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How can a DataTable be incorporated into a box in shinydashboard?

asked 2023-05-31 14:57:25 +0000

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answered 2023-05-31 15:24:02 +0000

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A DataTable can be incorporated into a box in shinydashboard by including it within the boxBody of the box function. Here is an example code snippet:

library(shiny)
library(shinydashboard)
library(DT)

# Define UI
ui <- dashboardPage(
  dashboardHeader(title = "DataTable in Box"),
  dashboardSidebar(),
  dashboardBody(
    # Define box
    box(title = "Data Table",
      width = 12,
      status = "primary",
      solidHeader = TRUE,
      collapsible = TRUE,
      boxBody(
        DTOutput(outputId = "my_table")
      )
    )
  )
)

# Define server
server <- function(input, output) {
  # Create example data
  data <- data.frame(
    Name = c("John", "Jane", "Bob", "Alice"),
    Age = c(25, 30, 27, 22),
    Gender = c("Male", "Female", "Male", "Female")
  )

  # Render DataTable
  output$my_table <- renderDT({
    datatable(data, options = list(scrollX = TRUE))
  })
}

# Run app
shinyApp(ui, server)

In this example, the DataTable named my_table is included within the boxBody function in the box function call. The DTOutput function is used to create a placeholder for the DataTable that will be rendered by the renderDT function in the server code.

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