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Here is my dummy dataframe and variable social which hosts the unique texts to be populated in pickerInput in global.R



social_media <- c("Facebook","Instagram","YouTube","Snapchat","Twitter")
founder <- c("PersonA","PersonB","PersonC","personD","personE")
hits <- c(23,56,76,33,12)

DF <- data.frame(social_media, founder, hits)
social <- unique(DF$social_media)


in app.R, I have implemented pickerInput as follows:



library(shinyWidgets)
library(shiny)

ui <- fluidPage(
titlePanel("pickerInput"),
sidebarLayout(
sidebarPanel(
pickerInput("social","social media", choices = social, multiple = FALSE, options = list(deselectAllText = TRUE,actionsBox=TRUE))
)
,
mainPanel()
))

server <- function(input, output) {}
shinyApp(ui, server)


When I run the app, the list shows only values and not the texts. What could I be missing or not doing so as the choices appear?



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    Try this line of code social <- as.character(unique(DF$social_media))
    – msr_003
    Nov 12 at 4:32






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    does the answer below work for you? @Sayari?
    – BigDataScientist
    Nov 12 at 11:58















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Here is my dummy dataframe and variable social which hosts the unique texts to be populated in pickerInput in global.R



social_media <- c("Facebook","Instagram","YouTube","Snapchat","Twitter")
founder <- c("PersonA","PersonB","PersonC","personD","personE")
hits <- c(23,56,76,33,12)

DF <- data.frame(social_media, founder, hits)
social <- unique(DF$social_media)


in app.R, I have implemented pickerInput as follows:



library(shinyWidgets)
library(shiny)

ui <- fluidPage(
titlePanel("pickerInput"),
sidebarLayout(
sidebarPanel(
pickerInput("social","social media", choices = social, multiple = FALSE, options = list(deselectAllText = TRUE,actionsBox=TRUE))
)
,
mainPanel()
))

server <- function(input, output) {}
shinyApp(ui, server)


When I run the app, the list shows only values and not the texts. What could I be missing or not doing so as the choices appear?



enter image description here










share|improve this question




















  • 1




    Try this line of code social <- as.character(unique(DF$social_media))
    – msr_003
    Nov 12 at 4:32






  • 1




    does the answer below work for you? @Sayari?
    – BigDataScientist
    Nov 12 at 11:58













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up vote
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Here is my dummy dataframe and variable social which hosts the unique texts to be populated in pickerInput in global.R



social_media <- c("Facebook","Instagram","YouTube","Snapchat","Twitter")
founder <- c("PersonA","PersonB","PersonC","personD","personE")
hits <- c(23,56,76,33,12)

DF <- data.frame(social_media, founder, hits)
social <- unique(DF$social_media)


in app.R, I have implemented pickerInput as follows:



library(shinyWidgets)
library(shiny)

ui <- fluidPage(
titlePanel("pickerInput"),
sidebarLayout(
sidebarPanel(
pickerInput("social","social media", choices = social, multiple = FALSE, options = list(deselectAllText = TRUE,actionsBox=TRUE))
)
,
mainPanel()
))

server <- function(input, output) {}
shinyApp(ui, server)


When I run the app, the list shows only values and not the texts. What could I be missing or not doing so as the choices appear?



enter image description here










share|improve this question















Here is my dummy dataframe and variable social which hosts the unique texts to be populated in pickerInput in global.R



social_media <- c("Facebook","Instagram","YouTube","Snapchat","Twitter")
founder <- c("PersonA","PersonB","PersonC","personD","personE")
hits <- c(23,56,76,33,12)

DF <- data.frame(social_media, founder, hits)
social <- unique(DF$social_media)


in app.R, I have implemented pickerInput as follows:



library(shinyWidgets)
library(shiny)

ui <- fluidPage(
titlePanel("pickerInput"),
sidebarLayout(
sidebarPanel(
pickerInput("social","social media", choices = social, multiple = FALSE, options = list(deselectAllText = TRUE,actionsBox=TRUE))
)
,
mainPanel()
))

server <- function(input, output) {}
shinyApp(ui, server)


When I run the app, the list shows only values and not the texts. What could I be missing or not doing so as the choices appear?



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    Try this line of code social <- as.character(unique(DF$social_media))
    – msr_003
    Nov 12 at 4:32






  • 1




    does the answer below work for you? @Sayari?
    – BigDataScientist
    Nov 12 at 11:58














  • 1




    Try this line of code social <- as.character(unique(DF$social_media))
    – msr_003
    Nov 12 at 4:32






  • 1




    does the answer below work for you? @Sayari?
    – BigDataScientist
    Nov 12 at 11:58








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Try this line of code social <- as.character(unique(DF$social_media))
– msr_003
Nov 12 at 4:32




Try this line of code social <- as.character(unique(DF$social_media))
– msr_003
Nov 12 at 4:32




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1




does the answer below work for you? @Sayari?
– BigDataScientist
Nov 12 at 11:58




does the answer below work for you? @Sayari?
– BigDataScientist
Nov 12 at 11:58












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Your variable social is of type factor. That´s why pickerInput() displays numerical output.



If you avoid creating factor:



DF <- data.frame(social_media, founder, hits, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)


it will display the choices as characters.






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    Your variable social is of type factor. That´s why pickerInput() displays numerical output.



    If you avoid creating factor:



    DF <- data.frame(social_media, founder, hits, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)


    it will display the choices as characters.






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      Your variable social is of type factor. That´s why pickerInput() displays numerical output.



      If you avoid creating factor:



      DF <- data.frame(social_media, founder, hits, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)


      it will display the choices as characters.






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        Your variable social is of type factor. That´s why pickerInput() displays numerical output.



        If you avoid creating factor:



        DF <- data.frame(social_media, founder, hits, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)


        it will display the choices as characters.






        share|improve this answer












        Your variable social is of type factor. That´s why pickerInput() displays numerical output.



        If you avoid creating factor:



        DF <- data.frame(social_media, founder, hits, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)


        it will display the choices as characters.







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