Warning: Error in dataTableOutput: unused argument (height = "auto") - r

Question

Seeing inconsistent results with dataTableOutput (https://github.com/rstudio/DT). When I start shiny from an R console, the first time I run the app the height argument in dataTableOutput() causes the app to crash. If I then CTRL-C to stop shiny, then shiny::runApp(), then the app thenceforth works as expected. Not passing the height is okay locally. The box is filled in and sizes its height automatically. However, when loading the app on shinyapps.io, the box is always empty and has a small height (let's say 60px). No matter what I do on shinyapps.io, if the the height is, e.g., height=300, then the app will always crash. No CTRL-C will work on shinyapps.io. Sometimes the app will refuse to start locally when "height=300" is present, but if I comment out dataTableOutput completely, re-run shiny::runApp(), then bring dataTableOutput back without restarting shiny, then the app loads okay.
The error:
Warning: Error in dataTableOutput: unused argument (height = "200")
100: h
99: .handleSimpleError
98: dots_list
97: div
96: dots_list
95: div
94: dots_list
93: div
92: box
91: dots_list
90: div
89: fluidRow
88: dots_list
87: div
86: column
85: dots_list
84: div
83: fluidRow
82: dots_list
81: div
80: tabItem
79: lapply
78: tabItems
77: dots_list
76: tags$section
75: dots_list
74: div
73: dashboardBody
72: tagAssert
71: dashboardPage
70: ..stacktraceon..
69: eval
68: eval
67: sourceUTF8
66: func
65: uiHandlerSource
64: handler
63: handler
62: handler
61: handlers$invoke
60: withCallingHandlers
59: domain$wrapSync
58: promises::with_promise_domain
57: captureStackTraces
56: withCallingHandlers
55: withLogErrors
54: withCallingHandlers
53: force
52: withVisible
51: withCallingHandlers
50: domain$wrapSync
49: promises::with_promise_domain
48: captureStackTraces
47: doTryCatch
46: tryCatchOne
45: tryCatchList
44: tryCatch
43: do
42: hybrid_chain
41: force
40: withVisible
39: withCallingHandlers
38: domain$wrapSync
37: promises::with_promise_domain
36: captureStackTraces
35: doTryCatch
34: tryCatchOne
33: tryCatchList
32: tryCatch
31: do
30: hybrid_chain
29: handler
28: func
27: compute
26: doTryCatch
25: tryCatchOne
24: tryCatchList
23: tryCatch
22: rookCall
21: <Anonymous>
20: evalq
19: evalq
18: doTryCatch
17: tryCatchOne
16: tryCatchList
15: doTryCatch
14: tryCatchOne
13: tryCatchList
12: tryCatch
11: execCallbacks
10: run_now
9: service
8: serviceApp
7: ..stacktracefloor..
6: withCallingHandlers
5: domain$wrapSync
4: promises::with_promise_domain
3: captureStackTraces
2: ..stacktraceoff..
1: shiny::runApp
The code (two example boxes although one is enough to show the issue):
dashboardPage(
dashboardHeader(title = 'Energy comparison'),
dashboardSidebar(
sidebarMenu(
...
menuItem('Stacked', tabName = 'table', icon = NULL)
)
),
dashboardBody(
tabItems(
...
tabItem(
tabName = 'table',
fluidRow(
column(6,
fluidRow(
box(title = 'Annual energy by source',
solidHeader = TRUE, status = 'primary', width = 12,
dataTableOutput('tab1') # Always works locally.
# Doesn't crash shinyapps.io
# but always show a tiny box
# with no data.
)
)
),
column(6,
fluidRow(
box(title = 'Annual energy by source %',
solidHeader = TRUE, status = 'primary', width = 12,
dataTableOutput('tab2', height="auto")
# height = "auto" or "300"
# Causes error sporadically locally.
# Can get it working locally by removing "height=..."
# then reloading the page while shiny is running.
# But this always crashes on shinyapps.io.
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
TAG: dataTableOutput

Answer 1

There are two functions of dataTableOutput, one which is present in shiny package which does not have height argument and another in DT package. I don't know if you are loading the DT package at all but it is better to mention explicitly that you want to use dataTableOutput from DT package.
DT::dataTableOutput('tab2', height="auto")