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<h1>Select variables from a data frame</h1>
<small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/rstudio/shiny/blob/HEAD/R/input-select.R" class="external-link"><code>R/input-select.R</code></a></small>
<div class="hidden name"><code>varSelectInput.Rd</code></div>
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<div class="ref-description">
<p>Create a select list that can be used to choose a single or multiple items
from the column names of a data frame.</p>
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<div id="ref-usage">
<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">varSelectInput</span><span class="op">(</span></span>
<span> <span class="va">inputId</span>,</span>
<span> <span class="va">label</span>,</span>
<span> <span class="va">data</span>,</span>
<span> selected <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> multiple <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span>,</span>
<span> selectize <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span>,</span>
<span> width <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> size <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span></span>
<span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span></span>
<span><span class="fu">varSelectizeInput</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">inputId</span>, <span class="va">...</span>, options <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>, width <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<div id="arguments">
<h2>Arguments</h2>
<dl><dt>inputId</dt>
<dd><p>The <code>input</code> slot that will be used to access the value.</p></dd>
<dt>label</dt>
<dd><p>Display label for the control, or <code>NULL</code> for no label.</p></dd>
<dt>data</dt>
<dd><p>A data frame. Used to retrieve the column names as choices for a <code><a href="selectInput.html">selectInput()</a></code></p></dd>
<dt>selected</dt>
<dd><p>The initially selected value (or multiple values if <code>multiple = TRUE</code>). If not specified then defaults to the first value for
single-select lists and no values for multiple select lists.</p></dd>
<dt>multiple</dt>
<dd><p>Is selection of multiple items allowed?</p></dd>
<dt>selectize</dt>
<dd><p>Whether to use <span class="pkg">selectize.js</span> or not.</p></dd>
<dt>width</dt>
<dd><p>The width of the input, e.g. <code>'400px'</code>, or <code>'100%'</code>;
see <code><a href="https://rstudio.github.io/htmltools/reference/validateCssUnit.html" class="external-link">validateCssUnit()</a></code>.</p></dd>
<dt>size</dt>
<dd><p>Number of items to show in the selection box; a larger number
will result in a taller box. Not compatible with <code>selectize=TRUE</code>.
Normally, when <code>multiple=FALSE</code>, a select input will be a drop-down list,
but when <code>size</code> is set, it will be a box instead.</p></dd>
<dt>...</dt>
<dd><p>Arguments passed to <code>varSelectInput()</code>.</p></dd>
<dt>options</dt>
<dd><p>A list of options. See the documentation of <span class="pkg">selectize.js</span>
for possible options (character option values inside <code><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/AsIs.html" class="external-link">base::I()</a></code> will
be treated as literal JavaScript code; see <code><a href="renderDataTable.html">renderDataTable()</a></code>
for details).</p></dd>
</dl></div>
<div id="value">
<h2>Value</h2>
<p>A variable select list control that can be added to a UI definition.</p>
</div>
<div id="details">
<h2>Details</h2>
<p>By default, <code>varSelectInput()</code> and <code><a href="selectInput.html">selectizeInput()</a></code> use the
JavaScript library <span class="pkg">selectize.js</span>
(<a href="https://github.com/selectize/selectize.js" class="external-link">https://github.com/selectize/selectize.js</a>) to instead of the basic
select input element. To use the standard HTML select input element, use
<code><a href="selectInput.html">selectInput()</a></code> with <code>selectize=FALSE</code>.</p>
</div>
<div id="note">
<h2>Note</h2>
<p>The variable selectize input created from <code>varSelectizeInput()</code> allows
deletion of the selected option even in a single select input, which will
return an empty string as its value. This is the default behavior of
<span class="pkg">selectize.js</span>. However, the selectize input created from
<code>selectInput(..., selectize = TRUE)</code> will ignore the empty string
value when it is a single choice input and the empty string is not in the
<code>choices</code> argument. This is to keep compatibility with
<code>selectInput(..., selectize = FALSE)</code>.</p>
</div>
<div id="server-value">
<h2>Server value</h2>
<p>The resulting server <code>input</code> value will be returned as:</p><ul><li><p>A symbol if <code>multiple = FALSE</code>. The <code>input</code> value should be
used with rlang's <code><a href="https://rlang.r-lib.org/reference/injection-operator.html" class="external-link">rlang::!!()</a></code>. For example,
<code>ggplot2::aes(!!input$variable)</code>.</p></li>
<li><p>A list of symbols if <code>multiple = TRUE</code>. The <code>input</code> value
should be used with rlang's <code><a href="https://rlang.r-lib.org/reference/splice-operator.html" class="external-link">rlang::!!!()</a></code> to expand
the symbol list as individual arguments. For example,
<code>dplyr::select(mtcars, !!!input$variabls)</code> which is
equivalent to <code>dplyr::select(mtcars, !!input$variabls[[1]], !!input$variabls[[2]], ..., !!input$variabls[[length(input$variabls)]])</code>.</p></li>
</ul></div>
<div id="see-also">
<h2>See also</h2>
<div class="dont-index"><p><code><a href="updateSelectInput.html">updateSelectInput()</a></code></p>
<p>Other input elements:
