Show box only when tableoutput is ready in shiny app - r

Question

I want to generate a boxPlus around my DT-Output. Now when I start my APP, the frame of the box is already there. How do I manage that the box is only displayed when the tableoutput is finished? As input I use a text input.
In my UI I use for the Input:
textInput("name", "Insert Number:")
the final box I create with:
uiOutput("box")
On Serverside I do:
output$name <- renderText(input$name)
New_input <- reactive({
list(input$name)
})
and the box I create like this:
output$box <- renderUI({
boxPlus(
div(style = 'overflow-x: scroll;'), dataTableOutput("table")
)
})
I tried it with: Similar Problem but I can not resolve the problem. Without the box everything works fine.

Answer 1

Never use reactive expressions inside a renderText function.
You have to wrap tagList around your two elements to return a SINGLE element (a list in your case).
Here is a reproduceable example.
library(shiny)
library(shinydashboardPlus)
library(dplyr)
# Define UI for application that draws a histogram
ui <- fluidPage(
# Application title
titlePanel("Hide box"),
# Sidebar with a slider input for number of bins
sidebarLayout(
sidebarPanel(
textInput("name", "Insert Number to filter cyl:")
),
mainPanel(
uiOutput("box")
)
)
)
server <- function(input, output) {
resultdf <- reactive({
mtcars %>%
filter(cyl > input$name)
})
output$box <- renderUI({
output$table <- renderDataTable({
resultdf()
})
if(input$name == "") {
return(NULL)
} else {
return(
tagList(
boxPlus(
div(style = 'overflow-x: scroll;'), dataTableOutput("table")
)
)
)
}
})
}
# Run the application
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)