Example
eventReactives are similar to reactives, they are constructed as follows:
eventReactive( event {
code to run
})
eventReactives are not dependent on all reactive expressions in their body ('code to run' in the snippet above). Instead, they are only dependent on the expressions specified in the event section.
In the example below, we have added a submit button, and created an eventReactive. Whenever input$user_text changes, the eventReactive is not invalidated, since the eventReactive is only dependent on the actionButton input$submit. Whenever that button is pressed, text_reactive and subsequently output$text are invalidated, and will be recalulated based on the updated input$user_text.
library(shiny)
ui <- fluidPage(
headerPanel("Example eventReactive"),
mainPanel(
# input field
textInput("user_text", label = "Enter some text:", placeholder = "Please enter some text."),
# submit button
actionButton("submit", label = "Submit"),
# display text output
textOutput("text"))
)
server <- function(input, output) {
# reactive expression
text_reactive <- eventReactive( input$submit, {
input$user_text
})
# text output
output$text <- renderText({
text_reactive()
})
}
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)
