Adding #| label: for tables in chunks messes up gt table formatting for docx

[bjoernholzhauer]

Bug description

Whenever I try to reference tables and figures by adding something like #| label: tbl-example to a R chunk that produces a table using gt, I get an error message when opening the produced file with Word and it messes up the table formatting (columns becoming one character wide, lacking table dividing lines etc.).

Steps to reproduce

The following works without an issue

---
title: "Minimal example"
format: docx
number-sections: true
number-depth: 3
editor: source
execute:
  echo: false
tbl-cap-location: top
---
  
  
# Intro

<!-- In @tbl-example you see the numbers. -->

In the table below you see the numbers.

```{r}
#| tbl-cap: The numbers
library(gt)
data.frame(category=c("A", "B", "C"),
           numbers = 1:3) |>
  gt()
```  

It produces this:

In contrast, this:

---
title: "Minimal example"
format: docx
number-sections: true
number-depth: 3
editor: source
execute:
  echo: false
tbl-cap-location: top
---
  
# Intro
In @tbl-example you see the numbers.
```{r}
#| tbl-cap: The numbers
#| label: tbl-example
library(gt)
data.frame(category=c("A", "B", "C"),
           numbers = 1:3) |>
  gt()
```  

runs without an error or warning, but when I try to open the resulting document wiht Word, I get

and the table in the resulting document has messed up formatting (looks even worse in more complex tables):

Expected behavior

Both example should essentially produce the same output, just one having a reference to the table.

Actual behavior

Error message about "Word found unreadale content..." and messed up table formatting.

Your environment

• IDE RStudio 2024.09.1 Build 394
• OS Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise 10.0.26100 Buld 26100
• R version 4.4.1 (2024-06-14 ucrt)
• gt version gt_0.11.1

Quarto check output

quarto check
Quarto 1.5.57
[>] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
      Pandoc version 3.2.0: OK
      Dart Sass version 1.70.0: OK
      Deno version 1.41.0: OK
      Typst version 0.11.0: OK
[>] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[>] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.5.57
      Path: C:\local\RStudio-2024.09.1-394\resources\app\bin\quarto\bin
      CodePage: 1252

[>] Checking tools....................OK
      TinyTeX: (not installed)
      Chromium: (not installed)

[>] Checking LaTeX....................OK
      Tex:  (not detected)

[>] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[>] Checking Python 3 installation....(None)

      Unable to locate an installed version of Python 3.
      Install Python 3 from https://www.python.org/downloads/

[>] Checking R installation...........OK
      Version: 4.4.1
      Path: C:/Users/<*******ANONYMIZED*******>/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-4.4.1
      LibPaths:
        - C:/Users/<*******ANONYMIZED*******>/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.4
        - C:/Users/<*******ANONYMIZED*******>/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-4.4.1/library
      knitr: 1.48
      rmarkdown: 2.28

[>] Checking Knitr engine render......OK


C:\Users\<*******ANONYMIZED*******>\OneDrive - <*******ANONYMIZED*******>>quarto check
Quarto 1.5.57
[>] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
      Pandoc version 3.2.0: OK
      Dart Sass version 1.70.0: OK
      Deno version 1.41.0: OK
      Typst version 0.11.0: OK
[>] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[>] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.5.57
      Path: C:\local\RStudio-2024.09.1-394\resources\app\bin\quarto\bin
      CodePage: 1252

[>] Checking tools....................OK
      TinyTeX: (not installed)
      Chromium: (not installed)

[>] Checking LaTeX....................OK
      Tex:  (not detected)

[>] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[>] Checking Python 3 installation....(None)

      Unable to locate an installed version of Python 3.
      Install Python 3 from https://www.python.org/downloads/

[>] Checking R installation...........OK
      Version: 4.4.1
      Path: C:/Users/<*******ANONYMIZED*******>/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-4.4.1
      LibPaths:
        - C:/Users/<*******ANONYMIZED*******>/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.4
        - C:/Users/<*******ANONYMIZED*******>/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-4.4.1/library
      knitr: 1.48
      rmarkdown: 2.28

[>] Checking Knitr engine render......OK

[mcanouil]

Could you update Quarto CLI to use the latest version? Thank you.
Also ensure you are using the latest version of gt/knitr and any dependencies related to your use case / issue.

[bjoernholzhauer]

Is there any way to update Quarto CLI without downloading a msi from the quarto homepage? That is completely and utterly blocked by our corporate IT and it is unlikely that I could get an exception to this. I can wait until they approve and make available a new RStudio version that would come bundled with the latestr version (happens about once a year), but that puts things oddly out of sync with R package version (which I can update myself). I'm not sure, but I'd guess a lot of people in corporate settings might face a situation like this.

[olivroy]

I can confirm this is still an issue.

• probably a duplicate of table cross references result in malformed xml #10587, gt table docx rendering produces uncorrect output #7151, Chunk labeled with tbl- which outputs a gt table with a tab_spanner generates an invalid docx file rstudio/gt#1934, docx error when using label or tbl-cap with quarto and gt rstudio/gt#1604