shinybusy (version 0.3.3)

add_loading_state: Loading state for Shiny Outputs

Description

Call this function once in your UI to automatically add loading indicators to several outputs when they are being regenerated.

Usage

add_loading_state(
  selector,
  spinner = c("standard", "hourglass", "circle", "arrows", "dots", "pulse"),
  text = NULL,
  timeout = 600,
  svgColor = "#383838",
  svgSize = "45px",
  messageColor = "#383838",
  messageFontSize = "14px",
  backgroundColor = "rgba(255,255,255,0.9)",
  ...
)

Value

An HTML tag that you can use in Shiny UI.

Arguments

selector

CSS selector to match outputs, for example use ".shiny-plot-output" to select all shiny::plotOutput() in your application, or "#my_chart" to select a specific output. You can use a vector to select multiple outputs.

spinner

Name of the spinner to use.

text

An optional text to be displayed under the spinner.

timeout

In milliseconds, time after the output has been regenerated for removing the loading state.

svgColor

Changes the SVG Icons color. You can use HEX, RGB or RGBA.

svgSize

Changes the SVG Icons width and height.

messageColor

Changes the color of the message text.

messageFontSize

Changes the font-size of the message text.

backgroundColor

Changes the background color. You can use HEX, RGB or RGBA.

...

Other options passed to the JavaScript method, see this link for all available options.

Examples

library(shinybusy)
library(shiny)

ui <- fluidPage(

  # Use once in UI
  add_loading_state(
    ".shiny-plot-output",
    text = "Please wait...",
    svgColor = "steelblue"
  ),

  tags$h3("Loading state"),
  actionButton("refresh", "Refresh charts"),
  actionButton("modal", "Open modal window"),

  fluidRow(
    column(
      width = 6,
      plotOutput(outputId = "plot1")
    ),
    column(
      width = 6,
      plotOutput(outputId = "plot2")
    )
  )

)

server <- function(input, output, session) {

  output$plot1 <- renderPlot({
    input$refresh
    if (input$refresh > 0) {
      Sys.sleep(2)
    }
    barplot(table(floor(runif(100) * 6)))
  })

  output$plot2 <- renderPlot({
    input$refresh
    if (input$refresh > 0) {
      Sys.sleep(2)
    }
    plot(rnorm(50), rnorm(50))
  })


  observeEvent(input$modal, {
    showModal(modalDialog(
      title = "Works in modal too",
      actionButton("refresh2", "Refresh chart"),
      plotOutput(outputId = "plot3")
    ))
  })

  output$plot3 <- renderPlot({
    input$refresh2
    if (input$refresh2 > 0) {
      Sys.sleep(2)
    }
    hist(rnorm(500))
  })

}

if (interactive())
  shinyApp(ui, server)