Publishing a glasstabs Workflow to Posit Connect

In glasstabs: Animated Glass-Style Tabs and Select Inputs for 'Shiny'

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Overview

runGlassExample("connect-workflow") opens a Shiny page designed to be published to Posit Connect. It demonstrates a practical review workflow:

• filters define the active queue with glassSelect() and glassMultiSelect()
• glassTabsUI(orientation = "vertical", indicator = "solid") guides users through intake, exploration, and approval
• updateGlassTabBadge() keeps tab badges aligned with the filtered data
• updateGlassTabsUI() moves reviewers to the next stage from server actions
• theme = "auto" follows Bootstrap 5 / bslib light and dark modes
• overflow = "scroll", "multiline", and the horizontal-only "menu" mode can be compared without leaving the app
• opt-in swipes, dynamic tab controls, keyboard behavior, and the experimental glassPage() wrapper can be exercised in one published session

The page includes an open test checklist. It is there to make a review session easy to repeat, not to turn the example into a wall of instructions.

What to test after publishing

1. Resize the page and compare the three overflow choices. The page itself should never scroll sideways.
2. On a touch screen, swipe over open panel space. Text inputs, buttons, tables, and the sideways scroll box should keep their own gestures.
3. Move through the tab bar with arrow keys, Home, and End. Only the active tab should be in the normal Tab-key order.
4. Open both glass selects and try arrow keys, Home, End, Enter, Space, and Escape.
5. Add and remove the live tab. In horizontal compact-menu mode, confirm that its option appears and disappears too.
6. Hide and show Approve, then disable and enable Explore. A hidden or disabled tab should not trap selection or keyboard focus.
7. Update the Test lab badge. Its pulse should be subtle and should not move focus.
8. Compare light and dark mode with each indicator, shape, alignment, and orientation.
9. Enable reduced motion or high contrast in the operating system and reload the app. Content should change immediately and remain easy to distinguish.
10. Refresh the Connect app and repeat a few controls to catch asset caching or session-reconnect problems.

Run locally

library(glasstabs)

if (interactive()) {
  runGlassExample("connect-workflow")
}

Manifest

The repository copy keeps a deployment manifest.json generated by rsconnect::writeManifest(). It is left out of the CRAN source package so an old package lock cannot override the version a user has installed. When testing a repository build that is newer than the CRAN release, install that build before regenerating the manifest so Connect restores the same code:

pak::pak("PrigasG/glasstabs")
rsconnect::writeManifest(appDir = "inst/examples/connect-workflow")

Deploy to Posit Connect

The example is a self-contained Shiny app folder. In a package checkout, regenerate its manifest after installing the version you want to deploy:

rsconnect::writeManifest(appDir = "inst/examples/connect-workflow")
rsconnect::deployApp(
  appDir = "inst/examples/connect-workflow",
  appName = "glasstabs-connect-workflow",
  appTitle = "glasstabs Connect Workflow"
)

If you are deploying from an installed package, copy the example folder first:

example_dir <- system.file("examples", "connect-workflow", package = "glasstabs")
file.copy(example_dir, "connect-workflow", recursive = TRUE)

rsconnect::writeManifest(appDir = "connect-workflow")
rsconnect::deployApp(
  appDir = "connect-workflow",
  appName = "glasstabs-connect-workflow",
  appTitle = "glasstabs Connect Workflow"
)

Workflow pattern

The page uses a common Connect pattern: make the first screen the actual work surface, keep controls near the content they affect, and expose state through badges and compact metrics. That makes the app useful as a scheduled report, review queue, or operational handoff page without adding a separate landing screen.

glasstabs documentation built on Sept. 11, 2026, 5:08 p.m.