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Create a value text box with optional description and colour

Source: R/value_box.R
value_box.Rd

This function generates a value text box with an optional description and customisable colour. The text box can be used in Shiny applications to display highlighted information, such as statistics or key metrics.

Usage

value_box(inputId, value = "your value goes here", text = NA, colour = "blue")

Arguments

inputId

Character. A unique identifier for the value box element.

value

Character. The primary value to display in the value box. Defaults to "your value goes here".

text

Character or NA. An optional description to appear below the value. If not provided (default is NA), the description will not be displayed..

colour

Character. A colour to apply to the value box. Defaults to "blue". Choose from the following: "grey", "purple", "turquoise", "blue", "light-blue", "yellow", "orange", "red", "pink", or "green".

Value

A Shiny `div` tag representing the value box, styled according to the specified parameters.

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  ui <- fluidPage(
    value_text(
      inputId = "value1",
      value = "1,000,000",
      text = "This is the latest value for the selected inputs.",
      colour = "purple"
    )
  )
  server <- function(input, output, session) {}
  shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)
}