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<h1>Change the value of a select input on the client</h1>
<small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/rstudio/shiny/blob/rc-v1.12.0/R/update-input.R" class="external-link"><code>R/update-input.R</code></a></small>
<div class="hidden name"><code>updateSelectInput.Rd</code></div>
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<div class="ref-description">
<p>Change the value of a select input on the client</p>
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<div id="ref-usage">
<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">updateSelectInput</span><span class="op">(</span></span>
<span> session <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="domains.html">getDefaultReactiveDomain</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span>
<span> <span class="va">inputId</span>,</span>
<span> label <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> choices <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> selected <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span></span>
<span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span></span>
<span><span class="fu">updateSelectizeInput</span><span class="op">(</span></span>
<span> session <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="domains.html">getDefaultReactiveDomain</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span>
<span> <span class="va">inputId</span>,</span>
<span> label <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> choices <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> selected <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> options <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/list.html" class="external-link">list</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span>
<span> server <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span></span>
<span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span></span>
<span><span class="fu">updateVarSelectInput</span><span class="op">(</span></span>
<span> session <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="domains.html">getDefaultReactiveDomain</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span>
<span> <span class="va">inputId</span>,</span>
<span> label <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> data <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> selected <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span></span>
<span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span></span>
<span><span class="fu">updateVarSelectizeInput</span><span class="op">(</span></span>
<span> session <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="domains.html">getDefaultReactiveDomain</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span>
<span> <span class="va">inputId</span>,</span>
<span> label <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> data <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> selected <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>,</span>
<span> options <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/list.html" class="external-link">list</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span>
<span> server <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span></span>
<span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<div id="arguments">
<h2>Arguments</h2>
<dl><dt id="arg-session">session<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-session"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The <code>session</code> object passed to function given to
<code>shinyServer</code>. Default is <code><a href="domains.html">getDefaultReactiveDomain()</a></code>.</p></dd>
<dt id="arg-inputid">inputId<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-inputid"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The id of the input object.</p></dd>
<dt id="arg-label">label<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-label"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The label to set for the input object.</p></dd>
<dt id="arg-choices">choices<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-choices"></a></dt>
<dd><p>List of values to select from. If elements of the list are
named, then that name — rather than the value — is displayed to the
user. It's also possible to group related inputs by providing a named list
whose elements are (either named or unnamed) lists, vectors, or factors. In
this case, the outermost names will be used as the group labels (leveraging
the <code>&lt;optgroup&gt;</code> HTML tag) for the elements in the respective sublist. See
the example section for a small demo of this feature.</p></dd>
<dt id="arg-selected">selected<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-selected"></a></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 id="arg-options">options<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-options"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A list of options. See the documentation of <span class="pkg">selectize.js</span>(<a href="https://selectize.dev/docs/usage" class="external-link">https://selectize.dev/docs/usage</a>)
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>
<dt id="arg-server">server<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-server"></a></dt>
<dd><p>whether to store <code>choices</code> on the server side, and load
the select options dynamically on searching, instead of writing all
<code>choices</code> into the page at once (i.e., only use the client-side
version of <span class="pkg">selectize.js</span>)</p></dd>
<dt id="arg-data">data<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-data"></a></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>
</dl></div>
<div id="details">
<h2>Details</h2>
<p>The input updater functions send a message to the client, telling it to
change the settings of an input object. The messages are collected and sent
after all the observers (including outputs) have finished running.</p>
<p>The syntax of these functions is similar to the functions that created the
inputs in the first place. For example, <code><a href="numericInput.html">numericInput</a>()</code> and
<code><a href="updateNumericInput.html">updateNumericInput()</a></code> take a similar set of arguments.</p>
<p>Any arguments with NULL values will be ignored; they will not result in any
changes to the input object on the client.</p>
<p>For <code><a href="radioButtons.html">radioButtons</a>()</code>, <code><a href="checkboxGroupInput.html">checkboxGroupInput</a>()</code> and
<code><a href="selectInput.html">selectInput</a>()</code>, the set of choices can be cleared by using
<code>choices=character(0)</code>. Similarly, for these inputs, the selected item
can be cleared by using <code>selected=character(0)</code>.</p>
</div>
<div id="see-also">
<h2>See also</h2>
<div class="dont-index"><p><code><a href="selectInput.html">selectInput()</a></code> <code><a href="varSelectInput.html">varSelectInput()</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 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="va">ui</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</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"><a href="https://rstudio.github.io/htmltools/reference/builder.html" class="external-link">p</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"The checkbox group controls the select input"</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="fu"><a href="checkboxGroupInput.html">checkboxGroupInput</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"inCheckboxGroup"</span>, <span class="st">"Input checkbox"</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"Item A"</span>, <span class="st">"Item B"</span>, <span class="st">"Item C"</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="fu"><a href="selectInput.html">selectInput</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"inSelect"</span>, <span class="st">"Select input"</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"Item A"</span>, <span class="st">"Item B"</span>, <span class="st">"Item C"</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></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">server</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="kw">function</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">input</span>, <span class="va">output</span>, <span class="va">session</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="fu"><a href="observe.html">observe</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="va">x</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="va">input</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">inCheckboxGroup</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="co"># Can use character(0) to remove all choices</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/NULL.html" class="external-link">is.null</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="va">x</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/character.html" class="external-link">character</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">0</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="co"># Can also set the label and select items</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> <span class="fu">updateSelectInput</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">session</span>, <span class="st">"inSelect"</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> label <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/paste.html" class="external-link">paste</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"Select input label"</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">x</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> choices <span class="op">=</span> <span class="va">x</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span> selected <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/utils/head.html" class="external-link">tail</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span>, <span class="fl">1</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 class="op">}</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="shinyApp.html">shinyApp</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">ui</span>, <span class="va">server</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="op">}</span></span></span>
</code></pre></div>
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