Resize height of DataTable inside a Box in ShinyDashboard - r

I'm trying to put some Datatables and Histograms inside boxes of defined height in a Shiny Dashboard, the problem is that when I fix the height (lets say, to 250), the datatable exceeds the limits.
I know we have "autowidth" to use with datatables, but havent seen nothing similar for the Height. I tried to fix the height of the datatable too, but that didn't work for me neither. Also, when I open the shiny in a smaller screen, the box would resize, but the datatable don't.
Here's an example of the problem
library(shiny)
library(shinydashboard)
library(htmltools)
ui <- dashboardPage(skin = "black", title = "Dashboard",
dashboardHeader(title = "Dashboard"),
dashboardSidebar(width = 300),
dashboardBody(
tags$head(tags$style(HTML("
div.box {
text-align: center;
border-style: solid;
border-bottom-color:red;
border-left-color:red;
border-right-color:red;
border-top-color:red;
border-bottom-width:20px;
border-top-width:20px;
border-left-width:20px;
border-right-width:20px;
}
"))),
box(title = "Resume", width = 4, column(12, withSpinner(DT::dataTableOutput("tab"))),
align="center", status = "danger",solidHeader = T,height=250)
))
server <- function(input, output) {
output$tab <- DT::renderDataTable({
datatable(head(iris),options=list("autoWidth"=TRUE, "pagelength"=15,"scrollY"=TRUE,"scrollX"=TRUE,"searching"=FALSE))
})
}
# Run the application
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)
Actually ScrollX works perfectly, why scrollY doesnt work aswell?
I read about using tabBox instead of Box, but that doesnt work neither.
Thank you very much in advance.

Try withSpinner(DT::dataTableOutput("tab", height = '240px'), currently your code is setting the height of the box, not the data table.
Also, try style = "overflow-x: scroll;" in the box() arguments for the scrolling

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