Quarto Book: Setting default theme for tables

[ibnishak]

Hello,

I am writing a book in quarto. I want to set a consistent theme for all tables in the book. Usually in bookdown, I set it with a block that goes as below in the index.Rmd

my_ggplot_theme <- ggplot2::theme_minimal() +
  ggplot2::theme(
    plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5, size = 16, face = "bold"),
  )
theme_set(my_ggplot_theme)

Now in quarto, with the whole knit and merge concept, do I have to set it in every chapter? Is there no DRY way?

[vedoa]

Hi @ibnishak ,

currently this is not possible in quarto. You will have to redo the setup at the start of every chapter.

[ibnishak]

Aight. Thanks. I hope they come up with something for that.

[DaniMori]

You could always have an external script in a ".R" file and call it from within a chunk at the beginning of every chapter. That way you would at least avoid duplicating code with all its risks.