Changelog • shinyGovstyle

shinyGovstyle (development version)

insert_text() argument text has been renamed to content to reflect that it now accepts more than plain text. The old name is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.

New update_radio_button_Input() function, the server-side companion to radio_button_Input() (mirroring shiny::updateRadioButtons()). Use it to change the selected option, choices, or label of a radio group from the server, for example to keep a cookies settings radio in sync with a cookie banner choice. See the new “Cookies and analytics” vignette.
insert_text() (content), panel_output() (sub_text), noti_banner() (body_txt), details() (help_text), banner() (label), warning_text() (text), and gov_summary() (info) now accept shiny tag objects (e.g. shiny::tags$b("Bold")) and shiny::tagList() values in addition to plain character strings.

header() no longer emits spurious deprecation warnings for main_link, secondary_link, main_alt_text, and secondary_alt_text when those arguments are not used.
Error messages on input components now use role="alert" so they are announced by screen readers when toggled via error_on().
govReactable() table row, sort-header, and pagination highlights are now visible in Windows High Contrast / forced-colours mode.
details() now applies the same HTML handling to help_text as it does to label, so HTML strings render consistently across both arguments.
warning_text() now renders HTML strings in text consistently with other body-content components.
The radio_button_Input() client binding now correctly replaces all options when sent an options update (the previous selectors did not match the rendered markup, so option replacement silently did nothing).

CRAN release: 2026-04-13

header() arguments main_text and secondary_text have been renamed to org_name and service_name respectively. The old names are deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
value_box() has had the redundant inputId argument removed.

New download_link(), download_button(), and download_radios() functions for download components.
New external_link() function for creating safe, accessible external links that open in a new tab.
New gov_list() function to render styled ordered and unordered lists.
New service_navigation() function with update_service_navigation() and service_nav_link() helpers for the GOV.UK service navigation component.
New skip_to_main() function to add a skip-to-main-content accessibility link.

Accordion sections now toggle by clicking anywhere in the section header, not just the title text.
File upload input now uses GDS-like styling.
footer() now supports links.
gov_table() now supports reactive tables, sorting, and pagination.
gov_table() no longer crashes when width_overwrite = NULL.
header() alt text validation softened from errors to warnings.
header() has been fixed to correctly size and align on small screens, and service_name now wraps correctly on narrow viewports.
Many functions now cross-reference related functions in their help files.
Table caption placement fixed.
Updated govuk-frontend CSS from v5.4.0 to v6.1.0.
value_box() updated to use GOV.UK tag colours.

CRAN release: 2026-01-08

CRAN release: 2024-09-12

Update the css to v5.4.0 and made fixes associated with that.
No longer requires rem remover step to update for future changes.
One of the major changes in the css is a change in look and functionality for the accordion. Show / hide all works as expected now.
Another major change to how the radio buttons look and feel, in line with the v5.4.0 design examples.
Added additional functions to the run_example for ease of testing.
Added the contents_links() function as a helper for getting the styling and behaviour for left navigation.

CRAN release: 2022-02-22

Update the css to v4.0.0 and made fixes associated with that.
One of the major changes in the css is a change in look for the accordion.
Added new functions gov_main_layout, gov_row, gov_box and gov_text to give better control over the layouts.
Added tabs as a component using the govTab command.
Added summary list as a component using the gov_summary command.
Added error summary component (error_summary) and error summary update (error_summary_update).

CRAN release: 2021-11-04

Improved the header so that you can adjust the logo size to suit.
Fix some errors that appeared in the footer.
Fix the word count function so that you only need to enter word count limit on the text_area function. You can change the limit on word_count if needed.
Change the run_example to a better versions that show more ways you can you the package.
Change the backlink_Input to a button so that you can use server to move between panels etc.
Added tags through the tag_Input function plus added to the use_example.
Added cookie banner through the cookieBanner function.
Added accordion through the accordion function.
Added tables through the govTable function.

CRAN release: 2021-10-25