Slim Select Input

An advanced select dropdown, based on slim-select JavaScript library.

slimSelectInput(
  inputId,
  label,
  choices,
  selected = NULL,
  multiple = FALSE,
  search = TRUE,
  placeholder = NULL,
  allowDeselect = NULL,
  closeOnSelect = !multiple,
  keepOrder = NULL,
  alwaysOpen = NULL,
  contentPosition = NULL,
  ...,
  inline = FALSE,
  width = NULL
)

Arguments

inputId

The input slot that will be used to access the value.

label

Display label for the control, or NULL for no label.

choices

List of values to select from. You can use:

• vector a simple vector.

• named list / named vector in the same way as with shiny::selectInput()

• cuxtom choices prepared with prepare_slim_choices().

selected

The initially selected value (or multiple values if multiple = TRUE). If not specified then defaults to the first value for single-select lists and no values for multiple select lists.

multiple

Is selection of multiple items allowed?

search

Enable search feature.

placeholder

Placeholder text.

allowDeselect

This will allow you to deselect a value on a single/multiple select dropdown.

closeOnSelect

A boolean value in which determines whether or not to close the content area upon selecting a value.

keepOrder

If TRUE will maintain the order in which options are selected.

alwaysOpen

If TRUE keep the select open at all times.

contentPosition

Will set the css position to either relative or absolute.

...

Other settings passed to Slim Select JAvaScript method.

inline

Display the widget inline.

width

The width of the input, e.g. '400px', or '100%'; see validateCssUnit().

Value

A shiny.tag object that can be used in a UI definition.

Examples

library(shiny)
library(shinyWidgets)
library(htmltools)

state_data <- data.frame(
  name = state.name,
  abb = state.abb,
  region = state.region,
  division = state.division
)

ui <- fluidPage(
  tags$h2("Slim Select examples"),
  fluidRow(
    column(
      width = 4,

      slimSelectInput(
        inputId = "slim1",
        label = "Single slim select:",
        choices = month.name,
        width = "100%"
      ),
      verbatimTextOutput("res1"),

      slimSelectInput(
        inputId = "slim4",
        label = "Allow deselect in single select:",
        choices = month.name,
        placeholder = "Select something:",
        allowDeselect = TRUE,
        width = "100%"
      ),
      verbatimTextOutput("res4")

    ),
    column(
      width = 4,

      slimSelectInput(
        inputId = "slim2",
        label = "Multiple slim select:",
        choices = month.name,
        multiple = TRUE,
        placeholder = "Select a month",
        width = "100%"
      ),
      verbatimTextOutput("res2"),

      slimSelectInput(
        inputId = "slim5",
        label = "Keep order:",
        choices = month.name,
        multiple = TRUE,
        keepOrder = TRUE,
        width = "100%"
      ),
      verbatimTextOutput("res5")

    ),
    column(
      width = 4,

      slimSelectInput(
        inputId = "slim3",
        label = "Use prepare_slim_choices:",
        choices = prepare_slim_choices(
          state_data,
          label = name,
          value = abb,
          .by = region,
          selectAll = TRUE,
          closable = "close"
        ),
        multiple = TRUE,
        width = "100%"
      ),
      verbatimTextOutput("res3"),

      slimSelectInput(
        inputId = "slim6",
        label = "Always open:",
        choices = month.name,
        multiple = TRUE,
        alwaysOpen = TRUE,
        # contentPosition = "relative",
        # contentLocation = "slim6-placeholder",
        width = "100%"
      ) |> htmltools::tagAppendAttributes(style = css(height = "350px")),
      verbatimTextOutput("res6")

    )
  )
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {

  output$res1 <- renderPrint(input$slim1)

  output$res2 <- renderPrint(input$slim2)

  output$res3 <- renderPrint(input$slim3)

  output$res4 <- renderPrint(input$slim4)

  output$res5 <- renderPrint(input$slim5)

  output$res6 <- renderPrint(input$slim6)

}

if (interactive())
  shinyApp(ui, server)