R Leaflet Label Set direction

Question

Please have a look at the below example code, I would like to use the label direction (MyDirection), which is stored in df to have different label directions within my map.

I can set every label to a specific direction like direction = "top", but somehow its not working if I specify direction = ~MyDirection.

Any Idea/solution would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

library(leaflet)

df  <- read.csv(textConnection("
Name,Lat,Long,MyDirection
ANN,51.19,4.46277778,right
BAB,43.26306,-2.94972222,left
BCN,41.29694,2.07833333,top
BCN,41.29694,2.07833333,bottom
"))

#---Create Map----
m <- leaflet(df) %>% 
     addTiles(group = "OSM (default)") %>%
     addCircles(~Long, ~Lat,
                 label = ~htmlEscape(Name), 
                 labelOptions = labelOptions(noHide = T, 
                                              #direction = "top",
                                              #direction = "bottom",
                                              #direction = "left",
                                              #direction = "right",
                                              direction = ~MyDirection))

m

Answer 1

I would like to share my latest approach. I finally managed to set the label direction based on mydf$MyDirection. Instead of adding multiple layers, as i did in my previous example, I used the library "Purrr". This reduces the amount of layers tremendously.

Best Regards

#Libraries----
library(leaflet)
library(htmltools)
library(htmlwidgets)
library(purrr)
#---Data Input----
mydf  <- read.csv(textConnection("
Facility,Lat,Long,MyDirection
ANN,51.19,4.46277778,right
BAB,43.26306,-2.94972222,left
BCN,41.29694,2.07833333,top
BCN2,41.29694,2.07833333,bottom
"))

#---Create Vector----
ob_Facility <- mydf %>% 
  split(., .$Facility)
#---Create Map----
m <- leaflet() %>% 
  addTiles() 

#---Purrr Layers----
names(ob_Facility) %>%
  purrr::walk(function(mydf) {
    m <<- m %>%
      addCircleMarkers(data=ob_Facility[[mydf]],
                       lng=~Long, lat=~Lat,
                       group = "Show All",
                       label = ~Facility,
                       labelOptions = labelOptions(noHide = T,direction = ~MyDirection))
  })

#---Layers control----
m %>%
  addLayersControl(
    overlayGroups = "Show All",
    options = layersControlOptions(collapsed = FALSE)  
  )%>%
  #---Save as HTML File----
saveWidget('Example Go Live Date.html', selfcontained = TRUE)