textInput: Create a text input control
In swatrin/shiny: Web Application Framework for R

Description Usage Arguments Value Server value See Also Examples

Create an input control for entry of unstructured text values

1	textInput(inputId, label, value = "", width = NULL, placeholder = NULL)

`inputId`	The `input` slot that will be used to access the value.
`label`	Display label for the control, or `NULL` for no label.
`value`	Initial value.
`width`	The width of the input, e.g. `'400px'`, or `'100%'`; see `validateCssUnit()`.
`placeholder`	A character string giving the user a hint as to what can be entered into the control. Internet Explorer 8 and 9 do not support this option.

A text input control that can be added to a UI definition.

A character string of the text input. The default value is "" unless value is provided.

updateTextInput()

Other input elements: actionButton(), checkboxGroupInput(), checkboxInput(), dateInput(), dateRangeInput(), fileInput(), numericInput(), passwordInput(), radioButtons(), selectInput(), sliderInput(), submitButton(), textAreaInput(), varSelectInput()

## Only run examples in interactive R sessions
if (interactive()) {

ui <- fluidPage(
  textInput("caption", "Caption", "Data Summary"),
  verbatimTextOutput("value")
)
server <- function(input, output) {
  output$value <- renderText({ input$caption })
}
shinyApp(ui, server)
}