Must click OK on pop-up before accessing app

[NicciSportScot]

Hi there,

I'm trying to create a pop-up that appears when a app is loaded on shinyapps.io, that requires clicking OK before accessing app.

My app already has authentication but I need to show terms & conditions before people see the data.

The examples I've tried all bring up an action button that when pressed creates a pop-up whereas I want the pop-up to just appear when app is loaded.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

[radmuzom]

Have you tried using showModal and modalDialog with the easyClose argument set to FALSE? They are available as functions in shiny.

[NicciSportScot]

Yes sorry I should have said getting the pop-up to disappear only when OK clicked isn't the problem but having the pop-up appear when the app is loaded and without a button is where I am struggling.

[radmuzom]

Here is a simple example. I created an application using File -> New -> Shiny Web App in RStudio and added the modalDialog in lines 21-26. The modal appears as soon as the app is loaded.

library(shiny)

# Define UI for application that draws a histogram
ui <- fluidPage(
   
   # Application title
   titlePanel("Old Faithful Geyser Data"),
   
   # Sidebar with a slider input for number of bins 
   sidebarLayout(
      sidebarPanel(
         sliderInput("bins",
                     "Number of bins:",
                     min = 1,
                     max = 50,
                     value = 30)
      ),
      
      # Show a plot of the generated distribution
      mainPanel(
         modalDialog(
           h3("Terms of Service"),
           title = "Terms of Service",
           size = "l",
           easyClose = FALSE
         ),
         plotOutput("distPlot")
      )
   )
)

# Define server logic required to draw a histogram
server <- function(input, output) {
   
   output$distPlot <- renderPlot({
      # generate bins based on input$bins from ui.R
      x    <- faithful[, 2] 
      bins <- seq(min(x), max(x), length.out = input$bins + 1)
      
      # draw the histogram with the specified number of bins
      hist(x, breaks = bins, col = 'darkgray', border = 'white')
   })
}

# Run the application 
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

[NicciSportScot]

Thank you so much that worked for me!