ui-legacy-functions {usethis}

Legacy functions related to user interface

Description

These functions are now superseded. External users of the ⁠usethis::ui_*()⁠ functions are encouraged to use the cli package instead. The cli package did not have the required functionality when the ⁠usethis::ui_*()⁠ functions were created, but it has had that for a while now and it's the superior option. There is even a cli vignette about how to make this transition: vignette("usethis-ui", package = "cli").

usethis itself now uses cli internally for its UI, but these new functions are not exported and presumably never will be. There is a developer-focused article on the process of transitioning usethis's own UI to use cli (LINK TO COME).

Usage

ui_line(x = character(), .envir = parent.frame())

ui_todo(x, .envir = parent.frame())

ui_done(x, .envir = parent.frame())

ui_oops(x, .envir = parent.frame())

ui_info(x, .envir = parent.frame())

ui_code_block(x, copy = rlang::is_interactive(), .envir = parent.frame())

ui_stop(x, .envir = parent.frame())

ui_warn(x, .envir = parent.frame())

ui_field(x)

ui_value(x)

ui_path(x, base = NULL)

ui_code(x)

ui_unset(x = "unset")

Arguments

x

A character vector.

For block styles, conditions, and questions, each element of the vector becomes a line, and the result is processed by glue::glue(). For inline styles, each element of the vector becomes an entry in a comma separated list.

.envir

Used to ensure that glue::glue() gets the correct environment. For expert use only.

copy

If TRUE, the session is interactive, and the clipr package is installed, will copy the code block to the clipboard.

base

If specified, paths will be displayed relative to this path.

Details

The ui_ functions can be broken down into four main categories:

• block styles: ui_line(), ui_done(), ui_todo(), ui_oops(), ui_info().

• conditions: ui_stop(), ui_warn().

• questions: ui_yeah(), ui_nope().

• inline styles: ui_field(), ui_value(), ui_path(), ui_code(), ui_unset().

The question functions ui_yeah() and ui_nope() have their own help page.

All UI output (apart from ui_yeah()/ui_nope() prompts) can be silenced by setting options(usethis.quiet = TRUE). Use ui_silence() to silence selected actions.

Value

The block styles, conditions, and questions are called for their side-effect. The inline styles return a string.

Examples

new_val <- "oxnard"
ui_done("{ui_field('name')} set to {ui_value(new_val)}")
ui_todo("Redocument with {ui_code('devtools::document()')}")

ui_code_block(c(
  "Line 1",
  "Line 2",
  "Line 3"
))