#' Insert and remove UI objects #' #' These functions allow you to dynamically add and remove arbitrary UI #' into your app, whenever you want, as many times as you want. #' Unlike [renderUI()], the UI generated with `insertUI()` is persistent: #' once it's created, it stays there until removed by `removeUI()`. Each #' new call to `insertUI()` creates more UI objects, in addition to #' the ones already there (all independent from one another). To #' update a part of the UI (ex: an input object), you must use the #' appropriate `render` function or a customized `reactive` #' function. #' #' It's particularly useful to pair `removeUI` with `insertUI()`, but there is #' no restriction on what you can use it on. Any element that can be selected #' through a jQuery selector can be removed through this function. #' #' @param selector A string that is accepted by jQuery's selector #' (i.e. the string `s` to be placed in a `$(s)` jQuery call). #' #' For `insertUI()` this determines the element(s) relative to which you #' want to insert your UI object. For `removeUI()` this determine the #' element(s) to be removed. If you want to remove a Shiny input or output, #' note that many of these are wrapped in `
`s, so you may need to use a #' somewhat complex selector --- see the Examples below. (Alternatively, you #' could also wrap the inputs/outputs that you want to be able to remove #' easily in a `
` with an id.) #' @param where Where your UI object should go relative to the selector: #' \describe{ #' \item{`beforeBegin`}{Before the selector element itself} #' \item{`afterBegin`}{Just inside the selector element, before its #' first child} #' \item{`beforeEnd`}{Just inside the selector element, after its #' last child (default)} #' \item{`afterEnd`}{After the selector element itself} #' } #' Adapted from . #' @param ui The UI object you want to insert. This can be anything that #' you usually put inside your apps's `ui` function. If you're inserting #' multiple elements in one call, make sure to wrap them in either a #' `tagList()` or a `tags$div()` (the latter option has the #' advantage that you can give it an `id` to make it easier to #' reference or remove it later on). If you want to insert raw html, use #' `ui = HTML()`. #' @param multiple In case your selector matches more than one element, #' `multiple` determines whether Shiny should insert the UI object #' relative to all matched elements or just relative to the first #' matched element (default). #' @param immediate Whether the UI object should be immediately inserted #' or removed, or whether Shiny should wait until all outputs have been #' updated and all observers have been run (default). #' @param session The shiny session. Advanced use only. #' @examples #' ## Only run this example in interactive R sessions #' if (interactive()) { #' # Define UI #' ui <- fluidPage( #' actionButton("add", "Add UI") #' ) #' #' # Server logic #' server <- function(input, output, session) { #' observeEvent(input$add, { #' insertUI( #' selector = "#add", #' where = "afterEnd", #' ui = textInput(paste0("txt", input$add), #' "Insert some text") #' ) #' }) #' } #' #' # Complete app with UI and server components #' shinyApp(ui, server) #' } #' #' if (interactive()) { #' # Define UI #' ui <- fluidPage( #' actionButton("rmv", "Remove UI"), #' textInput("txt", "This is no longer useful") #' ) #' #' # Server logic #' server <- function(input, output, session) { #' observeEvent(input$rmv, { #' removeUI( #' selector = "div:has(> #txt)" #' ) #' }) #' } #' #' # Complete app with UI and server components #' shinyApp(ui, server) #' } #' @export insertUI <- function(selector, where = c("beforeBegin", "afterBegin", "beforeEnd", "afterEnd"), ui, multiple = FALSE, immediate = FALSE, session = getDefaultReactiveDomain()) { force(selector) force(ui) force(session) force(multiple) if (missing(where)) where <- "beforeEnd" where <- match.arg(where) callback <- function() { session$sendInsertUI(selector = selector, multiple = multiple, where = where, content = processDeps(ui, session)) } if (!immediate) session$onFlushed(callback, once = TRUE) else callback() } #' @rdname insertUI #' @export removeUI <- function(selector, multiple = FALSE, immediate = FALSE, session = getDefaultReactiveDomain()) { force(selector) force(multiple) force(session) callback <- function() { session$sendRemoveUI(selector = selector, multiple = multiple) } if (!immediate) session$onFlushed(callback, once = TRUE) else callback() }