shiny (version 0.12.0)

actionButton: Action button/link

Description

Creates an action button or link whose value is initially zero, and increments by one each time it is pressed.

Usage

actionButton(inputId, label, icon = NULL, ...)
actionLink(inputId, label, icon = NULL, ...)

Arguments

inputId

Specifies the input slot that will be used to access the value.

label

The contents of the button or link--usually a text label, but you could also use any other HTML, like an image.

icon

An optional icon to appear on the button.

...

Named attributes to be applied to the button or link.

See Also

observeEvent and eventReactive

Other input.elements: animationOptions, sliderInput; checkboxGroupInput; checkboxInput; dateInput; dateRangeInput; fileInput; numericInput; passwordInput; radioButtons; selectInput, selectizeInput; submitButton; textInput

Examples

# In server.R
output$distPlot <- renderPlot({
  # Take a dependency on input$goButton
  input$goButton

  # Use isolate() to avoid dependency on input$obs
  dist <- isolate(rnorm(input$obs))
  hist(dist)
})

# In ui.R
actionButton("goButton", "Go!")