Using boxes outside of shinydashboard

rpodcast · June 20, 2018, 12:43pm

My favorite feature of shinydashboard is the handy box() element that helps to organize content visually. I have a major production application that was built using the normal user interface functions offered by shiny itself, but in my next release I would like to add the boxes without doing the full conversion to shinydashboard just yet (as that will require an immense re-write). Is anyone aware of a way to use the box() elements inside a typical shiny user interface? I thought I saw a newer package that offered boxes and other various UI elements for use in a typical shiny application, but I could have been mistaken.

rpodcast · June 29, 2018, 7:40pm

I just found that the development version of shinyWidgets has added ways to bring certain shinydashboard elements like boxes to a regular shiny app!

github.com

dreamRs/shinyWidgets/blob/master/NEWS.md

shinyWidgets 0.4.4
======================

* New function `updateMultiInput` for updating `multiInput`, thanks to [@ifellows](https://github.com/ifellows).
* New function `updateVerticalTabsetPanel` for updating `verticalTabsetPanel`.
* Update options for `knobInput` and `airDatepickerInput`.
* Custom unit & range in progress bars (arguments `unit_mark` & `range_value` in `progressBar`).
* Argument `update_on` to choose when trigger update server-side in `spectrumInput`.
* Vertical layout in `selectizeGroup`.
* New function `pickerOptions` to help using `pickerInput` options argument.
* Bug fix with size argument in `actionGroupButtons`.
* `dropdown` button act like an `actionButton` (same behavior as `dropdownButton`)
* Update Bootstrap-Select JavaScript library from 1.12.4 to 1.13.3 (used in `pickerInput`).



shinyWidgets 0.4.3
======================

* New functions to customize `sliderInput` : `chooseSliderSkin` and `setSliderColor` by [@DivadNojnarg](https://github.com/DivadNojnarg).

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pslarson2 · April 24, 2019, 2:18pm

Doesn't work for me and I am not sure how to get it to work.

Did you simply install the github version of shinyWidgets?

jdb · April 24, 2019, 5:00pm

You'd use the useShinydashboard() function within your Shiny app.

See here for an example.