Function reference

UI Layout

Functions for laying out the user interface for your application.

absolutePanel() fixedPanel()

Panel with absolute positioning

bootstrapPage() basicPage()

Create a Bootstrap page

column()

Create a column within a UI definition

conditionalPanel()

Conditional Panel

fillPage()

Create a page that fills the window

fillRow() fillCol()

Flex Box-based row/column layouts

fixedPage() fixedRow()

Create a page with a fixed layout

fluidPage() fluidRow()

Create a page with fluid layout

helpText()

Create a help text element

icon()

Create an icon

navbarPage() navbarMenu()

Create a page with a top level navigation bar

navlistPanel()

Create a navigation list panel

sidebarLayout() sidebarPanel() mainPanel()

Layout a sidebar and main area

tabPanel() tabPanelBody()

Create a tab panel

tabsetPanel()

Create a tabset panel

titlePanel()

Create a panel containing an application title.

inputPanel()

Input panel

flowLayout()

Flow layout

splitLayout()

Split layout

verticalLayout()

Lay out UI elements vertically

wellPanel()

Create a well panel

withMathJax()

Load the MathJax library and typeset math expressions

UI Inputs

Functions for creating user interface elements that prompt the user for input values or interaction.

actionButton() actionLink()

Action button/link

checkboxGroupInput()

Checkbox Group Input Control

checkboxInput()

Checkbox Input Control

dateInput()

Create date input

dateRangeInput()

Create date range input

fileInput()

File Upload Control

numericInput()

Create a numeric input control

radioButtons()

Create radio buttons

selectInput() selectizeInput()

Create a select list input control

varSelectInput() varSelectizeInput()

Select variables from a data frame

sliderInput() animationOptions()

Slider Input Widget

submitButton()

Create a submit button

textInput()

Create a text input control

textAreaInput()

Create a textarea input control

passwordInput()

Create a password input control

modalButton()

Create a button for a modal dialog

updateActionButton() updateActionLink()

Change the label or icon of an action button on the client

updateCheckboxGroupInput()

Change the value of a checkbox group input on the client

updateCheckboxInput()

Change the value of a checkbox input on the client

updateDateInput()

Change the value of a date input on the client

updateDateRangeInput()

Change the start and end values of a date range input on the client

updateNumericInput()

Change the value of a number input on the client

updateRadioButtons()

Change the value of a radio input on the client

updateSelectInput() updateSelectizeInput() updateVarSelectInput() updateVarSelectizeInput()

Change the value of a select input on the client

updateSliderInput()

Update Slider Input Widget

updateTabsetPanel() updateNavbarPage() updateNavlistPanel()

Change the selected tab on the client

insertTab() prependTab() appendTab() removeTab()

Dynamically insert/remove a tabPanel

showTab() hideTab()

Dynamically hide/show a tabPanel

updateTextInput()

Change the value of a text input on the client

updateTextAreaInput()

Change the value of a textarea input on the client

updateQueryString()

Update URL in browser's location bar

getQueryString() getUrlHash()

Get the query string / hash component from the URL

UI Outputs

Functions for creating user interface elements that, in conjunction with rendering functions, display different kinds of output from your application.

htmlOutput() uiOutput()

Create an HTML output element

imageOutput() plotOutput()

Create an plot or image output element

outputOptions()

Set options for an output object.

tableOutput() dataTableOutput()

Create a table output element

textOutput() verbatimTextOutput()

Create a text output element

downloadButton() downloadLink()

Create a download button or link

Progress

Reporting progress (object-oriented API)

withProgress() setProgress() incProgress()

Reporting progress (functional API)

modalDialog()

Create a modal dialog UI

urlModal()

Generate a modal dialog that displays a URL

showModal() removeModal()

Show or remove a modal dialog

showNotification() removeNotification()

Show or remove a notification

Interface builder functions

A sub-library for writing HTML using R functions. These functions form the foundation on which the higher level user interface functions are built, and can also be used in your Shiny UI to provide custom HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

tags p() h1() h2() h3() h4() h5() h6() a() br() div() span() pre() code() img() strong() em() hr()

HTML Builder Functions

HTML()

Mark Characters as HTML

includeHTML() includeText() includeMarkdown() includeCSS() includeScript()

Include Content From a File

singleton() is.singleton()

Include content only once

tagList() tagAppendAttributes() tagHasAttribute() tagGetAttribute() tagAppendChild() tagAppendChildren() tagSetChildren() tag()

HTML Tag Object

validateCssUnit()

Validate proper CSS formatting of a unit

withTags()

Evaluate an expression using tags

htmlTemplate()

Process an HTML template

bootstrapLib()

Bootstrap libraries

suppressDependencies()

Suppress web dependencies

insertUI() removeUI()

Insert and remove UI objects

markdown()

Insert inline Markdown

Rendering functions

Functions that you use in your application’s server side code, assigning them to outputs that appear in your user interface.

renderPlot()

Plot Output

renderCachedPlot()

Plot output with cached images

renderText()

Text Output

renderPrint()

Printable Output

renderDataTable()

Table output with the JavaScript library DataTables

renderImage()

