{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ijlyttle/bsplus/issues/41","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ijlyttle/bsplus","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ijlyttle/bsplus/issues/41/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ijlyttle/bsplus/issues/41/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ijlyttle/bsplus/issues/41/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ijlyttle/bsplus/issues/41","id":229538209,"number":41,"title":"Question: How to embed help links in a datatable","user":{"login":"iainmwallace","id":12777558,"avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/12777558?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/iainmwallace","html_url":"https://github.com/iainmwallace","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/iainmwallace/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/iainmwallace/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/iainmwallace/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/iainmwallace/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/iainmwallace/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/iainmwallace/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/iainmwallace/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/iainmwallace/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/iainmwallace/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2017-05-18T02:32:02Z","updated_at":"2017-05-25T00:02:52Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Hi,\r\n\r\nGreat package! \r\n\r\nI was wondering if you have any examples on how to annotate the columns in a datatable (https://rstudio.github.io/DT/) with help text similar to your input help documentation.\r\n\r\nIt would be really useful to be able to put a more detailed column definition with a modal or tool tip.\r\n\r\nThanks,\r\n\r\nIain\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ijlyttle/bsplus/issues/comments/303885994","html_url":"https://github.com/ijlyttle/bsplus/issues/41#issuecomment-303885994","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ijlyttle/bsplus/issues/41","id":303885994,"user":{"login":"ijlyttle","id":2800934,"avatar_url":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/2800934?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ijlyttle","html_url":"https://github.com/ijlyttle","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ijlyttle/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ijlyttle/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ijlyttle/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ijlyttle/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ijlyttle/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ijlyttle/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ijlyttle/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ijlyttle/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ijlyttle/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2017-05-25T00:02:52Z","updated_at":"2017-05-25T00:02:52Z","body":"Hi Iain (great name),\r\n\r\nThanks for the kind words!\r\n\r\nI have not had time to look at this in detail, but I did have a quick look at the DT documentation for the [`datatable()` function](https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/DT/versions/0.2/topics/datatable). There is a `colnames` argument to customize the header - if you can supply HTML to that argument, then you should be able to embed an icon that links to a modal, tooltip or popover.\r\n\r\nHope this helps!"}}
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