The following will show you how to get up and running with the ui editor from scratch.
If you prefer video format, here’s an in-depth walkthrough of using the UI editor to create and edit a new app.
shinyuieditor package installed. See the installing section for more details.gridlayout::gridpage() or shiny::navbarPage() (more layout functions coming soon.)If you set the argument app_loc to a location that does not yet exist, the will start in a template-chooser interface. Here you can select a complete app template which will then be written to your app_loc and then be edited as an existing app would be.
shinyuieditor::launch_editor(app_loc = "new-app/")There are just a few templates available currently but more are always being added.
Assuming there’s an existing app (as a single-file app.R) in the folder existing-app/ relative to your current working directly (getwd()), then you start the ui-editor on that app by running the following code and pasting the returned link into your web-browser.
shinyuieditor::launch_editor(app_loc = "existing-app/")
#> Live editor running at http://localhost:44509/appOnce you’re in the editor, any changes you make will automatically be written to your app’s UI and the changes can be seen in real-time with the “App Preview” window.
For more info on how to perform various tasks with the editor, see the How To.
When you’re done, simply close the browser window (or press {control/command}-c in the console) to stop the editor preview process in R. Since all changes are eagerly applied there’s no need to save.
Written on: 25 Sep 2023 by Nick Strayer