NEWS

teal.reporter 0.6.1 (2026-02-20)

Prevents warning message when joining two teal_card objects that have items with the same id (#455).

Adds editing capabilities to report cards in the previewer modal for the title and text contents.
Adds teal_card class that replaces ReportCard R6 class. It retains all its functionalities in a S4 with less complexity. It allows for easier modifications and insertion of new report content.
Adds teal_report class that extends from teal.data::teal_data that allows to keep contents of the report card.
teal_report is updated automatically with executed code and its outputs are stored as well.
Supports flextable and gtsummary objects.
Soft deprecated ReportCard.

The functions reporter_previewer_ui() and reporter_previewer_srv() are deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please migrate to using the underlying shiny modules independently:
- UI: report_load_ui(), download_report_button_ui(), reset_report_button_ui(), and preview_report_button_ui()
- Server: report_load_srv(), download_report_button_srv(), reset_report_button_srv(), and preview_report_button_srv()

Moves finalize() methods to private in R6 classes.
Improved the layout and appearance of the reporter with new UI design.
Added preview_report_button_ui and preview_report_button_srv to create a shiny module that creates a button to open the report previewer in a modal.
Improve error message when reporter zip file is not named correctly (#365)

Reports can now be reloaded. A zip file containing the report can be uploaded to restore the state of the Previewer.
Report cards are now included in bookmarks. When using the shiny bookmarking mechanism, existing report cards will be available in the restored application.
HTML content can now be added to the report.

Added blocking of "Download" buttons while report is rendering, using the shinybusy package.

add_card_button_srv allows to specify card_fun with label parameter for card's title & content customization.
Supports automatic Rcode formatting using the suggested formatR package in reports.
Improve output on PDF file format.

Specify minimal version of dependent packages.
Updated TableBlock to convert tables into flextables to show in rendered report.
Fixed CRAN requirements for the first CRAN submission.
Removed manual pages for non-exported objects.
Fixed CRAN requirements for the first CRAN submission.

Added the new RcodeBlock block for a custom rmarkdown r chunk.
Added the collapsible panel for the Show R Code in the previewer.
Added additional input when needed to decide if "Show R Code" should be part of the rendered report.
Added the possibility to add a personalized card name when adding a card.
Added support for custom inputs for download and previewer modules.

Changed modal button colors to align with their purpose and with other modals.
Updated the AddCardModule comment input to have an active cursor when adding a card.
Updated report previewer to support preview of multiline comment.
Added support for a table of contents for reporter documents.
Added support for global knitr options in the render method in the Render class.
Improved look of the remove card modal in the previewer module.

Updated append_src method of TealReportCard to not add additional "R Code" Subtitle.

Added the Archiver class which enables saving and loading back the Report in the shiny session.

Added support for the ElementaryTree class in the append_table method of ReportCard.
Added additional validation for the card_fun evaluation.
Added support for more arguments setup for a card_fun function in the add_card_button_srv module, the card_fun could have any subset of the possible arguments now.
Added the optional dim argument to the append_plot method in ReportCard.
Added support for Heatmap plots in PictureBlock.
Updated append_encodings, append_src and append_fs to automatically add titles.
Updated vignettes and README content.
Made the document type names more user friendly when downloading the report.
Improved the add reporter card button to be disabled when clicked.

Fixed how trellis plots are caught by the set_content method in the PictureBlock.