Change html with an animation effect in a shiny app - r

Question

I am having a shiny app with some ui elements.
Is there a way to replace some HTML (e.g. div / div content) with an animation effect, similar to what shinyjs::show(anim=T) does?
library(shiny)
library(shinyjs)
ui <- fluidPage(
shinyjs::useShinyjs(),
actionButton("change","change"),
tags$div(id="someDiv",
"test"),
hidden(tags$div(id="withAnim", "Displayed with animation"))
)
server <- function(input, output) {
observeEvent(input$change, {
shinyjs::html("someDiv", "changed without animation")
shinyjs::delay(1000, show("withAnim", anim=T, animType="fade"))
})
}
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

Answer 1

the shinyjs::html doesn't provide this utility. We can write our own js code and use shinyjs::runjs to run it when button is clicked.
library(shiny)
library(shinyjs)
ui <- fluidPage(
shinyjs::useShinyjs(),
actionButton("change","change"),
tags$div(id="someDiv",
"test"),
hidden(tags$div(id="withAnim", "Displayed with animation"))
)
server <- function(input, output) {
observeEvent(input$change, {
shinyjs::runjs("$('#someDiv').fadeOut(500, function(){$(this).text('changed without animation').fadeIn();})")
shinyjs::delay(1000, show("withAnim", anim=T, animType="fade"))
})
}
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)