Initialize a Shiny input as disabled

Description

Create a Shiny input that is disabled when the Shiny app starts. The input can be enabled later with shinyjs::toggleState or shinyjs::enable.

Usage

disabled(...)

Arguments

Value

The tag (or tags) that was given as an argument in a disabled state.

Note

shinyjs must be initialized with a call to useShinyjs() in the app's ui.

See Also

useShinyjs, toggleState, enable, disable

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  library(shiny)
  shinyApp(
    ui = fluidPage(
      useShinyjs(),  # Set up shinyjs
      actionButton("btn", "Click me"),
      disabled(
        textInput("element", NULL, "I was born disabled")
      )
    ),
    server = function(input, output) {
      observeEvent(input$btn, {
        enable("element")
      })
    }
  )
}

library(shiny)
disabled(numericInput("num", NULL, 5), dateInput("date", NULL))

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