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multiInput

Create a multiselect input control


Description

A user-friendly replacement for select boxes with the multiple attribute

Usage

multiInput(
  inputId,
  label,
  choices = NULL,
  selected = NULL,
  options = NULL,
  width = NULL,
  choiceNames = NULL,
  choiceValues = NULL
)

Arguments

inputId

The input slot that will be used to access the value.

label

Display label for the control, or NULL for no label.

choices

List of values to select from.

selected

The initially selected value.

options

List of options passed to multi (enable_search = FALSE for disabling the search bar for example).

width

The width of the input, e.g. 400px, or 100%.

choiceNames

List of names to display to the user.

choiceValues

List of values corresponding to choiceNames.

Value

A multiselect control

See Also

updateMultiInput to update value server-side.

Examples

## Only run examples in interactive R sessions
if (interactive()) {

library("shiny")
library("shinyWidgets")


# simple use

ui <- fluidPage(
  multiInput(
    inputId = "id", label = "Fruits :",
    choices = c("Banana", "Blueberry", "Cherry",
                "Coconut", "Grapefruit", "Kiwi",
                "Lemon", "Lime", "Mango", "Orange",
                "Papaya"),
    selected = "Banana", width = "350px"
  ),
  verbatimTextOutput(outputId = "res")
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  output$res <- renderPrint({
    input$id
  })
}

shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)


# with options

ui <- fluidPage(
  multiInput(
    inputId = "id", label = "Fruits :",
    choices = c("Banana", "Blueberry", "Cherry",
                "Coconut", "Grapefruit", "Kiwi",
                "Lemon", "Lime", "Mango", "Orange",
                "Papaya"),
    selected = "Banana", width = "400px",
    options = list(
      enable_search = FALSE,
      non_selected_header = "Choose between:",
      selected_header = "You have selected:"
    )
  ),
  verbatimTextOutput(outputId = "res")
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  output$res <- renderPrint({
    input$id
  })
}

shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

}

shinyWidgets

Custom Inputs Widgets for Shiny

v0.6.0
GPL-3
Authors
Victor Perrier [aut, cre, cph], Fanny Meyer [aut], David Granjon [aut], Ian Fellows [ctb] (Methods for mutating vertical tabs & updateMultiInput), Wil Davis [ctb] (numericRangeInput function), Spencer Matthews [ctb] (autoNumeric methods), JavaScript and CSS libraries authors [ctb, cph] (All authors are listed in LICENSE.md)
Initial release

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