How do I call a shiny module from within a shiny module with passing selections from the first module? As an example I wrote a app to show the Star Wars subjects from dplyr in a DT::data table (module StarWars). The related films from the same data set should be shown in another DT::data table in another sub tab (module Films). I pass the table selected subject in a reactive value sw_rows_selected_rct from module StarWars to module Films but browser() statement in module Films is not passed.
# Test call of modules inside modules
library(tidyverse)
#' Shiny StarWars module
#'
ui_Films <-
function(id,
title = id,
...,
value = title,
icon = NULL) {
ns <- shiny::NS(id)
tab <- tabPanel(title,
h4("StarWars Films"),
DT::dataTableOutput(outputId = ns("Films")))
}
ui_StarWars <-
function(id,
title = id,
...,
value = title,
icon = NULL) {
ns <- shiny::NS(id)
tab <- tabPanel(title,
DT::dataTableOutput(outputId = ns("StarWars")),
tabsetPanel(ui_Films(
id = ns("Films"), title = "...by Films"
)))
}
ui <- shinyUI(navbarPage(
"Call Modules in Modules test",
ui_StarWars("StarWars", title = "StarWars")
))
Films <-
function(input,
output,
session,
sw_data,
sw_selection) {
ns <- session$ns
sw_films_rct <- observe({
req(sw_data, is.data.frame(sw_selection))
browser() # not reached!!!
sw_films_rct <-
sw_data %>% {
if (is_null(sw_selection))
.
else
filter(., name == sw_selection$name)
}
})
output$StarWarsFilms <- DT::renderDataTable({
req(is.data.frame(sw_films_rct))
DT::datatable(sw_films_rct,
selection = 'single',
options = list(pageLength = 5))
})
}
StarWars <-
function(input, output, session, sw_data) {
sw_rows_selected_rct = reactiveVal()
ns <- session$ns
sw_rows_selected_rct = observeEvent(input$StarWars_rows_selected, {
req(sw_data, input$StarWars_rows_selected != 0)
browser()
sw_data[input$StarWars_rows_selected, ]
})
md_films <- callModule(
module = Films,
id = "Films",
sw_data = sw_data,
sw_selection = sw_rows_selected_rct
)
output$StarWars <- DT::renderDataTable({
req(is.data.frame(sw_data))
DT::datatable(sw_data,
selection = 'single',
options = list(pageLength = 5))
})
}
server <- shinyServer(function(input, output, session) {
sw_data_rct = reactive({
dplyr::starwars %>% mutate(films = NULL,
vehicles = NULL,
starships = NULL)
})
md_StarWars = callModule(module = StarWars,
id = "StarWars",
sw_data = sw_data_rct())
})
# Run the application
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)