Change the value of a select picker input on the client

Change the value of a picker input on the client

Usage

updatePickerInput(
  session,
  inputId,
  label = NULL,
  selected = NULL,
  choices = NULL,
  choicesOpt = NULL,
  options = NULL,
  clearOptions = FALSE
)

Arguments

session

The session object passed to function given to shinyServer.

inputId

The id of the input object.

label

Display a text in the center of the switch.

selected

The new selected value (or multiple values if multiple = TRUE). To reset selected value, in case of multiple picker, use character(0).

choices

List of values to select from. If elements of the list are named then that name rather than the value is displayed to the user.

choicesOpt

Options for choices in the dropdown menu.

options

Options for the picker via pickerOptions.

clearOptions

Clear previous options, otherwise the ones set previously are still active.

See also

pickerInput.

Examples

if (interactive()) {

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

ui <- fluidPage(
  tags$h2("Update pickerInput"),

  fluidRow(
    column(
      width = 5, offset = 1,
      pickerInput(
        inputId = "p1",
        label = "classic update",
        choices = rownames(mtcars)
      )
    ),
    column(
      width = 5,
      pickerInput(
        inputId = "p2",
        label = "disabled update",
        choices = rownames(mtcars)
      )
    )
  ),

  fluidRow(
    column(
      width = 10, offset = 1,
      sliderInput(
        inputId = "up",
        label = "Select between models with mpg greater than :",
        width = "50%",
        min = min(mtcars$mpg),
        max = max(mtcars$mpg),
        value = min(mtcars$mpg),
        step = 0.1
      )
    )
  )

)

server <- function(input, output, session) {

  observeEvent(input$up, {
    mtcars2 <- mtcars[mtcars$mpg >= input$up, ]

    # Method 1
    updatePickerInput(session = session, inputId = "p1",
                      choices = rownames(mtcars2))

    # Method 2
    disabled_choices <- !rownames(mtcars) %in% rownames(mtcars2)
    updatePickerInput(
      session = session, inputId = "p2",
      choices = rownames(mtcars),
      choicesOpt = list(
        disabled = disabled_choices,
        style = ifelse(disabled_choices,
                       yes = "color: rgba(119, 119, 119, 0.5);",
                       no = "")
      )
    )
  }, ignoreInit = TRUE)

}

shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

}