browsertools

This package contains a series of functions for running JavaScript functions in shiny. These functions are wrappers for custom message handlers for routine DOM manipulation within shiny server. All JavaScript functions were written in vanilla JS and compiled using babel.js.

Install

You can install the latest release of browsertools in R using the following command.

remotes::install_github("davidruvolo51/browsertools@*release")

Use

To use this package in a shiny app, call use_browsertools at the top of the UI (this function loads the package dependencies directly into the client).

# ui
ui <- tagList(
    browsertools::use_browsertools()
    ...
)

The package offers the following functions.

Shiny UI

function	arguments	description
enable_attributes	---	access HTML attributes of an element (id required)
hidden	...	Hide element(s) by default
use_browsertools	---	load browsertools into your shiny app (required)

Shiny Server

function	arguments	description
add_css	elem, css	add css class(es)
as_js_object	x	convert an R object to javascript object
console_error	message	send an error message to the console
console_log	message, expand	log values to the browser console
console_table	data	display R data in the console
console_warn	message	send a warning message to the console
debug	---	print JS errors in the R console
hide_elem	elem	hides an element
inner_html	elem, string, delay	set the inner html of an element
inner_text	elem, string, delay	set the inner text of an element
insert_adjacent_html	id, html, position	insert a new child element(s)
print_elem	elem	print an html element in the R console
refresh_page	---	trigger a page refresh
remove_css	elem, css	remove css class(es)
remove_element_attribute	elem, attr	remove an attribute from an element
remove_element	elem	remove an element
scroll_to	x, y, elem	scroll to a point or element
set_document_title	title, append	change the title of the document
set_element_attribute	elem, attr, value	update an attribute of an element
show_elem	elem	show an element
toggle_css	elem, css	toggle css class(es)
toggle_elem	elem	toggle the state of an element