selectInput

selectInput(inputId, label, choices, selected = NULL, multiple = FALSE, selectize = TRUE)
selectizeInput(inputId, ..., options = NULL)

Arguments

inputId	Input variable to assign the control's value to
label	Display label for the control
choices	List of values to select from. If elements of the list are named then that name rather than the value is displayed to the user.
selected	The initially selected value (or multiple values if `multiple = TRUE`). If not specified then defaults to the first value for single-select lists and no values for multiple select lists.
multiple	Is selection of multiple items allowed?
selectize	Whether to use selectize.js or not.
...	Arguments passed to `selectInput()`.
options	A list of options. See the documentation of selectize.js for possible options (character option values inside `I()` will be treated as literal JavaScript code; see `renderDataTable()` for details).

Create a select list input control

Value

A select list control that can be added to a UI definition.

Description

Create a select list that can be used to choose a single or multiple items from a list of values.

Details

selectizeInput() uses the JavaScript library selectize.js (https://github.com/brianreavis/selectize.js) to extend the basic select input element.

Note

The selectize input created from selectizeInput() allows deletion of the selected option even in a single select input, which will return an empty string as its value. This is the default behavior of selectize.js. However, the selectize input created from selectInput(..., selectize = TRUE) will ignore the empty string value when it is a single choice input and the empty string is not in the choices argument. This is to keep compatibility with selectInput(..., selectize = FALSE).

Examples

selectInput("variable", "Variable:",
            c("Cylinders" = "cyl",
              "Transmission" = "am",
              "Gears" = "gear"))

<label class="control-label" for="variable">Variable:</label>
<select id="variable">
  <option value="cyl" selected="selected">Cylinders</option>
  <option value="am">Transmission</option>
  <option value="gear">Gears</option>
</select>
<script type="application/json" data-for="variable" data-nonempty="">{}</script>