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svg as reactiveValue in Shiny used with uiOutput

Just playing around with svg from svglite, and I wondered if the svg output would work as reactiveValue in Shiny. Of course, it does. Then, I wanted to confirm that functions could be used for render*Output, and yes they can.

useful?

Is this useful? svg works really well in responsive contexts, so this might be helpful in that situation. Also, we could dynamically render svg spinners or animations on load or for other feedback. Let me know if you think of use cases.

functions for render*Output can help immensely.

library(htmltools)
library(svglite)

ui <- fluidPage(
  fluidRow(
    column(6, uiOutput("plot1", style="height:50vh;")),
    column(6, uiOutput("plot2", style="height:50vh;")),
  ),
  fluidRow(
    column(6, uiOutput("plot3", style="height:50vh;")),
    column(6, uiOutput("plot4", style="height:50vh;"))
  )
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  rv <- reactiveValues()
  observe({
    invalidateLater(1000, session)
    s <- svgstring(standalone=FALSE)
    plot(runif(20), bty="L", pch=19)
    dev.off()
    rv$svg <- gsub( # yes I know there are better ways to do this
      x = gsub(x=s(), pattern="width='720.00pt'", replacement="width='100%'"),
      pattern = "height='576.00pt",
      replacement = "height='100%'"
    )
  })
  
  lapply(
    1:4,
    function(x) {
      output[[paste0("plot",x)]] <- renderUI({ HTML(rv$svg) })
    }
  )
}
shinyApp(ui, server)

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library(shiny)
library(htmltools)
library(svglite)
ui <- fluidPage(
fluidRow(
column(6, uiOutput("plot1", style="height:50vh;")),
column(6, uiOutput("plot2", style="height:50vh;")),
),
fluidRow(
column(6, uiOutput("plot3", style="height:50vh;")),
column(6, uiOutput("plot4", style="height:50vh;"))
)
)
server <- function(input, output, session) {
rv <- reactiveValues()
observe({
invalidateLater(1000, session)
s <- svgstring(standalone=FALSE)
plot(runif(20), bty="L", pch=19)
dev.off()
rv$svg <- gsub( # yes I know there are better ways to do this
x = gsub(x=s(), pattern="width='720.00pt'", replacement="width='100%'"),
pattern = "height='576.00pt",
replacement = "height='100%'"
)
})
lapply(
1:4,
function(x) {
output[[paste0("plot",x)]] <- renderUI({ HTML(rv$svg) })
}
)
}
shinyApp(ui, server)
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