Is it possible to split the text of a gt spanner column over multiple lines?

Question

Is it possible to split the text of a gt spanner column over multiple lines? Take the following example:

library(dplyr)
library(gt)

exibble %>%
  dplyr::select(date, time, char, row) %>%
  gt(rowname_col = "row") %>%
  tab_spanner(
    label = "dates and times",
    columns = c(date, time)
  ) 

Here, I would like "dates and times" to be split over two (or three) lines. Is it possible to do that?

The following, using "\n" does not work:

exibble %>%
  dplyr::select(date, time, char, row) %>%
  gt(rowname_col = "row") %>%
  tab_spanner(
    label = "dates\nand\ntimes",
    columns = c(date, time)
  ) 

Answer 1

Try this:

library(dplyr)
library(gt)

exibble %>%
    dplyr::select(date, time, char, row) %>%
    gt(rowname_col = "row") %>%
    tab_spanner(
        label = html("dates<br> and <br>times"),
        columns = c(date, time)
    )