% gt()

@randmlaber why don't you use the example code from `gt::` package? e.g.: ```r # Create a display table showing ten of # the largest islands in the world gt_tbl <- gt(islands_tbl) # Show the gt Table gt_tbl ``` — Elliot, Nov 01 '22 at 23:56
@EmmanuelTeitelbaum: I ended up going with `kableExtra` instead. With the reproducible working example below, try: `test %>% kable() %>% kable_styling(full_width = TRUE)` — Mar, Aug 11 '23 at 00:46

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 02 '22 at 02:45

Not an answer, but a reproducible working example.

---
title: "Test"
output: pdf_document
---

```{r test, echo=FALSE, warning = FALSE}
library(tidyverse)
library(gt)

test <- data.frame(v1=c(
  "This is a long string. This is a long string. This is a long string. This is a long string. This is a long string.",
  "This is a another long string. This is a another long string. This is a another long string. This is a another long string. This is a another long string."),
                   v2=c(1, 2))
test %>% gt()
```

results in:

Wrapped text in tables when knitting to pdf using gt

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