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Change the value of a slider text input on the client

Usage

updateSliderTextInput(
  session = getDefaultReactiveDomain(),
  inputId,
  label = NULL,
  selected = NULL,
  choices = NULL,
  from_fixed = NULL,
  to_fixed = NULL
)

Arguments

session

The session object passed to function given to shinyServer.

inputId

The id of the input object.

label

The label to set.

selected

The values selected.

choices

The new choices for the input.

from_fixed

Fix the left handle (or single handle).

to_fixed

Fix the right handle.

See also

Examples

if (interactive()) {
library("shiny")
library("shinyWidgets")

ui <- fluidPage(
  br(),
  sliderTextInput(
    inputId = "mySlider",
    label = "Pick a month :",
    choices = month.abb,
    selected = "Jan"
  ),
  verbatimTextOutput(outputId = "res"),
  radioButtons(
    inputId = "up",
    label = "Update choices:",
    choices = c("Abbreviations", "Full names")
  )
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  output$res <- renderPrint(str(input$mySlider))

  observeEvent(input$up, {
    choices <- switch(
      input$up,
      "Abbreviations" = month.abb,
      "Full names" = month.name
    )
    updateSliderTextInput(
      session = session,
      inputId = "mySlider",
      choices = choices
    )
  }, ignoreInit = TRUE)
}

shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)
}