<code><a href="actionButton.html">actionButton</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="checkboxGroupInput.html">checkboxGroupInput</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="checkboxInput.html">checkboxInput</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="dateInput.html">dateInput</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="dateRangeInput.html">dateRangeInput</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="fileInput.html">fileInput</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="numericInput.html">numericInput</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="passwordInput.html">passwordInput</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="radioButtons.html">radioButtons</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="selectInput.html">selectInput</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="sliderInput.html">sliderInput</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="submitButton.html">submitButton</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="textAreaInput.html">textAreaInput</a>()</code>,
<code><a href="textInput.html">textInput</a>()</code></p></div>
</div>
<div id="ref-examples">
<h2>Examples</h2>
<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co">## Only run examples in interactive R sessions</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="kw">if</span> <span class="op">(</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/interactive.html" class="external-link">interactive</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="kw"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/library.html" class="external-link">library</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org" class="external-link">ggplot2</a></span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># single selection</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="shinyApp.html">shinyApp</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> ui <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="fluidPage.html">fluidPage</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="fu">varSelectInput</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"variable"</span>, <span class="st">"Variable:"</span>, <span class="va">mtcars</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="fu"><a href="plotOutput.html">plotOutput</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"data"</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> server <span class="op">=</span> <span class="kw">function</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">input</span>, <span class="va">output</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="va">output</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">data</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="renderPlot.html">renderPlot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/ggplot.html" class="external-link">ggplot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">mtcars</span>, <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/aes.html" class="external-link">aes</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">!</span><span class="op">!</span><span class="va">input</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">variable</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/geom_histogram.html" class="external-link">geom_histogram</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="op">}</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="op">}</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># multiple selections</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="kw">if</span> <span class="op">(</span><span class="cn">FALSE</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="shinyApp.html">shinyApp</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> ui <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="fluidPage.html">fluidPage</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="fu">varSelectInput</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"variables"</span>, <span class="st">"Variable:"</span>, <span class="va">mtcars</span>, multiple <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="fu"><a href="renderTable.html">tableOutput</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"data"</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> server <span class="op">=</span> <span class="kw">function</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">input</span>, <span class="va">output</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="va">output</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">data</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="renderTable.html">renderTable</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="kw">if</span> <span class="op">(</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/length.html" class="external-link">length</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">input</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">variables</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">==</span> <span class="fl">0</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="kw"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/function.html" class="external-link">return</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">mtcars</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="va">mtcars</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span> <span class="fu">dplyr</span><span class="fu">::</span><span class="fu">select</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">!</span><span class="op">!</span><span class="op">!</span><span class="va">input</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">variables</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="op">}</span>, rownames <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="op">}</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">}</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="op">}</span></span></span>
</code></pre></div>
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