dashboardquarto

Change width of callout-block in Quarto dashboard


I would like to create a Quarto dashboard where my callout-block has a different width than the page. Now it uses the full page width which is not what I want. Here is some reproducible code:

---
title: "Test"
format: dashboard
---

# Test

<h1>This is an example!</h1> 

I'm trying to change the width of my callout-block below!

::: {.callout-note}
Note that there are five types of callouts, including:
`note`, `warning`, `important`, `tip`, and `caution`.
:::

Output:

enter image description here

As you can see it uses the full width of the dashboard. But I would like to use only 30% of the width for example. I tried using some css like described here, but it is not working for me. So I was wondering if anyone knows how to change the width of this callout-block in a Quarto dashboard?


Solution

  • You can use !important to ensure that the style attribute overrides any other attributes set elsewhere:

    One file

    ---
    title: "Test"
    format: dashboard
    ---
    
    # Test
    
    <style>
    .narrow {
        width: 30% !important;
    }
    </style>
    
    <h1>This is an example!</h1> 
    
    I'm trying to change the width of my callout-block below!
    
    ::: {.callout-note .narrow}
    Note that there are five types of callouts, including:
    `note`, `warning`, `important`, `tip`, and `caution`.
    :::
    
    
    

    Separate files

    If you prefer separate files. Here you can have dashboard.qmd:

    ---
    title: "Test"
    format: 
        dashboard:
            css: styles.css
    ---
    
    # Test
    
    <h1>This is an example!</h1> 
    
    I'm trying to change the width of my callout-block below!
    
    ::: {.callout-note .narrow}
    Note that there are five types of callouts, including:
    `note`, `warning`, `important`, `tip`, and `caution`.
    :::
    
    

    Then styles.css:

    .narrow {
        width: 30% !important;
    }
    

    page with narrow callout box