Text Input Column in a table in shiny - r

Question

I have an output table being displayed in shiny. I would like to have a column attached to the table which would take in text input (comments) from the user for each row.
Can this be done in R shiny?

Answer 1

Yes you can do some thing like this
library(shiny)
library(DT)
library(dplyr)
shinyApp(
ui <- fluidPage(DT::dataTableOutput("ruless"),
fluidRow(column(4, offset = 1, actionButton("save", "Save", width = 200)))),
server <- function(input, output) {
values <- reactiveValues(data = NULL)
values$data <- as.data.frame(
cbind(c("a", "d", "b", "c", "e", "f"),
c(1463, 159, 54, 52, 52, 220),
c(0.7315, 0.0795, 0.027, 0.026, 0.026, 0.11)
)
)
shinyInput = function(FUN, len, id, ...) {
#validate(need(character(len)>0,message=paste("")))
inputs = character(len)
for (i in seq_len(len)) {
inputs[i] = as.character(FUN(paste0(id, i), label = NULL, ...))
}
inputs
}
output$ruless <- DT::renderDataTable({
datatable(
data.frame(delete=shinyInput(textInput,nrow(values$data),"cbox_"), values$data),
selection="multiple",
escape = FALSE,
filter = list(position = 'top', clear = FALSE),
extensions = list("ColReorder" = NULL, "Buttons" = NULL),
options = list(
dom = 'BRrltpi',
autoWidth=TRUE,
lengthMenu = list(c(10, 50, -1), c('10', '50', 'All')),
ColReorder = TRUE,
preDrawCallback = JS('function() { Shiny.unbindAll(this.api().table().node()); }'),
drawCallback = JS('function() { Shiny.bindAll(this.api().table().node()); } '),
buttons = list(
'copy',
'print',
list(
extend = 'collection',
buttons = c('csv', 'excel', 'pdf'),
text = 'Download',
selected = TRUE
)
)
)
)
})
}
)