Image file output

renderTable()

Table Output

renderUI()

UI Output

downloadHandler()

File Downloads

createRenderFunction()

Implement render functions

Reactive programming

A sub-library that provides reactive programming facilities for R.

reactive() is.reactive()

Create a reactive expression

observe()

Create a reactive observer

observeEvent() eventReactive()

Event handler

reactiveVal()

Create a (single) reactive value

reactiveValues()

Create an object for storing reactive values

reactiveValuesToList()

Convert a reactivevalues object to a list

is.reactivevalues()

Checks whether an object is a reactivevalues object

isolate()

Create a non-reactive scope for an expression

invalidateLater()

Scheduled Invalidation

debounce() throttle()

Slow down a reactive expression with debounce/throttle

reactlog() reactlogShow() showReactLog() reactlogReset()

Reactive Log Visualizer

makeReactiveBinding()

Make a reactive variable

reactiveFileReader()

Reactive file reader

reactivePoll()

Reactive polling

reactiveTimer()

Timer

getDefaultReactiveDomain() withReactiveDomain() onReactiveDomainEnded()

Reactive domains

freezeReactiveVal() freezeReactiveValue()

Freeze a reactive value

Boilerplate

Functions that are required boilerplate in ui.R and server.R.

shinyUI()

Create a Shiny UI handler

shinyServer()

Define Server Functionality

Running

Functions that are used to run or stop Shiny applications.

runApp()

Run Shiny Application

runGadget()

Run a gadget

runExample()

Run Shiny Example Applications

runUrl() runGist() runGitHub()

Run a Shiny application from a URL

stopApp()

Stop the currently running Shiny app

paneViewer() dialogViewer() browserViewer()

Viewer options

isRunning()

Check whether a Shiny application is running

loadSupport()

Load an app's supporting R files

Bookmarking state

Functions that are used for bookmarking and restoring state.

bookmarkButton()

Create a button for bookmarking/sharing

enableBookmarking()

Enable bookmarking for a Shiny application

setBookmarkExclude()

Exclude inputs from bookmarking

showBookmarkUrlModal()

Display a modal dialog for bookmarking

onBookmark() onBookmarked() onRestore() onRestored()

Add callbacks for Shiny session bookmarking events

Extending Shiny

Functions that are intended to be called by third-party packages that extend Shiny.

createWebDependency()

Create a web dependency

addResourcePath() resourcePaths() removeResourcePath()

Resource Publishing

registerInputHandler()

Register an Input Handler

removeInputHandler()

Deregister an Input Handler

markRenderFunction()

Mark a function as a render function

Utility functions

Miscellaneous utilities that may be useful to advanced users or when extending Shiny.

shinyAppTemplate()

Generate a Shiny application from a template

req() isTruthy()

Check for required values

validate() need()

Validate input values and other conditions

session

Session object

getShinyOption() shinyOptions()

Get or set Shiny options

safeError()

Declare an error safe for the user to see

onFlush() onFlushed() onSessionEnded()

Add callbacks for Shiny session events

restoreInput()

Restore an input value

applyInputHandlers()

Apply input handlers to raw input values

exprToFunction()

Convert an expression to a function

installExprFunction()

Install an expression as a function

parseQueryString()

Parse a GET query string from a URL

getCurrentOutputInfo()

Get output information

plotPNG()

Run a plotting function and save the output as a PNG

sizeGrowthRatio()

Create a sizing function that grows at a given ratio

exportTestValues()

Register expressions for export in test mode

setSerializer()

Add a function for serializing an input before bookmarking application state

snapshotExclude()

Mark an output to be excluded from test snapshots

snapshotPreprocessInput()

Add a function for preprocessing an input before taking a test snapshot

snapshotPreprocessOutput()

Add a function for preprocessing an output before taking a test snapshot

markOutputAttrs()

Mark a render function with attributes that will be used by the output

repeatable()

Make a random number generator repeatable

shinyDeprecated()

Print message for deprecated functions in Shiny

serverInfo()

Collect information about the Shiny Server environment

onStop()

Run code after an application or session ends

diskCache()

Create a disk cache object

memoryCache()

Create a memory cache object

key_missing() is.key_missing()

A missing key object

Plot interaction

Functions related to interactive plots

brushedPoints() nearPoints()

Find rows of data selected on an interactive plot.

brushOpts()

Create an object representing brushing options

clickOpts()

Create an object representing click options

dblclickOpts()

Create an object representing double-click options

hoverOpts()

Create an object representing hover options

Modules

Functions for modularizing Shiny apps

NS() ns.sep

Namespaced IDs for inputs/outputs

moduleServer()

Shiny modules

callModule()

Invoke a Shiny module

Embedding

Functions that are intended for third-party packages that embed Shiny applications.

shinyApp() shinyAppDir() shinyAppFile()

Create a Shiny app object

maskReactiveContext()

Evaluate an expression without a reactive context

Testing

Functions intended for testing of Shiny components

runTests()

Runs the tests associated with this Shiny app

testServer()

Reactive testing for Shiny server functions and modules

MockShinySession

Mock Shiny Session