highcharter Themes

Author

Affiliation

Calvin J. Chiou

National Chengchi University (NCCU)

Published

March 11, 2025

Introduction

In this document, we will explore various themes and styles available in highcharter.

library(highcharter) 
library(dplyr)

# Sample dataset
data <- mtcars %>%
  tibble::rownames_to_column(var = "car") %>%
  mutate(cyl = as.factor(cyl))
# Basic plot
p <- highchart() %>% 
    hc_add_series(data, type = "scatter", hcaes(x = mpg, y = hp, group = cyl))
p %>% hc_title(text = "Default Theme")

Below are examples of applying different themes to your plot:

Theme Google

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Google") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_google())

Theme Financial Times

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Financial Times") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_ft())

Theme Economist

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Economist") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_economist())

Theme Elementary

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Elementary") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_elementary())

Theme Simple

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Simple") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_smpl())

Theme Database

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Database") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_db())

Theme FFX

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme FFX") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_ffx())

Theme FiveThirtyEight

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme FiveThirtyEight") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_538())

Theme Flat

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Flat") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_flat())

Theme Flat Dark

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Flat Dark") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_flatdark())

Theme Chalk

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Chalk") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_chalk())

Theme Handdrawn

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Handdrawn") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_handdrawn())

Theme Dark Unica

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Dark Unica") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_darkunica())

Theme ggplot2

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme ggplot2") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_ggplot2())

Theme Alone

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Alone") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_alone())

Theme Bloom

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Bloom") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_bloom())

Theme Gridlight

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Grid Light") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_gridlight())

Theme Highcharter

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Highcharter") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_hcrt())

Theme Null

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Null") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_null())

Theme Monokai

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Monokai") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_monokai())

Theme Sansignika

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Sansignika") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_sandsignika())

Theme Sparkline

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Sparkline") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_sparkline())

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Sparkline VB") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_sparkline_vb())

Theme Superheroes

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Superheroes") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_superheroes())

Theme Tufte

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Tufte") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_tufte())

p %>%
  hc_title(text = "Theme Tufte2") %>%
  hc_add_theme(hc_theme_tufte2())